H. Alan Lane is associative chief information officer at the Office of Open Government of the Social Security Administration. The Office of Open Government is responsible for assessing agency notices and for the development and implementation of the agency’s authentication policies and procedures.

Eileen Harrington joined the Small Business Administration as chief operating officer in April 2009. She came to SBA after a long career at the Federal Trade Commission, where one of her accomplishments includes creating the Do Not Call Registry with her team. She also led development of the FTC’s internet fraud enforcement program, and coordinated domestic and international law enforcement programs to protect consumers.

Harrington has a bachelor’s degree in history and social sciences from Edgewood College, and a law degree from Antioch Law School. She was the Partnership for Public Service 2004 Service to America Medal winner and the recipient of the 1997 Distinguished Executive in the Senior Executive Service Award.

Matthew E. Perry has been acting chief information officer at the Office of Personnel Management since September 2009. He is also program director of  Enterprise Human Resources Integration (EHRI), which is an OPM-led e-Government initiative designed to leverage the benefits of IT in accordance with the President’s Management Agenda.

Prior to working at OPM, Perry served as chief of human resources management at the Department of Defense, where he oversaw HR operations and investment.

Perry is graduate of Northwest Missouri State University.

Stuart Reiter has served as senior adviser of e-Government at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission since 2003. Reiter joined NRC in May 1999 as deputy chief information officer and was appointed chief information officer in June 2001. Prior to his tenure at NRC, Reiter was director of infrastructure at IMC Global, and served as a consultant with Advanced Systems Development Inc.

Reiter received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in chemical engineering from City College, N.Y., and attended New York University for graduate studies in computer science.

Peter L. Levin was appointed senior adviser to the secretary, and chief technology officer of the Department of Veterans Affairs June 1, 2009. Levin’s job is to identify new technologies and promote innovations that will allow VA to serve veterans with higher reliability, greater accessibility, and reduced cost. He also acts as a liaison to key stakeholders, other federal agencies, and private sector partners.

Prior to joining VA, Levin worked as co-founder and chief executive of as semiconductor software firm, where he sat on the board of directors of several technology start-ups, such as NeoLinear Inc. and Astaro AG. He was also general partner of TVM and well as venture partner in Ventizz Capital–both Germany-based early-stage venture capital firms

During the Clinton administration, Levin held various roles including special assistant to the director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the assistant to the counselor to the president. He was also an expert consultant in the Office of Science and Technology Policy, where he co-edited the 1997 Biennial Presidential Report to Congress on Science and Technology, and co-authored its chapter on technology.

Levin began his academic career at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and later served as research dean in the College of Engineering at Boston University. A National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator, he has written articles on topics ranging from global positioning and cybersecurity to advanced simulations of electromagnetic and ultrasonic systems. Levin was a guest professor of mathematical physics and Humboldt fellow at the Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany, and is currently a consulting professor at Stanford University and a member of the advisory board of the computer science department at WPI.

Levin earned his doctorate degree in electrical and computer engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.

H. Giovanni Carnaroli serves as associate chief information officer for IT policy oversight at the Department of Transportation. He is responsible for leading a team in all areas of IT policy, investment management, Enterprise Architecture, and governance. He previously was program director for the IT Project and Portfolio Services in the FAA Office of the CIO. In this position, Carnaroli was responsible for all aspects of IT capital planning; overseeing the development of the agency’s IT business cases and IT portfolio; implementing Earned Value Management and other program management best practices and processes; and representing the agency at the Department of Transportation in all areas of IT capital planning and investment control.

Carnaroli also worked in the FAA’s Office of Aviation Policy and Plans, where he was responsible for aircraft certification regulation. In addition to his government career, he worked as an air transport management consultant.

Carnaroli graduated summa cum laude in agricultural economics from North Carolina State University, earned a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Maryland at College Park, and a master’s degree in security management from The George Washington University.

Tom Perrelli is the 18th associate attorney general at the Department of Justice, a post he has held since the Senate confirmed him March 12, 2009.

