During the 109th Congress, the President submitted to the Senate 283 nominations to executive department full-time positions. Of these 283 nominations, 233 were confirmed; nine were withdrawn; and 41 were returned to him in accordance with Senate rules. For those nominations that were confirmed, an average of 75 days elapsed between nomination and confirmation. The median number of days elapsed was 57. These statistics do not include the days during which the Senate was adjourned for its summer recesses and between sessions of Congress.
President George W. Bush made a total of 13 recess appointments to the departments during this period. All 13 were made during recesses within the first or second session of the 109th Congress (intrasession recess appointments). None were made during the recess between the first and second sessions of the Congress (intersession recess appointments).
Information for this report was compiled from data from the Senate nominations database of the Legislative Information System http://www.congress.gov/¿nomis/, the Congressional Record (daily edition), the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, telephone discussions with agency officials, agency websites, the United States Code, and the “Plum Book” (United States Government Policy and Supporting Positions).
This report will not be updated.
During the 109th Congress, the President submitted to the Senate 283 nominations to executive department full-time positions. Of these 283 nominations, 233 were confirmed; nine were withdrawn; and 41 were returned to him in accordance with Senate rules. For those nominations that were confirmed, an average of 75 days elapsed between nomination and confirmation. The median number of days elapsed was 57. These statistics do not include the days during which the Senate was adjourned for its summer recesses and between sessions of Congress.
President George W. Bush made a total of 13 recess appointments to the departments during this period. All 13 were made during recesses within the first or second session of the 109th Congress (intrasession recess appointments). None were made during the recess between the first and second sessions of the Congress (intersession recess appointments).
Information for this report was compiled from data from the Senate nominations database of the Legislative Information System http://www.congress.gov/nomis/, the Congressional Record (daily edition), the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, telephone discussions with agency officials, agency websites, the United States Code, and the "Plum Book" (United States Government Policy and Supporting Positions).
This report will not be updated.
This report provides an overview of the process for filling positions to which the President makes appointments with the advice and consent of the Senate (PAS positions). It also identifies, for the 109th Congress, all nominations to executive-level full-time positions1 in the 15 departments. Profiles of the departments provide basic information regarding their full-time PAS positions and related appointment activity during the 109th Congress.
The President and the Senate share the power to appoint the principal officers of the United States.2 The Constitution (Article II, Section 2, clause 2) empowers the President to nominate and, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint the principal officers of the United States.3 Three distinct stages mark the appointment process: selection, clearance, and nomination by the President; consideration by the Senate; and appointment by the President.
In the first stage, the White House selects and clears a prospective appointee before sending a formal nomination to the Senate. There are a number of steps in this stage of the process for most Senate-confirmed positions. First, with the assistance of, and preliminary vetting by, the White House Office of Presidential Personnel, the President selects a candidate for the position. Interested parties, including Members of Congress, have sometimes had input during this process. It has been argued that Senators are constitutionally entitled, by virtue of the advice and consent clause noted above, to provide advice to the President regarding his selection; the extent of this entitlement is a matter of some debate.4 As a practical matter, in instances where Senators perceive insufficient pre-nomination consultation has occurred, they have sometimes used holds to block Senate confirmation for those nominations.5
During the clearance process, the candidate prepares and submits several forms: the "Public Financial Disclosure Report" (Standard Form (SF) 278), the "Questionnaire for National Security Positions" (SF 86), and the White House "Personal Data Statement Questionnaire." The Office of the Counsel to the President oversees the clearance process, which often includes the collection and review of background information by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Office of Government Ethics (OGE), and an ethics official for the agency to which the candidate is to be appointed. If conflicts are found during the background check, OGE and the agency ethics officer may work with the candidate to mitigate the conflicts. Once the Office of the Counsel to the President has cleared the candidate, the nomination is ready to be submitted to the Senate.
The selection and clearance stage has often been the longest part of the appointment process. There have been, at times, lengthy delays, particularly when many candidates have been processed simultaneously, such as at the beginning of an Administration, or where conflicts needed to be resolved. Candidates for higher-level positions have often been accorded priority in this process. In an effort to reduce the elapsed time between a new President's inauguration and the appointment of his or her national security team, amendments to the Presidential Transitions Act of 1963,6 enacted at the end of 2004, encourage a President-elect to submit, for security clearance, potential nominees to high-level national security positions as soon as possible after the election.7 A separate provision of law, enacted as part of the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, lengthens, during presidential transitions, the potential duration of a temporary appointment by at least 90 days.8 Although this provision might give some additional flexibility to an incoming President, it might also lengthen the appointment process for some positions by, in effect, extending the deadline by which a permanent appointment must be completed.
For a position located within a state (e.g., U.S. attorney, U.S. marshal, and U.S. district judge), the President, by custom, normally has nominated an individual recommended by the Senator or Senators (if they are from the same party as the President) from that state. In instances where neither Senator is from the President's party, he usually has deferred to the recommendations of party leaders from the state. Occasionally, the President has solicited recommendations from Senators of the opposition party because of their positions in the Senate.
A nominee has no legal authority to assume the duties and responsibilities of the position; the authority comes with Senate confirmation and presidential appointment. A nominee who is hired by the agency as a consultant while awaiting confirmation may serve only in an advisory capacity. If circumstances permit and conditions are met, the President could give the nominee a recess appointment to the position (see below). Recess appointments have sometimes had political consequences, however, particularly where Senators perceived that such an appointment was an effort to circumvent their constitutional role. Some Senate-confirmed positions, such as many of those in the executive departments, may also be temporarily filled under the Vacancies Act.9
In the second stage, the Senate alone determines whether or not to confirm a nomination.10 The way the Senate has acted on a nomination has depended largely on the importance of the position involved, existing political circumstances, and policy implications. Generally, the Senate has shown particular interest in the nominee's views and how they are likely to affect public policy.11 Two other factors have sometimes affected the scrutiny with which a nominee's personal and professional qualities have been examined: whether or not the President's party controlled the Senate and the degree to which the President became involved in supporting the nomination.
The Senate confirmation process has been centered at the committee level. Committee nomination activity has generally included investigation, hearing, and reporting stages. As part of investigatory work, committees have drawn on information provided by the White House, as well as information they themselves have collected. Some committees have held hearings on nearly all nominations; others have held hearings for only some. Hearings provide a public forum to discuss a nomination and any issues related to the program or agency for which the nominee would be responsible. Even where confirmation has been thought to be a virtual certainty, hearings have provided Senators and the nominee with opportunities to go on the record with particular views or commitments. Senators have used hearings to explore nominees' qualifications, articulate policy perspectives, or raise related oversight issues.
A committee may discontinue acting on a nomination at any point—upon referral, after investigation, or after a hearing. If the committee votes to report the nomination back to the full Senate, it has three options: it may report the nomination to the Senate favorably, unfavorably, or without recommendation. If the committee elects not to report a nomination, the Senate may, under certain circumstances, discharge the committee from further consideration of the nomination in order to bring it to the floor.12
The Senate historically has confirmed most, but not all, executive nominations. Rarely, however, has a rejection occurred on the Senate floor. Nearly all rejections have occurred in committee, either by committee vote or by committee inaction. Rejections in committee have occurred for a variety of reasons, including opposition to the nomination, inadequate amount of time for consideration of the nomination, or factors that may have nothing to do with the merits of the nomination. If a nomination is not acted upon by the Senate by the end of a Congress, it is returned to the President. Pending nominations also may be returned automatically to the President at the beginning of a recess of 30 days or longer, but the Senate rule providing for this return is often waived.13
In the final stage, the confirmed nominee is given a commission signed by the President, with the seal of the United States affixed thereto, and is sworn into office. The President may sign the commission at any time after confirmation or not at all. Once the appointee is given the commission and sworn in, he or she has full authority to carry out the responsibilities of the office.
The Constitution also empowers the President to make limited-term appointments without Senate confirmation when the Senate is in recess.14 Such recess appointments expire at the end of the next session of the Senate. Appendix C provides a table showing the dates of the Senate recesses for the 109th Congress and the number of recess appointments to full-time departmental positions during each recess.
Presidents have occasionally used the recess appointment power to circumvent the confirmation process. In response, Congress has enacted provisions that restrict the pay of recess appointees under certain circumstances. Because most potential appointees to full-time positions cannot serve without a salary, the President has an incentive to use his recess appointment authority in ways that allow them to be paid. Under the provisions, if the position falls vacant while the Senate is in session and the President fills it by recess appointment, the appointee may not be paid from the Treasury until he or she is confirmed by the Senate. However, the salary prohibition does not apply (1) if the vacancy arose within 30 days before the end of the session; (2) if a nomination for the office (other than the nomination of someone given a recess appointment during the preceding recess) was pending when the Senate recessed; or (3) if a nomination was rejected within 30 days before the end of the session and another individual was given the recess appointment. A recess appointment falling under any one of these three exceptions must be followed by a nomination to the position not later than 40 days after the beginning of the next session of the Senate.15 For this reason, when a recess appointment is made, the President generally submits a new nomination for the nominee even when an old nomination is pending.16 These provisions have been interpreted by the Department of Justice to preclude payment of an appointee who is given successive recess appointments to the same position.17
Although recess appointees whose nominations to a full term are subsequently rejected by the Senate may continue to serve until the end of their recess appointment, a recurring provision of the funding bill for the Department of the Treasury and other agencies may prevent them from being paid after their rejection.18
Congress has provided limited statutory authority for the temporary filling of vacant positions requiring Senate confirmation. It is expected that, in general, officials holding PAS positions who have been designated as "acting" are holding their offices under this authority or other statutory authority specific to their agencies. Under the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998,19 when an executive agency position requiring confirmation becomes vacant, it may be filled temporarily in one of three ways: (1) the first assistant to such a position may automatically assume the functions and duties of the office; (2) the President may direct an officer in any agency who is occupying a position requiring Senate confirmation to perform those tasks; or (3) the President may select any officer or employee of the subject agency who is occupying a position for which the rate of pay is equal to or greater than the minimum rate of pay at the GS-15 level, and who has been with the agency for at least 90 of the preceding 365 days. The temporary appointment is for 210 days, but the time restriction is suspended if a first or second nomination for the position is pending. In addition, during a presidential transition, the 210-day restriction period does not begin to run until either 90 days after the President assumes office, or 90 days after the vacancy occurs, if it is within the 90-day inauguration period. The act does not apply to positions on multi-headed regulatory boards and commissions and to certain other specific positions that may be filled temporarily under other statutory provisions.20
Table 1 summarizes appointment activity, during the 109th Congress, related to full-time positions in the 15 departments. President George W. Bush submitted to the Senate 283 nominations to executive department full-time positions. Of these 283 nominations, 233 were confirmed; nine were withdrawn; and 41 were returned to the President under the provisions of Senate rules.21
President Bush made a total of 13 recess appointments to the departments during this period. All 13 were made during recesses within the first or second session of the 109th Congress (intrasession recess appointments). None were made during the recess between the first and second sessions of the 109th Congress (intersession recess appointments).
Table 1. Appointment Action for 15 Departments During the 109th Congress
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Positions in the 15 departments (total) |
358 |
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Positions to which nominations were made |
248 |
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Individual nominees |
259 |
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Nominations submitted to the Senate during the 109th Congress (total) |
283 |
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Disposition of nominations |
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Confirmed by the Senate |
233 |
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Withdrawn |
9 |
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Returned (total) |
41 |
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Beginning of the summer 2005 recess |
1 |
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End of the 1st session of the 109th Congress |
1 |
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Beginning of the summer 2006 recess |
6 |
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Beginning of the autumn 2006 recess |
5 |
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End of the 2nd session of the 109th Congress |
28 |
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Recess Appointments (total) |
13 |
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Intersession |
0 |
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Intrasession |
13 |
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The length of time a given nomination may be pending in the Senate has varied widely. Some nominations have been confirmed within a few days; others have been confirmed within several months; and some have never been confirmed. This report provides, for each executive department nomination that was confirmed in the 109th Congress, the number of days between nomination and confirmation ("days to confirm"). For those nominations that were confirmed, an average of 75 days elapsed between nomination and confirmation. The median number of days elapsed was 57. These statistics exclude days during summer recesses and between sessions of Congress. This cutoff point is suggested by the Senate rules, which provide that "if the Senate shall adjourn or take recess for more than thirty days, all nominations pending and not finally acted upon" shall be returned to the President, although this rule is often waived.22 The 33 days during the summer 2005 recess, the 11 days between the first and second sessions of the 109th Congress, and the 31 days during the summer 2006 recess were subtracted from the "days to confirm" for those nominations that spanned one or more of these recesses. The sole exception was a 39-day recess during October and November 2004. In order to maintain consistency with similar reports for previous Congresses, no days were subtracted for this recess.
Each of the 15 executive department profiles provided in this report is organized into two parts: a table providing information, as of the end of the 109th Congress, regarding the organization's full-time PAS positions, and a table listing nominations and appointments to these positions during the 109th Congress. Data for these tables were collected from several authoritative sources.23
The first of these two tables identifies, as of the end of the 109th Congress, each full-time PAS position in the department,24 its incumbent, and its pay level. An incumbent's name followed by "(A)" indicates an official who was, at that time, serving in an acting capacity. A blank space indicates either that the position was vacant or that information about the position-holder was not available. For most presidentially appointed positions requiring Senate confirmation, the pay levels fall under the Executive Schedule, which, as of January 2007, ranged from level I ($186,600) for cabinet level offices to level V ($136,200) for the lowest-ranked positions.
The appointment action table provides, in chronological order, information concerning each nomination and recess appointment. It shows the name of the nominee, position involved, date of nomination or appointment, date of confirmation, and number of days between receipt of a nomination and confirmation. Actions other than confirmation (i.e., nominations returned to or withdrawn by the President) are also noted. Some individuals were nominated more than once for the same position, either because the first nomination was returned to the President or because of a recess appointment. When a nominee is awaiting Senate action and he or she is given a recess appointment, a second, follow-up, nomination is usually submitted to comply with the requirements of 5 U.S.C. § 5503(b), as discussed above, under "Recess Appointments."
Each appointment action table provides the average "days to confirm" in two ways: mean and median. The mean is determined by calculating, for each confirmed nomination, the number of days between the nomination and confirmation dates, determining the cumulative total of these days, and dividing the result by the number of nominations confirmed. The median is the middle number when the "days to confirm" data for all the confirmed nominations are arranged in numerical order.
Appendix A presents a table of all nominations and recess appointments to positions in executive departments, alphabetically organized, by last name, and following a similar format to that of the department appointment action tables. It identifies the agency involved and the dates of nomination and confirmation. The table also indicates if a nomination was confirmed, withdrawn, or returned. The mean and median numbers of days taken to confirm a nomination are also provided, calculated as described above.
Appendix B provides a table with summary information on appointments and nominations, by department. For each of the 15 executive departments discussed in this report, the table provides the number of positions, nominations, individual nominees, confirmations, nominations returned, nominations withdrawn, and recess appointments. The table also provides the mean and median numbers of days to confirm a nomination.
Appendix C provides a table showing the dates of the Senate recesses for the 109th Congress and the number of recess appointments during each recess.
A list of department abbreviations can be found in Appendix D.
Full-time PAS Positions, as of the End of the 109th Congress
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Position |
Incumbent |
Pay level |
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Secretary |
Mike Johanns |
I |
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Deputy Secretary |
Charles F. Conner |
II |
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Under Secretary - Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services |
Floyd D. Gaibler |
III |
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Under Secretary - Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services |
Nancy M. Johner |
III |
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Under Secretary - Food Safety |
Richard A. Raymond |
III |
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Under Secretary - Marketing and Regulatory Programs |
Bruce I. Knight |
III |
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Under Secretary - Natural Resources and Environment |
Mark E. Rey |
III |
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Under Secretary - Research, Education, and Economics |
Gale A. Buchanan |
III |
|
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Under Secretary - Rural Development |
Thomas C. Dorr |
III |
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Assistant Secretary - Administration |
Boyd K. Rutherford |
IV |
|
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Assistant Secretary - Civil Rights |
Margo M. McKay |
IV |
|
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Assistant Secretary - Congressional Relations |
Linda A. Strachan |
IV |
|
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Chief Financial Officera |
Charles R. Christopherson Jr. |
IV |
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General Counsel |
Marc L. Kesselman |
IV |
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Inspector Generalb |
Phyllis K. Fong |
IV |
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Administrator - Rural Utilities Services |
James M. Andrew |
IV |
a. The chief financial officer (CFO) may be appointed by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, or may be designated by the President from among agency officials who have been confirmed by the Senate for other positions (31 U.S.C. § 901(a)(1)).
b. The President may remove an inspector general (IG) from office, as he may remove most other appointed officials in the departments. In the case of the IG, however, the law provides that he "shall communicate the reasons for any such removal to both Houses of Congress" (5 U.S.C. App. § 3(b)).
