FDA Chief Operating Officer Brings IT Experience From CDC, Sodexo
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Walter Harris, who also worked at the VA and HUD, will oversee FDA’s IT, budget, management and equal employment opportunity functions as head of the Office of Operations, one of four directorates that form a managerial layer between the Office of the Commissioner and the agency’s center directors.
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