Franklin S. Reeder
Franklin S. Reeder writes, consults and teaches on information policy and public management issues with The Reeder Group, a firm he formed after a career of more than 35 years in public service. His column on managing technology appears in Government Executive magazine, where he is a contributing editor. Mr. Reeder is chairman of the Center for Internet Security, a not-for-profit established "to help organizations around the world effectively manage the organizational risks related to information security" [http://www.cisecurity.org]. He also chairs the National Computer Systems Security and Privacy Advisory Board of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, a federal advisory committee [http://csrc.nist.gov/csspab/]
Mr. Reeder served as director of the Office of Administration in the Executive Office of the President from 1995 to 1997. The Office of Administration is responsible for all operations in support of the President and Executive Office staff including information technology and telecommunications; human resources; finance, accounting and budgeting.
From 1970 to 1977 and 1980 to 1995, he served at the U.S. Office of Management and Budget where he was chief of information policy, deputy associate director for veterans affairs and personnel, and assistant director for general management. Among his accomplishments while a member of the information policy staff and later as its chief, he represented the Administration in negotiating and securing enactment of the Privacy Act of 1974 and the Computer Security Act of 1987 and wrote the guidelines on implementing the Privacy Act.
From 1977 to 1980, Mr. Reeder was deputy director of House Information Systems (now called House Information Resources), the computer support arm of the U.S. House of Representatives. From 1961 to 1970, Mr. Reeder held positions in computer operations, programming and information systems design with the U.S. Treasury and Defense Departments.
Mr. Reeder serves on the adjunct faculty at Syracuse University and the Georgian (that’s the country not the state) Institute of Public Affairs. He has also taught at the University of Maryland and the George Washington University. From 1993 to 1995, he chaired the Public Management Committee of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. He has received numerous honors including the Presidential Rank Award as a Meritorious Senior Executive and induction into the Government Computer News Information Resources Management Hall of Fame. Mr. Reeder is a principal of the Council for Excellence in Government and a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration.