Bush nominates veteran procurement official for OMB spot
Paul Denett has served as the senior contracting executive at the Interior and Treasury departments.
President Bush on Monday announced that he intends to nominate Paul Denett, a veteran contracting official, to become the next federal procurement chief.
If confirmed by the Senate, Denett would take over as head of the Office of Management and Budget's procurement policy office. Robert Burton has been acting administrator of that office since the departure of David Safavian, who resigned abruptly last September and days later was arrested on charges of obstructing justice and making false statements related to his previous role as chief of staff for the General Services Administration.
Denett, vice president of contracting programs at the Arlington, Va.-based management consulting firm ESI International, previously served as a senior procurement executive at the Interior and Treasury departments. His name has been circulating as a possible nominee for months.