Media Mentions
2012
“Condoms to Sunscreen Bought in $30 Billion McKesson Contract”
Bloomberg News, February 2, 2012
Stephen Ryan said that government agency purchases of items from a vendor that are not covered by the vendor’s contract can raise “a hint that maybe this is a favoritism issue, maybe it’s more than inadvertence and modest incompetence.” In such instances, Mr. Ryan added, the purchases may increase the costs for taxpayers and reduce opportunities for other vendors.
Stephen M. Ryan, Government Strategies
“Solyndra Payday for Former Massachusetts Governor”
Washington Times, January 5, 2012
William Weld, Stephen Ryan and David Ransom were noted for their work on behalf of Solyndra LLC.
David Ransom, Stephen M. Ryan, William F. Weld, Government Strategies
2011
“While Consumer Bureau Had Rough Launch, Other Agencies Hit Their Stride”
National Law Journal, December 26, 2011
Stephen Ryan called the delays in nominating and confirming a director of the new federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau “the most awkward liftoff I’ve ever seen of a new agency.”
Stephen M. Ryan, Government Strategies
“Corzine’s ‘Intent’ Was to Head Off Possible Claims, Lawyers Say”
Bloomberg News, December 22, 2011
Stephen Ryan said that the testimony given in Congress by Jon Corzine, a former U.S. senator and New Jersey governor before becoming CEO of the MF Global firm that since filed for bankruptcy, conveyed information “clearly, precisely” and in a way “not subject to misinterpretation.”
Stephen M. Ryan, Government Strategies
“People on the Move”
Congressional Quarterly, December 14, 2011
Stephen Ryan, head of McDermott’s government strategies group, was appointed to the board of directors of Operation HOPE, a campaign to reduce poverty.
Stephen M. Ryan, Government Strategies
“Ryan’s Still Got HOPE”
POLITICO, December 12, 2011
Stephen Ryan’s appointment to the national board of directors of Operation HOPE was noted.
Stephen M. Ryan, Government Strategies
“McDermott’s Ryan Appointed to National Nonprofit Board”
Blog of Legal Times, December 12, 2011
Stephen Ryan, founding chair of Operation HOPE’s Mid-Atlantic board, has been appointed to the national board of directors for the Los Angeles-based organization. Citing the group’s work to provide financial literacy and economic empowerment services to underserved neighborhoods, Mr. Ryan added, “Anything I can do to drive that would be wonderful.”
Stephen M. Ryan, Government Strategies
“Corzine’s ‘Intent’ at Hearing Was to Head Off Possible Claims, Lawyers Say”
Bloomberg News, December 9, 2011
Stephen Ryan, speaking of the careful language that former MF Global Holdings CEO Jon Corzine used in Congressional testimony about the firm’s bankruptcy, noted of Corzine that, “A decisive figure like a former and governor and senior Goldman Sachs official says things clearly, precisely and is not subject to misinterpretation.” Mr. Ryan added, “In every witness’s day in the congressional dock, there are probably phrases he wished he hadn’t uttered.”
Stephen M. Ryan, Government Strategies
“Little Outright Fraud in Government Contracting”
Federal News Radio, October 13, 2011
Stephen Ryan stated in this interview that “outright fraud … is not a large issue numerically in government contracting. There are significant controls with the government. So … a criminal act … has to be very well thought-out in order to escape eventual detection.” He noted one problem “is that we often confuse fraud, waste and abuse allegations with contracting disputes and cost discharges as if they are the same type of [cases] … I'm concerned ... that the way people label or mis-label government-contract fraud would lead the public to believe that there's more fraud than there actually is…Catching outright criminal fraud is something we ought to be good at in the government, and I think we are.”
Stephen M. Ryan, Government Strategies
“Solyndra’s Lawyers Major Obama, Democratic Donors”
The Daily Caller, September 30, 2011
William Weld, Stephen Ryan, David Ransom, Eugene Litvinoff and Jon Decker have been hired to advise Solyndra during the ongoing Congressional investigation from the House Energy and Commerce committee. They, along with many McDermott employees, donated generous amounts to Democrats and President Obama’s campaigns.
Jon Decker, Eugene S. Litvinoff, David Ransom, Stephen M. Ryan, William F. Weld, Government Strategies, White-Collar & Securities Defense
“High-Priced Law Firm Gets OK to Represent Solyndra”
The Washington Times, September 27, 2011
The U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware ruled that Solyndra may retain McDermott Will & Emery as its counsel. Stephen Ryan, William Weld, and David Ransom are representing the company.
