Mark Everson, the commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), will be the new chief executive of the American Red Cross. As many are aware, while with the IRS Mr. Everson has had a particular focus on government oversight of nonprofit organizations. And in related news, yesterday the House approved by voice vote a bill to reform the national Red Cross, the American National Red Cross Governance Modernization Act of 2007 (H.R.1681). The bill, similar to language the Senate passed, instructs the charity to reduce the size of its board by half and establish an office of the ombudsman to report to Congress. The Senate created two ways for its passage, as an amendment to the homeland security bill (S.4) and as a stand alone bill, S.655. Inquiry into Red Cross governance has been on going since December 2005.