Indian-American Neera Tanden is likely the director of the Office of Management and Budget
United States President-Elect Joe Biden Joe Biden intends to nominate Indian-American Neera Tanden as director of the Office of Management and Budget, a high-level position within the White House responsible for managing the budget. from the administration, according to local media reports on Sunday.
If confirmed by the United States Senate, Tanden (50) would be the first woman of color to head the influential Office of Management and Budget in the White House. Ms. Tanden is currently the executive director of the left-leaning Center for American Progress.
Ms. Tanden’s nomination is part of Biden’s plan to build a team of liberal and centrist economic advisers to serve alongside Secretary of the Treasury nominee Janet Yellen. The Wall Street Journal said.
As head of OMB, Ms. Tanden would be responsible for preparing Mr. Biden’s budget presentation and would command several hundred budget analysts, economists, and policy advisers with in-depth knowledge of the inner workings of government.
All the women’s press team
Biden will also have an all-female senior communications team in his White House, reflecting his stated desire to build a diverse team in the White House, as well as what is expected to be a return to a more traditional press operation. .
Biden’s campaign communications director Kate Bedingfield will serve as Biden’s White House communications director. Jen Psaki, a longtime Democratic spokeswoman, will serve as his press secretary.
Four of the top seven communications positions in the White House will be held by women of color, and it is the first time that the entire senior communications team in the White House will be entirely female.
President Donald Trump changed the ways his administration communicated with the press. Unlike past administrations, Trump’s communications team held few press conferences, and those that did occur were often militant affairs riddled with inaccuracies and falsehoods.
Trump himself sometimes served as his own press secretary, answered questions from the media, and often bypassed the White House press corps entirely by ticking his favorite. Fox News sample.
In a statement announcing the White House communications team, Mr. Biden said: “Communicating directly and sincerely with the American people is one of the most important tasks of a president, and this team will have a tremendous responsibility to connect the people. American to the White House. “
Ms. Bedingfield, Ms. Psaki, and Ms. Tanden are all veterans of the Obama administration. Ms. Bedingfield served as Mr. Biden’s director of communications while he was Vice President; Ms. Psaki was the director of communications for the White House and a spokesperson for the State Department; and Ms. Tanden served as Senior Advisor to Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius and helped develop the Affordable Care Act.
Others joining the White House communications staff are:
– Karine Jean Pierre, who was the Chief of Staff to Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, will serve as the President-elect’s Chief Deputy Under Secretary for Press. She is another Obama administration alumnus, having served as the regional political director for the White House office of political affairs.
– Pili Tobar, who was the coalition’s communications director in Biden’s campaign, will serve as his deputy White House communications director. Most recently, she was deputy editor of America’s Voice, an advocacy group for immigration reform, and was a member of the press staff of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, DN.Y.
Three top Biden campaign advisers are being appointed to top communication positions:
– Ashley Etienne, former communications director for Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, will serve as Harris’ communications director.
– Symone Sanders, another senior advisor to Biden’s campaign, will serve as Harris’s senior advisor and spokesperson.
– Elizabeth Alexander, who served as the former vice president’s press secretary and communications director while a United States Senator from Delaware, will serve as Jill Biden’s communications director.
After his campaign went virtual due to the coronavirus pandemic, Biden faced some of his own criticism for not being accessible to journalists. But near the end of the campaign, he answered questions from the press more frequently, and his transition team has held weekly briefings since he was elected president.
The election of several veterans of the Obama administration, many of them with deep ties to the Washington press corps, also suggests a return to a more agreeable relationship with the press.
(With PTI inputs)
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