Nomination of Matthew N. Novick To Be Inspector General of the Environmental Protection Agency

The President today announced his intention to nominate Matthew N. Novick to be Inspector General, Environmental Protection Agency, vice Inez Smith Reid.

Since 1980 Mr. Novick has been Director, Office of Technical Assistance, Department of the Interior. He was Deputy Director for Finance and Administration with the Department in 1978-80; Financial Manager and Budget Officer under the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Management in 1974-78; and Budget Analyst, Office of the Director of Procurement, Department of Defense, in 1971-74. Previously he served as an auditor in the United States Army.

Mr. Novick graduated from Benjamin Franklin University (B.C.S., 1963) and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces (1971). He resides in Washington, D.C., and was born December 3, 1933, in Brooklyn, N.Y.