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E&E News
7 hours ago
- Business
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BLM moving acting Alaska director to senior bureau post
The Bureau of Land Management's senior leadership shuffle continues. Karen Kelleher, who in March was reassigned from deputy director of state operations to serve as acting director of the bureau's Alaska office, will not be returning to her deputy director's post. Instead, Kelleher will transition to another top headquarters position — assistant director of business management and administration — the bureau announced to senior executives Friday in an email viewed by POLITICO's E&E News. Advertisement The assistant director's position Kelleher will take over on June 29 is responsible for overseeing development of BLM's budget, as well as handling contracts and communicating internal bureau policies and priorities to roughly 9,000 employees. Barbara Eggers, who had held the post since 2019, stepped down last month after accepting the deferred resignation and early retirement offer that allows staffers to stay on the federal payroll through September if they agree to leave as part of President Donald Trump's ongoing efforts to reshape the government workforce.
E&E News
21-05-2025
- Business
- E&E News
BLM loses senior budget official
The Bureau of Land Management continues to undergo senior leadership changes. Barbara Eggers, BLM's assistant director for business management and administration who oversees development of the bureau's annual budget, among other things, is resigning as part of the deferred resignation proposal that was offered to staff last month, according to three people familiar with the situation who were granted anonymity because they are not authorized to discuss the matter publicly. She plans to leave the bureau by the end of the month, the people said. Advertisement Eggers appears to be the first senior BLM official to have taken the deferred resignation offer as the bureau undergoes extensive changes to personnel, its top priorities and deployment of resources under President Donald Trump.
