Weems may hold CMS top post through 2008 without confirmation - TheHill.com

Weems may hold CMS top post through 2008 without confirmation - TheHill.com: "Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator-nominee Kerry Weems could hold the job without Senate confirmation for the rest of President Bush’s term following a move made by the White House this week. Although Weems’s nomination is still pending in the Senate, the president’s designation of him as acting administrator gives him the job indefinitely with the same legal authority as if he had been confirmed, according to the White House. "