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March 2011 | Angeline Albert
Mindy
Connolly has been appointed chief acquisition officer at the General Services Administration in the US.
In
this role, effective from yesterday, Connolly is the top official in charge of acquisition management as well as policy
decisions at the government agency, which manages federal buildings.
She
was previously a procurement policy analyst at the Office of Federal Procurement
Policy (OFPP) which is part of the White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB). While
there she led its natural resources’ contracting policy which included implementing
White House requirements for sustainable procurement and green building design.
The
GSA is spending £3.4 billion to convert federal offices to high-performance
green buildings and to build new, energy-efficient offices, courthouses and
land ports of entry.
GSA administrator Martha Johnson announced Connolly’s appointment.
