Nason Has Taken Over at NHTSA

Washington DC June 5, 2006; The AIADA newsletter reported that Nicole Nason has officially taken the helm as the head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, reports Automotive News.

A spokesman for NHTSA says Nason took over on May 31. Nason, a former Assistant U.S. Secretary of Transportation, succeeds Dr. Jeffrey Runge, who stepped down in September of 2005.