By ELIZABETH NEWELL, Government Executive
In addition to serving as the government's first chief performance officer, Nancy Killefer will also serve as deputy director for management at the Office of Management and Budget, Killefer confirmed to Government Executive.
Killefer, who succeeds Clay Johnson III in OMB, will meet with Cabinet members and other key agency officials soon after the inauguration and then on a regular basis.
"I am convinced the success of every policy of this administration will be influenced by the people executing it, and I'm committed to engaging and drawing on the talents of the federal workforce in order to deliver on our promise of a new more efficient and effective government," Killefer said.
In announcing Killefer on Wednesday, President-elect Barack Obama touted her career in the Clinton Treasury Department, where she served as assistant secretary for management, chief financial officer and chief operating officer, as well as her private sector experience at McKinsey and Co., a management consulting firm where she is a senior director. The president-elect said Killefer is an expert at streamlining processes and eliminating inefficiencies who also understands that government services are delivered by people.
"During the campaign, I said that we must scour this budget line by line, eliminating what we don't need or what doesn't work, and improving the things that do," Obama said. "Working with Peter Orszag and Rob Nabors at the Office of Management and Budget, Nancy Killefer is uniquely qualified to lead that effort."
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