Published 1/7/2009
by CNN Associate Producer Martina Stewart
at CNN Political Ticker
WASHINGTON (CNN) — President-elect Barack Obama on Wednesday will announce his selection for the role of "chief performance officer," a newly created position that will work to scrub the federal budget and reform
government, a Democratic official told CNN.
The person will "help put us on a path to fiscal discipline," the
official said.
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