The Senate voted to confirm Edward Forst, a long-time Wall Street executive, to lead the General Services Administration (GSA) as its next administrator.
Before leaving town for the holidays on Thursday, the Senate approved Forst’s nomination in a 53-43 vote along with almost 100 other Trump administration appointees.
In a post to LinkedIn announcing Forst’s Senate confirmation, GSA said he is “fired up and ready to get to work and execute the White House’s agenda.”
During his confirmation hearing in October, Forst said he would further investigate federal agencies’ use of Grok, the artificial intelligence system developed by xAI, which is owned by former senior White House Advisor Elon Musk.