David Ransom, Stephen M. Ryan, William F. Weld, Government Strategies
"McDermott Tapped to Represent Solyndra"
The Washington Post, September 25, 2011
McDermott partners Stephen Ryan, William Weld, David Ransom and advisor Jon Decker have been hired to advise Solyndra, a California solar company that filed for bankruptcy this month, in a government investigation.
Jon Decker, David Ransom, Stephen M. Ryan, William F. Weld, Government Strategies
Embattled Solar Company Solyndra Hires McDermott
Blog of LegalTimes, September 19, 2011
William Weld, Stephen Ryan, David Ransom, Eugene Litvinoff and Jon Decker have been hired to represent Solyndra, a California solar-energy company under scrutiny for a $535 million federal loan guarantee.
Jon Decker, Eugene S. Litvinoff, David Ransom, Stephen M. Ryan, William F. Weld, Government Strategies, White-Collar & Securities Defense
“How Contractors Can Prepare in Uncertain Budget Times”
Federal News Radio, July 19, 2011
Stephen Ryan, speaking about the trend in Congress to approve brief continuing budget resolutions rather than a full budget, urged contractors to “get your Rolaids out” because such resolutions “leave the agencies absolutely in limbo” if they want to start any new programs. “That’s no way to run a government,” Mr. Ryan added about the resolutions. “There are tremendous long-term costs and inefficiency by doing this.”
Stephen M. Ryan, Government Strategies
“Hackers Might Face Stiffer Sentences in U.S.”
Reuters, June 18, 2011
Stephen Ryan said that a proposal to double or triple the sentence for hacking federal government computer systems will likely not do as much to deter cybercrime as would actual arrest and trial. “There may be people who fully deserve a sentence of more than five years. The key to deterrence is prosecution and conviction,” Mr. Ryan noted.
Stephen M. Ryan, Government Strategies
“Rebuke of Ensign Was Unusual for Ethics”
Roll Call, May 16, 2011
Stephen Ryan stated his belief that, although the U.S. Senate Ethics Committee’s report on a former senator was highly critical, “it’s easy when a guy has left for them to look tough on the ethics” because “you’re not doing it with a sitting Senator, you’re not disrupting the body.”
Stephen M. Ryan, Government Strategies
“U.S. Scrutinized Ensign, But Senate Dug Deeper”
New York Times, May 13, 2011
Stephen Ryan said that the Senate Ethics Committee’s investigation of alleged impropriety by a former senator was more thorough than that of the Department of Justice, and expressed his view that the Department, “has fallen on hard times if this case has no appeal to them. It’s pretty easy to get a single count of obstruction or a false statement here.” Mr. Ryan added that, “If I were the attorney general, I would have some serious questions about the judgment that the [Justice Department] people applied.”
Stephen M. Ryan, Government Strategies
“Marriage of Lobby Shops and Law Firms Is Uneasy but Lucrative”
Washington Post, March 4, 2011
Stephen Ryan noted that law firms sometimes “struggle” to incorporate non-lawyer lobbyists into their practices. Mr. Ryan, head of the Firm’s government strategies group, said that “McDermott is a wonderful law firm of more than a thousand lawyers, but running a government strategies group is different than that and requires a different set of skills.” He added that his group’s lobbying work is now on an upswing.
Stephen M. Ryan, Government Strategies
“Budget Efforts ‘An Absolute Train Wreck’”
Federal News Radio, February 16, 2011
Stephen Ryan warned that the current “train wreck” stalemate between the Administration and Congress to agree on a budget and avoid a government shutdown is “more profound” than the last such impasse in 1994-95 because “the stakes are much higher for the country” given our weak economy and the rise of other national economies. Mr. Ryan admitted that “the ingredients for gridlock and failure are there,” yet added that “the important issue we should be looking at is whether all of our expenditures are necessary… There are real places where savings can be made in the budget – people are just unwilling to do it.”
