HealthCare.gov Guru Delaying Move To White House By One Month

FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2012 file photo, acting Budget Director Jeffrey Zients testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. It's not just the Pentagon and defense contractors that face a funding crisis from broad governm... FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2012 file photo, acting Budget Director Jeffrey Zients testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. It's not just the Pentagon and defense contractors that face a funding crisis from broad government spending cuts in January. Domestic programs are on the chopping block too, in ways that could affect average Americans more. Fewer air traffic controllers, border guards, FBI agents and park rangers would be on the job as furloughs sweep across the government. Less meat might get inspected, and fewer people would get winter heating subsidies. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) MORE LESS
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The man tasked with overseeing HealthCare.gov’s fix is delaying his long-planned move to the White House by one month, an administration official told TPM.

Jeff Zients, who will take over as the director of the White House National Economic Council, will delay assuming that post by about a month. He was originally supposed to start at the beginning of the new year. The delay was first reported by the New York Times.

Gene Sperling, the current director, will remain in his post until that time, according to the official.

Zients was tapped by President Obama in October to fix the troubled federal Obamacare website after its disastrous launch. Under his guidance, the White House declared the site effectively fixed at the beginning of this month.

The delay will give Zients more time to prepare to transition to his new role, the official said. The Times reported that a replacement to head HealthCare.gov will be named soon, perhaps as early as this week.

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