1. Early life and education

2. Career

3. References

Early life and education

Murphy was graised in St. Louis, Missouri, by parents James J. Murphy Jr. and Mimi Murphy (née Webster). She has one brother, James Joseph Murphy III, and one sister, Anne Murphy (now Anne Hill). Her father was chairman of Murphy Company Mechanical Contractors and Engineers, and her mother was an attorney. Murphy attended Villa Duchesne and Oak Hill School, where she graduated a year early in 1991. She completed her Bachelor of Arts at Smith College in 1995 and then went on to earn a law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2001.^[2][3][4][5]

Career

After graduating from Smith College, Murphy moved to Washington, D.C., where she began her career at the Republican National Committee. She worked for the RNC from October 1995 to January 1997, where she served as Assistant to the Director of Administration. She then worked as a staff member for Jim Talent while he served as Chair of the House Committee on Small Business from January 1997 to July 1998, before leaving to pursue a law degree.^[6]

Prior to becoming Administrator of the General Services Administration, Murphy was a senior advisor to the GSA's Administrator.^[7] Murphy previously served as counsel at the United States House Committee on Armed Services, where she specialized in acquisition policy and reform. She has also held roles at the Small Business Administration and at the GSA, where she served as the agency's first Chief Acquisition Officer. Murphy served under three chairmen of the United States House Committee on Small Business. Her private sector experience includes five years in executive positions at a technology startup company engaged in federal contracting and three years as a government contracts attorney with two D.C. law firms.^[8][9]

After President Donald Trump took office in January 2017, Murphy was appointed to the position of White House Liaison at the General Services Administration under acting agency administrator Timothy Horne. On September 2, 2017, Murphy was nominated by the President to serve as Administrator of GSA. The Senate confirmed Murphy's appointment by unanimous consent on December 5, 2017.^[10]

Murphy has been under fire from House Democrats since she told a congressional oversight hearing in April 2018 that the decision to stop the FBI from moving its headquarters came solely from the bureau with no presidential involvement.

According to an inspector general report on Murphy’s comments released in August 2018, it stated that Murphy and other GSA officials had multiple meetings with Trump about the FBI headquarters. Internal GSA emails disclosed by House Democrats in October 2018 revealed agency officials discussing “the President’s instructions,” “direction from WH” and “what was decided in the meeting with POTUS” in January 2018.^[11]

Before he became president in January 2017, Trump supported moving the Federal Bureau of Investigation headquarters to the suburbs of Washington, said Democrats looking into the matter.

They said that after Republican Trump was elected and disqualified from bidding to acquire the site for commercial development, however, he switched his position.

Trump's about-face would "block potential competitors from developing the existing property on Pennsylvania Avenue across the street from the Trump Hotel," the Democrats said.^[12]

References

• Yujiulue Anagui
• Yujiulue Anluochen
• Yujiulue Chounu
• Yujiulue Datan
• Yujiulue Deng Shuzi
• Yujiulue Dengshuzi
• Yujiulue Doulan
• Yujiulue Doulun
• Yujiulue Futu
• Yujiulue Hulue
• Yujiulue Kangti
• Yujiulue Nagai
• Yujiulue Shelun
• Yujiulue Tiefa
• Yujiulue Tuhezhen
• Yujiulue Wuti
• Yujiulue Yucheng
• Yujiulu Futu
• Yujiulu Kangti
• Yujiulu Nagai
• Yujiulu Shelun
• Yujiulu Tiefa
• Yujiulu Tuhezhen
• Yujiulu Wuti
• Yujiulu Yucheng