Paul A. Schneider is a former Deputy Secretary for the Department of Homeland Security. He previously served as the Department of Homeland Security?s Under Secretary for Management. He was responsible for all the department?s budget, appropriations, expenditure of funds, accounting and finance; procurement; human resources and personnel; information technology systems; facilities, property, equipment, and other material resources; and identification and tracking of performance measurements. Schneider served as Deputy Secretary for the Department of Homeland Security from June 5, 2008 to February 11, 2009. Prior to coming to DHS, Schneider served as a defense and aerospace consultant where he led a congressionally directed study for NASA on the costs, risks and benefits of human space flight and a study of open architectures for the U.S. Navy. He led an independent review of the presidential helicopter replacement program, played a role in the administration?s effort to develop the plan for the Next Generation Air Transportation System and led reviews of Defense network centric warfare and interoperability programs. 

April 30th, 1944 in Brooklyn (Age 80)