GPO Director Names Inspector General
WASHINGTON —U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) Director Hugh Nathanial
Halpern has named Nathan Deahl as the Agency’s Inspector General (IG). As GPO IG, Deahl
will oversee the Agency’s Office of Inspector General (OIG). GPO OIG provides independent
and objective oversight of GPO administration and operations and supports Agency’s
leadership and Congress’ efforts to improve effectiveness, efficiency, and accountability.
Prior to being named Inspector General, Deahl served as Acting Inspector General in 2023
after three years serving as Deputy Inspector General.
“Nathan has done a great job as Acting Inspector General and has the extensive
experience needed to succeed as GPO’s permanent Inspector General,” said GPO Director
Hugh Nathanial Halpern. “I look forward to continuing to receive Nathan’s valued
recommendations on improving Agency operations. All of us at GPO congratulate him on
this well-deserved promotion.”
Deahl first joined GPO in 2019 when he took a position as the AIG for Inspections at GPO
where he built the first inspections program for the GPO OIG. In 2020, Deahl was
promoted to Deputy Inspector General. In this capacity, he ensured all OIG activity was
conducted with the utmost integrity and objectivity and worked closely with the Inspector
General.
Deahl graduated from the University of Arizona in 1999, with a double-major in
Molecular-Biology and Psychology. Upon graduation, Deahl earned an Air Force
commission as a navigator and attended flight school at Pensacola Naval Air Station. In
2001, he was selected to train and fly as a weapons systems officer in the F-15E Strike
Eagle. After an injury cut his flying career short, Deahl graduated the Air Force’s
Intelligence Officer’s course as the top graduate and was then assigned to Hickam AFB
Hawaii. There he served in various positions from the Assistant Director of Operations to
the squadron’s lead targeting and intelligence planner. In December 2004, after a
devastating tsunami hit Indonesia and neighboring countries, Deahl was assigned as one
of the senior intelligence duty officers for the relief mission that followed.
In 2007, Deahl resigned his commission and moved to Washington D.C. There, he worked
as a contractor for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s (NGA) Chief Information
Officer (CIO) leadership and communications engagement. In 2009, Deahl took a
permanent Government position with NGA as the deputy responsible for the privacy
program and IT policy. Deahl joined NGA’s Office of Inspector General in 2010 as an
inspector where he spearheaded the creation of an Intelligence Oversight Inspection
program, which was acknowledged as a best practice in the Department of Defense. After
promotions to Senior Inspector, Deputy Assistant IG (AIG) for Inspections, and the
Assistant IG for Inspections, he was responsible for overseeing several Council of the
Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE) and Intelligence Community
Inspector General award-winning evaluations (2012, 2017, 2018, and 2019).
Deahl also earned his second master’s in public policy management from Georgetown
University in May 2015.
About GPO
GPO is the Federal Government’s resource for publishing trusted information for the
Federal Government to the American people. The GPO is responsible for the production
and distribution of information products and services for all three branches of the Federal
Government, including U.S. passports for the Department of State as well as the official
publications of Congress, the White House, and other Federal agencies in digital and print
formats. GPO provides for permanent public access to Federal Government information at
no charge through www.GovInfo.gov and partnerships with approximately 1,100 libraries
nationwide participating in the Federal Depository Library Program. For more
information, please visit www.gpo.gov.
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