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NNSA Policy Boss Takes Charge Temporarily as Trump Nominee Waits for Senate Hearing

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NNSA Policy Boss Takes Charge Temporarily as Trump Nominee Waits for Senate Hearing
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Steven Erhart has been selected as the acting administrator for the National Nuclear Security Administration, leapfrogging the semi-autonomous Department of Energy branch’s highest-ranking career civil servant at the helm until the Senate confirms the White House’s administrator-designate.The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) announced the move Jan. 19 at the bottom of a press release acknowledging the departure of Frank Klotz, the retired air-force general who led the agency for almost four years, including the first year of the Donald Trump…

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