Reclamation: Rinne Picked To Be Acting Commissioner
William E. Rinne, a 28-year Bureau of Reclamation veteran, has been named the bureau’s acting commissioner. Rinne’s appointment was announced on April 14, on the retirement of Commissioner John W. Keys. Rinne will lead the bureau until a permanent successor to Keys is nominated and confirmed.
Rinne, a Nebraska native, has been BuRec’s deputy commissioner and director of operations since 2003. He has spent his entire federal career at the bureau, which is part of the Interior Dept. Rinne has a bachelor's degree in biology and a master’s in zoology.