Stephen M. Ryan, Government Strategies
“Agenda Unknown”
National Law Journal, February 7, 2011
Stephen Ryan called the Obama Administration’s failure to nominate a full-time head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau created by the Dodd-Frank Act “the most awkward liftoff I’ve ever seen of a new agency.” He noted that Elizabeth Warren, who President Obama asked to oversee the agency’s startup, “is setting policies for a successor who in all likelihood will not be her … It’s like putting rocks in your pocket. It’s already hard enough to stand up. There’s a fractured agency structure to begin with.” Mr. Ryan expressed hope that the agency’s future focus will be on “notice, education and transparency, rather than telling people they can’t do something.”
Stephen M. Ryan, Government Strategies
“Regulatory Relief on the Horizon?”
CFO.com, January 21, 2011
Stephen Ryan said of President Obama’s Executive Order that all federal agencies regularly review and cull their rules, “No one knows what it means. Clearly the Administration has a game plan, but they haven’t made that public yet.”
Stephen M. Ryan, Federal Legislative Matters, Government Strategies
2010
Stephen Ryan commented for Law360 on May 26 regarding an Interior Department report that government regulators overseeing offshore oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico had accepted gifts from oil and gas companies. Mr. Ryan noted that such gifts are “always a delicate call” because the issue “doesn’t measure up to being meaningful” in a public corruption sense. He added, however, that the companies accused of the gift-giving may be investigated because “the government may be interested in creating deterrence on the corporate side as well as the government side” if the companies “had an intended policy to do what they allegedly did.” So far as the regulators, Mr. Ryan asserted that “the important issue here is that these people need to be totally retrained, and given a zero-tolerance policy.”
Stephen M. Ryan, Government Strategies
Stephen Ryan was interviewed April 16 by Nightly Business Report concerning the Security & Exchange Commission’s civil fraud charges against Goldman Sachs for allegedly withholding key facts when issuing an investment product tied to subprime mortgages. Mr. Ryan, a former federal prosecutor, said that he expected Goldman Sachs to “argue very strongly that people hedging is part of what happens on Wall Street, and that you can’t disclose all of that.” However, he added, if Goldman is found liable, “even though it’s a civil case, it could have profound impact on them because their integrity as a broker-dealer would then be at stake.”
Stephen M. Ryan, Government Strategies
Stephen Ryan is noted by Law.com in its March 5 summary of an important decision by the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. Ryan had appeared before the court representing the Free File Alliance (FFA), a group of leading nationwide tax preparers. In its decision on class action litigation brought against the FFA, the Third Circuit ruled that the fees charged by FFA members for electronic filing of federal tax returns are not illegal, and the FFA’s agreement with the Internal Revenue Service to charge those fees does not violate antitrust laws.
Stephen M. Ryan, Government Strategies, Trial
Stephen Ryan was interviewed on February 10 by Federal News Radio concerning the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. “The United States has been the leading country in the world to criminalize the conduct of its own companies,” he noted, calling some of the penalties imposed by the Department of Justice “eye-catching” and “astonishing.” Mr. Ryan said that FCPA matters encompass both “serious lapses” in corporate conduct and “overzealousness and abuse” in some government prosecutions. He added: “Usually in the United States we indict corrupt government officials and use corporations as witnesses against them. In FCPA matters the foreign officials are corrupt but we can’t reach them with our laws, so we indict the companies as the bad guys.”
Stephen M. Ryan, Government Strategies, International Government Relations
2009
Stephen Ryan addressed in a December 4 Associated Press story whether the uninvited couple that breached security at a White House state dinner could be prosecuted for their actions. Although he thought criminal prosecution was unlikely, Mr. Ryan said that the government could bring felony charges against the couple for making false statements to the Secret Service, which could bring a maximum sentence of five years in prison. “It would seem to me that could cover this event,” Mr. Ryan said of the possible charge, adding that whether it could be brought would depend heavily on what the couple told the screeners at the White House the night of the dinner. The article also noted that Mr. Ryan, when an Assistant U.S. Attorney, once prosecuted a White House fence jumper.
Stephen M. Ryan, Government Strategies
Stephen Ryan spoke to FederalNewsRadio.com on December 3 concerning new rules that require senior Department of Defense officials to get written approval from a Designated Agency Ethics Official (DAEO) before taking a job with a defense contractor within two years after leaving government service. Speaking of these approvals, Mr. Ryan noted that “some of the people who write them do a terrific job and there's very good, practical guidance to people. However, we've seen a lot of those ethics opinions that it's not real clear. The guidance isn't terribly refined and it leaves the person confused about what it is.” He urged any official needing an ethics ruling to get a private sector opinion to go along with a DAEO opinion. As a provider of such opinions, Mr. Ryan said, “we try and sharpen up that analysis if the designated agency ethics officer didn't do that in the first instance.”
