This is a grammatically correct and usable phrase in written English.
For example, "The company appointed John as the permanent director of marketing."
Mr. Obama has called on the Senate to make confirming a permanent director "a priority".
But to set the demoralized bureau straight it needs a permanent director.
bureau has also been denied a permanent director as the Senate cowers before the gun lobby.
It is up to Governor Pataki to appoint a permanent director.
The museum, known as IMMA, is still without a permanent director.
A year later, New Jersey Transit has yet to name a permanent director.
But it will not gain the authority to write new rules until a permanent director is in place.
The national history museum has been running without a permanent director since Brent Glass retired in August.
Banks got their bailouts, bankers are paid well and the consumer bureau still doesn't have a permanent director.
Yet even the agency's lack of a permanent director is caught up in the Washington debate over gun rights.
He was appointed the first permanent Director of the Advanced Placement Program, a position he held until 1964.
