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Chief Performance Officer of the United States (CPO) is a position in the
Office of Management and Budget The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is the largest office within the Executive Office of the President of the United States (EOP). OMB's most prominent function is to produce the president's budget, but it also examines agency programs, pol ...
(within the Executive Office of the President of the United States), first announced on January 7, 2009, by then President-elect
Barack Obama Barack Hussein Obama II ( ; born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Obama was the first African-American president of the ...
. The post concentrates on the federal budget and government reform.


History

Obama selected
Nancy Killefer Nancy Killefer (born 1953) is an American government consultant and political figure. She was nominated for the Chief Performance Officer position in the Obama administration in 2009. In 2005 the District of Columbia government had filed a more ...
to be the first CPO/Deputy OMB Director for Management, but before the Senate could vote on her confirmation, she withdrew her nomination, citing a "personal tax issue" as a likely distraction for the Obama administration.
Jeffrey Zients Jeffrey Dunston Zients (born November 12, 1966) is an American business executive and government official who served as Counselor to the President and the White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator from January 2021 to April 2022. He was the ...
was nominated as CPO on April 18, 2009, and confirmed by the Senate on June 19, 2009. He was succeeded by
Beth Cobert Beth Frances Cobert is an American businesswoman and has been a government official. She served as the acting Director for the United States Office of Personnel Management (OPM) from July 10, 2015 to January 20, 2017. , she is Chief Operating Off ...
.


List of officeholders


See also

* Inspector General * Ombudsman


References


External links


Obama poised to name chief performance officer


United States Office of Management and Budget 2009 establishments in the United States {{EOP agencies