Stephen M. Ryan, Government Contracts and Public Procurement, Government Strategies
Stephen Ryan was included in a November 2 story that appeared on Johnhopebryant.com concerning a dinner held by the Australian ambassador to the U.S. in honor of philanthropic entrepreneur John Hope Bryant and his Operation HOPE program to advance financial literacy. Mr. Ryan is a former Mid-Atlantic board chairman for Operation HOPE.
Stephen M. Ryan, Government Strategies
Stephen Ryan commented for the McClatchy-Tribune News Service (June 29) on a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that states can enforce their own banking laws on discrimination and predatory lending, even if that crosses into areas under federal regulation. Mr. Ryan declared that the decision “will have a significant, negative impact on the ability of a national bank to offer financial products uniformly throughout the country.” He predicted “a crazy quilt of conflicting legal instructions” and a “confusing situation of shared enforcement responsibilities for financial services."
Stephen M. Ryan, Government Strategies
Stephen Ryan was quoted in a June 19 Reuters video report on the federal charges that Texas billionaire Allen Stanford orchestrated a massive fraud through his Antigua bank that bilked investors out of billions of dollars. Mr. Ryan, a former federal prosecutor, said of the charges that “generally, if it’s a Ponzi scheme, it is an easy case for the government to win.” He added that, although Stanford claims innocence, the Bernard Madoff conviction creates a difficult situation for him. “Mr. Stanford is very unlucky that a person like Madoff preceded him and created public resentment,” Mr. Ryan said. “That’s a very difficult problem for him when and if he goes to trial.”
Stephen M. Ryan, Government Strategies, Trial
Stephen Ryan was quoted in The National Journal on April 11 concerning the dismissal of charges brought by the U.S. Justice Department against former U.S. Senator Ted Stevens. Mr. Ryan said the dismissal means that Justice Department prosecutors "will be subjected to more adult supervision and will face greater scrutiny" as they prepare cases for trial. He also stated that the flaws in the prosecutors' handling of the case will make defense lawyers more aggressive, adding, "The defense in the Stevens case offers a textbook example for other lawyers on how to find a procedural flaw that gets you a get-out-of-jail-free card for your client."
Stephen M. Ryan, Government Strategies, Trial
Steve Ryan was interviewed on March 10 by FederalNewsRadio regarding President Barack Obama's measure to reform the government procurement process. Mr. Ryan said that this measure could go either way, "It could be quite meaningful if it's carried out to fruition….On the other hand, there's not much guidance on what it really means." President Obama called for an end to no bid contracts, and called for greater competition for contracts. Mr. Ryan said that this is the opposite of many of the procurement reforms made in the 1990s. To hear the entire interview click here.
Stephen M. Ryan, Government Contracts and Public Procurement, Government Strategies
2008
Stephen M. Ryan was quoted on December 11 by GovernmentExecutive.com in an article regarding the House's election of Representative Edolphus Towns as leader of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee. Despite the change in leadership, Mr. Ryan believes that the panel will continue to focus on overseeing federal contracting. "Contracting and procurement are the bread, butter and soul of this committee. These would be a very important part of the agenda, no matter who were chairman and ranking member."
Stephen M. Ryan, Government Strategies
Stephen M. Ryan was quoted extensively in the November 30 issue of The Am Law Daily in an interview regarding whether the United Nations or another international organization should govern the internet or whether policy decisions about who gets IP addresses and the role of the government should be left to individual countries and regional organizations. "Well, in a UN-type system, China has a seat on the UN Security Counsel and has one-fifth or one-quarter of the world's population. So the question is: 'If the UN takes over, will we have a system that looks more like the system in China or the free, democratic approach we use in North America?' I think our freedom is greater now than it would be under a UN system," said Mr. Ryan.
Stephen M. Ryan, Government Strategies
Stephen M. Ryan was interviewed on November 20 by Federal News Radio. Mr. Ryan spoke with the radio station about Representative Henry Waxman's move to the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the subsequent vacancy of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee chair position.
