Chief Performance Officer of the United States: Difference between revisions

Obama selected [[Nancy Killefer]] to be the first CPO/Deputy OMB Director for Management, but before the Senate could vote on her confirmation, she withdrew her nomination, citing a "personal tax issue" as a likely distraction for the Obama administration.<ref name="Muskal">{{cite news|first=Michael |last=Muskal |url=http://articles.latimes.com/2009/feb/04/nation/na-nancy-killefer4 |title=Nancy Killefer withdraws as Obama's choice for performance officer |work=Los Angeles Times |date=February 4, 2009 |accessdate=2009-06-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090905173510/http://articles.latimes.com/2009/feb/04/nation/na-nancy-killefer4 |archivedate=September 5, 2009 }}</ref> [[Jeffrey Zients]] was nominated as CPO on April 18, 2009,<ref name="Silva">{{cite news|first=Mark |last=Silva |url=http://articles.latimes.com/2009/apr/19/nation/na-obama-performance19 |title=Jeffrey Zients is Obama's pick for chief performance officer |work=Los Angeles Times |date=April 19, 2009 |accessdate=2009-06-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090616110539/http://articles.latimes.com/2009/apr/19/nation/na-obama-performance19 |archivedate=June 16, 2009 }}</ref> and confirmed by the Senate on June 19, 2009. He was succeeded by [[Beth Cobert]].