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{{AFC submission|t||ts=20171124184444|u=Discernable|ns=118|demo=}}'''Huban A. Gowadia i'''s the Deputy (Acting) Administrator of the [[Transportation Security Administration]] since January 19, 2017, following the statutorily required resignation of [[Peter V. Neffenger]] on January 20, 2017, upon Donald Trump becoming President. <ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.tsa.gov/leader-bios/deputy-administrator|title=Deputy Administrator|date=2016-05-09|work=Transportation Security Administration|access-date=2017-11-24|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.indiawest.com/news/global_indian/tsa-chief-huban-gowadia-under-fire-for-failing-to-comply/article_97fe9340-3a90-11e7-951e-53073d0d67e9.html|title=TSA Chief Huban Gowadia Under Fire for Failing to Comply with Congressional Subpoena|last=Reporter|first=SUNITA SOHRABJI, India-West Staff|work=India West|access-date=2017-11-24|language=en}}</ref> Prior to joining TSA, Gowadia was the Director of the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. She was responsible for the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) contribution to protect the United States from nuclear attack, where her focus was on nuclear forensics capabilities to detect, analyze and report on nuclear and other radioactive materials that are out of regulatory control.<ref name=":0" />


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Dr. Gowadia began her federal service with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in 2000, working on aviation security technologies and policy, where after September 11, 2001, she led TSA’s initiative to replace all walk-through metal detectors at airports with enhanced systems.<ref name=":0" />
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| president = [[Donald Trump]]
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| predecessor =[[Peter V. Neffenger]]
| successor = [[ David Pekoske]]
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|alma_mater = [[University of Alabama]] <br /> [[Penn State College of Engineering]]
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'''Huban A. Gowadia''' (born c. 1969) is principal associate director of Global Security at [[Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory]] (LLNL) since February 2020.


She was formerly Deputy Administrator of the [[Transportation Security Administration]] from January 19, 2017 to May 2018, following the statutorily required resignation of [[Peter V. Neffenger]] on January 20, 2017, upon Donald Trump becoming President.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.tsa.gov/leader-bios/deputy-administrator|title=Deputy Administrator|date=2016-05-09|work=Transportation Security Administration|access-date=2017-11-24|language=en}}{{PD-notice}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=http://www.indiawest.com/news/global_indian/tsa-chief-huban-gowadia-under-fire-for-failing-to-comply/article_97fe9340-3a90-11e7-951e-53073d0d67e9.html|title=TSA Chief Huban Gowadia Under Fire for Failing to Comply with Congressional Subpoena|last=Reporter|first=SUNITA SOHRABJI, India-West Staff|work=India West|access-date=2017-11-24|language=en|archive-date=2017-11-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171109090303/http://www.indiawest.com/news/global_indian/tsa-chief-huban-gowadia-under-fire-for-failing-to-comply/article_97fe9340-3a90-11e7-951e-53073d0d67e9.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Prior to joining TSA, Gowadia was the Director of the [[Domestic Nuclear Detection Office]] at the U.S. [[United States Department of Homeland Security|Department of Homeland Security]]. She was responsible for the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) contribution to protect the United States from nuclear attack, where her focus was on nuclear forensics capabilities to detect, analyze and report on nuclear and other radioactive materials that are out of regulatory control.<ref name=":0" />
Dr. Gowadia received a Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Alabama and a Doctorate of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering from Pennsylvania State University.<!-- Important, do not remove this line before article has been created. -->


Gowadia began her federal service with the [[Federal Aviation Administration]] in 2000, working on aviation security technologies and policy, where after September 11, 2001, she led TSA's initiative to replace all walk-through metal detectors at airports with enhanced systems.<ref name=":0" />


==Career==
Gowadia received a Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering from the [[University of Alabama]] and a Doctorate of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering from [[Pennsylvania State University]].<ref name=":0" />


On 17 March 2017, [[United States House Committee on Oversight and Reform]] issued a subpoena<ref>https://democrats-oversight.house.gov/sites/democrats.oversight.house.gov/files/Gowadia%20Subpoena%202017-03-17%20%28executed%29.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref> for TSA to provide information for an investigation about the handling of whistle blowers at the agency to Gowadia as acting director. The subpoena demanded her to appear no later than noon on 31 March 2017; Gowadia failed to appear. On 2 May 2017, Committee chair Rep. [[Jason Chaffetz]], R-Utah, and Ranking Member Rep. [[Elijah Cummings]], D-Maryland, issued a letter for failing to comply with the Congressional subpoena.<ref name=":1" /> DHS, parent organization of TSA, responded by sending a letter saying, "it was entitled to withhold documents on individual personnel cases on the grounds that the information was protected by attorney-client privilege".<ref name=":1" /> On 14 November 2017, Rep. Cummings asked Chairman [[Trey Gowdy]] to enforce the subpoena.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://democrats-oversight.house.gov/news/press-releases/cummings-asks-gowdy-to-enforce-subpoena-issued-to-tsa-eight-months-ago-for|title=Cummings Asks Gowdy to Enforce Subpoena Issued to TSA Eight Months Ago for Documents After Repeated Warnings About Airport Security|date=2017-11-14|work=Committee on Oversight and Government Reform - Democrats|access-date=2017-11-24|language=en}}</ref> Following the letter, Gowadia and others appeared for transcribed interviews.<ref>https://www.hsdl.org/?view&did=816375 {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>


