[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 879]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      TRIBUTE TO WILLIAM OUELLETTE

 Mr. JOHNSON. Mr. President, I rise today to recognize the 
Federal service of William ``Will'' Ouellette of Rapid City, SD. Mr. 
Ouellette is concluding a dozen years of service in South Dakota and is 
transferring to Pennsylvania to continue his Federal service career, 
which now spans 34 years with the Social Security Administration.
  Mr. Ouellette began his career with the agency in 1976 as a claims 
representative in the Boston Region. Three years later, he moved to 
Billings, MT, where he served as a claims representative, field 
representative, operations analyst and operations supervisor for the 
agency. He was promoted to manager of the Rapid City office in 1998 and 
has continued in that position until the present time. He will soon 
transfer to a similar position in the Pottsville, PA, agency office to 
be closer to aging parents and a daughter.
  I have appreciated the management work of Mr. Ouellette over his 
tenure in Rapid City. He has overseen a very dedicated and hard-working 
staff. Claims have increased substantially over the years and the 
coverage area in rural South Dakota is one of the largest in the 
country. I have always been impressed by the sense of professionalism, 
dedication and willingness to serve Social Security beneficiaries and 
claimants by Will and his staff. He was always timely and thorough in 
providing answers to constituent questions, addressing issues impacting 
beneficiaries and combining a strict, no-nonsense approach and 
adherence to agency regulations with a caring attitude.
  I wish Mr. Ouellette well in the remaining years of his Federal 
service and wish to thank him for his term of service to South Dakotans 
over the past dozen years.

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