Gov. Martin O'Malley has named Harold M. Bartlett, a former top executive at the Washington Metropolitan Area Transportation Authority, to the No. 2 post at the Maryland Department of Transportation.
Bartlett succeeds former deputy secretary Beverly Swaim-Staley, who was promoted to secretary after John D. Porcari left to join the Obama administration. Bartlett worked in high-level positions with WMATA from 1983 to 2006 before joining the Maryland Transportation Authority as deputy executive secretary. He is a resident of Montgomery County.