Sandoval names DMV chief

Gov.-elect Brian Sandoval on Tuesday announced he will hire Bruce Breslow, currently the head of the Nevada Agency for Nuclear Projects, as director of the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles.

Breslow will be charged with creating a "focus on customer service and improved processes that make doing business with the DMV a more efficient and pleasant experience."

In addition to experience with the nuclear agency, Breslow was a commissioner and administrative law judge for the Transportation Services Agency under former Gov. Kenny Guinn.

Sandoval said in that role Breslow was credited with helping restructure an organization that had been derided by columnist George Will as the "worst-run agency in America" by resolving backlogged cases and moving stalled applications.

Breslow was also the mayor of Sparks.