Recognizing the contributions of a long-time homeland security official

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Recognizing the contributions of a long-time homeland security official

Charlie Bartoldus retired from federal service after almost 35 years.

Jason Miller@jmillerWFED

January 17, 2014 2:16 pm

4 min read

The start of a new year always is one of the most popular times for federal employees to retire or leave government. GSA, for example, is one of many agencies feeling the impact of senior officials exiting to other agencies or the private sector.

But one person who flew under the radar for much of his career, but should get some recognition recently called it a career.

Charlie Bartoldus retired after almost 35 years in government, including the last year working on detail at the White House’s National Security Staff. With the White House, chief among his focus areas was the collaboration with Kshemendra Paul, the program manager for the Information Sharing Environment, on the National Strategy for Information Sharing and Safeguarding Implementation Plan.

Bartoldus is one of those smart, hardworking career feds who stays out of the limelight, but gets the job done, and too often is not recognized for their contributions.

Before coming to the White House as senior director for transportation and border security, Bartoldus was the deputy assistant secretary for resilience in DHS’ Office of Policy, where he oversaw the development and implementation of disaster planning policies.

He also spent time as the homeland security attaché to the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland for DHS from 2009 to 2012 and was the senior director in the DHS Screening Coordination Office.

Over his career his work has been recognized with the DHS Silver Star for Meritorious Service, the Senior Executive Service Presidential Rank Award and the Vice President’s National Performance Review Hammer Award.

Too often, federal employees such as Bartoldus, are overlooked for their contributions, advice and experience, and that shouldn’t be the case.

Do you know someone like Bartoldus that should be recognized for their long- time contributions? Let me know: jmiller@federalnewsradio.com.

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