Stephen M. Ryan, Government Strategies
Stephen M. Ryan was quoted in the September 8 issue of the Washington Business Journal and the September 9 issue of the Baltimore Business Journal in articles regarding the effect the government takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will have on businesses in the Washington, D.C. area. Mr. Ryan noted that companies paid to lobby the government are likely to lose business. "I don't think the government receivers are going to have any interest in paying for lobbying. There are certain law firms, strategic advisers and [public relations] firms whose meal ticket just ended, in so far as they depend on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as clients," he said. Mr. Ryan added that there are also questions about how creditors will be paid. "The first duty of any lawyer is to get paid for the work they do. And I think people will be very interested in finding out if the government intends to do that."
Stephen M. Ryan, Corporate, Government Strategies
Stephen M. Ryan was quoted in the August 1 issue of the Washington Business Journal in an article regarding a July 30 federal housing law that makes explicit the government's backing of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and creates the Federal Housing Finance Authority to regulate government-sponsored enterprises, or GSEs. Mr. Ryan noted that while the new law makes important changes, it leaves many questions unanswered. "It's untenable to have an incomplete answer to the question: What is the relationship between the GSEs and the government? I don't think this bill answers that. It was just a Band-Aid over the implicit guarantee," he said. Mr. Ryan also responded to the call by many for Fannie and Freddie to become either fully private or fully public institutions. "They will always be hybrids, just more clearly defined hybrids," he said.
Stephen M. Ryan, Government Strategies
Stephen M. Ryan was quoted in the April 28 edition of Security Fix, a Washington Post blog, in an article regarding the alleged hijacking of IP space by e-mail marketers closely associated with Scott Richter, an alleged spammer who has been sued by both Microsoft and MySpace. Scott Richter is the CEO of Media Breakaway, a company that Spamhaus claims hijacked IP space from San Francisco Bay Packet Radio. Spamhaus claims that the IP space should be revoked under the rules set out by the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN). As ARIN's General Counsel, Mr. Ryan said, "The matter has come to ARIN's attention, it is under review, and at this point I can't say more except that we're looking at it very diligently."
Stephen M. Ryan was quoted in a February 15 article published by Newsday regarding the potential federal investigation into whether Roger Clemens and Brian McNamee committed perjury, witness tampering and obstruction of justice at a recent congressional hearing. As a partner in McDermott’s Government Strategies Practice Group, Mr. Ryan discussed the likelihood that federal prosecutors would initiate investigations into incidents that allegedly occurred in their jurisdictions. "It was the equivalent of a nuclear explosion going off; [a prosecutor] can't look away," he said. Mr. Ryan noted that while Clemens' decision to testify was a mistake, it may be hard to criticize the baseball player's need to clear his name. "You're not Roger Clemens, and you have not won seven Cy Young Awards," he said.
Stephen M. Ryan, Government Strategies
Stephen Ryan was quoted in a January 11 article published by PR Newswire regarding Free File Alliance's launch of its 2008 free tax preparation services for Americans. As the Alliance's lawyer, Mr. Ryan commented on the benefits of the Alliance's public-private partnership with the Internal Revenue Service which has allowed the Alliance to provide six years of free tax preparation services for Americans with low and moderate incomes. "This unique partnership between government and private sector companies provides very real and significant benefits to poor and disadvantaged taxpayers. It also keeps government out of tax preparation, protecting taxpayer privacy and promoting private sector innovation and competition," Mr. Ryan said.
Stephen M. Ryan, Government Strategies
2007
Stephen M. Ryan was mentioned in a November 1 article published by The New York Times regarding Blackwater Wordwide's hiring of some of the top Washington, D.C. lawyers in order to mount an aggressive legal, political and public relations counterstrike. Mr. Ryan is one of Blackwater's lawyers due to his reputation as being one of the top white collar defense lawyers as well as his experience as a former general counsel of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee.
Stephen M. Ryan, Government Strategies, Trial, White-Collar & Securities Defense
Stephen M. Ryan was quoted in a September 26 article published by the Los Angeles Times regarding the State Department's decision to intercede in the Blackwater probe. Mr. Ryan commented on the letter sent to a senior Blackwater executive ordering the company "to make no disclosure of the documents or information" regarding its work in Iraq without permission. "In the fluid setting of a congressional hearing it may become difficult, if not impossible, for Blackwater personnel to meet the terms of the State Department finding," Mr. Ryan said.
