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Obama’s Remarks on His Pick for Chief Performance Officer
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 action to spur the creation of new jobs as we lay the foundation for future growth. And with the American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan that Congress will soon be debating, we intend to deliver that change. But we committed to more change than that.  ...
Chief Performance Officer Nancy Killefer faces a political pork fight -
chicagotribune.com — 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 ... (more) Chief Performance Officer Nancy Killefer faces a ...
Obama to name 'chief performance officer'
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com — (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 ... (more) Obama to name 'chief performance officer'
Obama to Tomorrow Introduce New Person for New Job -- Chief Performance Officer
blogs.abcnews.com — 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 ... (more) Obama to Tomorrow Introduce New Person for New Job -- ...
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Rhetorically, Obama Proposes Conservative Change
GayPatriot — ... Today, in announcing his choice of Nancy Killefer as “Chief Performance Officer”, President-elect Barack Obama echoed Ronald Reagan in describing the type of change he intends to bring to Washington: ...

Obama Appoints Tax Cop to ‘Improve Government Performance’
RedState: Conservative News and Community — ... During the presidential campaign, Barack Obama promised to go through the federal budget ‘line by line’ to root out waste. Today he announced the hiring of an experienced federal management expert to help him do that: ...

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