Thursday, August 7, 2008

Bush taps new OPM director

By Alyssa Rosenberg
August 1, 2008

President Bush nominated Michael Hager to be the next head of the Office of Personnel Management on Friday.

The nomination, the White House said, would be "for a term of four years."

Hager has a long history in human resources management in the public and private sectors. He currently serves as assistant secretary for human resources and administration at the Veterans Affairs Department, a position he has held since November 2007.

Hager also was senior vice president for human resources at federally chartered mortgage buyer Freddie Mac. Between his stints at Freddie Mac and VA, he was associate administrator in the Office of Capital Access at the Small Business Administration, where he managed a variety of investment programs.

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