USDA Appointment Action During the 109th Congress
|
Nominee/ |
Position |
Nominated |
Confirmed |
Days to |
|
Mike Johanns |
Secretary |
01/04/05 |
01/20/05 |
16 |
|
Thomas C. Dorr |
Under Secy. - Rural Development |
01/24/05 |
07/21/05 |
178 |
|
Charles F. Conner |
Deputy Secy. |
03/14/05 |
04/27/05 |
44 |
|
Richard A. Raymond |
Under Secy. - Food Safety |
05/26/05 |
07/01/05 |
36 |
|
James M. Andrew |
Admin. - Rural Utilities Service |
09/06/05 |
11/10/05 |
65 |
|
Charles R. |
Chief Financial Officer |
09/08/05 |
11/10/05 |
63 |
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Marc L. Kesselman |
General Counsel |
11/16/05 |
05/12/06 |
166 |
|
Gale A. Buchanan |
Under Secy. - Research, Education, and Economics |
01/18/06 |
05/12/06 |
114 |
|
Boyd K. Rutherford |
Asst. Secy. - Administration |
01/27/06 |
05/12/06 |
105 |
|
Linda A. Strachan |
Asst. Secy. - Congressional Relations |
02/17/06 |
05/12/06 |
84 |
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Margo M. McKay |
Asst. Secy. - Civil Rights |
06/12/06 |
08/03/06 |
52 |
|
Nancy M. Johner |
Under Secy. - Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services |
06/16/06 |
08/03/06 |
48 |
|
Bruce I. Knight |
Under Secy. - Marketing and Regulatory Programs |
06/29/06 |
08/03/06 |
35 |
|
Mark E. Keenum |
Under Secy. - Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services |
11/13/06 |
Returned 12/09/06a |
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Mean number of days to confirm a nomination |
77 |
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Median number of days to confirm a nomination |
63 |
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Full-time PAS Positions, as of the End of the 109th Congress
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Positiona |
Incumbent |
Pay level |
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Secretary |
Carlos M. Gutierrez |
I |
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Deputy Secretary |
David A. Sampson |
II |
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Under Secretary - Economic Affairs |
Cynthia A. Glassman |
III |
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Under Secretary - Export Administration |
Mark Foulon (A) |
III |
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Under Secretary - Intellectual Property/Director - U.S. Patent and Trademark Office |
Jonathan W. Dudas |
III |
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Under Secretary - International Trade |
Franklin L. Lavin |
III |
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Under Secretary - Oceans and Atmosphere/Administrator - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) |
Conrad C. Lautenbacher Jr. |
III |
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Under Secretary - Technology |
Robert C. Cresanti |
III |
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Assistant Secretary - Administration/Chief Financial Officerb |
Otto J. Wolff |
IV |
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Assistant Secretary - Communications and Information |
John M. R. Kneuer |
IV |
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Assistant Secretary - Economic Development |
Santanu K. Baruah |
IV |
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Assistant Secretary - Export Administration |
Christopher A. Padilla |
IV |
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Assistant Secretary - Export Enforcement |
Darryl W. Jackson |
IV |
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Assistant Secretary - Import Administration |
David M. Spooner |
IV |
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Assistant Secretary - Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs |
Nathaniel F. Wienecke |
IV |
|
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Assistant Secretary - Manufacturing and Services |
Albert A. Frink Jr |
IV |
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Assistant Secretary - Market Access and Compliance |
David S. Bohigian |
IV |
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Assistant Secretary - Oceans and Atmosphere/Deputy Administrator - NOAA |
John "Jack" Kelly (A) |
IV |
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Assistant Secretary - Technology Policy |
— |
IV |
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Assistant Secretary - Trade Promotion/Director General - U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service |
Israel Hernandez |
IV |
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Director - Bureau of the Census |
C. Louis Kincannon |
IV |
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Director - National Institute of Standards and Technology |
William A. Jeffrey |
IV |
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General Counsel |
John J. Sullivan |
IV |
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Inspector Generalc |
Johnnie E. Frazier |
IV |
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Chief Scientist - NOAAd |
— |
V |
a. Positions in this column do not include officer corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
b. The chief financial officer (CFO) may be appointed by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, or may be designated by the President from among agency officials who have been confirmed by the Senate for other positions (31 U.S.C. § 901(a)(1)). Wolff was separately nominated and confirmed to be CFO and to be Assistant Secretary for Administration in the 107th Congress.
c. The President may remove an inspector general (IG) from office, as he may remove most other appointed officials in the departments. In the case of the IG, however, the law provides that he "shall communicate the reasons for any such removal to both Houses of Congress" (5 U.S.C. App. § 3(b)).
d. According to an agency spokesperson, this position has not been filled since 1996; there are currently no plans to fill it.
DOC Appointment Action During the 109th Congress
|
Nominee/ |
Position |
Nominated |
Confirmed |
Days to confirm |
|
Carlos M. Gutierrez |
Secretary |
01/04/05 |
01/24/05 |
20 |
|
David A. Sampson |
Deputy Secy. |
04/04/05 |
07/22/05 |
109 |
|
John J. Sullivan |
General Counsel |
05/09/05 |
07/22/05 |
74 |
|
William A. Jeffrey |
Dir. - National Institute of Standards and Technology |
05/25/05 |
07/22/05 |
58 |
|
Israel Hernandez |
Asst. Secy. - Trade Promotion/Dir. Gen. - U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service |
05/26/05 |
10/07/05 |
101 |
|
David H. McCormick |
Under Secy. - Export Administration |
06/28/05 |
10/07/05 |
68 |
|
Darryl W. Jackson |
Asst. Secy. - Export Enforcement |
06/28/05 |
10/07/05 |
68 |
|
Franklin L. Lavin |
Under Secy. - International Trade |
07/29/05 |
10/28/05 |
58 |
|
Santanu K. Baruah |
Asst. Secy. - Economic Development |
09/06/05 |
12/17/05 |
102 |
|
David S. Bohigian |
Asst. Secy. - Market Access and Compliance |
10/06/05 |
12/17/05 |
72 |
|
Robert C. Cresanti |
Under Secy. - Technology |
11/10/05 |
03/16/06 |
115 |
|
David M. Spooner |
Asst. Secy. - Import Administration |
11/10/05 |
12/17/05 |
37 |
|
John G. Emling |
Asst. Secy. - Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs |
02/27/06 |
Withdrawn 04/24/06 |
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|
John M. R. Kneuer |
Asst. Secy. - Communications and Information |
05/01/06 |
12/09/06 |
191 |
|
Nathaniel F. Wienecke |
Asst. Secy. - Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs |
06/29/06 |
08/03/06 |
35 |
|
Christopher A. Padilla |
Asst. Secy. - Export Administration |
07/13/06 |
09/29/06 |
47 |
|
Cynthia A. Glassman |
Under Secy. - Economic Affairs |
08/03/06 |
09/29/06 |
26 |
|
Jane C. Luxton |
Asst. Secy. - Oceans and Atmosphere |
09/29/06 |
Returned 12/09/06a |
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Mean number of days to confirm a nomination |
74 |
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Median number of days to confirm a nomination |
68 |
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Full-time PAS Positions, as of the End of the 109th Congress
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Position |
Incumbent |
Pay level |
|
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Secretary |
Donald Rumsfeld |
I |
|
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Deputy Secretary |
Gordon England |
II |
|
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Under Secretary - Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics |
Kenneth J. Krieg |
II |
|
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Under Secretary - Comptroller/Chief Financial Officera |
Tina W. Jonas |
III |
|
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Under Secretary - Intelligence |
James R. Clapper |
III |
|
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Under Secretary - Personnel and Readiness |
David S. C. Chu |
III |
|
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Under Secretary - Policy |
Eric S. Edelman |
III |
|
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Deputy Under Secretary - Acquisition and Technology |
James I. Finley |
III |
|
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Deputy Under Secretary - Logistics and Materiel Readiness |
P. Jackson Bell |
III |
|
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Principal Deputy Under Secretary - Personnel and Readiness |
Michael L. Dominguez |
IV |
|
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Principal Deputy Under Secretary - Policy |
Christopher R. Henry |
IV |
|
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Assistant Secretary - Health Affairs |
William Winkenwerder |
IV |
|
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Assistant Secretary - Homeland Defense |
Paul McHale |
IV |
|
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Assistant Secretary - International Security Affairs |
Peter W. Rodman |
IV |
|
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Assistant Secretary - International Security Policy |
Peter C. W. Flory |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Legislative Affairs |
Robert L. Wilkie |
IV |
|
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Assistant Secretary - Networks and Information Integration |
John G. Grimes |
IV |
|
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Assistant Secretary - Public Affairs |
Dorrance Smith |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Reserve Affairs |
Thomas F. Hall |
IV |
|
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Assistant Secretary - Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict |
Thomas W. O'Connell |
IV |
|
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Director - Defense Research and Engineering |
John J. Young Jr. |
IV |
|
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Director - Operational Test and Evaluation |
Charles E. McQueary |
IV |
|
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General Counsel |
William J. Haynes II |
IV |
|
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Inspector Generalb |
Thomas F. Gimble |
IV |
|
|
Assistant to the Secretary - Nuclear and Chemical and Biological Defense Programs |
Dale Klein |
V |
|
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Department of the Air Force |
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|
Secretary |
Michael W. Wynne |
II |
|
|
Under Secretary |
Ronald M. Sega |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Acquisition |
Sue C. Payton |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Financial Management/Comptroller |
John C. Vonglic (A) |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Manpower and Reserve Affairs |
Craig W. Duehring (A) |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Installations, Environment, and Logistics |
William C. Anderson |
IV |
|
|
General Counsel |
Mary L. Walker |
IV |
|
|
Department of the Army |
|||
|
Secretary |
Francis J. Harvey |
II |
|
|
Under Secretary |
Preston M. Geren |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Civil Works |
John P. Woodley Jr. |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Financial Management/Comptroller |
Nelson M. Ford |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Installations and Environment |
Keith E. Eastin |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Manpower and Reserve Affairs |
Ronald J. James |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology |
Claude M. Bolton |
IV |
|
|
General Counsel |
Benedict S. Cohen |
IV |
|
|
Department of the Navy |
|||
|
Secretary |
Donald C. Winter |
II |
|
|
Under Secretary |
Dionel M. Aviles |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Financial Management/Comptroller |
Richard Greco Jr. |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Installations and Environment |
Buddie J. Penn |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Manpower and Reserve Affairs |
William H. Navas Jr. |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Research, Development, and Acquisition |
Delores M. Etter |
IV |
|
|
General Counsel |
Frank R. Jimenez |
IV |
|
|
Joint Chiefs of Staffc |
(Members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff are compensated under the military pay system, rather than the executive schedule.) |
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|
Chairman |
Peter Pace |
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|
Vice Chairman |
Edmund P. Giambastiani Jr. |
||
|
Chief of Staff (Air Force) |
T. Michael Moseley |
||
|
Chief of Staff (Army) |
Peter J. Schoomaker |
||
|
Chief of Naval Operations |
Michael G. Mullen |
||
|
Commandant of the Marine Corps |
James T. Conway |
a. The chief financial officer (CFO) may be appointed by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, or may be designated by the President from among agency officials who have been confirmed by the Senate for other positions (31 U.S.C. § 901(a)(1)). In the 108th Congress, Jonas was confirmed to be Under Secretary of Defense/Comptroller, and she also served as CFO.
b. The President may remove an inspector general (IG) from office, as he may remove most other appointed officials in the departments. In the case of the IG, however, the law provides that he "shall communicate the reasons for any such removal to both Houses of Congress" (5 U.S.C. App. § 3(b)).
c. The chairman and vice chairman serve two-year terms; other members serve four-year terms.
DOD Appointment Action During the 109th Congress
|
Nominee/ |
Positions |
Nominated |
Confirmed |
Days to confirm |
|
Peter C. W. Flory |
Asst. Secy. - International Security Policy |
01/24/05 |
Returned 12/09/06a |
|
|
John P. Woodley Jr. |
Asst. Secy. - Army - Civil Works |
01/24/05 |
05/12/05 |
108 |
|
Buddie J. Penn |
Asst. Secy. - Navy - Installations and Environment |
01/24/05 |
02/17/05 |
24 |
|
Michael G. Mullen |
Chief of Naval Operations - Joint Chiefs of Staff |
03/02/05 |
04/28/05 |
57 |
|
Michael W. Wynne |
Under Secy. - Acquisition, Technology and Logistics |
Recess Appointment 04/01/05b |
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|
Kenneth J. Krieg |
Under Secy. - Acquisition, Technology and Logistics |
04/04/05 |
05/26/05 |
52 |
|
Gordon England |
Deputy Secy. |
04/07/05 |
04/06/06 |
320 |
|
Peter Pace |
Chairman - Joint Chiefs of Staff |
04/25/05 |
07/15/05 |
81 |
|
Edmund P. Giambastiani Jr. |
Vice Chairman - Joint Chiefs of Staff |
04/25/05 |
07/15/05 |
81 |
|
T. Michael Moseley |
Chief of Staff - Air Force - Joint Chiefs of Staff |
05/16/05 |
06/30/05 |
45 |
|
Daniel R. Stanley |
Asst. Secy. - Legislative Affairs |
05/16/05 |
06/30/05 |
45 |
|
Eric S. Edelman |
Under Secy. - Policy |
05/16/05 |
02/09/06 |
225 |
|
William C. Anderson |
Asst. Secy. - Air Force - Installations, Environment, and Logistics |
05/26/05 |
10/28/05 |
122 |
|
John G. Grimes |
Asst. Secy. - Networks and Information Integration |
06/16/05 |
10/28/05 |
101 |
|
P. Jackson Bell |
Deputy Under Secy. - Logistics and Materiel Readiness |
06/28/05 |
07/29/05 |
31 |
|
Ronald M. Sega |
Under Secy. - Air Force |
06/28/05 |
07/29/05 |
31 |
|
Keith E. Eastin |
Asst. Secy. - Army - Installations and Environment |
06/29/05 |
07/29/05 |
30 |
|
John J. Young Jr. |
Dir. - Defense Research and Engineering |
07/28/05 |
10/28/05 |
59 |
|
Peter C. W. Flory |
Asst. Secy. - International Security Policy |
Recess Appointment 08/02/05c |
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|
Eric S. Edelman |
Under Secy. - Policy |
Recess Appointment 08/09/05d |
||
|
Michael W. Wynne |
Secretary - Air Force |
09/06/05 |
10/28/05 |
52 |
|
Donald C. Winter |
Secretary - Navy |
09/06/05 |
11/10/05 |
65 |
|
Delores M. Etter |
Asst. Secy. - Navy - Research, Development, and Acquisition |
09/06/05 |
10/28/05 |
52 |
|
Peter C. W. Flory |
Asst. Secy. - International Security Policy |
09/19/05 |
Returned 12/09/06a |
|
|
Eric S. Edelman |
Under Secy. - Policy |
09/19/05 |
Returned 12/09/06a |
|
|
Dorrance Smith |
Asst. Secy. - Public Affairs |
09/22/05 |
04/07/06 |
186 |
|
Michael L. Dominguez |
Principal Deputy Under Secy. - Personnel and Readiness |
12/13/05 |
06/29/06 |
187 |
|
James I. Finley |
Deputy Under Secy. - Acquisition and Technology |
12/20/05 |
02/17/06 |
48 |
|
Gordon England |
Deputy Secy. |
Recess Appointment 01/04/06e |
||
|
Dorrance Smith |
Asst. Secy. - Public Affairs |
Recess Appointment 01/04/06e |
||
|
Preston M. Geren |
Under Secy. - Army |
01/18/06 |
02/17/06 |
30 |
|
Benedict S. Cohen |
General Counsel - Army |
02/06/06 |
08/03/06 |
178 |
|
Dorrance Smith |
Asst. Secy. - Public Affairs |
02/10/06 |
Returned 12/09/06a |
|
|
Gordon England |
Deputy Secy. |
02/10/06 |
Returned 12/09/06a |
|
|
Anita K. Blair |
Asst. Secy. - Air Force - Manpower and Reserve Affairs |
04/24/06 |
Returned 12/09/06a |
|
|
Sue C. Payton |
Asst. Secy. - Air Force - Acquisition |
04/25/06 |
07/21/06 |
87 |
|
David H. Laufman |
Inspector General |
06/05/06 |
Withdrawn 12/06/06 |
|
|
James T. Conway |
Commandant - Marine Corps - Joint Chiefs of Staff |
06/14/06 |
08/02/06 |
49 |
|
Robert L. Wilkie |
Asst. Secy. - Legislative Affairs |
06/26/06 |
09/29/06 |
64 |
|
Frank R. Jimenez |
General Counsel - Navy |
06/29/06 |
09/21/06 |
53 |
|
Charles E. McQueary |
Dir. - Operational Test and Evaluation |
06/29/06 |
07/21/06 |
22 |
|
Ronald J. James |
Asst. Secy. - Army - Manpower and Reserve Affairs |
07/21/06 |
09/29/06 |
39 |
|
Nelson M. Ford |
Asst. Secy. - Army - Financial Management/Comptroller |
08/03/06 |
09/29/06 |
26 |
|
Robert M. Gates |
Secretary |
12/04/06 |
12/06/06 |
2 |
|
Michael J. Burns |
Asst. to the Secretary - Nuclear and Chemical and Biological Defense Programs |
12/06/06 |
Returned 12/09/06a |
|
|
Mean number of days to confirm a nomination |
80 |
|||
|
Median number of days to confirm a nomination |
53 |
|||
a. Returned to the President at the end of the 109th Congress under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.
