Joe Boardman nominated to be FRA Head

[Mookie]

Is this a good thing or a groaner?

[Anonymous]

New York official to head Federal Railroad Administration
(The following is an excerpt of a story by Matthew L. Wald and Walt Bogdanich appeared on the New York Times website on March 18.)

NEW YORK -- President Bush intends to nominate Joseph H. Boardman, the head of the New York State Department of Transportation, to be the federal railroad administrator, the White House said yesterday.

The Federal Railroad Administration, part of the Department of Transportation, is a safety regulator and also a conduit for grant money. Mr. Boardman, transportation commissioner in Albany since 1997, has taken a special interest in rail transportation and is chairman of the rail committee of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials.

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