The Lockheed Martin Corporation is an American aerospace,arms,defense,information security,and technology corporation with worldwide interests. It was formed by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta in March 1995. It is headquartered in North Bethesda,Maryland,in the Washington,D.C. area. As of January 2022,Lockheed Martin employs approximately 115,000 employees worldwide,including about 60,000 engineers and scientists.
The United States Marshals Service (USMS) is a federal law enforcement agency in the United States. The USMS is a bureau within the U.S. Department of Justice,operating under the direction of the attorney general,but serves as the enforcement arm of the U.S. federal courts to ensure the effective operation of the judiciary and integrity of the Constitution. It is the oldest U.S. federal law enforcement agency,created by the Judiciary Act of 1789 during the presidency of George Washington as the "Office of the United States Marshal". The USMS as it stands today was established in 1969 to provide guidance and assistance to U.S. Marshals throughout the federal judicial districts.
Leidos,formerly known as Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC),is an American defense,aviation,information technology,and biomedical research company headquartered in Reston,Virginia,that provides scientific,engineering,systems integration,and technical services. Leidos merged with Lockheed Martin's IT sector,Information Systems &Global Solutions,in August 2016 to create the defense industry’s largest IT services provider. The Leidos-Lockheed Martin merger is one of the biggest transactions thus far in the consolidation of the defense sector. Leidos contracts extensively with the Department of Defense,the Department of Homeland Security,and the Intelligence Community,as well as other U.S. government agencies and select commercial markets.
The White House Fellows program is a non-partisan federal fellowship established via executive order by President Lyndon B. Johnson in October 1964. The fellowship is one of America’s most prestigious programs for leadership and public service,offering exceptional Americans first-hand experience working at the highest levels of the federal government. The fellowship was founded based upon a suggestion from John W. Gardner,then the president of Carnegie Corporation and later the sixth secretary of health,education,and welfare.
The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) is an American think tank based in Washington,D.C. From its founding in 1962 until 1987,it was an affiliate of Georgetown University,initially named the Center for Strategic and International Studies of Georgetown University. The center conducts policy studies and strategic analyses of political,economic and security issues throughout the world,with a focus on issues concerning international relations,trade,technology,finance,energy and geostrategy.
Norman Ralph "Norm" Augustine is a U.S. aerospace businessman who served as United States Under Secretary of the Army from 1975 to 1977. Augustine served as chairman and CEO of the Lockheed Martin Corporation. He was chairman of the Review of United States Human Space Flight Plans Committee.
The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) is a graduate school of Johns Hopkins University based in Washington,D.C. with campuses in Bologna,Italy and Nanjing,China.
The Federal Air Marshal Service (FAMS) is a United States federal law enforcement agency under the supervision of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
The National Center for Missing &Exploited Children (NCMEC) is a private,nonprofit organization established in 1984 by the United States Congress. In September 2013,the United States House of Representatives,United States Senate,and the President of the United States reauthorized the allocation of $40 million in funding for the organization as part of Missing Children's Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2013. The current chair of the organization is Jon Grosso of Kohl's. NCMEC handles cases of missing minors from infancy to young adults through age 20.
The School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) is the international affairs and public policy school of Columbia University,a private Ivy League university located in Morningside Heights,Manhattan,New York City. It is consistently ranked one of the leading graduate schools for international relations in the world. SIPA offers Master of International Affairs (MIA) and Master of Public Administration (MPA) degrees in a range of fields,as well as the Executive MPA and Ph.D. program in Sustainable Development.
The International Centre for Missing &Exploited Children (ICMEC),headquartered in Alexandria,Virginia,with a regional presence in Brazil,Singapore,and Australia,is a private 501(c)(3) non-governmental,nonprofit global organization. It combats child sexual exploitation,child pornography,and child abduction.
The Project on National Security Reform (PNSR) was a nonpartisan non-profit organization mandated by the United States Congress to recommend improvements to the U.S. national security system. Advocates of reform of the U.S. national security system contend that the fundamental components of the system,which includes the National Security Council,the Department of Defense,the Department of State,the Central Intelligence Agency,among others,were largely designed via the National Security Act of 1947 in order to combat the Soviet Union. Today's global security environment,largely due to globalization,is much more complex than it was during the Cold War. PNSR argues that government structures need to be more agile and efficient in order to combat new threats such as terrorism,transnational crime,and rogue states.
The federal government of the United States empowers a wide range of federal law enforcement agencies to maintain law and public order related to matters affecting the country as a whole.
John Francis Hillen III is an American business executive and diplomat who served as the Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs from 2005 to 2007. He served as President and CEO of Sotera Defense Solutions from 2008 to 2013. While at Sotera,he took the company public in November 2009. Hillen served as the CEO and a Member of the Board of EverWatch Corporation,which was acquired by Booz Allen Hamilton in October 2022. He currently serves as a college professor and Board Chairman and Director of several companies.
Joseph Francis Dunford Jr. is a retired United States Marine Corps four-star general who served as the nineteenth chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from October 1,2015 to September 30,2019. He was the thirty-sixth commandant of the Marine Corps. Dunford is the first Marine Corps officer to serve in four different four-star positions;the others include commander of the International Security Assistance Force and United States Forces –Afghanistan from February 2013 to August 2014,and as the thirty-second assistant commandant of the Marine Corps from October 23,2010 to December 15,2012. He has commanded several units,including the 5th Marine Regiment during the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
Ray O. Johnson is an American business executive. He is currently the chief executive officer of Technology Innovation Institute based in Abu Dhabi,United Arab Emirates. Before this,he served as the Lockheed Martin Corporation's chief technology officer and corporate senior vice president for engineering,technology,and operations.
Exelis Inc.,was a global aerospace,defense,information and services company created in October 2011 as a result of the spinoff of ITT Corporation's defense business into an independent,publicly traded company. The company was headquartered in Tysons Corner,Virginia,USA and was led by CEO and President David F. Melcher. The Washington Post highlighted Exelis as a top company in the Washington,D.C. region in 2011. It was acquired by the Harris Corporation for $4.75 billion in 2015.
Operation Flagship was a sting operation jointly organized by the United States Marshals Service and the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington,D.C. that resulted in the arrest of 101 wanted fugitives on December 15,1985.
The director of the United States Marshals Service,abbreviated USMS director,is the head of the United States Marshals Service (USMS). The director oversees and manages the operations of the Marshals Service and directly superintends the various United States Marshals,which lead all USMS personnel within their respective federal judicial district. The director was originally referred to as "Chief United States Marshal" from 1957 to 1970.