b. Wynne's recess appointment would have expired at the end of the second session of the 109th Congress, by which time he had been confirmed for another position, as shown.
c. Flory's recess appointment expired at the end of the second session of the 109th Congress.
d. Edelman's recess appointment would have expired at the end of the second session of the 109th Congress, by which time he had been confirmed, as shown.
e. England's and Smith's recess appointments would have ended at the end of the first session of the 110th Congress, by which time they had each been confirmed, as shown.
Full-time PAS Positions, as of the End of the 109th Congress
|
Position |
Incumbent |
Pay level |
|
|
Secretary |
Margaret Spellings |
I |
|
|
Deputy Secretary |
Raymond J. Simon |
II |
|
|
Director - Institute of Education Sciencesa |
Grover J. Whitehurst |
II |
|
|
Under Secretary |
David Dunn (A) |
III |
|
|
Chief Financial Officerb |
Lawrence A. Warder |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Civil Rights |
Stephanie J. Monroe |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Communications and Outreach |
Lauren M. Maddox |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Elementary and Secondary Education |
Henry L. Johnson |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Legislation and Congressional Affairs |
Terrell Halaska |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Management |
Michell C. Clark |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development |
Kerri L. Briggs (A) |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Postsecondary Education |
James F. Manning (A) |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Special Education and Rehabilitative Services |
John H. Hager |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Vocational and Adult Education |
Troy R. Justesen |
IV |
|
|
General Counsel |
Kent D. Talbert |
IV |
|
|
Inspector Generalc |
John P. Higgins Jr. |
IV |
|
|
Commissioner - Education Statisticsd |
Mark S. Schneider |
IV |
|
|
Commissioner - Rehabilitation Services Administration |
P. Edward Anthony (A) |
V |
a. This position has a six-year term and specified qualifications. See 20 U.S.C. § 9514(b, d).
b. The chief financial officer (CFO) may be appointed by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, or may be designated by the President from among agency officials who have been confirmed by the Senate for other positions (31 U.S.C. § 901(a)(1)).
c. The President may remove an inspector general (IG) from office, as he may remove most other appointed officials in the departments. In the case of the IG, however, the law provides that he "shall communicate the reasons for any such removal to both Houses of Congress" (5 U.S.C. Appx. § 3(b)).
d. This position has a six-year term and specified qualifications. See 20 U.S.C. § 9517(b).
ED Appointment Action During the 109th Congress
|
Nominee/ |
Position |
Nominated |
Confirmed |
Days to confirm |
|
Margaret Spellings |
Secretary |
01/04/05 |
01/20/05 |
16 |
|
Raymond J. Simon |
Deputy Secy. |
04/15/05 |
05/26/05 |
41 |
|
Kevin F. Sullivan |
Asst. Secy. - Communications and Outreach |
04/28/05 |
07/28/05 |
91 |
|
Tom Luce |
Asst. Secy. - Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development |
05/23/05 |
06/30/05 |
38 |
|
Henry L. Johnson |
Asst. Secy. - Elementary and Secondary Education |
06/06/05 |
07/28/05 |
52 |
|
Stephanie J. Monroe |
Asst. Secy. - Civil Rights |
06/23/05 |
12/17/05 |
144 |
|
Terrell Halaska |
Asst. Secy. - Legislation and Congressional Affairs |
06/29/05 |
07/28/05 |
29 |
|
Mark S. Schneider |
Commissioner - Education Statistics |
07/27/05 |
10/21/05 |
53 |
|
Kent D. Talbert |
General Counsel |
09/28/05 |
05/19/06 |
222 |
|
Michell C. Clark |
Asst. Secy. - Management |
12/13/05 |
03/13/06 |
79 |
|
Lawrence A. Warder |
Chief Financial Officer |
04/25/06 |
07/26/06 |
92 |
|
Troy R. Justesen |
Asst. Secy. - Vocational and Adult Education |
05/08/06 |
07/26/06 |
79 |
|
Sara A. Tucker |
Under Secy. |
09/05/06 |
12/09/06 |
95 |
|
Lauren M. Maddox |
Asst. Secy. - Communications and Outreach |
09/07/06 |
09/21/06 |
14 |
|
Mean number of days to confirm a nomination |
75 |
|||
|
Median number of days to confirm a nomination |
66 |
|||
Full-time PAS Positions, as of the End of the 109th Congress
|
Position |
Incumbent |
Pay level |
|
|
Secretary |
Samuel W. Bodman |
I |
|
|
Deputy Secretary |
J. Clay Sell |
II |
|
|
Under Secretary |
David K. Garman |
III |
|
|
Under Secretary - Nuclear Security/Administrator - National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) |
Linton F. Brooks |
III |
|
|
Under Secretary - Sciencea |
Raymond L. Orbach |
III |
|
|
Principal Deputy Administrator - NNSA |
— |
IV |
|
|
Deputy Administrator - Defense Programs, NNSA |
Thomas P. D'Agostino |
IV |
|
|
Deputy Administrator - Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, NNSA |
William H. Tobey |
IV |
|
|
Administrator - Energy Information Administration |
Guy F. Caruso |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs |
Jill L. Sigal |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliabilityb |
— |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy |
Alexander A. Karsner |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Environmental Management |
James A. Rispoli |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Fossil Energy |
Jeffrey D. Jarrett |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - International Affairs and Domestic Policy |
Karen A. Harbert |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Nuclear Energyc |
Dennis R. Spurgeon |
IV |
|
|
Chief Financial Officerd |
Steve Isakowitz |
IV |
|
|
Director - Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management |
Edward F. Sproat III |
IV |
|
|
Director - Office of Minority Economic Impact and Diversity |
Theresa Alvillar-Speake |
IV |
|
|
Director - Office of Science |
Raymond L. Orbach |
IV |
|
|
General Counsel |
David R. Hill |
IV |
|
|
Inspector Generale |
Gregory H. Friedman |
IV |
a. The position of Under Secretary - Science in the Department of Energy was established by P.L. 109-58, Title X, § 1006(a) (119 Stat. 930), and filled for the first time during the 109th Congress, as shown.
b. The position of Assistant Secretary for Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability was previously titled Assistant Secretary for Environment, Safety and Health. In 2005, the Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability was created by the Secretary of Energy at the recommendation of Congress, and it was initially headed by a director, Kevin Kolevar. On September 26, 2005, Kolevar was nominated to be the Assistant Secretary, and his nomination was returned to the President at the end of the 109th Congress. Kolevar was renominated for, and confirmed to, the position during the first session of the 110th Congress. Kolevar continued as Director of the Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability until he was appointed as Assistant Secretary.
c. The Energy Policy Act of 2005 established an additional assistant secretary in the Department of Energy. The law also stated that it was "the sense of Congress that the leadership for departmental missions in nuclear energy should be at the Assistant Secretary level" (P.L. 109-58, § 1006(b); 119 Stat. 931). This new position was subsequently denominated the Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy. An assistant secretary position with a similar title had previously existed. In 1993, however, this assistant secretary slot was used for an Assistant Secretary for Human Resources and Administration. According to the United States Government Manual, the Department of Energy did not have an Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Affairs during the intervening years.
d. The chief financial officer (CFO) may be appointed by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, or may be designated by the President from among agency officials who have been confirmed by the Senate for other positions (31 U.S.C. § 901(a)(1)).
e. The President may remove an inspector general (IG) from office, as he may remove most other appointed officials in the departments. In the case of the IG, however, the law provides that he "shall communicate the reasons for any such removal to both Houses of Congress" (5 U.S.C. Appx. § 3(b)).
DOE Appointment Action During 109th Congress
|
Nominee/ |
Position |
Nominated |
Confirmed |
Days to confirm |
|
Samuel W. Bodman |
Secretary |
01/04/05 |
01/31/05 |
27 |
|
J. Clay Sell |
Deputy Secy. |
02/28/05 |
03/17/05 |
17 |
|
David K. Garman |
Under Secy. |
03/04/05 |
06/15/05 |
103 |
|
David R. Hill |
General Counsel |
04/14/05 |
07/28/05 |
105 |
|
Jill L. Sigal |
Asst. Secy. - Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs |
05/09/05 |
07/28/05 |
80 |
|
James A. Rispoli |
Asst. Secy. - Environmental Management |
05/17/05 |
07/29/05 |
73 |
|
Jeffrey D. Jarrett |
Asst. Secy. - Fossil Energy |
09/06/05 |
12/17/05 |
102 |
|
Edward F. Sproat III |
Dir. - Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management |
09/08/05 |
05/26/06 |
249 |
|
Raymond L. Orbach |
Under Secy. - Science |
12/13/05 |
05/26/06 |
153 |
|
Alexander A. Karsner |
Asst. Secy. - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy |
12/21/05 |
03/16/06 |
74 |
|
Thomas P. D'Agostino |
Deputy Admin. - Defense Programs, NNSAa |
01/27/06 |
02/17/06 |
21 |
|
Dennis R. Spurgeon |
Asst. Secy. - Nuclear Energy |
02/13/06 |
03/27/06 |
42 |
|
William H. Tobey |
Deputy Admin. - Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, NNSA |
05/11/06 |
08/03/06 |
84 |
|
Kevin M. Kolevar |
Asst. Secy. - Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability |
09/26/06 |
Returned 12/09/06b |
|
|
Mean number of days to confirm a nomination |
87 |
|||
|
Median number of days to confirm a nomination |
80 |
|||
Full-time PAS Positions, as of the End of the 109th Congress
|
Positiona |
Incumbent |
Pay level |
|
|
Secretary |
Michael O. Leavitt |
I |
|
|
Deputy Secretary |
Alex Azar II |
II |
|
|
Administrator - Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services |
Leslie V. Norwalk (A) |
III |
|
|
Administrator - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration |
— |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Aging |
Josefina G. Carbonell |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Children and Families |
Wade F. Horn |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Legislation |
Vincent J. Ventimiglia Jr. |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Budget, Technology, and Finance/Chief Financial Officerb |
Charles E. Johnson |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Planning and Evaluation |
— |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Public Affairs |
Suzanne C. DeFrancis |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Health |
John O. Agwunobi |
||
|
Commissioner - Food and Drug Administration |
Andrew C. von Eschenbach (A) |
IV |
|
|
Director - National Institutes of Health |
Elias A. Zerhouni |
IV |
|
|
General Counsel |
Daniel Meron |
IV |
|
|
Inspector Generald |
Daniel R. Levinson |
IV |
|
|
Commissioner - Children, Youth, and Families |
Joan E. Ohl |
V |
|
|
Commissioner - Administration for Native Americans |
Quanah C. Stamps |
V |
|
|
Director - Indian Health Servicese |
Charles W. Grim |
V |
|
|
Surgeon Generalf |
Kenneth P. Moritsugu (A) |
a. The positions in this column do not include officers of the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, except in cases where such a commission is incident to the position listed.
b. The chief financial officer (CFO) may be appointed by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, or may be designated by the President from among agency officials who have been confirmed by the Senate for other positions (31 U.S.C. § 901(a)(1)). Department representatives have indicated that the positions were combined as noted in the table.
c. The Assistant Secretary for Health is compensated as a commissioned officer at Level 0-10 (37 U.S.C. § 201).
d. The President may remove an inspector general (IG) from office, as he may remove most other appointed officials in the departments. In the case of the IG, however, the law provides that he "shall communicate the reasons for any such removal to both Houses of Congress" (5 U.S.C. Appx. § 3(b)).
e. This position has a four-year term; a Director may serve more than one term. See 25 U.S.C. § 1661(a).
f. This position has a four-year term and specified qualifications. See 42 U.S.C. § 205.
g. The Surgeon General is compensated as a commissioned officer at Level 0-9 (37 U.S.C. § 201).
