21 May 1999

    Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 10:11 -0400
    From: The White House <Publications-Admin@Pub.Pub.WhiteHouse.Gov>
    To: Public-Distribution@pub.pub.whitehouse.gov
    Subject: 1999-05-20 President Clinton Names Five Members to NSTAC

                                THE WHITE HOUSE

                         Office of the Press Secretary
                             (Aboard Air Force One)
    ________________________________________________________________________
    For Immediate Release                                       May 20, 1999

         PRESIDENT CLINTON NAMES FIVE MEMBERS TO THE NATIONAL SECURITY
                   TELECOMMUNICATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE (NSTAC)

         The President today announced his intention to appoint James W.
    Evatt, John H. Mattingly, Dennis J. Picard, Michael T. Smith, and
    Lawrence A. Weinbach to the National Security Telecommunications
    Advisory Committee:

         Mr. James W. Evatt, of Newport Beach, California, is President of
    Information and Communications Systems, one of three major business
    units of Boeing Information, Space & Defense Systems.  He is responsible
    for the following product lines: satellites, Airborne Warning and
    Control Systems (AWACS), airborne lasers, aircraft information systems,
    and strategic missiles.  Prior to this assignment, Mr. Evatt was Boeing
    Defense and Space Group Executive Vice President for Business
    Development, responsible for developing and implementing a growth
    strategy for the defense and space operations of The Boeing Company.  He
    was also Vice President of the Business Development Organization, where
    he was responsible for finding and developing business opportunities for
    Defense and Space.

         Mr. John H. Mattingly, of Fairfax Station, Virginia, is President
    of COMSAT Satellite Services, an organization created to manage COMSAT's
    international satellite services.  In addition, Mr. Mattingly oversees
    COMSAT's current efforts to restructure INTELSAT and privatize Inmarsat
    and leads COMSAT's development of advanced services and technology to
    meet the growing demand for high-speed data and multimedia
    communications via satellite.  Before becoming President of COMSAT
    Satellite Services, Mr. Mattingly held a number of key management
    positions in COMSAT.  Prior to joining COMSAT, Mr. Mattingly served in
    several managerial and executive positions at OrionNet, Inc., GTE
    Spacenet, and CONTEL ASC.

         Mr. Dennis J. Picard, of Concord, Massachusetts, is Chairman of the
    Board and Chief Executive Officer of Raytheon Company, Lexington,
    Massachusetts.  He assumed this position on March 1, 1991, after serving
    as the company's President since August 1989.  Mr. Picard was elected a
    member of Raytheon's Board of Directors in January 1989.  He has held
    numerous other positions with Raytheon, ranging from General Manager of
    the Missile Systems Division - Raytheon's largest unit - in 1983, to
    Senior Vice President of Raytheon - a position he earned in 1985.

         Mr. Michael T. Smith, of Marina Del Rey, California, is Chairman of
    the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Hughes Electronics Corporation.
    Previously, he had served as Vice Chairman of Hughes Electronic
    Corporation and Chairman of Hughes Aircraft Company.  Mr. Smith joined
    Hughes Electronics in 1985, the year the company was formed, as Senior
    Vice President of Finance, after spending nearly 20 years with General
    Motors in a variety of financial management positions.  Hughes
    Electronics was formed after General Motors acquired Hughes Aircraft
    Company.  Mr. Smith serves on several corporate boards and councils.

         Mr. Lawrence A. Weinbach, of New York, New York, is Chairman,
    President and Chief Executive Officer of Unisys Corporation.  Mr.
    Weinbach joined Unisys Corporation in 1997, after completing his second
    four-year term as Managing partner and Chief Executive of Andersen
    Worldwide, a global management and technology-consulting firm.  Mr.
    Weinbach held a number of leadership positions at Andersen Worldwide
    from 1961 until his departure in 1997.  Mr. Weinbach has taken an active
    role over the years on the boards of numerous "not-for-profit"
    organizations.

         The NSTAC provides the President with information and advice from
    the industry's perspective regarding specific measures to maintain,
    protect and enhance the nation's telecommunications resources that
    support national security and emergency preparedness capabilities.  The
    Committee addresses telecommunications issues throughout the year and
    periodically reports directly to the President and also to the Secretary
    of Defense, in his capacity as Executive Agent for the National
    Communications System.

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    See other members:

      http://www.ncs.gov/nstac/NSTAC-members.html

    National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee:

      http://www.ncs.gov/nstac/nstac.htm

    NSTAC XXII Work Plan

      http://www.ncs.gov/nstac/NSTACXXII/workplan.html

    NSTAC Reports:

      http://www.ncs.gov/nstac/NSTACReports.html

    National Communications System:

      http://www.ncs.gov/