[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 16315]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


     THANKING MARGARET (PEGGY) HYLAND FOR HER SERVICE TO THE HOUSE

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                           HON. ROBERT W. NEY

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, July 18, 2005

  Mr. NEY. Mr. Speaker, on the occasion of her retirement on August 1, 
2005, we rise to thank Ms. Peggy Hyland for 32 years of distinguished 
service to the United States House of Representatives. Peggy has served 
this great institution as a valuable employee at House Information 
Resources, in the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer.
  Peggy began her tenure with the United States House of 
Representatives in 1972 as a secretary working in the Systems Support 
group. Peggy's potential and drive was recognized early in her career 
resulting in her steady progression in positions of increasing 
responsibility. Peggy's assignments included programmer of the Customer 
Information Control System in 1978, project leader of the mainframe 
online systems in 1985, assistant manager of the Operations group in 
1995 and her current assignment in 1999 as the Deputy Director for the 
Information Management Directorate. Peggy has been a key member of many 
important information technology projects in the House. Examples 
include, in the early 1990s, leading the first House efforts toward 
establishing a single House-wide e-mail system, leading the initial 
installation of Microsoft Outlook software for the House and leading 
Y2K remediation efforts. During the October 2001 anthrax incident, as 
House Members and staff were forced off-site, Peggy was a key 
contributor to the efforts to ensure information systems remained 
available and accessible.
  Peggy's leadership while serving the United States House of 
Representatives has been significant. Her standard of excellence, 
passionate dedication to customer service, organizational skills, 
professionalism and ability to get the job done earned Peggy the 
Distinguished Service Award, the Chief Administrative Officer's highest 
honor, in October 2002. Peggy is admired by the people she led and 
appreciated by those she served.
  On behalf of the entire House community, we extend congratulations to 
Peggy for many years of dedication and outstanding contributions to the 
United States House of Representatives. We wish Peggy many wonderful 
years in fulfilling her retirement dreams.

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