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Statement by Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff on the Appointment of the Director of the Office of Screening Coordination

Release Date: 07/31/06 00:00:00

For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
Contact: 202-282-8010
July 31, 2006

I am pleased to announce that Kathleen L. Kraninger has started as Director of the Office of Screening Coordination for the Department of Homeland Security. In this new role, Kathy will oversee efforts to enhance our security measures by integrating the department’s terrorist and immigration-related screening efforts, creating unified screening standards and policies, and developing a single redress process for travelers.

Kathy’s unique expertise in screening and credentialing programs will foster new and innovative approaches to how the department detects and interdicts threats of all types. She will also play an important role in improving the experience for legitimate foreign travelers entering the United States.

I appreciate Kathy’s willingness to return to service at the department after her time at the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. She helped to stand up the Transportation Security Administration and then the Department of Homeland Security as a policy advisor to the Secretaries of Transportation and Homeland Security. She has specialized in border, maritime and transportation security policy, privacy issues, and intelligence. Kathy is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Marquette University, and a native of Cleveland, Ohio.

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