From September 2001 to June 2012, he served as the Chief of the Intelligence Branch, National Security Division, in a career Senior Executive Service position.

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Our priority on fairness has also resulted in significant increases in the number of minorities and women serving in high-level management positions in the Senior Executive Service.

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Among the senior executive's goals for the U.S. is an improvement in customer service and inventory control.

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Richard Williamson, who was responsible for the maps service in Apple devices, was dismissed by Eddy Cue, a senior software executive at the company, Bloomberg reported.

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There are still senior officials in the health service and politics who were involved with Stafford Hospital at the time (NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson was head of the regional health authority, while shadow health secretary Andy Burnham signed papers to allow the hospital to pursue foundation trust status when Labour was in power).

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