HHS Appointment Action During the 109th Congress
|
Nominee/ |
Position |
Nominated |
Confirmed |
Days to confirm |
|
|
Michael O. Leavitt |
Secretary |
01/04/05 |
01/26/05 |
22 |
|
|
Daniel R. Levinson |
Inspector General |
01/24/05 |
06/08/05 |
135 |
|
|
Lester M. Crawford |
Commissioner - Food and Drug Administration |
02/15/05 |
07/18/05 |
153 |
|
|
Suzanne C. DeFrancis |
Asst. Secy. - Public Affairs |
04/04/05 |
07/22/05 |
109 |
|
|
Alex Azar II |
Deputy Secy. |
04/19/05 |
07/22/05 |
94 |
|
|
Charles E. Johnson |
Asst. Secy. - Budget, Technology, and Finance |
04/25/05 |
07/22/05 |
88 |
|
|
John O. Agwunobi |
Asst. Secy. - Health |
06/29/05 |
12/17/05 |
138 |
|
|
Vincent J. Ventimiglia Jr. |
Asst. Secy. - Legislation |
07/18/05 |
12/21/05 |
123 |
|
|
Daniel Meron |
General Counsel |
11/16/05 |
Returned 12/09/06a |
||
|
Andrew C. von Eschenbach |
Commissioner - Food and Drug Administration |
03/15/06 |
12/07/06 |
236 |
|
|
Daniel Meron |
General Counsel |
Recess appointment 08/31/06b |
|||
|
Daniel Meron |
General Counsel |
09/07/06 |
Returned 12/09/06a |
||
|
Terry L. Cline |
Admin. - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration |
11/13/06 |
12/09/06 |
26 |
|
|
Mean number of days to confirm a nomination |
112 |
||||
|
Median number of days to confirm a nomination |
116 |
||||
Full-time PAS Positions, as of the End of the 109th Congress
|
Positiona |
Incumbent |
Pay level |
|
|
Secretary |
Michael Chertoff |
I |
|
|
Deputy Secretary |
Michael P. Jackson |
II |
|
|
Under Secretary - Preparedness |
George W. Foresman |
III |
|
|
Under Secretary - Science and Technology |
Jay M. Cohen |
III |
|
|
Under Secretary - Border and Transportation Security |
III |
||
|
Under Secretary - Federal Emergency Management |
R. David Paulison |
III |
|
|
Under Secretary - Management |
L. Scott Charbo (A) |
III |
|
|
Director - U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Servicesc |
Emilio T. Gonzalez |
III |
|
|
Commissioner - U.S. Customs and Border Protectiond |
W. Ralph Basham |
III |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcemente |
Julie L. Myers |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Policy |
Stewart A. Baker |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Transportation Security Administration |
Edmund S. "Kip" Hawley |
IV |
|
|
Chief Financial Officerf |
David L. Norquist |
IV |
|
|
General Counsel |
Philip J. Perry |
IV |
|
|
Inspector Generalg |
Richard L. Skinner |
IV |
|
|
Commandant of the Coast Guard |
Thad W. Allen |
Admiralh |
|
|
Director - Office of Counternarcotics Enforcementi |
Uttam Dhillon |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Grants and Trainingj |
Corey D. Gruber (A) |
IV |
|
|
United States Fire Administrator |
Charlie Dickinson (A) |
IV |
Note: The Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 (Title VI of P.L. 109-295), enacted October 4, 2006, included provisions that established, abolished, and changed certain advice and consent positions at DHS. Most of these provisions were not implemented until 2007, during the 110th Congress.
a. The Homeland Security Act (P.L. 107-296, § 103; 116 Stat. 2135) provided for "Not more than 12 Assistant Secretaries" appointed through the advice and consent process. Of these, only the positions in use at the end of the 109th Congress are shown. Some assistant secretary positions previously created under this authority, such as the Assistant Secretary for Border and Transportation Security Policy, no longer exist, as such.
b. This position (provided for at 6 U.S.C. § 113 and § 201) was not funded or filled as of FY2006.
c. This position was formerly titled Director of the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services.
d. This position was formerly titled Commissioner of Customs.
e. This position was formerly titled Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
f. The chief financial officer (CFO) may be appointed by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, or may be designated by the President from among agency officials who have been confirmed by the Senate for other positions (31 U.S.C. § 901(a)(1)).
g. The President may remove an inspector general (IG) from office, as he may remove most other appointed officials in the departments. In the case of the IG, however, the law provides that he "shall communicate the reasons for any such removal to both Houses of Congress" (5 U.S.C. Appx. § 3(b)).
h. The Commandant of the Coast Guard is compensated as a commissioned officer with the rank of Admiral at Level 0-10 (37 U.S.C. § 201).
i. The position of Director - Office of Counternarcotics Enforcement in the Department of Homeland Security was established by P.L. 108-458, Title VII, Subtitle D, § 7407(a) (118 Stat. 3853), and filled for the first time during the 109th Congress, as shown.
j. This position was formerly titled Executive Director - Office of State and Local Government Coordination and Preparedness.
DHS Appointment Action During 109th Congress
|
Nominee/ |
Position |
Nominated |
Confirmed |
Days to confirm |
|
|
Michael Chertoff |
Secretary |
01/31/05 |
02/15/05 |
15 |
|
|
Michael P. Jackson |
Deputy Secy. |
02/18/05 |
03/10/05 |
20 |
|
|
Philip J. Perry |
General Counsel |
04/04/05 |
06/08/05 |
65 |
|
|
Richard L. Skinner |
Inspector General |
04/28/05 |
07/28/05 |
91 |
|
|
Edmund S. Hawley |
Asst. Secy. - Transportation Security Administration |
05/19/05 |
07/22/05 |
64 |
|
|
Julie L. Myers |
Asst. Secy. - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement |
06/29/05 |
Returned 12/09/06a |
||
|
Stewart A. Baker |
Asst. Secy. - Policy |
07/14/05 |
10/07/05 |
52 |
|
|
Tracy A. Henke |
Exec. Dir. - Office of State and Local Government Coordination and Preparednessb |
07/14/05 |
Returned 08/03/06c |
||
|
Emilio T. Gonzalez |
Dir. - Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Servicesd |
09/06/05 |
12/21/05 |
106 |
|
|
George W. Foresman |
Under Secy. - Preparedness |
10/21/05 |
12/17/05 |
57 |
|
|
Uttam Dhillon |
Dir. - Office of Counternarcotics Enforcement |
11/10/05 |
05/12/06 |
172 |
|
|
Tracy A. Henke |
Exec. Dir. - Office of State and Local Government Coordination and Preparedness b |
Recess appointment 01/04/06e |
|||
|
Julie L. Myers |
Asst. Secy. - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement |
Recess appointment 01/04/06c |
|||
|
David L. Norquist |
Chief Financial Officer |
01/18/06 |
05/26/06 |
128 |
|
|
W. Ralph Basham |
Commissioner - Customsf |
01/31/06 |
05/26/06 |
115 |
|
|
Julie L. Myers |
Asst. Secy. - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement |
02/10/06 |
Returned 12/09/06a |
||
|
Tracy A. Henke |
Exec. Dir. - Office of State and Local Government Coordination and Preparednessb |
02/10/06 |
Returned 08/03/06b |
||
|
R. David Paulison |
Under Secy. - Federal Emergency Management |
04/06/06 |
05/26/06 |
50 |
|
|
Jay M. Cohen |
Under Secy. - Science and Technology |
06/28/06 |
08/03/06 |
36 |
|
|
Tracy A. Henke |
Exec. Dir. - Office of State and Local Government Coordination and Preparednessb |
09/05/06 |
Withdrawn 12/06/06 |
||
|
Paul A. Schneider |
Under Secy. - Management |
11/13/06 |
12/09/06 |
26 |
|
|
Gregory B. Cade |
Admin. - U.S. Fire Administration |
12/05/06 |
Returned 12/09/06a |
||
|
Mean number of days to confirm a nomination |
71 |
||||
|
Median number of days to confirm a nomination |
61 |
||||
a. Returned to the President at the end of the 109th Congress under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.
b. By the end of the 109th Congress, this position had been retitled as Assistant Secretary for Grants and Training.
c. Returned to the President at the beginning of a 31-day Senate recess under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.
d. By the end of the 109th Congress, this position had been retitled Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
e. Myers's and Henke's recess appointments would have ended at the end of the first session of the 110th Congress, by which time Henke had resigned and Myers had been confirmed.
f. By the end of the 109th Congress, this position had been retitled Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
Full-time PAS Positions, as of the End of the 109th Congress
|
Position |
Incumbent |
Pay level |
|
|
Secretary |
Alphonso R. Jackson |
I |
|
|
Deputy Secretary |
Romolo A. Bernardi |
II |
|
|
Director - Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversighta |
James B. Lockhart III |
II |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Administration |
Keith A. Nelson |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Community Planning and Development |
Pamela H. Patenaude |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations |
— |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity |
Kim Kendrick |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Housing/Federal Housing Commissioner |
Brian D. Montgomery |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Policy Development and Research |
Darlene F. Williams |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Public Affairs |
— |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Public and Indian Housing |
Orlando J. Cabrera |
IV |
|
|
Chief Financial Officerb |
John W. Cox |
IV |
|
|
General Counsel |
Robert M. Couch (A) |
IV |
|
|
Inspector Generalc |
Kenneth M. Donohue Sr. |
IV |
|
|
President - Government National Mortgage Association |
Robert M. Couch |
IV |
a. This position has a five-year term and specified qualifications. See 12 U.S.C. § 4512.
b. The chief financial officer (CFO)may be appointed by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, or may be designated by the President from among agency officials who have been confirmed by the Senate for other positions (31 U.S.C. § 901(a)(1)).
c. The President may remove an inspector general (IG) from office, as he may remove most other appointed officials in the departments. In the case of the IG, however, the law provides that he "shall communicate the reasons for any such removal to both Houses of Congress" (5 U.S.C. Appx. § 3(b)).
HUD Appointment Action During the 109th Congress
|
Nominee/ |
Position |
Nominated |
Confirmed |
Days to confirm |
|
|
Pamela H. Patenaude |
Asst. Secy. - Community Planning and Development |
01/24/05 |
04/15/05 |
81 |
|
|
Brian D. Montgomery |
Asst. Secy. - Housing/Federal Housing Commissioner |
04/25/05 |
06/13/05 |
49 |
|
|
Kim Kendrick |
Asst. Secy. - Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity |
06/29/05 |
10/07/05 |
67 |
|
|
Keith A. Nelson |
Asst. Secy. - Administration |
07/12/05 |
10/07/05 |
54 |
|
|
Darlene F. Williams |
Asst. Secy. - Policy Development and Research |
07/25/05 |
10/07/05 |
41 |
|
|
Keith E. Gottfried |
General Counsel |
07/25/05 |
10/07/05 |
41 |
|
|
Orlando J. Cabrera |
Asst. Secy. - Public and Indian Housing |
09/06/05 |
11/04/05 |
59 |
|
|
Robert M. Couch |
Pres. - Government National Mortgage Association |
01/18/06 |
06/15/06 |
148 |
|
|
John W. Cox |
Chief Financial Officer |
03/02/06 |
05/26/06 |
85 |
|
|
James B. Lockhart III |
Dir. - Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight |
04/27/06 |
06/15/06 |
49 |
|
|
Scott A. Keller |
Asst. Secy. - Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations |
11/13/06 |
Returned 12/09/06a |
||
|
Mean number of days to confirm a nomination |
67 |
||||
|
Median number of days to confirm a nomination |
57 |
||||
Full-time PAS Positions, as of the End of the 109th Congress
|
Position |
Incumbent |
Pay level |
|
|
Secretary |
Dirk Kempthorne |
I |
|
|
Deputy Secretary |
P. Lynn Scarlett |
II |
|
|
Special Trustee for American Indians |
Ross O. Swimmer |
||
|
Assistant Secretary - Fish, Wildlife, and Parks |
David M. Verhey (A) |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Indian Affairs |
James A. Cason (A) |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Land and Minerals Management |
C. Stephen Allred |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Policy, Management, and Budget/Chief Financial Officerb |
R. Thomas Weimer |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Water and Science |
Mark A. Limbaugh |
IV |
|
|
Chairman - National Indian Gaming Commissionc |
Philip N. Hogen |
IV |
|
|
Inspector Generald |
Earl E. Devaney |
IV |
|
|
Solicitor |
David L. Bernhardt |
IV |
|
|
Director - National Park Service |
Mary A. Bomar |
V |
|
|
Director - Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement |
Brent T. Wahlquist (A) |
V |
|
|
Commissioner - Bureau of Reclamation |
Robert W. Johnson |
V |
|
|
Director - Bureau of Land Management |
Kathleen B. Clarke |
V |
|
|
Director - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
H. Dale Hall |
V |
|
|
Director - U.S. Geological Survey |
Mark Myers |
V |
|
|
Commissioner - Indian Affairse |
— |
V |
a. The Special Trustee is to be paid "at a rate determined by the Secretary to be appropriate for the position, but not less than the rate of basic pay payable at Level II of the Executive Schedule..." (25 U.S.C. § 4042).
b. The chief financial officer (CFO) may be appointed by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, or may be designated by the President from among agency officials who have been confirmed by the Senate for other positions (31 U.S.C. § 901(a)(1)). Weimer was confirmed as Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management, and Budget, and also served as CFO.
c. This position has a three-year term, specified qualifications. The President's removal power is limited. See 25 U.S.C. § 2704(b).
d. The President may remove an inspector general (IG) from office, as he may remove most other appointed officials in the departments. In the case of the IG, however, the law provides that he "shall communicate the reasons for any such removal to both Houses of Congress" (5 U.S.C. Appx. § 3(b)).
e. This position (provided for at 25 U.S.C. § 1) has been vacant since 1981.
DOI Appointment Action During the 109th Congress
|
Nominee/ |
Position |
Nominated |
Confirmed |
Days to confirm |
|
P. Lynne Scarlett |
Deputy Secy. |
02/18/05 |
11/18/05 |
240 |
|
R. Thomas Weimer |
Asst. Secy. - Policy, Management, and Budget |
05/09/05 |
12/21/05 |
193 |
|
Mark A. Limbaugh |
Asst. Secy. - Water and Science |
05/11/05 |
07/22/05 |
72 |
|
H. Dale Hall |
Dir. - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
07/18/05 |
10/07/05 |
48 |
|
David L. Bernhardt |
Solicitor |
11/18/05 |
Returned 08/03/06a |
|
|
Dirk Kempthorne |
Secretary |
04/24/06 |
05/26/06 |
32 |
|
Mark Myers |
Dir. - U.S. Geological Survey |
05/03/06 |
Returned 08/03/06a |
|
|
John R. Correll |
Dir. - Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement |
05/16/06 |
Returned 08/03/06a |
|
|
Robert W. Johnson |
Commissioner - Bureau of Reclamation |
07/21/06 |
09/29/06 |
39 |
|
C. Stephen Allred |
Asst. Secy. - Land and Minerals Management |
08/01/06 |
09/29/06 |
28 |
|
Carl J. Artman |
Asst. Secy. - Indian Affairs |
08/01/06 |
Returned 12/09/06b |
|
|
Mark Myers |
Dir. - U.S. Geological Survey |
09/05/06 |
09/15/06 |
10 |
|
John R. Correll |
Dir. - Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement |
09/05/06 |
Returned 12/09/06b |
|
|
Mary A. Bomar |
Dir. - National Park Service |
09/05/06 |
09/29/06 |
24 |
|
David L. Bernhardt |
Solicitor |
09/05/06 |
09/29/06 |
24 |
|
Mean number of days to confirm a nomination |
71 |
|||
|
Median number of days to confirm a nomination |
36 |
|||
a. Returned to the President at the beginning of a 31-day Senate recess under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.
b. Returned to the President at the end of the 109th Congress under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.
Full-time PAS Positions, as of the End of the 109th Congress
|
Positiona |
Incumbent |
Pay level |
|
|
Attorney General |
Alberto R. Gonzales |
I |
|
|
Deputy Attorney General |
Paul J. McNulty |
II |
|
|
Director - Federal Bureau of Investigationb |
Robert S. Mueller IV |
II |
|
|
Administrator of Drug Enforcement |
Karen P. Tandy |
III |
|
|
Associate Attorney General |
William W. Mercer (A) |
III |
|
|
Solicitor General |
Paul D. Clement |
III |
|
|
Director - Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives |
Michael J. Sullivan (A) |
III |
|
|
Assistant Attorney General - Antitrust Division |
Thomas O. Barnett |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Attorney General - Civil Division |
Peter D. Keisler |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Attorney General - Civil Rights Division |
Wan J. Kim |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Attorney General - Criminal Division |
Alice S. Fisher |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Attorney General - Environment and Natural Resources Division |
Sue Ellen Wooldridge |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Attorney General - Legislative Affairs |
James H. Clinger (A) |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Attorney General - National Securityc |
Kenneth L. Wainstein |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Attorney General - Office of Justice Programs |
Regina B. Schofield |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Attorney General - Office of Legal Counsel |
Steven G. Bradbury (A) |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Attorney General - Office of Legal Policy |
Rachel L. Brand |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Attorney General - Tax Division |
Eileen J. O'Connor |
IV |
|
|
Administrator - Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention |
J. Robert Flores |
IV |
|
|
Deputy Administrator - Drug Enforcement Administration |
Michele M. Leonhart |
IV |
|
|
Director - Bureau of Justice Assistance |
Domingo S. Herraiz |
IV |
|
|
Director - Bureau of Justice Statistics |
Jeffrey L. Sedgwick |
IV |
|
|
Director - Community Relations Serviced |
Sharee M. Freeman |
IV |
|
|
Director - National Institute of Justice |
Glenn R. Schmitt (A) |
IV |
|
|
Director - Office for Victims of Crime |
John W. Gillis |
IV |
|
|
Director - U.S. Marshals Service |
John F. Clark |
IV |
|
|
Inspector Generale |
Glenn A. Fine |
IV |
|
|
Special Counsel - Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practicesf |
— |
||
|
Director - Violence Against Women Office |
Mary B. Buchanan (A) |
V |
a. Does not include U.S. attorney and U.S. marshal positions. The position of chief financial officer (CFO) is also not listed here. Although the Department of Justice is included in the statute that provides presidentially appointed and Senate-confirmed CFOs for all of the major executive branch agencies (31 U.S.C. § 901(a)(1)), this provision is superseded by 28 U.S.C. § 507. The latter section provides that the Assistant Attorney General for Administration, appointed by the Attorney General with the approval of the President, shall be the CFO for the Department of Justice.
b. This position has a 10-year term. See 28 U.S.C. § 532 note.
c. The position of Assistant Attorney General for National Security in the Department of Justice was established by P.L. 109-177, § 506 (120 Stat. 247), and filled for the first time during the 109th Congress, as shown below.
d. This position has a four-year term. See 42 U.S.C. § 2000g.
e. The President may remove an inspector general (IG) from office, as he may remove most other appointed officials in the departments. In the case of the IG, however, the law provides that he "shall communicate the reasons for any such removal to both Houses of Congress" (5 U.S.C. Appx. § 3(b)).
f. This position has a four-year term. See 8 U.S.C. § 1324b(c)(1).
g. "The Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices is entitled to receive compensation at a rate not to exceed the rate now or hereafter provided for grade GS-17 of the General Schedule," under 5 U.S.C. § 5332 (8 U.S.C. § 1324b(c)(3)).
