[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 5]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 6971]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 IN RECOGNITION OF PAUL WARD FOR HIS 33 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE CONTRA 
        COSTA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN SERVICES

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                         HON. ELLEN O. TAUSCHER

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, April 19, 2005

  Mrs. TAUSCHER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the career 
accomplishments of Paul Ward for his 33 years of service to the Contra 
Costa County Department of Employment and Human Services.
  For three decades, the Department has looked to Mr. Ward for the 
highest professional standards of analytical support, especially during 
periods of systems change.
  Paul was a major force in developing the information systems 
necessary for the Department to succeed in its mission to move welfare 
participants into the workplace. His researched pick for an automated 
system was chosen by the Department to track the progress of 
participants toward independence, and he played a significant role in 
training Department employees to use it.
  When impending welfare reform legislation prompted redesign of the 
benefits program, Paul became a leader for change inside and outside 
the Department, making presentations about the impacts of reform to 
fellow employees, other agencies, and local employers, and supporting 
critical community outreach of the Department Director.
  Paul has taken on additional roles as resource to Department 
leadership inside and outside the organization, writing the Emergency 
Management Response Plan, staffing the Department Director in the 
Emergency Operating Center, and acting as Department liaison to other 
County departments, legislative advocacy associations, and university 
advanced degree programs.
  Throughout his career, Paul has been respected and admired by those 
he has worked with in the Department and the community for his 
excellent analytical skills, voice of reason, collegial cooperation, 
exemplary professional demeanor--and for his dry, intelligent wit.
  I thank Paul Ward for his contributions to the Contra Costa County 
Department of Employment and Human Services, and I wish him well in the 
community that he has served so well.

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