Here is the Politico story.

It’s surely mixed news.  On the one hard, the DOJ Access Initiative, which has done so much to broaden the sense of possibility for access in Washington, loses a highly effective, well liked, and well connected leader.  On the other hand, access to justice gets a good and very well informed friend at a very high level in the White House.  He will be Deputy Chief of Staff for Planning, which, as I read it, puts him only two (metaphorical) steps from the President.

Lets hope for a speedy appointment of a worthy successor to Childress and Larry Tribe.