Bush plans to nominate Norquist's brother as CFO of DHS

[Oilwellian]

Via TPM:

President George W. Bush plans to nominate David L. Norquist to be chief financial officer of the Homeland Security Department, the White House said today.

The department’s current CFO, Andy Maner, announced yesterday that he would resign, effective March 3.
Norquist now works as deputy undersecretary of Defense for budget and appropriations affairs. Formerly, he worked as acting principal deputy undersecretary of Defense-comptroller, as well as deputy undersecretary of Defense for financial management. Previously, he worked on the House Appropriations Committee staff.

Norquist holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Michigan, as well as a second master’s degree from Georgetown University.

Maner led DHS’ project to weave together a welter of financial systems to develop means of accessing unified accounting information. That project is not yet complete.

http://www.washingtontechnology.com/news/1_1/daily_news/27785-1.html

[Straight Shooter]

1. Does this mean Norquist wants to drown his brother in a bathtub? n/t

[Check12]

3. Ha! good one! LOL

:rofl::rofl::rofl:

[napi21]

2. Well, at least he sounds like he MIGHT know how to do the job!

It doesn't say what his degrees are. It would be good to know he has at least some accounting training!

This whole admin never ceases to amaize me though. Everyone has a wife, brother, or some relative working there. I can't say that I ever paid a whole lot of attention in the past, but I don't remember THIS MUCH nepotism. The only one that comes to mind is Jack Kennedy having his brother as AG.

[KT2000]

4. Another contracts man

but most likely for the same contractors he knows at Defense- just different agency.

[rucky]

5. And who's he going to appoint to take Grover's place...

while he's rotting in jail?