Areas of Expertise
Federal Acquisition | Government Management | Federal IT Modernization | Supply Chain Security | Cybersecurity | International Trade
About Julie
Julie Dunne is a senior leader with more than 25 years of professional experience across federal agencies, congressional committee staff and private practice. Her policy expertise includes federal acquisition, government management, federal IT modernization, supply chain security, cybersecurity and international trade. At The Chertoff Group, she supports Federal Strategy engagements.
Career Highlights
- Commissioner of the Federal Acquisition Service at the General Services Administration, leading a federal organization of 3,500 people with an $18.8 billion budget generated from fees charged on more than $75 billion in acquisition solutions and shared services provided to federal agencies
- Drove an increase in sales from FY 2019 to FY 2020 despite the challenge of COVID to FAS’s business model, led policy implementation efforts to drive innovation and streamline federal acquisition, including management of a major reform effort for GSA’s largest contracting program
- Established a FAS IT automation center to streamline the acquisition process, managed strategic planning and major investment reviews, and represented GSA on the government-wide Federal Acquisition Security Council to manage supply chain risk
- Staff Director, Government Operations Subcommittee, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, and Senior Counsel, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, with a policy and legislative portfolio spanning federal acquisition, federal IT management, cybersecurity, security clearance reform, civil service, census and federal records
- Conducted oversight projects including major investigations of data breaches at a private sector entity and federal agency, agency management of IT acquisition and an investigation of fraud against the elderly
- Associate General Counsel for General Law and Deputy Executive Secretary in the Office of the Secretary at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, managing investigations, DHS reorganization, acquisition, fiscal law and FOIA issues
- Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary for Export Administration at the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security, with responsibility for dual-use export controls policy and regulation
- Government contracts attorney in private practice in Washington, D.C., litigating bid protests and contractor claims, and earlier an international trade attorney in private practice
Boards and Affiliations
Senior Advisory Group Member, Washington Homeland Security Business Roundtable
Education
J.D., American University Washington College of Law | M.S. in International Commerce and Policy, George Mason University | B.A. in Political Science and English, James Madison University