President Bush Nominating Reagan’s Former Budget Chief and FTC Chairman to Postal Service Board

President Bush is nominating James Miller, a former Reagan-era budget director and Federal Trade Commission head, to the board of governors of the U.S. Postal Service.

The nine-year term on the body, similar to a board of directors of a corporation, would expire near the end of 2010. The Senate must confirm Miller to the post.

Miller was the head of the Office of Management and Budget under former President Reagan, from 1985 to 1988. From late 1981 to 1985, he chaired the FTC after a brief stint as associate budget director.

He now is affiliated with Citizens for a Sound Economy, a group that advocates lower taxes and less government.