Mireya Rhodes worked with Lyle at the Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation Division. Lyle joined the office in 1994 as a legal technician and helped manage data for the Asset Seizure/Forfeiture Program. Lyle worked efficiently and displayed a strong work ethic, interacting with numerous people and reviewing work from 20 employees. Lyle showed initiative by providing new ideas and procedures that enhanced productivity. Lyle had excellent rapport with coworkers and takes pride in his detailed work. Rhodes recommends Lyle for admission to the University of Colorado at Denver's Public Administration program due to his qualities of being bright, creative, and having great potential.

1. From the Desk of Mireya Rhodes
11968 Wild Rose Lane
Anna, Texas 75409
April 26, 2005
Admissions Officer
University of Colorado at Denver
Public Affairs Program
Campus Box 142
P. O. Box 173364
Denver, CO 80217-3364
Dear Admissions Officer,
Lyle was a very dynamic individual at the Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service,
Criminal Investigation Division (IRS-CID). We had the responsibility of a very complex and
difficult government program. This program was a part of the Asset Seizure/Forfeiture Section of
the IRS-CID. Our office collected asset seizure/forfeiture information and provided detailed and
summarized reports to key, high level officials in the Federal Government. Information we
provided was used to brief key Senators in Congress and the Secretary of the Treasury.
Lyle joined our office in August 1994 as a legal Technician. I was Lyle's immediate supervisor
from 1994 until my retirement in 1996. Our office managed all the data for the Asset
Seizure/Forfeiture Program. Information requests from Washington required a quick turn-around
time. Lyle was of invaluable assistance in helping our office meet these deadlines. He worked
very efficiently and displayed a strong work ethic. He has to interact with numerous people
throughout the nation, as well as review the quality of the data received from about 20
employees, who were under his purview.
Lyle is a very bright young man with great potential. Although we had a program in place, he
showed initiative by providing new ideas and developing procedures for implementation, which
greatly enhanced our productivity. Lyle had a wonderful disposition and was always willing to
help others with projects. He had excellent rapport with our other office employees. Lyle is not
shy about expressing his ideas of opinions; he is very articulate and creative. He is very
observant and detailed in his work and takes great pride in a job well done.
Lyle has excellent qualities listed above that would make him an outstanding student in your
academia. I believe Lyle would be an outstanding graduate student of Public Administration and I
am pleased to recommend him for admission to your Master's of Public Administration program.
Sincerely,
Mireya Rhodes
Program Analyst (Retired)
IRS-CID