DOJ Appointment Action During the 109th Congress
|
Nominee/ |
Position |
Nominated |
Confirmed |
Days to confirm |
|
Alberto R. Gonzales |
Attorney General |
01/04/05 |
02/03/05 |
30 |
|
Paul D. Clement |
Solicitor General |
03/14/05 |
06/08/05 |
86 |
|
Rachel L. Brand |
Asst. Atty. General - Office of Legal Policy |
04/04/05 |
07/28/05 |
115 |
|
Alice S. Fisher |
Asst. Atty. General - Criminal Division |
04/04/05 |
09/19/06 |
458 |
|
Regina B. Schofield |
Asst. Atty. General - Office of Justice Programs |
04/04/05 |
06/08/05 |
65 |
|
Wan J. Kim |
Asst. Atty. General - Civil Rights Division |
06/16/05 |
11/04/05 |
108 |
|
Timothy E. Flanigan |
Deputy Attorney General |
06/20/05 |
Withdrawn 10/07/05 |
|
|
Sue Ellen Wooldridge |
Asst. Atty. General - Environment and Natural Resources Division |
06/20/05 |
11/10/05 |
110 |
|
Alice S. Fisher |
Asst. Atty. General - Criminal Division |
Recess Appointment 08/31/05a |
||
|
Steven G. Bradbury |
Asst. Atty. General - Office of Legal Counsel |
06/23/05 |
Returned 12/21/05b |
|
|
Thomas O. Barnett |
Asst. Atty. General - Antitrust Division |
09/06/05 |
02/10/06 |
146 |
|
Alice S. Fisher |
Asst. Atty. General - Criminal Division |
09/19/05 |
Returned 12/09/06c |
|
|
John F. Clark |
Dir. - U.S. Marshals Service |
10/21/05 |
03/16/06 |
135 |
|
Paul J. McNulty |
Deputy Attorney General |
11/09/05 |
03/16/06 |
116 |
|
Sharee M. Freeman |
Dir. - Community Relations Service |
12/20/05 |
03/31/06 |
90 |
|
Steven G. Bradbury |
Asst. Atty. General - Office of Legal Counsel |
01/25/06 |
Returned 09/29/06d |
|
|
Jeffrey L. Sedgwick |
Dir. - Bureau of Justice Statistics |
01/31/06 |
03/31/06 |
59 |
|
Kenneth L. Wainstein |
Asst. Atty. General - National Security Division |
03/13/06 |
09/21/06 |
161 |
|
William W. Mercer |
Associate Attorney General |
09/05/06 |
Returned 12/09/06c |
|
|
Steven G. Bradbury |
Asst. Atty. General - Office of Legal Counsel |
11/14/06 |
Returned 12/09/06c |
|
|
Mean number of days to confirm a nomination |
129 |
|||
|
Median number of days to confirm a nomination |
110 |
|||
a. Fisher's recess appointment would have expired at the end of the second session of the 109th Congress, by which time she had each been confirmed, as shown.
b. Returned to the President at the end of the first session of the 109th Congress under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.
c. Returned to the President at the end of the first session of the 109th Congress under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.
d. Returned to the President at the end of the first session of the 109th Congress under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.
Full-time PAS Positions, as of the End of the 109th Congress
|
Position |
Incumbent |
Pay level |
|
|
Secretary |
Elaine L. Chao |
I |
|
|
Deputy Secretary |
Steven J. Law |
II |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Administration and Management |
Patrick Pizzella |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs |
Kristine A. Iverson |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Disability Employment Policy |
W. Roy Grizzard |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Employee Benefits Security Administration |
Bradford P. Campbell (A) |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Employment and Training Administration |
Emily S. DeRocco |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Employment Standards Administration |
Victoria A. Lipnic |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Mine Safety and Health Administration |
Richard E. Stickler |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
Edwin G. Foulke Jr. |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Public Affairs |
Randolph J. Clerihue |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Policy |
Leon R. Sequeira (A) |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Veterans' Employment and Training Service |
Charles S. Ciccolella |
IV |
|
|
Chief Financial Officera |
Samuel T. Mok |
IV |
|
|
Commissioner - Bureau of Labor Statisticsb |
Philip L. Rones (A) |
IV |
|
|
Inspector Generalc |
Gordon S. Heddell |
IV |
|
|
Solicitor |
Howard M. Razely |
IV |
|
|
Administrator - Wage and Hour Division |
Paul DeCamp |
V |
|
|
Director - Women's Bureaud |
Shinae Chun |
a. The chief financial officer (CFO) may be appointed by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, or may be designated by the President from among agency officials who have been confirmed by the Senate for other positions (31 U.S.C. § 901(a)(1)).
b. This position has a four-year term. See 29 U.S.C. § 3.
c. The President may remove an inspector general (IG) from office, as he may remove most other appointed officials in the departments. In the case of the IG, however, the law provides that he "shall communicate the reasons for any such removal to both Houses of Congress" (5 U.S.C. Appx. § 3(b)).
d. By statute, the incumbent must be a woman (29 U.S.C. § 12).
e. According to the 2004 Plum Book, the Director of the Women's Bureau was a Senior Level (SL) position (p. 109). With regard to pay for such positions, the Plum Book states, "Pay for Senior Level positions ranges from 120 percent of basic pay payable for GS-15, step 1, of the General Schedule to the rate of pay for level IV of the Executive Schedule. ... SL employees are entitled to locality-based comparability payments for their respective pay area. The employee's locality rate of pay may not exceed the pay for level III of the Executive Schedule" (p. 219). See also 5 U.S.C. 5376 and 5 U.S.C. 5304(g)(2).
DOL Appointment Action During the 109th Congress
|
Nominee/ |
Position |
Nominated |
Confirmed |
Days to confirm |
|
Charles S. Ciccolella |
Asst. Secy. - Veterans' Employment and Training Service |
05/17/05 |
7/29/05 |
73 |
|
Edwin G. Foulke Jr. |
Asst. Secy. - Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
09/15/05 |
03/13/06 |
168 |
|
Richard E. Stickler |
Asst. Secy. - Mine Safety and Health Administration |
09/15/05 |
Returned 08/03/06a |
|
|
Paul DeCamp |
Admin. - Wage and Hour Division |
01/31/06 |
Returned 09/29/06b |
|
|
Randolph J. Clerihue |
Asst. Secy. - Public Affairs |
08/01/06 |
09/21/06 |
20 |
|
Paul DeCamp |
Admin. - Wage and Hour Division |
Recess Appointment 08/31/06c |
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|
Richard E. Stickler |
Asst. Secy. - Mine Safety and Health Administration |
09/05/06 |
Returned 09/29/06b |
|
|
Paul DeCamp |
Admin. - Wage and Hour Division |
09/07/06 |
Returned 09/29/06b |
|
|
Richard E. Stickler |
Asst. Secy. - Mine Safety and Health Administration |
Recess Appointment 10/19/06d |
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|
Leon R. Sequeira |
Asst. Secy. - Policy |
11/13/06 |
Returned 12/09/06e |
|
|
Paul DeCamp |
Admin. - Wage and Hour Division |
11/14/06 |
Returned 12/09/06e |
|
|
Richard E. Stickler |
Asst. Secy. - Mine Safety and Health Administration |
11/14/06 |
Returned 12/09/06e |
|
|
Mean number of days to confirm a nomination |
87 |
|||
|
Median number of days to confirm a nomination |
73 |
|||
a. Returned to the President at the beginning of a 31-day Senate recess under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.
b. Returned to the President at the beginning of a 39-day Senate recess under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.
c. DeCamp's recess appointment expired at the end of the first session of the 110th Congress.
d. Stickler's recess appointment expired at the end of the first session of the 110th Congress.
e. Returned to the President at the end of the 109th Congress under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.
Full-time PAS Positions, as of the End of the 109th Congress
|
Positiona |
Incumbent |
Pay level |
|
|
Secretary |
Condoleezza Rice |
I |
|
|
Deputy Secretary |
— |
II |
|
|
Deputy Secretary - Management and Resourcesb |
— |
II |
|
|
Under Secretary - Arms Control and International Security |
Robert Joseph |
III |
|
|
Under Secretary - Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs |
Josette Sheeran |
III |
|
|
Under Secretary - Democracy and Global Affairs |
Paula J. Dobriansky |
III |
|
|
Under Secretary - Management |
Henrietta H. Fore |
III |
|
|
Under Secretary - Political Affairs |
R. Nicholas Burns |
III |
|
|
Under Secretary - Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs |
Karen P. Hughes |
III |
|
|
Ambassador-at-Large - International Religious Freedom |
John V. Hanford III |
III |
|
|
Ambassador-at-Large/Director - Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons |
John R. Miller |
IV |
|
|
Ambassador-at-Large - War Crimes Issues |
J. Clint Williamson |
IV |
|
|
Ambassador-at-Large/Coordinator - Counterterrorism |
Henry Crumpton |
IV |
|
|
Coordinator - U.S. Global AIDS |
Mark R. Dybul |
IV |
|
|
Chief of Protocol |
Donald B. Ensenat |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Administration |
Rajkumar Chellaraj |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - African Affairs |
Jendayi E. Frazer |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Consular Affairs |
Maura Harty |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor |
Barry F. Lowenkron |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Diplomatic Security/Director - Office of Foreign Missionsc |
Richard J. Griffin |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - East Asian and Pacific Affairs |
Christopher R. Hill |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Economic, Energy and Business Affairs |
Daniel S. Sullivan |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Educational and Cultural Affairs |
Dina H. Powell |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - European and Eurasian Affairs |
Daniel Fried |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Intelligence and Research |
Randall M. Fort |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs |
Anne W. Patterson |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - International Organizations |
Kristen Silverberg |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - International Security and Nonproliferation |
John C. Rood |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Legislative Affairs |
Jeffrey T. Bergner |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Near Eastern Affairs |
C. David Welch |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs |
Claudia A. McMurray |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Political-Military Affairs |
John Hillen |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Population, Refugees, and Migration Affairs |
Ellen R. Sauerbrey |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Public Affairs |
Sean I. McCormack |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Resource Management/Chief Financial Officerd |
Bradford R. Higgins |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - South and Central Asian Affairs |
Richard A. Boucher |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Verification, Compliance, and Implementation |
Paula A. DeSutter |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Western Hemisphere Affairs |
Thomas A. Shannon Jr. |
IV |
|
|
Director General - Foreign Service e |
George M. Staples |
IV |
|
|
Inspector Generalf |
Howard J. Krongard |
IV |
|
|
Legal Adviser |
John B. Bellinger III |
IV |
|
|
International Organizations |
|||
|
U.S. Representative - United Nations (U.N.) |
John R. Bolton |
II |
|
|
U.S. Representative - Organization of American States |
John F. Maisto |
||
|
U.S. Deputy Representative - U.N. |
Alejandro D. Wolff |
III |
|
|
U.S. Representative - Economic and Social Council - U.N. |
Richard T. Miller |
IV |
|
|
U.S. Representative - Management and Reform -U.N. |
Mark D. Wallace |
IV |
|
|
U.S. Alternative Representative - Special Political Affairs - U.N. |
Jackie Wolcott Sanders |
IV |
|
a. The positions in this column do not include chiefs of mission in overseas posts or Foreign Service officers. In addition, certain officers of the State Department may be required to have certain qualifications. See 22 USCS § 2651a(g).
b. The position of Deputy Secretary - Management and Resources in the Department of State was established by P.L. 106-553, § 404(a) (114 Stat. 2762A-96), enacted December 21, 2000. This position has never been filled.
c. Since 1998, each time an individual has been nominated to and confirmed for the position of Assistant Secretary for Diplomatic Security, he has simultaneously been nominated to and confirmed for the position of Director of Foreign Missions.
d. The chief financial officer (CFO) may be appointed by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, or may be designated by the President from among agency officials who have been confirmed by the Senate for other positions (31 U.S.C. § 901(a)(1)). With regard to State Department appointments, since 2001, the same individual has been separately and simultaneously nominated for, and confirmed to, the positions of CFO and Assistant Secretary for Resource Management.
e. By law, incumbent must be a current or former career senior Foreign Service officer (22 U.S.C. § 3928).
f. The President may remove an inspector general (IG) from office, as he may remove most other appointed officials in the departments. In the case of the IG, however, the law provides that he "shall communicate the reasons for any such removal to both Houses of Congress" (5 U.S.C. Appx. § 3(b)).
g. The salary for the U.S. Representative to the Organization of American States is linked to the pay for Chiefs of Mission. For this particular mission/ambassador, the salary is set based on the Executive Schedule Level III.