Gowadia joined the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in May 2018 as the deputy principal associate director for Programs for the National Ignition Facility and Photon Science (NIF&PS) principal directorate. She worked with the NIF&PS Department of Defense Technologies program to engage industry and federal sponsors to form partnerships to address some of the nation's most pressing security issues. She also supported the development of cross-disciplinary initiatives within LLNL that can utilize NIF&PS technologies to enhance mission space in other directorates.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.llnl.gov/news/huban-gowadia-selected-global-security-director|title = Huban Gowadia selected as Global Security director}}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 06:52, 12 December 2024

Huban A. Gowadia
Acting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration
In office
January 20, 2017 – August 10, 2017
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byPeter V. Neffenger
Succeeded byDavid Pekoske
Personal details
Born1969 (age 55–56)
Alma materUniversity of Alabama
Penn State College of Engineering

Huban A. Gowadia (born c. 1969) is principal associate director of Global Security at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) since February 2020.

She was formerly Deputy Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration from January 19, 2017 to May 2018, following the statutorily required resignation of Peter V. Neffenger on January 20, 2017, upon Donald Trump becoming President.[1][2] Prior to joining TSA, Gowadia was the Director of the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. She was responsible for the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) contribution to protect the United States from nuclear attack, where her focus was on nuclear forensics capabilities to detect, analyze and report on nuclear and other radioactive materials that are out of regulatory control.[1]

Gowadia began her federal service with the Federal Aviation Administration in 2000, working on aviation security technologies and policy, where after September 11, 2001, she led TSA's initiative to replace all walk-through metal detectors at airports with enhanced systems.[1]

Career

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Gowadia received a Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Alabama and a Doctorate of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering from Pennsylvania State University.[1]

On 17 March 2017, United States House Committee on Oversight and Reform issued a subpoena[3] for TSA to provide information for an investigation about the handling of whistle blowers at the agency to Gowadia as acting director. The subpoena demanded her to appear no later than noon on 31 March 2017; Gowadia failed to appear. On 2 May 2017, Committee chair Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, and Ranking Member Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Maryland, issued a letter for failing to comply with the Congressional subpoena.[2] DHS, parent organization of TSA, responded by sending a letter saying, "it was entitled to withhold documents on individual personnel cases on the grounds that the information was protected by attorney-client privilege".[2] On 14 November 2017, Rep. Cummings asked Chairman Trey Gowdy to enforce the subpoena.[4] Following the letter, Gowadia and others appeared for transcribed interviews.[5]

Gowadia joined the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in May 2018 as the deputy principal associate director for Programs for the National Ignition Facility and Photon Science (NIF&PS) principal directorate. She worked with the NIF&PS Department of Defense Technologies program to engage industry and federal sponsors to form partnerships to address some of the nation's most pressing security issues. She also supported the development of cross-disciplinary initiatives within LLNL that can utilize NIF&PS technologies to enhance mission space in other directorates.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Deputy Administrator". Transportation Security Administration. 2016-05-09. Retrieved 2017-11-24.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. ^ a b c Reporter, SUNITA SOHRABJI, India-West Staff. "TSA Chief Huban Gowadia Under Fire for Failing to Comply with Congressional Subpoena". India West. Archived from the original on 2017-11-09. Retrieved 2017-11-24.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ https://democrats-oversight.house.gov/sites/democrats.oversight.house.gov/files/Gowadia%20Subpoena%202017-03-17%20%28executed%29.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  4. ^ "Cummings Asks Gowdy to Enforce Subpoena Issued to TSA Eight Months Ago for Documents After Repeated Warnings About Airport Security". Committee on Oversight and Government Reform - Democrats. 2017-11-14. Retrieved 2017-11-24.
  5. ^ https://www.hsdl.org/?view&did=816375 [bare URL PDF]
  6. ^ "Huban Gowadia selected as Global Security director".
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  • Biography at Transportation Security Administration