Senate Confirms Mark Mazur for Treasury Tax Post

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Senate confirmed Mark Mazur late Thursday by voice vote to serve as the Treasury Department's assistant secretary for tax policy.

Mazur, 56, will fill a post that has been vacant since 2009 when Michael Mundaca left the Treasury Department. He will sign off on muni-related and other tax regulatory proposals.

Since 2009, Mazur has served as deputy assistant secretary for tax analysis, where he advised Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on economic analysis.

During the Clinton administration, Mazur worked at the U.S. Department of Energy as the acting administrator of the Energy Information Administration from 2000 to 2001, and director of the office of policy and chief economist from 1999 to 2000.

"Mark has deep knowledge and understanding of tax policy in the United States," Geithner said in a release. "For the past decade, he has worked on a wide-ranging and challenging set of tax issues and is held in high regard by his colleagues inside and outside government. His experience, talent, and commitment to public service will be of great benefit to the president and to me in this new capacity."

Previously, Mazur spent eight years at the Internal Revenue Service where he served as director of research, analysis and statistics.

The Senate also confirmed Matthew Rutherford to serve as the Treasury's assistant secretary for financial markets. Both Mazur and Rutherford were nominated by President Obama last November.

Last month Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, put a hold on both nominees because he hadn't received responses from the IRS about his inquiries into its whistleblower program. He dropped his hold on the nominees earlier this week after receiving agency responses.

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