Nomination of James Brian Hyland To Be Inspector General of the Department of Labor

The President today announced his intention to nominate James Brian Hyland to be Inspector General at the Department of Labor. He would succeed Thomas F. McBride.

Since 1980 Mr. Hyland has been serving as Deputy Inspector General for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Previously he was Assistant Inspector General, NASA, in 1979-1980; Inspector, Federal Bureau of Investigation, in 1979; Director, Surveys and Investigations Staff, Committee on Appropriations, U.S. House of Representatives, in 1978-1979; and Assistant Director, Surveys and Investigations Staff, Committee on Appropriations, U.S. House of Representatives, in 1975-1978.

Mr. Hyland graduated from Fordham University (B.S., 1960) and George Washington University (M.B.A., 1972). He is married, has four children, and resides in Fredericksburg, Va. He was born May 31, 1938, in White Plains, N.Y.