Linda M. Springer served as the eighth Director of the United States Office of Personnel Management. She was unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate in June 2005. Prior to her appointment, Ms. Springer served as controller and head of the Office of Federal Financial Management at the White House Office of Management and Budget. She previously worked for 25 years as an executive and actuary in the insurance and financial services industries. Education Linda Springer received her Bachelor of Science degree, cum laude, from Ursinus College which awarded her the 2006 Alumni Award. She attended the Executive Program in Managing the Enterprise at Columbia University Business School. Ms. Springer is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries and a Member of the American Academy of Actuaries. Professional career The Honorable Linda M. Springer has four decades of experience leading and providing executive and financial management services to government agencies and commercial organizations. She is a recognized advisor, author and speaker on federal government management issues. As Office of Personnel Management director, Ms. Springer was the chief executive of the organization responsible for the U.S. federal government's human resource planning, products, services and policies for the 1.8 million employee civilian workforce worldwide. She was responsible for leading human capital planning and alignment; management of the world's largest single-employer sponsored health insurance program; policy guidance and compliance oversight to Federal agencies for recruiting, training, compensation and personnel management; administration of retirement plans for employees in all branches of the Federal government; and background investigative services for the civilian workforce. During her tenure at the Office of Personnel Management, Ms. Springer introduced a publicly acclaimed strategic and operational goal setting and tracking process with all goals and progress transparently posted on their public website, designed and implemented an innovative approach to recruiting talent – "Career Patterns", and launched the first-ever nationwide prime time television advertising campaign promoting federal service careers. She oversaw product introductions for benefit programs, added healthcare provider cost and quality information for enrollees and led the Office of Personnel Management's executive office to place first of 222 federal agency subcomponents for effective leadership and strategic management. As the Office of Management and Budget controller, Ms. Springer led the federal financial community to reduce agencies' year-end reporting time from five months to 45 days. She directed the modernization of government internal control responsibilities to implement relevant Sarbanes-Oxley type requirements for