White House: TSA nominee to avoid conflicts of interest – GovExec
President Obama’s pick to head the Transportation Security Administration will recuse himself for two years from handling any matter that involves his former company or contractors he worked with, a White House spokesman said Tuesday.
Obama on Monday announced the nomination of retired Army Maj. Gen. Robert Harding to head TSA. In 2003, Harding founded a security consulting business, Harding Security Associates, which he sold in July.
But Harding’s firm has worked with a wide range of companies — including major defense and technology contractors — that do business with the Homeland Security Department and, in some cases, directly with TSA, according to the company’s Web site.