DOS Appointment Action During the 109th Congress
|
Nominee/ |
Position |
Nominated |
Confirmed |
Days to confirm |
|
|
Condoleezza Rice |
Secretary |
01/04/05 |
01/26/05 |
22 |
|
|
Howard J. Krongard |
Inspector General |
01/24/05 |
04/27/05 |
93 |
|
|
Robert B. Zoellick |
Deputy Secretary |
02/10/05 |
02/16/05 |
6 |
|
|
John B. Bellinger III |
Legal Adviser |
02/14/05 |
04/06/05 |
51 |
|
|
R. Nicholas Burns |
Under Secy. - Political Affairs |
02/14/05 |
03/17/05 |
31 |
|
|
C. David Welch |
Asst. Secy. - Near Eastern Affairs |
02/14/05 |
03/17/05 |
31 |
|
|
Christopher R. Hill |
Asst. Secy. - East Asian and Pacific Affairs |
03/04/05 |
03/17/05 |
13 |
|
|
Daniel Fried |
Asst. Secy. - European and Eurasian Affairs |
03/08/05 |
04/28/05 |
51 |
|
|
Robert Joseph |
Under Secy. - Arms Control and International Security |
03/14/05 |
05/26/05 |
73 |
|
|
John R. Bolton |
U.S. Representative - U.N. |
03/17/05 |
Returned 07/29/05a |
||
|
Sean I. McCormack |
Asst. Secy. - Public Affairs |
04/04/05 |
05/26/05 |
52 |
|
|
Richard J. Griffin |
Asst. Secy. - Diplomatic Security |
04/28/05 |
06/16/05 |
49 |
|
|
Richard J. Griffin |
Dir. - Office of Foreign Missions |
04/28/05 |
06/16/05 |
49 |
|
|
Dina H. Powell |
Asst. Secy. - Educational and Cultural Affairs |
04/28/05 |
06/24/05 |
57 |
|
|
Henrietta H. Fore |
Under Secy. - Management |
05/11/05 |
07/29/05 |
79 |
|
|
Henry Crumpton |
Ambassador-at-Large/Coordinator - Counterterrorism |
06/09/05 |
07/29/05 |
50 |
|
|
John Hillen |
Asst. Secy. - Political-Military Affairs |
06/28/05 |
10/07/05 |
68 |
|
|
Josette Sheeran |
Under Secy. - Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs |
06/28/05 |
07/29/05 |
31 |
|
|
Karen P. Hughes |
Under Secy. - Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs |
06/29/05 |
07/29/05 |
30 |
|
|
Kristen Silverberg |
Asst. Secy. - International Organizations |
06/29/05 |
07/29/05 |
30 |
|
|
Jendayi E. Frazer |
Asst. Secy. - African Affairs |
06/30/05 |
07/29/05 |
29 |
|
|
Barry F. Lowenkron |
Asst. Secy. - Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor |
07/28/05 |
10/07/05 |
38 |
|
|
John R. Bolton |
U.S. Representative - U.N. |
Recess appointment 08/01/05b |
|||
|
Ellen R. Sauerbrey |
Asst. Secy. - Population, Refugees, and Migration |
09/06/05 |
Returned 12/09/06c |
||
|
Thomas A. Shannon Jr. |
Asst. Secy. - Western Hemisphere Affairs |
09/06/05 |
10/07/05 |
31 |
|
|
John R. Bolton |
U.S. Representative - U.N. |
09/19/05 |
Returned 09/29/06d |
||
|
Jeffrey T. Bergner |
Asst. Secy. - Legislative Affairs |
10/06/05 |
11/04/05 |
29 |
|
|
Alejandro D. Wolff |
U.S. Dep. Rep. - U.N. |
10/17/05 |
11/18/05 |
32 |
|
|
Anne W. Patterson |
Asst. Secy. - International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs |
10/19/05 |
11/10/05 |
22 |
|
|
Claudia A. McMurray |
Asst. Secy. - Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs |
11/16/05 |
02/16/06 |
81 |
|
|
Bradford F. Higgins |
Asst. Secy. - Resource Management |
12/13/05 |
02/16/06 |
54 |
|
|
Bradford F. Higgins |
Chief Financial Officer |
12/13/05 |
02/16/06 |
54 |
|
|
Ellen R. Sauerbrey |
Asst. Secy. - Population, Refugees, and Migration |
Recess appointment 01/04/06e |
|||
|
Richard A. Boucher |
Asst. Secy. - South and Central Asian Affairs |
01/18/06 |
02/17/06 |
30 |
|
|
Mark D. Wallace |
U.S. Rep. - Management and Reform - U.N. |
01/18/06 |
03/16/06 |
57 |
|
|
Jackie Wolcott Sanders |
U.S. Rep. - Special Political Affairs - U.N. |
01/18/06 |
02/16/06 |
29 |
|
|
Rajkumar Chellaraj |
Asst. Secy. - Administration |
01/25/06 |
05/26/06 |
121 |
|
|
Richard T. Miller |
U.S. Rep. - Economic and Social Council -U.N. |
01/25/06 |
03/16/06 |
50 |
|
|
Ellen R. Sauerbrey |
Asst. Secy. - Population, Refugees, and Migration |
02/10/06 |
Returned 12/09/06c |
||
|
George M. Staples |
Dir. General - Foreign Service |
03/02/06 |
05/19/06 |
78 |
|
|
J. Clint Williamson |
Ambassador-at-Large - War Crimes Issues |
04/06/06 |
06/29/06 |
84 |
|
|
Daniel S. Sullivan |
Asst. Secy. - Economic, Energy and Business Affairs |
04/24/06 |
05/26/06 |
32 |
|
|
Randall M. Fort |
Asst. Secy. - Intelligence and Research |
06/12/06 |
08/03/06 |
52 |
|
|
John C. Rood |
Asst. Secy. - International Security and Non-proliferation |
07/12/06 |
09/13/06 |
32 |
|
|
Mark R. Dybul |
Coordinator - U.S. Global AIDS |
07/18/06 |
08/03/06 |
16 |
|
|
John R. Bolton |
U.S. Representative - U.N. |
11/09/06 |
Returned 12/09/06c |
||
|
Mean number of days to confirm a nomination |
47 |
||||
|
Median number of days to confirm a nomination |
49 |
||||
a. Returned to the President at the beginning of a 33-day Senate recess under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.
b. Bolton's recess appointment expired at the end of the second session of the 109th Congress.
c. Returned to the President at the end of the 109th Congress under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.
d. Returned to the President at the beginning of a 39-day Senate recess under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.
e. Sauerbrey's recess appointment expired at the end of the first session of the 110th Congress.
Full-time PAS Positions, as of the End of the 109th Congress
|
Position |
Incumbent |
Pay level |
|
|
Secretary |
Mary E. Peters |
I |
|
|
Deputy Secretary |
Maria Cino |
II |
|
|
Under Secretary - Policy |
Jeffrey N. Shane |
II |
|
|
Administrator - Federal Aviation Administrationa |
Marion Blakely |
II |
|
|
Administrator - Federal Highway Administration |
J. Richard Capka |
II |
|
|
Administrator - Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration |
John H. Hill |
III |
|
|
Administrator - Federal Railroad Administration |
Joseph H. Boardman |
III |
|
|
Administrator - Federal Transit Administration |
James S. Simpson |
III |
|
|
Administrator - Maritime Administration |
Sean T. Connaughton |
III |
|
|
Administrator - National Highway Traffic Safety Administration |
Nicole R. Nason |
III |
|
|
Administrator - Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administrationb |
Thomas J. Barrett |
III |
|
|
Administrator - Research and Innovative Technology Administration |
John Bobo (A) |
III |
|
|
Administrator - Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporationc |
Collister Johnson Jr. |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Aviation and International Affairs |
Andrew B. Steinberg |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Budget and Programs/Chief Financial Officerd |
Phyllis F. Scheinberg |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Governmental Affairs |
R. Shane Karr |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Transportation Policy |
Tyler D. Duvall |
IV |
|
|
Deputy Administrator - Federal Aviation Administratione |
Robert A. Sturgell |
IV |
|
|
General Counsel |
Rosalind A. Knapp (A) |
IV |
|
|
Inspector Generalf |
Calvin L. Scovel |
IV |
a. This position has a five-year term and specified qualifications. See 49 U.S.C. § 106.
b. The position of Administrator - Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration in the Department of Transportation was established by P.L. 108-426, Section 2(a) (118 Stat. 2423), and filled for the first time during the 109th Congress, as shown. This position has specified qualifications.
c. This position has a seven-year term. See 33 U.S.C. § 982(a).
d. The chief financial officer (CFO) may be appointed by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, or may be designated by the President from among agency officials who have been confirmed by the Senate for other positions (31 U.S.C. § 901(a)(1)). Scheinberg was confirmed as Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs and designated to serve as CFO.
e. This position has specified qualifications. See 49 U.S.C. § 106.
f. The President may remove an inspector general (IG) from office, as he may remove most other appointed officials in the departments. In the case of the IG, however, the law provides that he "shall communicate the reasons for any such removal to both Houses of Congress" (5 U.S.C. Appx. § 3(b)).
DOT Appointment Action During the 109th Congress
|
Nominee/ |
Position |
Nominated |
Confirmed |
Days to confirm |
|
Joseph H. Boardman |
Admin. - Federal Railroad Administration |
03/17/05 |
04/28/05 |
42 |
|
Maria Cino |
Deputy Secy. |
04/06/05 |
05/11/05 |
35 |
|
Phyllis F. Scheinberg |
Asst. Secy. - Budget and Programs |
04/14/05 |
04/28/05 |
14 |
|
Ashok G. Kaveeshwar |
Admin. - Research and Innovative Technology Administration |
05/25/05 |
06/30/05 |
36 |
|
James S. Simpson |
Admin. - Federal Transit Administration |
01/18/06 |
08/03/06 |
197 |
|
R. Shane Karr |
Asst. Secy. - Governmental Affairs |
01/18/06 |
05/26/06 |
128 |
|
Tyler D. Duvall |
Asst. Secy. - Transportation Policy |
01/18/06 |
05/26/06 |
128 |
|
David C. Sanborn |
Admin. - Maritime Administration |
01/18/06 |
Withdrawn 03/27/06 |
|
|
Nicole R. Nason |
Admin. - National Highway Traffic Safety Administration |
01/18/06 |
05/26/06 |
128 |
|
Thomas J. Barrett |
Admin. - Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration |
01/25/06 |
05/26/06 |
121 |
|
Andrew B. Steinberg |
Asst. Secy. - Aviation and International Affairs |
02/10/06 |
09/29/06 |
200 |
|
J. Richard Capka |
Admin. - Federal Highway Administration |
03/07/06 |
05/26/06 |
80 |
|
John H. Hill |
Admin. - Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration |
05/16/06 |
08/03/06 |
79 |
|
Sean T. Connaughton |
Admin. - Maritime Administration |
06/28/06 |
08/03/06 |
36 |
|
Calvin L. Scovel |
Inspector General |
07/13/06 |
09/29/06 |
47 |
|
Collister Johnson Jr. |
Admin. - Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation |
09/05/06 |
09/29/06 |
24 |
|
Mary E. Peters |
Secretary |
09/07/06 |
09/29/06 |
22 |
|
Mean number of days to confirm a nomination |
82 |
|||
|
Median number of days to confirm a nomination |
63 |
|||
Full-time PAS Positions, as of the End of the 109th Congress
|
Position |
Incumbent |
Pay level |
|
|
Secretary |
Henry M. Paulson Jr. |
I |
|
|
Deputy Secretary |
Robert M. Kimmitt |
II |
|
|
Commissioner of Internal Revenuea |
Mark W. Everson |
III |
|
|
Comptroller of the Currencyb |
John C. Dugan |
III |
|
|
Director - Office of Thrift Supervisionc |
John M. Reich |
III |
|
|
Under Secretary - Domestic Finance |
Robert K. Steel |
III |
|
|
Under Secretary - Terrorism and Financial Intelligenced |
Stuart A. Levey |
III |
|
|
Under Secretary - International Affairs |
Timothy D. Adams |
III |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Economic Policy |
Phillip L. Swagel |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Financial Institutions |
Emil W. Henry Jr. |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Financial Markets |
Anthony W. Ryan |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Intelligence and Analysis |
Janice B. Gardner |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Management/Chief Financial Officer e |
Sandra Pack |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Public Affairs |
Michele A. Davis |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Tax Policy |
Eric Solomon |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Terrorist Financing |
Patrick M. O'Brien |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - International Affairsf |
Clay Lowery |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Legislative Affairsf |
Kevin I. Fromer |
IV |
|
|
General Counsel |
Robert F. Hoyt |
IV |
|
|
Inspector Generalg |
Harold Damelin |
IV |
|
|
Inspector General for Tax Administration |
J. Russell George |
IV |
|
|
Chief Counsel - IRS/Assistant General Counsel for Tax |
Donald L. Korb |
V |
|
|
Director of the Minth |
Edmund C. Moy |
SLi |
|
|
Treasurer of the United States |
Anna E. Cabral |
SLi |
a. This position has a five-year term and specified qualifications. See 26 U.S.C. § 7803(a)(1).
b. This position has a five-year term, and a limitation on the President's removal power. See 12 U.S.C. § 2.
c. This position has a five-year term and specified qualifications. See 12 U.S.C. § 1462a(c).
d. The position of Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Crimes (called Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence) was established by P.L. 108-447, Division H, Title II, § 222 (118 Stat. 3242). The Under Secretary was the successor office to the Office of Enforcement, and the incumbent in that office, Stuart A. Levey, continued to serve.
e. The chief financial officer (CFO) may be appointed by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, or may be designated by the President from among agency officials who have been confirmed by the Senate for other positions (31 U.S.C. § 901(a)(1)). Pack was confirmed for the position of Assistant Secretary for Management and designated as CFO.
f. The U.S. Code provides that the department has two deputy under secretaries appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. "When appointing each Deputy Under Secretary, the President may designate the Deputy Under Secretary as an Assistant Secretary" (31 U.S.C. § 301(d)). In each of these two cases, the President did so.
g. The President may remove an inspector general (IG) from office, as he may remove most other appointed officials in the departments. In the case of the IG, however, the law provides that he "shall communicate the reasons for any such removal to both Houses of Congress" (5 U.S.C. Appx. § 3(b)).
h. This position has a five-year term and a limitation on the President's removal power. See 31 U.S.C. § 304.
i. According to the 2004 Plum Book, the Director of the United States Mint and the Treasurer of the United States were both Senior Level positions (p. 142). With regard to pay for such positions, the Plum Book states, "Pay for Senior Level positions ranges from 120 percent of basic pay payable for GS-15, step 1, of the General Schedule to the rate of pay for level IV of the Executive Schedule. ... SL employees are entitled to locality-based comparability payments for their respective pay area. The employee's locality rate of pay may not exceed the pay for level III of the Executive Schedule" (p. 219). See also 5 U.S.C. 5376 and 5 U.S.C. 5304(g)(2).
TREAS Appointment Action During the 109th Congress
|
Nominee/ |
Position |
Nominated |
Confirmed |
Days to confirm |
|
Harold Damelin |
Inspector General |
01/24/05 |
03/17/05 |
52 |
|
John C. Dugan |
Comptroller of the Currency |
02/28/05 |
07/29/05 |
151 |
|
Timothy D. Adams |
Under Secy. - International Affairs |
04/06/05 |
07/29/05 |
114 |
|
Sandra L. Pack |
Asst. Secy. - Management |
05/16/05 |
07/29/05 |
74 |
|
Janice B. Gardner |
Asst. Secy. - Intelligence and Analysis |
05/16/05 |
07/28/05 |
73 |
|
John M. Reich |
Dir. - Office of Thrift Supervision |
05/25/05 |
Withdrawn 06/06/05 |
|
|
Randal Quarles |
Under Secy. - Domestic Finance |
05/26/05 |
07/29/05 |
64 |
|
Philip D. Morrison |
Asst. Secy. - Tax Policy |
05/26/05 |
Withdrawn 10/07/05 |
|
|
John M. Reich |
Dir. - Office of Thrift Supervision |
06/06/05 |
07/29/05 |
53 |
|
Kevin I. Fromer |
Dep. Under Secy. - Legislative Affairsa |
06/06/05 |
07/29/05 |
53 |
|
Patrick M. O'Brien |
Asst. Secy. - Terrorist Financing |
06/29/05 |
10/07/05 |
67 |
|
Robert M. Kimmit |
Deputy Secy. |
06/29/05 |
07/29/05 |
30 |
|
Emil W. Henry Jr. |
Asst. Secy. - Financial Institutions |
07/28/05 |
10/07/05 |
38 |
|
Terry Neese |
Dir. - Mint |
07/29/05 |
Withdrawn 09/19/05 |
|
|
Clay Lowery |
Dep. Under Secy. - International Affairsa |
09/06/05 |
10/28/05 |
52 |
|
Antonio Fratto |
Asst. Secy. - Public Affairs |
10/06/05 |
12/17/05 |
72 |
|
Eric Solomon |
Asst. Secy. - Tax Policy |
05/09/06 |
12/09/06 |
183 |
|
Henry M. Paulson Jr. |
Secretary |
06/19/06 |
06/28/06 |
9 |
|
Edmund C. Moy |
Dir. - Mint |
06/29/06 |
07/26/06 |
27 |
|
Robert K. Steel |
Under Secy. - Domestic Finance |
09/06/06 |
09/29/06 |
23 |
|
Phillip L. Swagel |
Asst. Secy. - Economic Policy |
09/26/06 |
12/09/06 |
74 |
|
Michele A. Davis |
Asst. Secy. - Public Affairs |
09/28/06 |
12/09/06 |
72 |
|
Robert F. Hoyt |
General Counsel |
09/29/06 |
12/09/06 |
71 |
|
Anthony W. Ryan |
Asst. Secy. - Financial Markets |
11/13/06 |
12/09/06 |
26 |
|
Mean number of days to confirm a nomination |
66 |
|||
|
Median number of days to confirm a nomination |
64 |
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a. The U.S. Code provides that the department has two deputy under secretaries appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. "When appointing each Deputy Under Secretary, the President may designate the Deputy Under Secretary as an Assistant Secretary" (31 U.S.C. § 301(d)). In each of these two cases, the President did so.