Stephen M. Ryan, Government Contracts and Public Procurement, Government Strategies
Stephen M. Ryan was quoted in a September 26 article published by the Washington Post regarding Rep. Henry A. Waxman's allegation that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is interfering with a House committee investigation into the Iraqi government and the activities of the Blackwater security firm. Mr. Ryan, an attorney for Blackwater, has been working on a separate hearing in which he directed the company "not to disclose any information" regarding its Iraq security contract without prior department authorization in writing. "This contractual direction from the DOS is unambiguous," Mr. Ryan said.
Stephen M. Ryan, Government Contracts and Public Procurement, Government Strategies
Stephen M. Ryan was quoted in an August 11 article published by The National Journal regarding the current surge of federal investigations into allegations of public corruption by members of Congress and other officials. Stephen commented on the media attention that has helped to build the momentum behind this trend. "I think the current crop of cases is a reflection that you have to follow the evidence when the evidence is on the front pages of the newspapers," Mr. Ryan said.
Stephen M. Ryan, Government Strategies, White-Collar & Securities Defense
Stephen M. Ryan was quoted in a June 18 article published by Business Week regarding the decreasing supply of Internet Protocol addresses. Mr. Ryan, General Counsel for The American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN), commented about the organizations recent campaign trying to persuade legacy holders to deposit unused addresses into a public pool. "There is a moral imperative here. (Legacy holders) have a duty to think about the community's interest as well as their own," he said.
Stephen M. Ryan was quoted in a June 9 article published by The National Journal regarding attorneys representing corporations and political figures that are facing scrutiny from investigative entities. Mr. Ryan stressed the difference between preparing a witness for a hostile oversight proceeding and taking a client before a hill committee. "On the toughest oversight and investigation hearings, we may spend three days preparing for just three hours [of testimony]" Mr. Ryan explains.
Stephen Ryan was quoted on May 21 and May 28 in Information Week regarding the impending Internet address shortage. "Unless action is taken now, a quiet technical crisis will occur, not unlike Y2K in its complications, but without a fixed date or high level public attention."
Stephen M. Ryan, Government Strategies
Stephen Ryan was quoted in the April 30 Federal Times on the Justice Department lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for Eastern Arkansas against Accenture, Hewlett-Packard and Sun Microsystems.
Stephen M. Ryan, Government Strategies
Stephen Ryan was quoted in the March 25 The New York Times on the Justin Berry pro bono case.
Stephen M. Ryan, Pro Bono & Community Service
Stephen Ryan appeared on NPR's All Things Considered on March 23 to discuss the relationship between the IRS and commercial tax preparation software providers.
Stephen M. Ryan, Government Strategies
Stephen Ryan was named as one of Government Technology Magazine's "Top 25 Doers, Dreamers and Drivers" in the March 2007 issue.
Stephen M. Ryan, Government Strategies
Stephen Ryan was quoted in the Star Tribune on February 23 regarding the Rochester Coalition and Mayo Clinic's lawsuit requesting copies of the Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad's financial records from the Department of Transportation's Federal Railroad Administration under the Freedom of Information Act. Mr. Ryan was also quoted on this topic in Kiegers Notebook - Rochester Post Bulletin, Platts and Progressive Railroading.
Stephen M. Ryan, Government Strategies
Stephen Ryan was quoted in the February 12 issue of Roll Call regarding The United Transportation Union's addition to a coalition opposing a proposed expansion project for the Dakota Minnesota & Eastern Railroad. "The organizations opposed now demonstrate an ideological range - from a key AFL-CIO railroad union whose worker's safety is at stake to groups like Citizen's Against Government Waste and the Frontiers of Freedom Foundation," he said. "Stay tuned for a very large uptick in Members from every area of the country who will be joining the coalition."
Stephen M. Ryan, Government Strategies
Stephen Ryan was quoted in the February 7 issue of The Boston Globe regarding the widow of a Navy pilot's suit against Raytheon.
Stephen M. Ryan, Government Strategies
Stephen Ryan was quoted in Government Computer News (GCN) on February 5 regarding the Defense Department receiving its Ipv6 addresses from the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN). "When an existing customer has an IPv4 agreement, all they have to do is request v6 addresses and pay for the service. There is no need for a new agreement." He also notes "When people pay for this, they are paying for a service, DOD or anyone else will not own the numbers, but have the right to use them for as long as the contract remains in force and the department needs them."
