Becoming More Agile: Lessons Learned from the Pandemic

Listen to our interview with David A. Lebryk.

The U.S. enacted several legislative packages over the past two years that total more than $4.5 trillion in new budgetary resources across the federal government. When you compare the pandemic response to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, which was about $800 billion, the scope of the challenge to implement these new resources becomes clear.

Leading Treasury's Office of Fiscal Service: A Conversation with Dave Lebryk, Fiscal Assistant Secretary

What is the mission of the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Fiscal Service? How does the pandemic response compare to the recovery act response and what have we learned? How is Treasury’s Office of Fiscal Service using innovative approaches to meet its critical mission? Join host Michael Keegan as he explores these questions and more with Dave Lebryk, Fiscal Assistant Secretary at the U.S. Department of the Treasury. 

Broadcast Date: 
Monday, October 17, 2022 - 10:59
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David Lebryk, Fiscal Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of the Treasury

David A. Lebryk was appointed the Fiscal Assistant Secretary on June 30, 2014. As the Fiscal Assistant Secretary, Mr. Lebryk is responsible for developing policy and overseeing the operations of the financial infrastructure of the federal government in the areas of payments, collections, debt financing, accounting, delinquent debt collection, and shared services.

Fiscal Assistant Secretary
U.S. Department of the Treasury
United States

David A. Lebryk was appointed the Fiscal Assistant Secretary on June 30, 2014. As the Fiscal Assistant Secretary, Mr. Lebryk is responsible for developing policy and overseeing the operations of the financial infrastructure of the federal government in the areas of payments, collections, debt financing, accounting, delinquent debt collection, and shared services.

Mr. Lebryk has had a distinguished career in Treasury. In 2012, Mr. Lebryk served as the first Commissioner of the Bureau of the Fiscal Service, which was established with the consolidation of the Bureau of the Public Debt (BPD) and the Financial Management Service (FMS). Prior to that, Mr. Lebryk was the FMS Commissioner, having served as Deputy Commissioner for one and a half years. At the U.S. Mint, Mr. Lebryk served as the Deputy Director from October 2002 to December 2007, and Acting Director from August 2005 through September 2006. Prior to his service at the Mint, he held the position of Treasury’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fiscal Operations and Policy. He also served as Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Human Resources for the Treasury Department and as an Advisor to the Deputy Secretary of the Treasury and to three Undersecretaries for Domestic Finance. Mr. Lebryk joined the Treasury Department in 1989 as a Presidential Management Intern in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy Management and Counselor to the Secretary. He received Presidential Rank Awards in 2005, 2010, and 2019 for his sustained record of extraordinary leadership and achievement. He was recently awarded the 2020 Frank Greathouse Distinguished Leadership Award from the Association of Government Accountants (AGA).

Mr. Lebryk graduated with an A.B. in Economics from Harvard University and a Master of Public Administration from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.