Full-time PAS Positions, as of the End of the 109th Congress
|
Position |
Incumbent |
Pay level |
|
|
Secretary |
R. James Nicholson |
I |
|
|
Deputy Secretary |
Gordon H. Mansfield |
II |
|
|
Under Secretary - Benefitsa |
Daniel L. Cooper |
III |
|
|
Under Secretary - Healthb |
Michael J. Kussman (A) |
III |
|
|
Under Secretary - Memorial Affairs |
William F. Tuerk |
III |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Congressional and Legislative Affairs |
Thomas E. Harvey (A) |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Human Resources and Administration |
Robert A. Pittman |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Information and Technology |
Robert T. Howard |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Management/Chief Financial Officerc |
Robert J. Henke |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Policy and Planning |
Patrick W. Dunne |
IV |
|
|
Assistant Secretary - Public and Intergovernmental Affairs |
Lisette M. Mondello |
IV |
|
|
Chairman - Board of Veterans' Appealsd |
James P. Terry |
IV |
|
|
General Counsel |
Paul J. Hutter (A) |
IV |
|
|
Inspector Generale |
George J. Opfer |
IV |
a. This position had, at the end of the 109th Congress, a four-year term, limitations on the President's removal power, and specified qualifications. See 38 U.S.C. § 306. The provisions were repealed by the Veterans Benefits, Health Care, and Information Technology Act of 2006, which was enacted December 22, 2006 (P.L. 109-461, § 210; 120 Stat. 3418).
b. This position had, at the end of the 109th Congress, a four-year term, limitations on the President's removal power, and specified qualifications. See 38 U.S.C. § 305. The provisions were repealed by the Veterans Benefits, Health Care, and Information Technology Act of 2006, which was enacted December 22, 2006 (P.L. 109-461, § 210; 120 Stat. 3418).
c. The chief financial officer (CFO) may be appointed by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, or may be designated by the President from among agency officials who have been confirmed by the Senate for other positions (31 U.S.C. § 901(a)(1)). Department representatives have indicated that positions will be combined as noted in the table.
d. This position has a six-year term and limitations on the President's removal power. See 38 U.S.C. § 7101(b).
e. The President may remove an inspector general (IG) from office, as he may remove most other appointed officials in the departments. In the case of the IG, however, the law provides that he "shall communicate the reasons for any such removal to both Houses of Congress" (5 U.S.C. Appx. § 3(b)).
DVA Appointment Action During the 109th Congress
|
Nominee/ |
Position |
Nominated |
Confirmed |
Days to confirm |
|
[author name scrubbed]son |
Secretary |
01/04/05 |
01/26/05 |
22 |
|
Jonathan B. Perlin |
Under Secy. - Health |
02/18/05 |
04/28/05 |
69 |
|
Robert J. Henke |
Asst. Secy. - Management |
07/29/05 |
10/26/05 |
56 |
|
William F. Tuerk |
Under Secy. - Memorial Affairs |
07/29/05 |
10/26/05 |
56 |
|
John M. Molino |
Asst. Secy. - Policy, Planning, and Preparedness |
09/06/05 |
Withdrawn 12/13/05 |
|
|
Lisette M. Mondello |
Asst. Secy. - Public and Intergovernmental Affairs |
09/06/05 |
10/26/05 |
50 |
|
George J. Opfer |
Inspector General |
09/06/05 |
11/10/05 |
65 |
|
Daniel L. Cooper |
Under Secy. - Benefits |
03/30/06 |
06/29/06 |
91 |
|
Patrick W. Dunn |
Asst. Secy. - Policy and Planning |
05/24/06 |
08/03/06 |
71 |
|
Thomas E. Harvey |
Asst. Secy. - Congressional and Legislative Affairs |
06/26/06 |
Returned 12/09/06a |
|
|
Robert T. Howard |
Asst. Secy. - Information and Technology |
09/05/06 |
09/29/06 |
24 |
|
Mean number of days to confirm a nomination |
56 |
|||
|
Median number of days to confirm a nomination |
56 |
|||
Appendix A. Nominations and Recess Appointments, 109th Congress
|
Nominee/ |
Position |
Department |
Nomination |
Confirmation |
Days to |
|
Timothy D. Adams |
Under Secy. - International Affairs |
TREAS |
04/06/05 |
07/29/05 |
114 |
|
John O. Agwunobi |
Asst. Secy. - Health |
HHS |
06/29/05 |
12/17/05 |
138 |
|
C. Stephen Allred |
Asst. Secy. - Land and Minerals Management |
DOI |
08/01/06 |
09/29/06 |
28 |
|
William C. Anderson |
Asst. Secy. - Air Force - Installations, Environment, and Logistics |
DOD |
05/26/05 |
10/28/05 |
122 |
|
James M. Andrew |
Admin. - Rural Utilities Service |
USDA |
09/06/05 |
11/10/05 |
65 |
|
Carl J. Artman |
Asst. Secy. - Indian Affairs |
DOI |
08/01/06 |
Returned 12/09/06 |
|
|
Alex Azar II |
Deputy Secy. |
HHS |
04/19/05 |
07/22/05 |
94 |
|
Stewart A. Baker |
Asst. Secy. - Policy |
DHS |
07/14/05 |
10/07/05 |
52 |
|
Thomas O. Barnett |
Asst. Atty. General - Antitrust Division |
DOJ |
09/06/05 |
02/10/06 |
146 |
|
Thomas J. Barrett |
Admin. - Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration |
DOT |
01/25/06 |
05/26/06 |
121 |
|
Santanu K. Baruah |
Asst. Secy. - Economic Development |
DOC |
09/06/05 |
12/17/05 |
102 |
|
W. Ralph Basham |
Commissioner - Customs |
DHS |
01/31/06 |
05/26/06 |
115 |
|
P. Jackson Bell |
Deputy Under Secy. - Logistics and Materiel Readiness |
DOD |
06/28/05 |
07/29/05 |
31 |
|
John B. Bellinger III |
Legal Adviser |
DOS |
02/14/05 |
04/06/05 |
51 |
|
Jeffrey T. Bergner |
Asst. Secy. - Legislative Affairs |
DOS |
10/06/05 |
11/04/05 |
29 |
|
David L. Bernhardt |
Solicitor |
DOI |
11/18/05 |
Returned 08/03/06 |
|
|
David L. Bernhardt |
Solicitor |
DOI |
09/05/06 |
09/29/06 |
24 |
|
Anita K. Blair |
Asst. Secy. - Air Force - Manpower and Reserve Affairs |
DOD |
04/24/06 |
Returned 12/09/06 |
|
|
Joseph H. Boardman |
Admin. - Federal Railroad Administration |
DOT |
03/17/05 |
04/28/05 |
42 |
|
Samuel W. Bodman |
Secretary |
DOE |
01/04/05 |
01/31/05 |
27 |
|
David S. Bohigian |
Asst. Secy. - Market Access and Compliance |
DOC |
10/06/05 |
12/17/05 |
72 |
|
John R. Bolton |
U.S. Representative - U.N. |
DOS |
03/17/05 |
Returned 07/29/05 |
|
|
John R. Bolton |
U.S. Representative - U.N. |
DOS |
Recess appointment 08/01/05 |
||
|
John R. Bolton |
U.S. Representative - U.N. |
DOS |
09/19/05 |
Returned 09/29/06 |
|
|
John R. Bolton |
U.S. Representative - U.N. |
DOS |
11/09/06 |
Returned 12/09/06 |
|
|
Mary A. Bomar |
Dir. - National Park Service |
DOI |
09/05/06 |
09/29/06 |
24 |
|
Richard A. Boucher |
Asst. Secy. - South and Central Asian Affairs |
DOS |
01/18/06 |
02/17/06 |
30 |
|
Steven G. Bradbury |
Asst. Atty. General - Office of Legal Counsel |
DOJ |
06/23/05 |
Returned 12/21/05 |
|
|
Steven G. Bradbury |
Asst. Atty. General - Office of Legal Counsel |
DOJ |
01/25/06 |
Returned 09/29/06 |
|
|
Steven G. Bradbury |
Asst. Atty. General - Office of Legal Counsel |
DOJ |
11/14/06 |
Returned 12/09/06 |
|
|
Rachel L. Brand |
Asst. Atty. General - Office of Legal Policy |
DOJ |
04/04/05 |
07/28/05 |
115 |
|
Gale A. Buchanan |
Under Secy. - Research, Education, and Economics |
USDA |
01/18/06 |
05/12/06 |
114 |
|
Michael J. Burns |
Asst. to the Secretary - Nuclear and Chemical and Biological Defense Programs |
DOD |
12/06/06 |
Returned 12/09/06 |
|
|
R. Nicholas Burns |
Under Secy. - Political Affairs |
DOS |
02/14/05 |
03/17/05 |
31 |
|
Orlando J. Cabrera |
Asst. Secy. - Public and Indian Housing |
HUD |
09/06/05 |
11/04/05 |
59 |
|
Gregory B. Cade |
Admin. - U.S. Fire Administration |
DHS |
12/05/06 |
Returned 12/09/06 |
|
|
J. Richard Capka |
Admin. - Federal Highway Administration |
DOT |
03/07/06 |
05/26/06 |
80 |
|
Rajkumar Chellaraj |
Asst. Secy. - Administration |
DOS |
01/25/06 |
05/26/06 |
121 |
|
Michael Chertoff |
Secretary |
DHS |
01/31/05 |
02/15/05 |
15 |
|
Charles R. |
Chief Financial Officer |
USDA |
09/08/05 |
11/10/05 |
63 |
|
Charles S. Ciccolella |
Asst. Secy. - Veterans' Employment and Training Service |
DOL |
05/17/05 |
07/29/05 |
73 |
|
Maria Cino |
Deputy Secy. |
DOT |
04/06/05 |
05/11/05 |
35 |
|
John F. Clark |
Dir. - U.S. Marshals Service |
DOJ |
10/21/05 |
03/16/06 |
135 |
|
Michell C. Clark |
Asst. Secy. - Management |
ED |
12/13/05 |
03/13/06 |
79 |
|
Paul D. Clement |
Solicitor General |
DOJ |
03/14/05 |
06/08/05 |
86 |
|
Randolph J. Clerihue |
Asst. Secy. - Public Affairs |
DOL |
08/01/06 |
09/21/06 |
20 |
|
Terry L. Cline |
Admin. - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration |
HHS |
11/13/06 |
12/09/06 |
26 |
|
Benedict S. Cohen |
General Counsel - Army |
DOD |
02/06/06 |
08/03/06 |
178 |
|
Jay M. Cohen |
Under Secy. - Science and Technology |
DHS |
06/28/06 |
08/03/06 |
36 |
|
Sean T. Connaughton |
Admin. - Maritime Administration |
DOT |
06/28/06 |
08/03/06 |
36 |
|
Charles F. Conner |
Deputy Secy. |
USDA |
03/14/05 |
04/27/05 |
44 |
|
James T. Conway |
Commandant - Marine Corps - Joint Chiefs of Staff |
DOD |
06/14/06 |
08/02/06 |
49 |
|
Daniel L. Cooper |
Under Secy. - Benefits |
DVA |
03/30/06 |
06/29/06 |
91 |
|
John R. Correll |
Dir. - Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement |
DOI |
05/16/06 |
Returned 08/03/06 |
|
|
John R. Correll |
Dir. - Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement |
DOI |
09/05/06 |
Returned 12/09/06 |
|
|
Robert M. Couch |
Pres. - Government National Mortgage Association |
HUD |
01/18/06 |
06/15/06 |
148 |
|
John W. Cox |
Chief Financial Officer |
HUD |
03/02/06 |
05/26/06 |
85 |
|
Lester M. Crawford |
Commissioner - Food and Drug Administration |
HHS |
02/15/05 |
07/18/05 |
153 |
|
Robert C. Cresanti |
Under Secy. - Technology |
DOC |
11/10/05 |
03/16/06 |
115 |
|
Henry Crumpton |
Ambassador-at-Large/Coordinator - Counterterrorism |
DOS |
06/09/05 |
07/29/05 |
50 |
|
Thomas P. D'Agostino |
Deputy Admin. - Defense Programs, NNSA |
DOE |
01/27/06 |
02/17/06 |
21 |
|
Harold Damelin |
Inspector General |
TREAS |
01/24/05 |
03/17/05 |
52 |
|
Michele A. Davis |
Asst. Secy. - Public Affairs |
TREAS |
09/28/06 |
12/09/06 |
72 |
|
Paul DeCamp |
Admin. - Wage and Hour Division |
DOL |
01/31/06 |
Returned 09/29/06 |
|
|
Paul DeCamp |
Admin. - Wage and Hour Division |
DOL |
Recess Appointment 08/31/06 |
||
|
Paul DeCamp |
Admin. - Wage and Hour Division |
DOL |
09/07/06 |
Returned 09/29/06 |
|
|
Paul DeCamp |
Admin. - Wage and Hour Division |
DOL |
11/14/06 |
Returned 12/09/06 |
|
|
Suzanne C. DeFrancis |
Asst. Secy. - Public Affairs |
HHS |
04/04/05 |
07/22/05 |
109 |
|
Uttam Dhillon |
Dir. - Office of Counternarcotics Enforcement |
DHS |
11/10/05 |
05/12/06 |
172 |
|
Michael L. Dominguez |
Principal Deputy Under Secy. - Personnel and Readiness |
DOD |
12/13/05 |
06/29/06 |
187 |
|
Thomas C. Dorr |
Under Secy. - Rural Development |
USDA |
01/24/05 |
07/21/05 |
178 |
|
John C. Dugan |
Comptroller of the Currency |
TREAS |
02/28/05 |
07/29/05 |
151 |
|
Patrick W. Dunn |
Asst. Secy. - Policy and Planning |
DVA |
05/24/06 |
08/03/06 |
71 |
|
Tyler D. Duvall |
Asst. Secy. - Transportation Policy |
DOT |
01/18/06 |
05/26/06 |
128 |
|
Mark R. Dybul |
Coordinator - U.S. Global AIDS |
DOS |
07/18/06 |
08/03/06 |
16 |
|
Keith E. Eastin |
Asst. Secy. - Army - Installations and Environment |
DOD |
06/29/05 |
07/29/05 |
30 |
|
Eric S. Edelman |
Under Secy. - Policy |
DOD |
05/16/05 |
02/09/06 |
225 |
|
Eric S. Edelman |
Under Secy. - Policy |
DOD |
Recess Appointment 08/09/05 |
||
|
Eric S. Edelman |
Under Secy. - Policy |
DOD |
09/19/05 |
Returned 12/09/06 |
|
|
John G. Emling |
Asst. Secy. - Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs |
DOC |
02/27/06 |
Withdrawn 04/24/06 |
|
|
Gordon England |
Deputy Secy. |
DOD |
04/07/05 |
04/06/06 |
320 |
|
Gordon England |
Deputy Secy. |
DOD |
Recess Appointment 01/04/06 |
||
|
Gordon England |
Deputy Secy. |
DOD |
02/10/06 |
Returned 12/09/06 |
|
|
Delores M. Etter |
Asst. Secy. - Navy - Research, Development, and Acquisition |
DOD |
09/06/05 |
10/28/05 |
52 |
|
James I. Finley |
Deputy Under Secy. - Acquisition and Technology |
DOD |
12/20/05 |
02/17/06 |
48 |
|
Alice S. Fisher |
Asst. Atty. General - Criminal Division |
DOJ |
04/04/05 |
09/19/06 |
458 |
|
Alice S. Fisher |
Asst. Atty. General - Criminal Division |
DOJ |
Recess Appointment 08/31/05 |
||
|
Alice S. Fisher |
Asst. Atty. General - Criminal Division |
DOJ |
09/19/05 |
Returned 12/09/06 |
|
|
Timothy E. Flanigan |
Deputy Attorney General |
DOJ |
06/20/05 |
Withdrawn 10/07/05 |
|
|
Peter C. W. Flory |
Asst. Secy. - International Security Policy |
DOD |
01/24/05 |
Returned 12/09/06 |
|
|
Peter C. W. Flory |
Asst. Secy. - International Security Policy |
DOD |
