Dan Tangherlini Takes Job in Obama Administration

On the heels of Nikita Stewart's scoop last night that people have been getting vetting calls from the FBI about D.C. City Administrator Dan Tangherlini, D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty called a 3 p.m. press conference today to announce a “Cabinet-level” personnel announcement. And the word has just come down: Tangherlini is off to Treasury, where he'll serve as assistant secretary for management, chief financial officer, and chief performance officer. That's sure a lot of titles, DanTan!

Tangherlini is perhaps best known to D.C. residents for his brief tenure as acting general manager of Metro, due to a popular promotional campaign that featured his (some say handsome) visage on ads all over the transit system. Tangherlini has served as Fenty's City Administrator since the mayor took office in 2007, and previously served as Chief Financial Officer for the Metropolitan Police Department. We first got the news from WTOP's Mark Segraves' Twitter feed. Also see City Desk.

MORE: NBC4's Tom Sherwood is reporting that Tangherlini will be replaced by Deputy Mayor for Economic Development Neil Albert.