Daniel I. Werfel (born 1970/1971) is a Managing Director and Partner at Boston Consulting Group (BCG). He leads BCG's Public Sector Practice in North America. He formerly served as Acting Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service of the United States. He served as the Acting Controller of the Office of Management Budget during the Administration of

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. In August 2009, President

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nominated him to be the OMB Controller. The U.S. Senate confirmed him for the position of OMB Controller on October 13, 2009. In January 2011, while retaining the responsibilities of OMB Controller, he also took on the responsibilities of the OMB Deputy Director for Management. He worked as the Controller and Acting Deputy Director for Management until May 2013 at which time he was appointed as the Acting IRS Commissioner.

Early life and education

Daniel Werfel graduated from John F. Kennedy High School in Plainview on Long Island in 1989. He holds a

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from

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, a J.D. from the

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, and a

master's degree A master's degree (from Latin ) is an academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice.

in public policy from Duke University.

Career

Werfel began his career at OMB in 1997 as a policy analyst in the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. Following that, he worked as a trial attorney in the Justice Department's

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. After the Department of Justice, he returned to OMB where he was a budget examiner in the Education Branch, then was promoted to the Senior Executive Service in 2003 and worked as Chief of the Financial Integrity and Analysis Branch within the Office of Federal Financial Management. He was then promoted to the position of Deputy Controller at OMB in 2005 and Acting Controller in 2007. He was appointed as of Controller of the

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in 2009, by President Obama. While in that role, he served as OMB's point person on implementation of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the federal government's operational response to a potential shutdown in 2011, by determining which essential services would continue to operate, and the federal government's preparation for the budget sequester. On May 15, 2013, he was appointed Acting

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by President Obama, after the resignation of the previous Acting Commissioner, Steven T. Miller.

Private sector

In 2014, Werfel joined

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as a Director in the firm's Public Sector Practice, based in

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He was elected Managing Director and Partner in July 2017. In 2018, he was selected by BCG's CEO to lead BCG's Public Sector Practice in North America.

Personal Information

Werfel is married to his wife Beth, with whom he has two children, Sean and Molly.

References

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External links

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