APPENDIXES APPENDIX I Informational Statements BIOGRAPHY THOMAS PAUL GRUMBLY Thomas Grumbly was nominated by President Clinton to be Assistant Secretary for Enviromental Management, U. S. Department of Energy (DOE), on March 20, 1993. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 20, 1993, and sworn into office on May 27, 1993. Mr. Grumbly is responsible for directing all environmental management activities at the Department's nuclear weapon sites, including waste management operations, environmental restoration, environmental compliance, and related technology development and demonstration activities. Prior to assuming his appointment to the Department of Energy, Mr. Grumbly served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Clean Sites, Inc., since October 1987. Clean Sites is a nonprofit organization formed by a coalition of industrialists, environmental groups and former government officials dedicated to solving America's hazardous waste problem through the site management, dispute resolution and policy analysis. Prior to heading Clean Sites, Mr. Grumbly directed the Health Effects Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The Institute is a scientific research center dedicated to studying health effects of motor vehicle emissions. From 1982 to 1984, he was a partner in the Boston consulting firm of Temple, Barker and Sloane, Inc., where he concentrated on environmental and health issues. He was Staff Director for the Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight of the House Science and Technology Committee from 1981 to 1982, which was chaired by then-Representative Albert Gore, Jr. Prior to that he served as Deputy Administrator of the Food Safety and Inspection Service of the Department of Agriculture, where he had line responsibility for 14,000 federal meat and poultry inspectors. Mr. Grumbly was Executive Assistant to the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration from 1977 to 1979. He served as budget examiner for agriculture science, technology and regulation at the Office of Management and Budget from 1974 to 1977. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in government, cum laude, from Cornell University in 1971; an M.A. in political economy from the University of Toronto, Ontario in 1972; and a Master in Public Policy (M.P.P.) from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1974. He was a Visiting Scholar at the Harvard School of Public Health, where he taught a course in risk analysis. He was also a lecturer in Public Policy at Gaucher College in Towson, Maryland. Mr. Grumbly is the recipient of many awards and honors including the Woodrow Wilson Fellow Finalist (1971); Massey Fellow, University of Toronto (1971-1972); Ford Foundation Research Assistantship; University of California, Berkeley (1973-1974); Meritorious Service Award, U.S. Department of Agriculture (1980); youngest career member, Senior Executive Service of the United States of America (1979). He has authored "Policy Coherence Through a Redefinition of the Mr. Grumbly has served on various committees including: He is married to Judith Ann Krizay and has two children. August 1994 This memorandum is intended to serve as a statement from the designated agency ethics official for this Department, as required by the Statement for Completion by Presidential Nominees, that you are submitting to the United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources in connection with your nomination to the position of Under Secretary, United States Department of Energy. I have reviewed your Executive Branch Public Financial Disclosure Report (Standard Form 278) dated October 23, 1995, and have certified that the information contained therein discloses no conflict of interest under applicable laws and regulations. As a supervisory employee, you will be prohibited by section 602 (a) of the Department of Energy (DOE) Organization Act (Pub. L. No. 95-91) from knowingly receiving compensation from, holding any official relation with, or having any pecuniary interest in any energy concern. The term "energy concern is defined in section 601(b) of the Act as any entity significantly engaged in the business" of any of a variety of activities related to energy production, distribution, sale, or research and development, or any entity significantly engaged in such research and development pursuant to a DOE-funded program irrespective of whether it otherwise engages in such business. The term also includes any entity holding an interest in property from which an energy resource is commercially produced or obtained. You have not reported holding any such interests; however, you should be aware of this restriction when making future investment decisions. Section 208, title 18, United States Code, prohibits a Federal officer or employee from participating personally and substantially, as a Government employee, in any particular matter in which, to his knowledge, he has, or his spouse, minor child, general partner, organization in which he is serving as officer, director, trustee, general partner, or employee, or any person or organization with whom he is negotiating or has any arrangement concerning prospective employment has, a financial interest. should be careful to avoid participation, as a Government employee, in any matter that could have a direct and predictable effect upon any entity in which you have a financial interest within the meaning of section 208. You In addition, you have received a copy of the United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Recusal Policy," dated May 6, 1993. You have agreed to adhere to the Committee's recusal policy upon appointment to the position of Under Secretary. You should also be aware that Executive Order 12674, as modified by Executive Order 12731, prohibits employees appointed by the President to positions in the executive branch from receiving outside earned income during the term of the. Presidential appointment. Further, title V of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (Pub. L. No. 95-521, as amended by Pub. L. No. 101-194) contains restrictions on the outside activities of certain Government employees including those appointed by the President. Specifically, section 502 of the Ethics in Government Act provides that such an employee may not permit his or her name to be used by any entity which provides professional services involving a fiduciary relationship, whether or not compensation is received for such activity. Finally, as required by Executive Order 12834, you will be subject to certain post-employment restrictions in addition to the statutory restrictions that will be applicable to you when you terminate your Government service. Please let me know if I can be of further assistance. The Rules of the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources require that each Presidential nominee considered by the Committee submit a financial statement sworn to by the nominee as to its completeness and accuracy. Under the rules, all such statements must be made public by the Committee unless the Committee in executive session determines that special circumstances necessitate a full or partial exception to this requirement. The rules also provide that at any hearing on a Presidential nomination, the testimony of the nominee and, at the request of any member, of any other witness shall be under oath. In order to assist the Committee in its consideration of nominations, each nominee is requested to complete the attached Statement For Completion By Presidential Nominees, and submit a completed copy of the Executive Personnel Financial Disclosure Report (SF 278). The original and thirty (30) copies of the requested information should be submitted to the Honorable Frank H. Murkowski, Chairman, Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C. 20510 (Attn: Chief Counsel). |