JOB: GC, Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DCSA)
McMahon, Holly
Note deadline of November 29.
Holly McMahon
Staff Director
Standing Committee on Law and National Security
740 15th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 662-1035
www.abanet.org/natsecurity
The Office of the General Counsel of the Department of Defense is considering candidates for General Counsel of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA). This position is in the Defense Legal Services Agency. The incumbent serves as General Counsel and as a Principal Director of DSCA, a Department of Defense agency responsible for USG security assistance and cooperation programs and activities worldwide. These include Foreign Military Sales (FMS) sales and other transfers of U.S. defense equipment and services totaling $40 billion in FY 2009. The DSCA General Counsel requires expertise in international law, fiscal law, and particular U.S. statutes such as the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, and the Arms Export Control Act, and other laws applicable to arms transfers. DSCA also administers DoD demining activities and humanitarian assistance, which has included relief in response to the 2006 Tsunami, the 2008 earthquake in Pakistan, and the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. The DSCA General Counsel supervises an office of five lawyers, a FOIA/Privacy Act specialist, and a law office manager.
As a DoD Agency General Counsel, the attorney reports to the General Counsel of the Department of Defense through the office of the Deputy General Counsel for International Affairs, which is responsible in the overall areas of national security and international law in support of the worldwide operations and activities of the Department of Defense (http://www.dod.mil/dodgc/ia.html), supporting the senior DoD leadership in these areas. For information on DSCA, see www.dsca.mil.
In addition to the express security assistance and security cooperation authorities cited above, experience and familiarity with and interest in international affairs, security strategy, intergovernmental negotiations and related matters, and USG interagency processes are desirable. This important position is at the more senior range (e.g., GS15). This position requires a TS/SCI clearance.
For those who receive this notice, we ask that you think about attorneys whom you know who have this particular background/interest and who may be interested in applying and that you alert such attorneys to this opportunity.
To be considered, an individual may forward his or her resume to the address below or by e-mail, by November 29 if at all possible:
Charles A. Allen
Deputy General Counsel, International Affairs
Office of General Counsel
U.S. Department of Defense
The Pentagon, Room 3B710
Washington, D.C. 20301-1600
e-mail: Charles...@osd.mil
All resumes received will be forwarded to the DoD Office of General Counsel's Resume File under our standing request for resumes (https://storm.psd.whs.mil/AttorneyResumes200802.pdf). Note that all resumes that have been submitted to the DoD Office of General Counsel's Resume File will be reviewed in connection with the consideration of candidates for this position.
For general information regarding civilian attorney positions within the Office of the General Counsel of the Department of Defense, please review the following posting: https://storm.psd.whs.mil/AttorneyResumes200802.pdf.
------------*****-------------
To unsubscribe from this opt-in list, send an blank email to LNS-DC-AREAUPDATE-...@mail.abanet.org or use the following link:
http://www.abanet.org/abanet/common/email/listserv/listcommands.cfm?parm=unsubscribe&LISTGROUP=LNS-DC-AREAUPDATE
If you have any problems, please contact the list owner at LNS-DC-AREAU...@mail.abanet.org.
To change your e-mail address or remove your name from any future distribution e-mails, complete the form at https://www.abanet.org/members/join/coa1.html.
To review our privacy statement, go to http://www.abanet.org/privacy_statement.html.
------------*****-------------