The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is seeking a replacement for the recently retired chief of staff for the Defense Nuclear Security office: the part of the agency responsible for guarding nuclear-weapon sites and materials.
The window to interview replacements for Mark Roman, who retired earlier this year after 22 years of federal service, will close Friday, the semiautonomous Department of Energy agency said in a want-ad posted last week on the official federal recruiting website, USAjobs.gov.
Roman retired Jan. 31, an NNSA spokesperson said by email late Monday. Roman’s replacement will work at agency headquarters in Washington and report to Jeffrey Johnson: the retired Marine who has run the NNSA’s enterprise-wide security office since 2014.
Johnson was the first permanent NNSA security chief since the agency removed Doug Fremont from the post in 2012, after an elderly nun and two other activists breached the perimeter of the Y-12 National Security Complex in Tennessee and painted pacifist slogans on some federal property.
