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	August 2009 LUNCHEON MEETING
	Sponsored by Washington Chapter OSD Members

Speaker:	Mr. Christopher Johns,  [Bio] Senior Advisor to the Deputy Associate Director for National Security, Office of Management and Budget (OMB).[Web Site]
Topic:	"OMB's role in the 2010 Presidential Transition"

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) develops and executes a government-wide management agenda that includes information technology, financial management, procurement, performance, and human resources.  In this capacity, OMB oversees agency management of programs and resources to achieve legislative goals and Administration policy.  It also oversees agency program evaluation activities to determine their net effects, success or failure, and how agencies respond to these findings by making management improvements and developing new budget and policy proposals.

            Attendees earn 0.5 CPE.  

PLACE:    Holiday Inn 2460 Eisenhower Ave Alexandria, VA 22314
Easy walk from Eisenhower Avenue Metro station (Yellow Line).

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Christopher Stephen Johns
Biography

             Christopher Johns is a senior advisor to the Deputy Associate Director for National Security in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).  He is principally responsible for assisting in the formulation and justification of the President’s defense budget submitted annually to the Congress.  He is the Division coordinator for building the President’s request for funds for the War on Terror.  He also conducts both quantitative and qualitative analyses of Defense budget trends.

             Previously, Christopher has served as the Special Assistant to the Associate Director for National Security and International Affairs at OMB where he prepared the Associate Director for meetings, helped link OMB staff and the Director’s Office and served as the proxy for the Associate Director when needed.  He has also been a Program Examiner with responsibilities including U.S. Special Operations Command, Army Operation and Maintenance, Department of Defense’s environmental, counter-drug, and base closure programs and DoD’s real property maintenance, Military Construction, and Family Housing accounts.

             Born in Tübingen, Germany, Christopher grew up in Montgomery, Alabama.  He received bachelors’ degrees in International Relations and Comparative Religion from The American University in Washington, D.C.  Following graduation, Christopher served as a Legislative Correspondent for U.S. Senator Richard Shelby, responsible for a wide range of national security, foreign policy, and government affairs topics.  He then attended the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy focusing on U.S. national security policy and emerging threats to U.S. and world security.  He is currently writing his PhD dissertation on the use of force in peacekeeping missions.

Contact Information
Office of Management and Budget
National Security Division, Rm 10001
The White House
Washington, DC 20503
Phone: (202) 395-3798
Fax: (202) 395-3307
e-mail: cjohns@omb.eop.gov

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