Secretary of the Navy Gordon England speaks to the audience at a Pentagon town hall meeting on July 7, 2004. England addressed the audience of military and civilians on the new National Security Personnel System. England has been tasked by Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld with overseeing the development of the new system and was joined on stage by three senior managers from the project (left to right), Program Executive Officer Mary Lacey, Ronald Sanders of the Office of Personnel Management, and Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Charles S. Abell.