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Date of Appointment to Current Position: May 31, 2001 Contact
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Milestones: Academic
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As the Chief of Criminal Investigation (CI), David B. Palmer heads the Internal Revenue Service function responsible for investigating criminal violations of the tax code. Headquartered in Washington, DC, Mr. Palmer oversees a nationwide staff of approximately 4,500 CI employees as they investigate and assist in the prosecution of criminal tax, money laundering, and narcotics-related financial crime cases. Named as Chief in November 2002, Mr. Palmer reports directly to the IRS Commissioner on nationwide criminal investigation policies and programs. He supervises CI's mission, which is to serve the American public by investigating potential criminal violations of the Internal Revenue Code and related financial crimes in a manner that fosters confidence in the tax system and compliance with the law. Criminal Investigation's top law enforcement priorities are the investigation of income tax evasion and other related financial crimes. This encompasses fraud in legal industries, illegal industries, and narcotics-related financial crimes. Investigations include money laundering activities and violations of the Bank Secrecy Act, which involves the proper reporting of currency transactions. Mr. Palmer began his Internal Revenue Service career in 1971 as a special agent in the Criminal Investigation Division in Dayton, Ohio. He held various positions in Criminal Investigation as group manager; Chief, CID, in Omaha, Nebraska and Detroit, Michigan; and as Executive Assistant to the Assistant Regional Commissioner, Criminal Investigation, Mid-Atlantic Region. After completing the IRS Executive Selection and Development Program in 1987, he was named Assistant Regional Commissioner for Criminal Investigation, Southeast Region, in Atlanta. In 1990, he became Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Criminal Investigation, in Washington, DC. In 1994, Mr. Palmer became the IRS Director, Indianapolis District. Later in 1997, he became the IRS Director for the Kansas-Missouri District, the position he held until his selection as Director, Field Operations for the Central Area. Mr. Palmer earned a bachelor's degree in accountancy from Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio in 1969. He completed the Mid-Career Development Program of the Syracuse University Maxwell School of Public Administration in Syracuse, New York, in 1983 and attended the Federal Executive Institute in Charlottesville, Virginia in June 1993. He is a native of Dayton, Ohio.
John Patrick Clark was born, raised and educated in New York. He graduated from John F. Kennedy High School in Bellmore, Long Island and received his Bachelor of Science Degree in History from the State University of New York at Binghamton. He went on to earn his Masters of Science Degree from National Louis University. Mr. Clark began his federal law enforcement career as a U.S. Border Patrol Agent assigned to Chula Vista, California in January of 1980. During the next several years, he had the opportunity to serve on several special assignments. These included serving as a detailed Spanish Instructor at the Border Patrol Academy in Georgia, serving as the Public Affairs Officer for the Immigration Detention facility in Ft. Allen, Puerto Rico and serving on the mounted patrol for the U.S. Border Patrol. In October of 1984, Mr. Clark transferred back to New York to begin his career with the U.S. Customs Service. He served as a Customs Patrol Officer at John F. Kennedy Airport for several months and was selected as a Customs Special Agent at JFK in 1985. In 1989, he transferred to the Customs office in 6 World Trade Center in Manhattan and was promoted to Group Supervisor in 1991. From 1992 - 1994, Mr. Clark worked at U.S. Customs Headquarters in Washington, D. C. as a Desk Officer in both the Domestic Operations Division and the Foreign Operations Division. From 1994 - 1998, Mr. Clark served as the Assistant Special Agent in Charge in San Francisco, California. From 1998 - 2000, Mr. Clark served as the Associate Special Agent in Charge in Miami, Florida. In 2000, Mr. Clark was promoted to the Senior Executive Service and has served as the Special Agent in Charge, Miami, Florida since that time. In April 2003, Mr. Clark was named Interim Director, Customs Investigations at the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
 Years Service: 25 Position: Director General, Drugs and Organized Crime for the RCMP. Responsibility: Drugs: Responsible for the Drug program for the RCMP which includes Drug Operations, the Chemical Precursor Program, Foreign Drug Cooperation and Drug Awareness. Organized Crime: Undercover Operations, Witness Protection Program and Air and Maritime Interdiction. Experience: 21 years as a drugs and organized crime investigator and undercover operator. Education: Bachelor of Commerce, Law Degree and member of the Law Society of Upper Canada Bar.
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