Elizabeth Field has been tapped by President Barack Obama to serve as the inspector general at the Office of Personnel Management. The nomination was announced Sept. 16.
The agency has been without a Senate-confirmed IG since longtime watchdog Patrick McFarland stepped down in February.
If confirmed by the Senate, Field will lead an office that has frequently had a frosty relationship with OPM. Days before departing, McFarland issued a memo challenging the legal standing of acting OPM Director Beth Cobert on the grounds that her appointment violated federal law.
