Acting NRO Director Appoints External Review Panel
17 April 1996
Washington, DC -- Keith R. Hall, the deputy director and acting director of
the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), has commissioned a panel to review the
NRO's current organizational structure and make recommendations regarding its
role in the 21st century.
Retired U.S. Navy Admiral David Jeremiah, former Vice Chairman Joint Chiefs
of Staff and now President of Technology Strategies and Alliances, will head the
panel. The panel's Executive Secretary will be Mr. Mike Munson, former Deputy
Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency. Other panel members are:
Mr. Stephen Friedman, a member of the Aspin-Brown Commission on the U.S.
Intelligence Community and Senior Chairman and Limited Partner of Goldman,
Sachs, & Co.
Mr. Tony Iorillo, Chairman of the American Mobile Satellite Corporation
Board of Directors and former Senior Vice President of Hughes Aircraft Company
Mr. John McMahon, former Deputy Director of Central Intelligence and
retired President and CEO of Lockheed Missiles and Space Company
General Larry Welch, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Institute
for Defense Analysis and former Air Force Chief of Staff
Mr. Martin Faga, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Center for
Integrated Intelligence Systems, MITRE Corporation and Director of the NRO from
1989 - 1993.
In chartering the panel, Hall asked its members to review several major
issues facing the NRO, the first one being to review the NRO's mission and
strategic vision into the 21st century. In addition, the panel will address how
the NRO can improve customer satisfaction, how the NRO should be organized and
structured for its future mission and what existing and reengineered business
practices and processes will be necessary to meet additional challenges.
"The NRO's technical program is on track and the consolidation of
assets in space and on the ground is clearly beneficial for the nation's
intelligence requirements," Mr. Hall recently stated in a town meeting to
NRO employees.
"The way the NRO has been conducting its business, however, needs a
thorough review after nearly 30 years of evolution," he continued.
"We want to retain the elements of the NRO that make it a dynamic space
agency. At the same time, we need a candid look by outsiders to ensure the next
director of the NRO has an organizational structure that meets the need of the
customers, answers to increased executive and legislative oversight, and is
responsive to new fiscal management policies."
