[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 16]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 21151]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            THANKING KAREN WESS FOR HER SERVICE TO THE HOUSE

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                          HON. ROBERT A. BRADY

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, September 8, 2009

  Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania. Madam Speaker, on the occasion of her 
retirement on August 7, 2009 we rise to thank Mrs. Karen Wess for her 
seventeen years of distinguished service to the United States House of 
Representatives. Karen has served this great institution as a valued 
employee of House Information Resources (HIR), in the Office of the 
Chief Administrative Officer (CAO).
  Karen began her tenure with the United States House of 
Representatives in 1992 as a Systems Programmer working with the 
mainframe Customer Information Control System (CICS) transaction 
services. Her technical expertise in the delivery of mainframe CICS 
transaction services led to Karen being selected to work on a team 
tasked with the initiative to combine several disparate e-mail systems 
into an efficient and sustainable enterprise e-mail system for the 
House. Karen has been involved with the House e-mail systems since 
their early inception and has helped to make them the mission-critical 
service the House relies on today. Karen applied her leadership 
abilities to help deploy an anti-spam component for the House e-mail 
service and currently serves as a Senior Systems Engineer in the CAO's 
HIR Enterprise Technology Systems Branch.
  Karen has been one of the primary engineers providing the House's 
Internet e-mail functionality. She has acted as a technical liaison 
between the House, other legislative organizations, and government 
agencies in the field of e-mail connectivity. She has provided 
consulting services to House customers, internal and external, making 
the delivery of House e-mail systems the success they are today.
  On behalf of the entire House community, we extend congratulations to 
Karen for her many years of dedication and outstanding contributions to 
the United States House of Representatives.

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