{"id":24284,"date":"2010-12-13T15:43:31","date_gmt":"2010-12-13T22:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/?p=24284"},"modified":"2010-12-13T15:43:31","modified_gmt":"2010-12-13T22:43:31","slug":"burckle-nominated-to-head-general-services-department","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2010\/12\/burckle-nominated-to-head-general-services-department\/","title":{"rendered":"Burckle nominated to head General Services Department"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more-->Gov.-elect <a href=\"http:\/\/www.martineztransition.com\">Susana Martinez<\/a> nominated Edwynn L. Burckle today to be secretary of the General Services Department.<\/p>\n<p>Burckle has \u201cdecades of experience as a senior manager in both the private and public sectors directing program, small business, contractual and supplier matters,\u201d according to a news release from Martinez\u2019s transition team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis experience also includes commanding three military acquisition units while serving in the U.S. Air Force,\u201d it states. \u201cHe also oversaw a company that provided facility maintenance and construction services at Los Alamos National Laboratory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEd is a proven leader who will ensure state government is able to maintain high performance levels with less resources,\u201d Martinez said in the release. \u201cHe will help administer to the budget in a way that maximizes efficiencies and makes certain we making the best use of every single taxpayer dollar.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One of Burckle\u2019s first tasks, Martinez added, will be selling the state\u2019s jet, \u201cwhich has become a symbol of government waste and abuse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Burckle said it is an honor to be chosen for the position.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c(Martinez\u2019s) directive to me and others has been clear: Do more with less,\u201d he said. \u201cWe must and will achieve the greatest return on investment in state government by prioritizing projects and working to achieve greater effectiveness on behalf of the state\u2019s citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gov.-elect Susana Martinez nominated Edwynn L. Burckle today to be secretary of the General Services Department.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1],"tags":[118,107],"class_list":["post-24284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","category-uncategorized","tag-economy","tag-roundhouse"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24284\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}