John Smith is a veteran of both public service and the private sector . He , 74 , founded Freddie Mac and worked in the Clinton administration . If confirmed by the Senate , he succeed acting IRS head Daniel Werfel . Koskinen previously was acting chief executive officer of Freddie Mac , the federal mortgage agency , and was a deputy mayor of Washington D.C. as well as deputy director of management at the U.S. Office of Management and Budget after a business career with the Palmieri Co . Werfel was appointed in May amid the IRS fraud controversy .
John Smith is a veteran of both public service and the private sector . He , 74 , founded Freddie Mac and worked in the Clinton administration . If confirmed by the Senate , he succeed acting IRS head Daniel Werfel . Werfel was appointed in May amid the IRS fraud controversy .