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WASHINGTON - Nancy Killefer has withdrawn her candidacy to be the first chief performance officer for the federal government, the White House said Tuesday.
"She has withdrawn and we accepted her withdrawal," a White House spokesman told reporters. The spokesman declined to comment on the reasons and said more information would come later.
Killefer was the second major Obama administration nominee to withdraw and the third to have tax problems complicate their nomination after President Barack Obama announced their selection.
The 55-year-old executive with consulting giant McKinsey & Co. was expected to detail her reason for pulling out later Tuesday.
When her selection was announced by Obama on Jan. 7, The Associated Press disclosed that in 2005 the District of Columbia government had placed a lien on her home in the upscale Wesley Heights neighborhood. The local government alleged that just three years after she left a high-powered Treasury post she began to fail to pay unemployment compensation tax for a household employee. And she failed to make the required quarterly payments for a year and half, whereupon a lien for $946.69 was placed on her home.
During that period, Killefer and her husband, an economics professor, had a teenage son and daughter, but she had two nannies and a personal assistant to run her life when she was on the road, she told Harvard business students back then.
Administration officials have refused to answer questions about the lien, which she resolved five months after it was filed.
Impressive credentials
On paper, Killefer brought impressive credentials to the two jobs Obama selected her for: deputy director for management at the Office of Management and Budget, which requires Senate confirmation, and a new White House post, chief performance officer for the entire federal government, which does not require confirmation.
Killefer was to work with economic officials to increase efficiencies and eliminate waste in government spending.
Obama repeatedly promised that his administration would go "line by line" over its budgets with a focus on fiscal responsibility even as he seeks huge amounts of money to stimulate the U.S. economy.
Killefer oversees McKinsey's management consulting for government clients. During 1997-2000 in the Clinton administration, Killefer was assistant Treasury secretary for management. As such she was the chief financial officer and chief operating officer for the Treasury and its 160,000 employees and led a modernization of its largest component, the Internal Revenue Service.
Seriously, does anyone vet their nominees these days? McCain/Palin, Richardson, Killerfer, Daschelle... ENOUGH already.
Obama nominee quits due to tax woes - White House- msnbc.com
WASHINGTON - Nancy Killefer has withdrawn her candidacy to be the first chief performance officer for the federal government, the White House said Tuesday.
"She has withdrawn and we accepted her withdrawal," a White House spokesman told reporters. The spokesman declined to comment on the reasons and said more information would come later.
Why does Obama want unpatriotic people on his team???
Why does Obama want unpatriotic people on his team???
What do you mean? Are you unpatriotic if you don't pay your taxes?
That is kind of a stretch.
I'm hoping Tom Daschle goes down in flames. That guy is a hack. He was a terrible senate leader, and a total milquetoast.
Obama should nominate howard dean for that post. Yeeaaaahhh! Dean knows something about healthcare and medicine.
Ok so Dashle, Richardson, and Killerfer are gone and Geithner stays. Hillary certainly had a conflict with all of Bill's foreign contributions to his Presidential Library in ArkansasSeriously, does anyone vet their nominees these days? McCain/Palin, Richardson, Killerfer, Daschelle... ENOUGH already.
Mr Obama needs to keep nominating people. Seems that as soon as that happens, they pay their taxes. He's more effective than the IRS at tax collection.I got's me a sneakin suspicion that if the damned Democrats would all pay their taxes our economic woes would be cured overnight! Ayep!
It's sad when you have to explain it to them.Why does Obama want unpatriotic people on his team???
What do you mean? Are you unpatriotic if you don't pay your taxes?
That is kind of a stretch.
I'm just going by what Joe Biden said:
Joe Biden calls it 'patriotic' for the wealthy to pay more taxes // Current
These people are wealthy. They don't even pay their regular tax bill, let alone extra taxes because they are well-off.
It's sad when you have to explain it to them.What do you mean? Are you unpatriotic if you don't pay your taxes?
That is kind of a stretch.
I'm just going by what Joe Biden said:
Joe Biden calls it 'patriotic' for the wealthy to pay more taxes // Current
These people are wealthy. They don't even pay their regular tax bill, let alone extra taxes because they are well-off.
I'm hoping Tom Daschle goes down in flames. That guy is a hack. He was a terrible senate leader, and a total milquetoast.
Obama should nominate howard dean for that post. Yeeaaaahhh! Dean knows something about healthcare and medicine.
