Brent R. Orrell Biography

The President intends to nominate Brent R. Orrell, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of Labor (Employment and Training). Mr. Orrell currently serves as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training at the Department of Labor. Prior to this, he served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy at the Administration for Children and Families within the Department of Health and Human Services. Earlier in his career, he served as a Legislative Director to Senator Sam Brownback. Mr. Orrell received his bachelor's degree from the University of Oregon.

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and External Relations Acting Director, Office of Refugee Resettlement (starting October 2007)

Brent Orrell joined the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and External Relations in June 2005. Before joining ACF, he was the Director of the Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives at the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). Prior to his service at DOL, he worked in both the United States Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives for 15 years.

In his work at DOL, Mr. Orrell focused on several key aspects of the implementation of the President’s Faith-Based and Community Initiative. Working with the Employment and Training Administration, he was responsible for designing the Initiative’s first mini-grants program to fund small faith-based and community organizations that provide job development services to poor and under-served communities. He was the principle author of the Ready4Work, a three-year, $32.5 million demonstration project to faith-based and community groups assisting men and women who are returning from prison. Ready4Work was the basis for the President’s four-year, $300 million request to Congress for a comprehensive prisoner re-entry program that was announced in the January 2004 State of the Union Address. Finally, Mr. Orrell designed and implemented Touching Lives and Communities, a technical assistance program encouraging state and local workforce development officials to partner with faith-based and community organizations in the delivery of formula grant-funded job development programs.

From 1987 to 2001, Mr. Orrell worked for members of the House and the Senate in a variety of policy-related positions. Most recently he served as Legislative Director to Senator Sam Brownback. From 1998 to 2000 he was Administrative Assistant to Congressman Gil Gutknecht.

From 1996 to 1998, Mr. Orrell served as Legislative Director to Senator Dan Coats. He was the lead staff person overseeing the Project for American Renewal, an omnibus legislative package designed to highlight and support the work of religious and community organizations. He also oversaw the creation of REAL Life, a separate faith-based and community package more narrowly tailored to the economic, social and educational problems of urban areas.

From 1989 to 1996, Mr. Orrell served as Deputy Legislative Director to Senator Sam Nunn where he handled health care, welfare, judiciary and other domestic policy issues.

Mr. Orrell graduated from the University of Oregon with a degree in European History in 1986. He and his wife, Beth, reside in Northern Virginia with their three children.

Republican Convention Names ShadowTV Official Broadcast Monitoring Provider

2008 Republican National Convention Names ShadowTV Official Broadcast Monitoring Provider, Service to deliver real-time notification of convention coverage across the nation.

SAINT PAUL, Minn. - To help monitor the massive amounts of media coverage expected during the 2008 Republican National Convention, President & CEO Maria Cino today announced ShadowTV, Inc., as the convention’s Official Broadcast Monitoring Provider.

"The excitement and energy of the 2008 Republican National Convention will be documented by 15,000 journalists from around the world - making it second only to the Olympics in terms of press coverage," Cino said. "It is important that we have the technology to document the broadcast coverage of the convention, and ShadowTV will help us track what the broadcast media is saying about it."

As the Official Broadcast Monitoring Provider, ShadowTV will provide the convention with digital, continuous access to live and archived broadcast coverage of the 2008 Republican National Convention. ShadowTV’s patent-pending technology will provide the convention with real-time notification when convention-related news is reported by any of the more than 250 television stations ShadowTV monitors across the nation.

"The real-time capability of ShadowTV is second-to-none," Cino added. "And the digital technology will go a long way toward our promise of a greener convention as we avoid the necessity of using non-recyclable video tapes."

"We are proud the Republican National Convention selected us as the official video monitoring service for this high profile event," said Joachim Kim, ShadowTV’s founder and President. "Our real-time alerts and ability to search live broadcasts and years of archives from around the country will allow the 2008 Republican National Convention staff to immediately identify and pass along important news coverage to all appropriate contacts."

About ShadowTV, ShadowTV® is a new patent pending streaming video service. It was developed from the ground up to manipulate video for efficient delivery via the Internet. ShadowTV can provide all-digital continuous-access to live and archived television content via the web. It enables financial institutions, advertising agencies, PR agencies and other corporations to monitor televised news and commercials for financial reports, competitive intelligence, and shareholder relations. ShadowTV can be found online at www.shadowtv.com.

About the Republican National Convention, The 2008 Republican National Convention will be held at Saint Paul's Xcel Energy Center from Sept. 1-4, 2008. Approximately 45,000 delegates, alternate delegates, volunteers, members of the media and other guests are expected to attend the convention. Minneapolis-Saint Paul is expected to receive an estimated $150-$160 million positive economic boost from the four-day event. For more information about the 2008 Republican National Convention, please visit our website at www.GOPConvention2008.com and join our social network sites on Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, and YouTube.