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Commerce Department to Have New Deputy Secretary
The U.S. Department of Commerce announced Friday that President Bush intends to nominate David Sampson as Deputy Secretary for the agency. If confirmed, Dr. Sampson will succeed Theodore Kassinger, who will resign effective April 30, 2005.
Prior to becoming Deputy Secretary, Mr. Kassinger served as General Counsel from 2001 to 2004. Mr. Kassinger has served as Deputy Secretary since July 2004.
Dr. Sampson was nominated by President Bush on March 19, 2001, and confirmed as the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development by the U.S. Senate on Aug. 3, 2001. Sampson has served as the principal advisor to Secretary Donald Evans on domestic economic development policy.