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 OCS Connect -- An MMS Offshore Minerals Management Transformation Project

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 Associate Director

 

Photograph of Offshore Minerals Management Associate Director Thomas A. ReadingerThomas A. Readinger

Tom Readinger is the Associate Director of the Offshore Minerals Management Program. He was appointed to this post in January 2002. He is responsible for managing the MMS Offshore program to:
 
bullet help meet the Nation's energy needs,
bullet protect the ocean environment, and
bullet ensure the receipt of fair market value for resources
leased.

Readinger served as Deputy Associate Director (DAD) from 1997 until his appointment as Associate Director.  In that capacity, he also served as the chairman of OMM’s Information Management Committee, Tom promoted the new
E-government transformation proposal to increase the efficient and effective delivery of services to agency stakeholders.

Readinger has been involved with the OCS program for 28 years.  He joined the Federal government in 1976 as an economist with the Bureau of Land Management where he was responsible for developing bidding systems and bid adequacy procedures to ensure fair market value for OCS resources.

From 1987 to 1997, he served as Program Director for the Office of OCS Program Development and Coordination, where he developed and implemented the OCS 5-Year Oil and Gas Leasing Program for MMS.

In 1995, Readinger was awarded the Department of the Interior's Meritorious Service Award for career-long contributions to the development of procedures to ensure fair market value for public resources.  Since being promoted to the Senior Executive Service in 1987, he has received numerous performance awards for contributions to program management and information technology advancements. 

Readinger received a B.S. degree in Business Management from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 1972, and an M.A. degree in Economics from American University in 1974.  He received his Senior Executive Certification in Public Administration from George Washington University in 1987.


Links

bullet OMM Program Strategies and Tactical Plans, 2002-2007
 
bullet Organizational Chart
 
bullet Deputy Associate Director, Robert P. LaBelle
 
bullet "The Present and Future Outer Continental Shelf"
By Tom Readinger
Associate Director of Offshore Minerals Management
bullet "The Role of Science and Technology in U.S. Energy Security"
By Tom Readinger
Associate Director of Offshore Minerals Management
 
bullet Thomas A. Readinger is Appointed Associate Director of the Minerals Management Service's Offshore Program
 

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Last Updated: 08/31/2004, 08:11:18 AM