Previously, Perrelli served as counsel to then-Attorney General Janet Reno for almost two years before becoming the deputy assistant attorney general for the civil division. The civil division defends agencies in the federal government in litigation, and Perrelli worked as a supervisor with the tobacco litigation team.

Prior to ending up at DOJ, Perrelli was partner in the Washington offices of Jenner & Block. He started at the firm’s entertainment law division and later became managing partner of the firm. He was involved in litigation that involved First Amendment rights, intellectual property, technology, and copyright-infringement issues. In addition to litigating prominent copyright-law cases to the Supreme Court, Perrelli represented Michael Schiavo, the husband of Terri Schiavo. Perelli fought for, and eventually won, Schiavo the right to terminate his wife’s life support.

Before joining Jenner & Block in 1991, Perrelli clerked for Royce C. Lamberth at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Perrelli graduated from Harvard Law School in 1991, where he was managing editor of the Harvard Law Review (working under Barack Obama). He earned his bachelor’s degree in history from Brown University in 1988, where he served as editor-in-chief of The Critical Review, Brown’s student publication of course evaluations.

Carl Fillichio is senior adviser to the secretary for public affairs and communication at the Department of Labor. Fillichio was previously a Clinton appointee who served under labor secretaries Robert Reich and Alexis Hermann.

After graduating from John Carroll University in Ohio, Fillichio joined a large PR firm that focused on social causes and marketing. After some time there, he went on to do some freelance PR work and began working for then-Labor Secretary Robert Reich. After two years with Reich, Fillichio continued with Labor Secretary Alexis Herman and served as his chief spokesperson. Fillichio managed the communications efforts during the UPS/Teamster strike and the negotiations for the global treaty to ban the worst forms of child labor. He managed the department’s release and communications efforts for all economic indicators and oversaw strategy and implementation of the department’s Labor Day activities.

After his tenure at Labor, Fillichio joined the Council on Excellence in Government. His duties there included managing the Innovations in American Government’ award, in association with Harvard University, as well as overseeing Public Service Recognition week (by Lomax ). He also did work on public perceptions of government and attracting young people to government service.

Estelle Richman serves as chief operating officer at the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Prior to joining HUD, Richman was the welfare secretary at the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare, a position she held for seven years.

Richman’s has spent more than 25 years in the public-service sector. Before her role as welfare secretary, Richman was the first female managing director for the City of Philadelphia, where she oversaw 13 city departments. Prior to her appointment as managing director, Richman served as Philadelphia’s first director of social services.

Other roles Richman has held include City of Philadelphia’s commissioner of public health and deputy commissioner for mental health, mental retardation and substance abuse services; Southeast area director for the Office of Mental Health in the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare; and assistant director with the Positive Education Program (PEP) in Ohio, a day treatment school program for children and adolescents with behavior problems.

Richman has been honored for her advocacy efforts by the Alliance for the Mentally Ill and the American Psychiatric Association and the American Medical Association. In 1998, she also received the Ford Foundation/Good Housekeeping Award for Women in Government.

Chris Cummiskey is chief of staff for management at the Department of Homeland Security. In that capacity, he counsels and provides leadership on issues related to homeland security initiatives, operations, and programs to the under secretary for management within the DHS. Cummiskey also represents the under secretary on management policies and long- and short-term programs that have a DHS-wide, national, and international impact.

Before joining DHS, Cummiskey served as chief information officer for the state of Arizona. He chaired several key executive initiatives, including the Governor’s Council on 2-1-1, the Governor’s IT Security Advisory Committee, the Arizona Steering Committee on Education Data, and the State’s Information Technology Authorization Committee. In addition to serving as a member of the Governor’s Cabinet, Cummiskey also served on the Governor’s Homeland Security and Children’s Sub Cabinet groups.

Cummiskey was elected to the Arizona State Legislature at age 26 and served in the House and Senate from 1991 through 2002. During his tenure in the Senate, Cummiskey held various leadership posts, including assistant floor leader.

Cummiskey holds a bachelor’s degree in communications from Arizona State University.