Description
Using your search engine, research the person who heads one of the following agencies or organizations:
- Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
- Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
- Department of Justice (DOJ)
- Department of Transportation (DOT)
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
- International Air Transport Association (IATA)
- Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA)
- Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE)
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
- National Mediation Board (NMB)
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
- National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)
- State Department
- Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
- Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
- Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)
- Your states aviation agency, if any
Now write & post an approximately two-page, double-spaced biographical sketch of that person in the following format (do not just cut and paste an official bio). Your post should include:
- Name
- Title (for examples: FAA Administrator, Secretary of Homeland Security)
- Photo
- Professional background and qualifications
- When appointed to present position
- The person’s background and qualifications for that job position
- Hyperlinks for your source(s)
Here is one classmate’s post and professor’s feedback
This is a good first effort. But I have a few questions. First, you said that the “last position Mims retained prior to his appointment was President/CEO” — that’s not really helpful for the reader unless you tell us what he was President/CEO of. And second, I’m sure you can appreciate that some FAA decisions are politically sensitive. The Administrator is a Republican appointee, Mr. Mims is a Democratic appointee and the Secretary of Transportation is a Democratic appointee — could that mean that in the case of politically sensitive decisions, the Deputy Administrator will have a closer working relationship with the Secretary of Transportation than he will with his immediate superior (the Administrator)? Perhaps that’s more than you wanted to get into, but it does raise some interesting questions concerning the future of FAA decision making.
Mr. Reynolds:
This is a good first effort. But I have a few questions. First, you said that the “last position Mims retained prior to his appointment was President/CEO” — that’s not really helpful for the reader unless you tell us what he was President/CEO of. And second, I’m sure you can appreciate that some FAA decisions are politically sensitive. The Administrator is a Republican appointee, Mr. Mims is a Democratic appointee and the Secretary of Transportation is a Democratic appointee — could that mean that in the case of politically sensitive decisions, the Deputy Administrator will have a closer working relationship with the Secretary of Transportation than he will with his immediate superior (the Administrator)? Perhaps that’s more than you wanted to get into, but it does raise some interesting questions concerning the future of FAA decision making.
