Lydia Muniz has been promoted to director of the U.S. State Dept.'s Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations, which oversees design and construction of U.S. embassy facilities around the world. She succeeds Adam E. Namm, who was confirmed by the Senate on April 26 as ambassador to Ecuador. Muniz, who has been acting in the role for several months, had been principal deputy director since 2009.
Maj. Gen. Michael R. Eyre has been named to command the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Trans-Atlantic division in Winchester, Va. He had been serving as deputy commanding general for military and international operations and as deputy commanding general of reserve affairs for the Corps in Washington, D.C.