Lawrence Hale
Director, Strategic Solutions and Security Services, General Services Administration
Lawrence Hale is Director of the Center for Strategic Solutions and Security Services in GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service (FAS). His current programs include SmartBUY, the HSPD-12 Managed Services Office, the Security Services Division, and Cloud Computing acquisition programs. Prior to returning to GSA in 2008, he served as Acting Director, National Communications System in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). He spent more than two years as Chief Information Security Officer of Affiliated Computer Services. Previously, as Director of the Federal Computer Incident Response Center, Hale led the transition of that organization from GSA into DHS, and served as Deputy Director of the National Cyber Security Division’s Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT).