[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 29, Number 30 (Monday, August 2, 1993)]
[Pages 1491-1492]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Nomination for Chief Financial Officer at the Department of Education

 July 28, 1993

    The President today announced his intention to nominate financial 
expert Donald R. Wurtz as Chief Financial Officer at the Department of 
Education. Wurtz is director of the General Accounting Office unit 
charged with cracking down on high-risk areas of waste, abuse, and fraud 
in the Federal Government and has worked extensively on problems 
involving the Education Department's guaranteed student loan program.

    At the Education Department, Wurtz will be charged with improving 
accounting and financial management. He also will play a key role in 
implementing the direct student loan program.

    ``Throughout his career, Don Wurtz has worked to uncover and correct 
the abuse and mismanagement that is too common in the

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Federal Government,'' the President said. ``As CFO at Education, Don 
will work with Secretary Riley to ensure that the tax dollars of 
hardworking Americans are not wasted, but instead directed 100 percent 
to bettering education in America.''

Note: A biography of the nominee was made available by the Office of the 
Press Secretary.