Effective October 1, 2003, Earl Brittingham became the Chief, Washington Area Service Center (WASC). The Office of the Chief provides overall direction, guidance and coordination of the various business components, as well as asset management and administrative control for the Service Center. The Office of the Chief also provides oversight of the contractor operated Child Development Center at the Sidney R. Yates Building. The Office of the Chief, WASC is located in the South Building Agriculture Building, Room S-208, and can be reached on 202-720-2777.

Previously, Earl was Division Chief for the Beltsville Service Center for the Department of Agriculture. In this position, he was responsible for 54 full-time employees [FTEs] in 14 different job series and a combined labor force of 20 people. This division was comprised of Shipping and receiving, form and publication distribution world-wide, print-on-demand, furniture rehabilitation, excess property disposition and supply warehousing for the Washington Metropolitan Area. Earl was also responsible for the design and layout for USDA's newly built warehouse located at 6351 Ammendale Road in Beltsville, Maryland.

Previously, Mr. Brittingham was the Unit Chief of the Centralized Excess Property Operation [CEPO]. In this position, he supervised 11 FTEs and 12 contract laborers. He provided a full range of property disposal services throughout the Washington Metropolitan Area for 32 USDA and 17 non-USDA agencies.

During Earl's 15-year career with the General Services Administration [GSA], he worked in a multi-tiered warehouse operation which consisted of forms, furniture, and supplies.

This has been an extemely rewarding career for Earl, a Fairfax High School graduate (Fairfax Virginia), who started with GSA as a warehouse worker trainee WG-01. With a positive attitude, enthusiasm, and a strong work ethic, Earl eventually became Unit Chief, and the first Director of GSA's Customer Supply Center in Franconia, Virginia.

The Washington Post featured Mr. Brittingham in a recent article: "GSA Unit Chief Rose From Stables To Front-Office," that depicted Earl as the guy who could get any job done with hard work and good old common sense. That became evident when he took over the supply center, a new operation, and kept everything running smoothly in spite of much opposition.

Outside of his job, family-man Earl breeds, raises and races thoroughbred horses.