The District’s chief procurement officer has resigned.
David Gragan’s last day on the job will be Dec. 17, according to an e-mail obtained by The Washington Examiner that Gragan sent to his staff on Wednesday.
“For some agency heads, this is a period of uncertainty, and over the next few weeks or months some will be asked to stay on in their current roles, some will not. Others of us have received offers of employment outside the District government, and are today announcing their transitions to new roles. Such is the case with me,” Gragan wrote. “I have been offered a position in the Federal government that I plan to accept.”
During his three-and-half-year tenure under outgoing Mayor Adrian Fenty, Gragan is widely credited with implementing anit-fraud measures while cutting costs at an agency that was defined as needing “major reform” by a federal Government Accountability Audit before he took office.
