Blane K. Dessy was appointed Executive Director of the Federal Library and Information Center Committee and the Federal Library Network at the Library of Congress in June, 2010. Prior to this, he had been Director of Libraries at the United States Department of Justice and the first Executive Director of the National Library of Education. Blane came to the Federal Government after working as a State Librarian, Deputy State Librarian, library consultant, and public library director. He is currently also an adjunct instructor in Management at the Catholic University School of Library and Information Science.