chicagotribune.com - 1/8/2009
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Appointed by President-elect Barack Obama on Wednesday to the new position of chief performance officer, Nancy Killefer faces a struggle as old as government itself: vanquishing the forces of pork politics while trying to cut waste. Killefer, head of consulting firm McKinsey & Co.'s Washington ...
blogs.wsj.com - 1/7/2009
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The prepared remarks of President-elect Barack Obama in
Washington on his pick for White House chief performance...
officer. Good morning. By now, we all know that we are facing a crisis in our economy, one that requires immediate and decisive ...
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Obama’s Remarks on His Pick for Chief Performance Officer
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 1/7/2009
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(CNN) — Two Democratic officials confirm Nancy Killefer
will be unveiled as chief performance officer, a newly-created...
position focused on bringing back fiscal order. The official announcement will be made at 10:15 a.m. in Washington. Killefer ...
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Obama to name 'chief performance officer'
blogs.abcnews.com - 1/7/2009
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President-elect Obama will be introducing his new Chief
Performance Officer (CPO) on Wednesday morning. This is a...
new position designed to combat waste and improve efficiency. On this week when the President-elect has been talking a great deal about ...
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Obama to Tomorrow Introduce New Person for New Job -- ...
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Presidential Lunch: WT Suggests Obama Upstaged Bush
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... . Doing so, I'm struck by how chintzy that side of the White House's press operation is! Their online video rendering and presentation is decidedly stale by about five years or so. It would be great if the forthcoming administration could address this -- maybe this newly minted "performance officer" or some of Obama's Silicon Valley pals could get the Executive Branch up to speed with the latest types of embeddable video. ...
Presidential Lunch: WT Suggests Obama Upstaged Bush
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... . Doing so, I'm struck by how chintzy that side of the White House's press operation is! Their online video rendering and presentation is decidedly stale by about five years or so. It would be great if the forthcoming administration could address this -- maybe this newly minted "performance officer" or some of Obama's Silicon Valley pals could get the Executive Branch up to speed with the latest types of embeddable video. ...
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voices.washingtonpost.com 1/7/2009 — By Michael D. Shear President-elect Barack Obama has selected a top management consultant to serve as the country's chief performance officer, a post he said would help oversee reform of the federal government and its budget. Sources said Obama has ...
If you are a chief financial officer...
tigerhawk.blogspot.com 11/16/2008 — ...this is the most terrifying paragraph you are likely to read all year:
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Official: Performance czar withdraws candidacy
breitbart.com 2/3/2009 — WASHINGTON (AP) - Nancy Killefer, who failed for a year and a half to pay employment taxes on household help, has withdrawn her candidacy to be the first chief performance officer for the federal government, the White House said Tuesday. Killefer was ...
The Associated Press: Official: Performance czar withdraws candidacy
google.com 2/3/2009 — 49 minutes ago WASHINGTON (AP) An Obama administration official says Nancy Killefer is withdrawing her candidacy to be the first chief performance officer for the federal government. The official said the 55-year-old executive with consulting giant ...
Official: Performance czar withdraws candidacy
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news.yahoo.com 2/3/2009 — AP - Nancy Killefer, who failed for a year and a half to pay employment taxes on household help, has withdrawn her candidacy to be the first chief performance officer for the federal government, the White House said Tuesday.
Senate set to OK Daschle as health secretary —
Reuters: Politics 1/8/2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle pledged to restore confidence in federal agencies and base decisions on science, not politics, as he began making his case to the U.S. Senate on Thursday to become President-elect Barack ...
Obama health reform drive gets diverse backing —
Reuters: Politics 1/8/2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama's pledge to reform the U.S. health care system got an important vote of confidence on Thursday as a diverse alliance of doctors, a labor union, the drug industry and health insurers pledged to ...
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