Obama Nominates New National-Service Inspector General

President Obama said today he plans to nominate Jonathan Andrew Hatfield, deputy inspector general of the Federal Election Commission, as the new inexpector general of the Corporation for National and Communty Service.

The corporation, which manages AmeriCorps and other national-service and volunteer programs, has been without an inspector general since Mr. Obama removed Gerald Walpin from the post in June, saying he no longer had “fullest confidence” in him.

Mr. Walpin has sued the agency to get his job back and Sen. Charles Grassley, Republican of Iowa, opened an investigation into how the case was handled.

Mr. Hatfield has served in the Federal Election Commission’s inspector general’s office since 1994, becoming deputy inspector general in 2005.

The nomination comes just days after the Senate voted to confirm Patrick Corvington as the corporation’s new chief executive.