National Science Foundation Personnel Announcement
NSF PA 99-3 (NSB-191) - November 18, 1999
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NSB Names Inspector General
The National Science Board (NSB) has named Christine
C. Boesz as Inspector General of the National Science
Foundation. She will assume her duties on January
18, 2000. The Inspector General heads the Office of
the Inspector General (OIG), and reports directly
to the NSB and Congress. The OIG recommends policies
to promote economy, efficiency, and effectiveness
in administering NSF programs and operations. It also
aims to prevent and detect fraud, waste, and abuse,
to improve the efficiency and integrity of NSF programs
and operations, and to investigate cases involving
misconduct in science.
Since August 1998, Dr. Boesz has served as head, regulatory
accountability, at Aetna U.S. Healthcare (AUSHC),
a subsidiary of Aetna, Inc. In this position, she
has broad responsibilities for establishing and maintaining
a compliance program for Medicare legislative and
regulatory activities. Boesz joined AUSHC with its
purchase of NYLCare Health Plans in July 1998. From
November 1995 through July 1998, she was vice president,
government programs, NYLCare Health Plans, then a
subsidiary of New York Life Insurance.
Prior to her appointment with NYLCare, Dr. Boesz held
several government compliance and oversight positions
during an 18-year period with the Health Care Financing
Administration (HCFA). In her last government position,
she was director, operations and oversight, Office
of Managed Care, at HCFA.
Boesz received her B.A. in mathematics from Douglass
College (1966) and a M.S. in statistics from Rutgers
University (1967). Her Doctorate in Public Health
(health policy) is from the University of Michigan
School of Public Health (1997).
She is a past President of the National Association
of Managed Care Regulators. She is a member of the
American Statistical Association and the American
Public Health Association.
Boesz replaces Linda G. Sundro. Philip L. Sunshine,
NSF's Deputy Inspector General, has served as Acting
Inspector General since March 1998.
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