From: Government Security News
By: Mark Rockwell
The chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE), announced new committee staffing assignments on Jan. 31 that include new a staff director, deputy staff director, general counsel and communications director.
Carper named Richard Kessler as his staff director. Kessler most recently served as the Democratic staff director of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee. Prior to his work on that committee, Kessler was staff director and Democratic staff director for several committee and subcommittee positions including the Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia of the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs; the Subcommittee on Financial Management, the Budget and International Security of the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs.
Kessler, who is a decorated Vietnam veteran, has worked extensively on legislation relating to national missile defense, export controls, the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, national security staffing, and the creation of the Department of Homeland Security.
John Kilvington was been named deputy staff director by Carper. Kilvington has served as staff director and Democratic staff director for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee’s Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security since 2005, said Carper.
He has been Carper’s lead staffer on issues and legislation that have come before the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and its predecessor, the Governmental Affairs Committee, since 2001. During his time in the Senate, Carper said Kilvington has worked extensively on legislation related to the Postal Service, the National Archives, bankruptcy and legal reform, cybersecurity, and a number of efforts to combat waste, fraud, and abuse throughout the federal government. Kilvington had also worked on then-Governor Carper’s 2000 campaign for the Senate.
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