President Obama's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness has not met in six months, Politico's Josh Gerstein, a former colleague of mine, reports:
The seeming slowdown in Jobs Council activities may be partly due to the departure of two key staffers, Greg Nelson and John Oxtoby. The pair served as "the logistics backbone" of the council's work, a former colleague said...
Oxtoby recently left the White House to attend Harvard Business School, the ex-colleague said. According to his LinkedIn page, he is presently a business development manager with Intel in China.
The portion of the White House website devoted to the Jobs Council shows its last meeting as October and lists Oxtoby and Nelson as still on board. What appears to be the council's primary website, www.jobs-council.com, is run by General Electric, whose CEO, Immelt, serves as the panel's chairman. Clicking on the site's "contact" link directs a visitor to GE's media relations department...