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Obama announces 'chief performance officer'

Reuters

Wednesday, 7 January 2009

Barack Obama with Nancy Killefer, his appointee as White House Chief Performance Officer to oversee budget and spending reform, during a news conference in Washington

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Barack Obama with Nancy Killefer, his appointee as White House Chief Performance Officer to oversee budget and spending reform, during a news conference in Washington

The US President-elect Barack Obama announced today he was appointing former Treasury official Nancy Killefer to serve as the nation's first "chief performance officer" to oversee budget and spending reform.

Killefer, a director at McKinsey & Company and a former assistant secretary of the Treasury in the Clinton administration, will work with economic officials to increase efficiences and eliminate waste in government spending. The US budget deficit is projected to swell to a record $1.186 trillion in fiscal 2009.

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[info]moshey wrote:
Friday, 16 January 2009 at 05:59 am (UTC)
Well, Ms. Killefer was given a big responsibility by President Obama. This would really test her because she has a big role in repairing the economical trouble that we are now facing. Nancy Killefer won't be looking at payday loans for a while. Ms. Killefer has just been named as the Chief Performance Executive for President Elect Barack Obama's Executive team. Many just may wonder what a Chief Performance Officer is, as only a few corporations keep one on staff. A Chief Performance Executive makes sure that the services or products that a company offers performs up to standards, like payday loans, and the Obama administration will need all the help it can get. She has most likely been picked to ensure that the measures that President Obama oversees to revamp the nation's sluggish economy do what they are intended to do, as in get the American economy out of the recession, and get America back on track. One of his first plans is a stimulus that will get payday loans to the American people. To find out a bit more click payday loans to find out just what her office will be about.
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Friday, 24 April 2009 at 09:06 am (UTC)
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