Secretary of the Navy Gordon England (left) listens to a question from a member of the audience during a Pentagon town hall meeting on the development of the new National Security Personnel System held on July 7, 2004. 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, 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.