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ALCOAST 045/11
COMDTNOTE 12920
SUBJ: SELECTION OF DIRECTOR OF COAST GUARD INVESTIGATIVE SERVICE
(CGIS)
1.  I AM PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE SELECTION OF MR. DANIEL S. BUTLER AS
THE DIRECTOR OF THE COAST GUARD INVESTIGATIVE SERVICE.  IN THIS
CAPACITY, MR. BUTLER WILL SERVE AS THE SENIOR FEDERAL CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATIVE EXECUTIVE IN THE U.S. COAST GUARD AND PROVIDE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTION, LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT OF CGIS.
2.  MR. BUTLER HAS 25 YEARS OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIVE AND
INTELLIGENCE EXPERIENCE, AND HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE SENIOR
EXECUTIVE SERVICE AND SENIOR NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE FOR TEN
YEARS.  HE CURRENTLY SERVES AS THE ASSISTANT DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF
NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE FOR OPEN SOURCE, WHERE HE OVERSEES THE
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITYS NATIONAL OPEN SOURCE ENTERPRISE.  PRIOR TO
THIS ASSIGNMENT, MR. BUTLER SERVED AS THE SENIOR ADVISOR FOR POLICY
AND OVERSIGHT WITH THE OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF
NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE FOR OPEN SOURCE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR AIR
FORCE OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS, AND THE DEPUTY ASSISTANT
DIRECTOR FOR GOVERNMENT LIAISON AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND EXECUTIVE
ASSISTANT TO THE DIRECTOR AND COORDINATOR OF STRATEGIC PLANNING WITH
THE NAVAL CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIVE SERVICE.  HE SERVED ON ACTIVE DUTY
WITH THE U.S. NAVY FROM 1981 TO 1991 AS A NAVAL INVESTIGATOR,
RESIDENT-AGENT-IN-CHARGE, AND INTELLIGENCE OFFICER.  MR. BUTLER HAS A
BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE IN ECONOMICS FROM COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, A
MASTER OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION DEGREE FROM HARVARD UNIVERSITY
(KENNEDY SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT), AND A MASTER OF SCIENCE DEGREE FROM
THE JOINT MILITARY INTELLIGENCE COLLEGE IN STRATEGIC INTELLIGENCE.
3.  MR. BUTLER WILL ASSUME THE DUTIES OF DIRECTOR OF CGIS ON 13
FEBRUARY 2011.  PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING A SHIPMATE, AND THE
NEWEST MEMBER OF OUR SENIOR EXECUTIVE TEAM.
4. ADM BOB PAPP, COMMANDANT, SENDS.
5. INTERNET RELEASE AUTHORIZED.