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Last updated: 04/04/03
For Immediate Release: September 20, 1999
Two veteran, high-ranking officials of the Bureau of Land Management are switching positions, BLM Deputy Director Tom Fry announced today. Gayle F. Gordon becomes Director of the Eastern States Office in Springfield, Virginia, while W. Hord ("Tip") Tipton assumes the position of Assistant Director for Information Resources Management (IRM). The IRM position, which had been based in Denver, Colorado, now moves to Washington, D.C.
"Gayle and Tip bring a wealth of talent and experience to their new positions, to which they are now transitioning," Fry said. "Their job switch keeps the BLM's leadership team strong while allowing these veteran managers to apply their skills and vision in a fresh way as the new millennium approaches."
Gordon, who served as Assistant Director for IRM since the fall of 1996, redirected the BLM's information technology and information management functions to start meeting the needs of the 21st century. Prior to joining the BLM, Gordon held the posts of Acting Director and Deputy Director of the Interior Department's Office of Information Resources Management. She was awarded the Presidential Rank of Meritorious Executive in 1993.
Tipton, who was Director of Eastern States since the summer of 1997, directed the
management of 30,000 acres of public land and more than 39 million acres of sub-surface
Federal mineral estate. Tipton oversaw Eastern States in all
of its responsibilities, including its maintenance of more than nine million historical
General Land Office records and its sponsorship of wild horse and burro adoptions in
states east of the Mississippi. Prior to becoming Eastern States Director, Tipton was the
BLM's Assistant Director for Minerals, Realty, and Resource Protection. He joined the BLM
in 1993 after serving as Acting Director and Deputy Director of the Interior Department's
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement.
The BLM, an agency of the U.S. Department of the Interior, manages more land -- 264 million surface acres -- than any other Federal agency. Most of this public land is located in 12 Western states, including Alaska. The Bureau, which has a budget of $1.2 billion and a workforce of about 9,000 employees, also administers more than 560 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. The BLM preserves open space by managing the public lands for multiple uses, such as outdoor recreation, livestock grazing, and mining, and by conserving natural, historical, cultural, and other resources found on the public lands.
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