Nomination of David C. Williams To Be Inspector General of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission

The President today announced his intention to nominate David C. Williams to be Inspector General, Nuclear Regulatory Commission. This is a new position.

Since 1986 Mr. Williams has been Director of the Office of Special Investigations, General Accounting Office, in Washington, DC. Prior to this he was Director of Operations in the Office of Labor Racketeering at the Department of Labor, 1984 - 1986. He was supervisory staff investigator for the President's Commission on Organized Crime, 1983 - 1984; special agent-in-charge in the Office of Labor Racketeering at the Department of Labor in New York, NY, and Cleveland, OH; and a supervisory special agent in Chicago, IL, 1979 - 1984. He was a special agent for the U.S. Secret Service in Chicago, IL, 1975 - 1979.

Mr. Williams graduated from Southern Illinois University with a bachelor of science and the University of Illinois with a masters in education. He was born January 7, 1947, and currently resides in Alexandria, VA.