Recess Appointment 08/02/05 |
||
|
Peter C. W. Flory |
Asst. Secy. - International Security Policy |
DOD |
09/19/05 |
Returned 12/09/06 |
|
|
Nelson M. Ford |
Asst. Secy. - Army - Financial Management/ Comptroller |
DOD |
08/03/06 |
09/29/06 |
26 |
|
Henrietta H. Fore |
Under Secy. - Management |
DOS |
05/11/05 |
07/29/05 |
79 |
|
George W. Foresman |
Under Secy. - Preparedness |
DHS |
10/21/05 |
12/17/05 |
57 |
|
Randall M. Fort |
Asst. Secy. - Intelligence and Research |
DOS |
06/12/06 |
08/03/06 |
52 |
|
Edwin G. Foulke Jr. |
Asst. Secy. - Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
DOL |
09/15/05 |
03/13/06 |
168 |
|
Antonio Fratto |
Asst. Secy. - Public Affairs |
TREAS |
10/06/05 |
12/17/05 |
72 |
|
Jendayi E. Frazer |
Asst. Secy. - African Affairs |
DOS |
06/30/05 |
07/29/05 |
29 |
|
Sharee M. Freeman |
Dir. - Community Relations Service |
DOJ |
12/20/05 |
03/31/06 |
90 |
|
Daniel Fried |
Asst. Secy. - European and Eurasian Affairs |
DOS |
03/08/05 |
04/28/05 |
51 |
|
Kevin I. Fromer |
Dep. Under Secy. - Legislative Affairs |
TREAS |
06/06/05 |
07/29/05 |
53 |
|
Janice B. Gardner |
Asst. Secy. - Intelligence and Analysis |
TREAS |
05/16/05 |
07/28/05 |
73 |
|
David K. Garman |
Under Secy. |
DOE |
03/04/05 |
06/15/05 |
103 |
|
Robert M. Gates |
Secretary |
DOD |
12/04/06 |
12/06/06 |
2 |
|
Preston M. Geren |
Under Secy. - Army |
DOD |
01/18/06 |
02/17/06 |
30 |
|
Edmund P. Giambastiani Jr. |
Vice Chairman - Joint Chiefs of Staff |
DOD |
04/25/05 |
07/15/05 |
81 |
|
Cynthia A. Glassman |
Under Secy. - Economic Affairs |
DOC |
08/03/06 |
09/29/06 |
26 |
|
Alberto R. Gonzales |
Attorney General |
DOJ |
01/04/05 |
02/03/05 |
30 |
|
Emilio T. Gonzalez |
Dir. - Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services |
DHS |
09/06/05 |
12/21/05 |
106 |
|
Keith E. Gottfried |
General Counsel |
HUD |
07/25/05 |
10/07/05 |
41 |
|
Richard J. Griffin |
Asst. Secy. - Diplomatic Security |
DOS |
04/28/05 |
06/16/05 |
49 |
|
Richard J. Griffin |
Dir. - Office of Foreign Missions |
DOS |
04/28/05 |
06/16/05 |
49 |
|
John G. Grimes |
Asst. Secy. - Networks and Information Integration |
DOD |
06/16/05 |
10/28/05 |
101 |
|
Carlos M. Gutierrez |
Secretary |
DOC |
01/04/05 |
01/24/05 |
20 |
|
Terrell Halaska |
Asst. Secy. - Legislation and Congressional Affairs |
ED |
06/29/05 |
07/28/05 |
29 |
|
H. Dale Hall |
Dir. - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
DOI |
07/18/05 |
10/07/05 |
48 |
|
Thomas E. Harvey |
Asst. Secy. - Congressional and Legislative Affairs |
DVA |
06/26/06 |
Returned 12/09/06 |
|
|
Edmund S. Hawley |
Asst. Secy. - Transportation Security Administration |
DHS |
05/19/05 |
07/22/05 |
64 |
|
Robert J. Henke |
Asst. Secy. - Management |
DVA |
07/29/05 |
10/26/05 |
56 |
|
Tracy A. Henke |
Exec. Dir. - Office of State and Local Government Coordination and Preparedness |
DHS |
07/14/05 |
Returned 08/03/06 |
|
|
Tracy A. Henke |
Exec. Dir. - Office of State and Local Government Coordination and Preparedness |
DHS |
Recess appointment 01/04/06 |
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|
Tracy A. Henke |
Exec. Dir. - Office of State and Local Government Coordination and Preparedness |
DHS |
02/10/06 |
Returned 08/03/06 |
|
|
Tracy A. Henke |
Exec. Dir. - Office of State and Local Government Coordination and Preparedness |
DHS |
09/05/06 |
Withdrawn 12/06/06 |
|
|
Emil W. Henry Jr. |
Asst. Secy. - Financial Institutions |
TREAS |
07/28/05 |
10/07/05 |
38 |
|
Israel Hernandez |
Asst. Secy. - Trade Promotion/Dir. Gen. - U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service |
DOC |
05/26/05 |
10/07/05 |
101 |
|
Bradford F. Higgins |
Asst. Secy. - Resource Management |
DOS |
12/13/05 |
02/16/06 |
54 |
|
Bradford F. Higgins |
Chief Financial Officer |
DOS |
12/13/05 |
02/16/06 |
54 |
|
Christopher R. Hill |
Asst. Secy. - East Asian and Pacific Affairs |
DOS |
03/04/05 |
03/17/05 |
13 |
|
David R. Hill |
General Counsel |
DOE |
04/14/05 |
07/28/05 |
105 |
|
John H. Hill |
Admin. - Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration |
DOT |
05/16/06 |
08/03/06 |
79 |
|
John Hillen |
Asst. Secy. - Political-Military Affairs |
DOS |
06/28/05 |
10/07/05 |
68 |
|
Robert T. Howard |
Asst. Secy. - Information and Technology |
DVA |
09/05/06 |
09/29/06 |
24 |
|
Robert F. Hoyt |
General Counsel |
TREAS |
09/29/06 |
12/09/06 |
71 |
|
Karen P. Hughes |
Under Secy. - Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs |
DOS |
06/29/05 |
07/29/05 |
30 |
|
Darryl W. Jackson |
Asst. Secy. - Export Enforcement |
DOC |
06/28/05 |
10/07/05 |
68 |
|
Michael P. Jackson |
Deputy Secy. |
DHS |
02/18/05 |
03/10/05 |
20 |
|
Ronald J. James |
Asst. Secy. - Army - Manpower and Reserve Affairs |
DOD |
07/21/06 |
09/29/06 |
39 |
|
Jeffrey D. Jarrett |
Asst. Secy. - Fossil Energy |
DOE |
09/06/05 |
12/17/05 |
102 |
|
William A. Jeffrey |
Dir. - National Institute of Standards and Technology |
DOC |
05/25/05 |
07/22/05 |
58 |
|
Frank R. Jimenez |
General Counsel - Navy |
DOD |
06/29/06 |
09/21/06 |
53 |
|
Mike Johanns |
Secretary |
USDA |
01/04/05 |
01/20/05 |
16 |
|
Nancy M. Johner |
Under Secy. - Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services |
USDA |
06/16/06 |
08/03/06 |
48 |
|
Charles E. Johnson |
Asst. Secy. - Budget, Technology, and Finance |
HHS |
04/25/05 |
07/22/05 |
88 |
|
Collister Johnson Jr. |
Admin. - Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation |
DOT |
09/05/06 |
09/29/06 |
24 |
|
Henry L. Johnson |
Asst. Secy. - Elementary and Secondary Education |
ED |
06/06/05 |
07/28/05 |
52 |
|
Robert W. Johnson |
Commissioner - Bureau of Reclamation |
DOI |
07/21/06 |
09/29/06 |
39 |
|
Robert Joseph |
Under Secy. - Arms Control and International Security |
DOS |
03/14/05 |
05/26/05 |
73 |
|
Troy R. Justesen |
Asst. Secy. - Vocational and Adult Education |
ED |
05/08/06 |
07/26/06 |
79 |
|
R. Shane Karr |
Asst. Secy. - Governmental Affairs |
DOT |
01/18/06 |
05/26/06 |
128 |
|
Alexander A. Karsner |
Asst. Secy. - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy |
DOE |
12/21/05 |
03/16/06 |
74 |
|
Ashok G. Kaveeshwar |
Admin. - Research and Innovative Technology Administration |
DOT |
05/25/05 |
06/30/05 |
36 |
|
Mark E. Keenum |
Under Secy. - Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services |
USDA |
11/13/06 |
Returned 12/09/06 |
|
|
Scott A. Keller |
Asst. Secy. - Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations |
HUD |
11/13/06 |
Returned 12/09/06 |
|
|
Dirk Kempthorne |
Secretary |
DOI |
04/24/06 |
05/26/06 |
32 |
|
Kim Kendrick |
Asst. Secy. - Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity |
HUD |
06/29/05 |
10/07/05 |
67 |
|
Marc L. Kesselman |
General Counsel |
USDA |
11/16/05 |
05/12/06 |
166 |
|
Wan J. Kim |
Asst. Atty. General - Civil Rights Division |
DOJ |
06/16/05 |
11/04/05 |
108 |
|
Robert M. Kimmit |
Deputy Secy. |
TREAS |
06/29/05 |
07/29/05 |
30 |
|
John M. R. Kneuer |
Asst. Secy. - Communications and Information |
DOC |
05/01/06 |
12/09/06 |
191 |
|
Bruce I. Knight |
Under Secy. - Marketing and Regulatory Programs |
USDA |
06/29/06 |
08/03/06 |
35 |
|
Kevin M. Kolevar |
Asst. Secy. - Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability |
DOE |
09/26/06 |
Returned 12/09/06 |
|
|
Kenneth J. Krieg |
Under Secy. - Acquisition, Technology and Logistics |
DOD |
04/04/05 |
05/26/05 |
52 |
|
Howard J. Krongard |
Inspector General |
DOS |
01/24/05 |
04/27/05 |
93 |
|
David H. Laufman |
Inspector General |
DOD |
06/05/06 |
Withdrawn 12/06/06 |
|
|
Franklin L. Lavin |
Under Secy. - International Trade |
DOC |
07/29/05 |
10/28/05 |
58 |
|
Michael O. Leavitt |
Secretary |
HHS |
01/04/05 |
01/26/05 |
22 |
|
Daniel R. Levinson |
Inspector General |
HHS |
01/24/05 |
06/08/05 |
135 |
|
Mark A. Limbaugh |
Asst. Secy. - Water and Science |
DOI |
05/11/05 |
07/22/05 |
72 |
|
James B. Lockhart III |
Dir. - Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight |
HUD |
04/27/06 |
06/15/06 |
49 |
|
Barry F. Lowenkron |
Asst. Secy. - Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor |
DOS |
07/28/05 |
10/07/05 |
38 |
|
Clay Lowery |
Dep. Under Secy. - International Affairs |
TREAS |
09/06/05 |
10/28/05 |
52 |
|
Tom Luce |
Asst. Secy. - Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development |
ED |
05/23/05 |
06/30/05 |
38 |
|
Jane C. Luxton |
Asst. Secy. - Oceans and Atmosphere |
DOC |
09/29/06 |
Returned 12/09/06 |
|
|
Lauren M. Maddox |
Asst. Secy. - Communications and Outreach |
ED |
09/07/06 |
09/21/06 |
14 |
|
Sean I. McCormack |
Asst. Secy. - Public Affairs |
DOS |
04/04/05 |
05/26/05 |
52 |
|
David H. McCormick |
Under Secy. - Export Administration |
DOC |
06/28/05 |
10/07/05 |
68 |
|
Margo M. McKay |
Asst. Secy. - Civil Rights |
USDA |
06/12/06 |
08/03/06 |
52 |
|
Claudia A. McMurray |
Asst. Secy. - Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs |
DOS |
11/16/05 |
02/16/06 |
81 |
|
Paul J. McNulty |
Deputy Attorney General |
DOJ |
11/09/05 |
03/16/06 |
116 |
|
Charles E. McQueary |
Dir. - Operational Test and Evaluation |
DOD |
06/29/06 |
07/21/06 |
22 |
|
William W. Mercer |
Associate Attorney General |
DOJ |
09/05/06 |
Returned 12/09/06 |
|
|
Daniel Meron |
General Counsel |
HHS |
11/16/05 |
Returned 12/09/06 |
|
|
Daniel Meron |
General Counsel |
HHS |
Recess appointment 08/31/06 |
||
|
Daniel Meron |
General Counsel |
HHS |
09/07/06 |
Returned 12/09/06 |
|
|
Richard T. Miller |
U.S. Rep. - Economic and Social Council - U.N. |
DOS |
01/25/06 |
03/16/06 |
50 |
|
John M. Molino |
Asst. Secy. - Policy, Planning, and Preparedness |
DVA |
09/06/05 |
Withdrawn 12/13/05 |
|
|
Lisette M. Mondello |
Asst. Secy. - Public and Intergovernmental Affairs |
DVA |
09/06/05 |
10/26/05 |
50 |
|
Stephanie J. Monroe |
Asst. Secy. - Civil Rights |
ED |
06/23/05 |
12/17/05 |
144 |
|
Brian D. Montgomery |
Asst. Secy. - Housing/Federal Housing Commissioner |
HUD |
04/25/05 |
06/13/05 |
49 |
|
Philip D. Morrison |
Asst. Secy. - Tax Policy |
TREAS |
05/26/05 |
Withdrawn 10/07/05 |
|
|
T. Michael Moseley |
Chief of Staff - Air Force - Joint Chiefs of Staff |
DOD |
05/16/05 |
06/30/05 |
45 |
|
Edmund C. Moy |
Dir. - Mint |
TREAS |
06/29/06 |
07/26/06 |
27 |
|
Michael G. Mullen |
Chief of Naval Operations - Joint Chiefs of Staff |
DOD |
03/02/05 |
04/28/05 |
57 |
|
Julie L. Myers |
Asst. Secy. - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement |
DHS |
06/29/05 |
Returned 12/09/06 |
|
|
Julie L. Myers |
Asst. Secy. - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement |
DHS |
Recess appointment 01/04/06 |
||
|
Julie L. Myers |
Asst. Secy. - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement |
DHS |
02/10/06 |
Returned 12/09/06 |
|
|
Mark Myers |
Dir. - U.S. Geological Survey |
DOI |
05/03/06 |
Returned 08/03/06 |
|
|
Mark Myers |
Dir. - U.S. Geological Survey |
DOI |
09/05/06 |
09/15/06 |
10 |
|
Nicole R. Nason |
Admin. - National Highway Traffic Safety Administration |
DOT |
01/18/06 |
05/26/06 |
128 |
|
Terry Neese |
Dir. - Mint |
TREAS |
07/29/05 |
Withdrawn 09/19/05 |
|
|
Keith A. Nelson |
Asst. Secy. - Administration |
HUD |
07/12/05 |
10/07/05 |
54 |
|
[author name scrubbed]son |
Secretary |
DVA |
01/04/05 |
01/26/05 |
22 |
|
David L. Norquist |
Chief Financial Officer |
DHS |
01/18/06 |
05/26/06 |
128 |
|
Patrick M. O'Brien |
Asst. Secy. - Terrorist Financing |
TREAS |
06/29/05 |
10/07/05 |
67 |
|
George J. Opfer |
Inspector General |
DVA |
09/06/05 |
11/10/05 |
65 |
|
Raymond L. Orbach |
Under Secy. - Science |
DOE |
12/13/05 |
05/26/06 |
153 |
|
Peter Pace |
Chairman - Joint Chiefs of Staff |
DOD |
04/25/05 |
07/15/05 |
81 |
|
Sandra L. Pack |
Asst. Secy. - Management |
TREAS |
05/16/05 |
07/29/05 |
74 |
|
Christopher A. Padilla |
Asst. Secy. - Export Administration |
DOC |
07/13/06 |
09/29/06 |
47 |
|
Pamela H. Patenaude |
Asst. Secy. - Community Planning and Development |
HUD |
01/24/05 |
04/15/05 |
81 |
|
Anne W. Patterson |
Asst. Secy.- International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs |
DOS |
10/19/05 |
11/10/05 |
22 |
|
R. David Paulison |
Under Secy. - Federal Emergency Management |
DHS |
04/06/06 |
05/26/06 |
50 |
|
Henry M. Paulson Jr. |
Secretary |
TREAS |
06/19/06 |
06/28/06 |
9 |
|
Sue C. Payton |
Asst. Secy. - Air Force - Acquisition |
DOD |
04/25/06 |
07/21/06 |
87 |
|
Buddie J. Penn |
Asst. Secy. - Navy - Installations and Environment |
DOD |
01/24/05 |
02/17/05 |
24 |
|
Jonathan B. Perlin |
Under Secy. - Health |
DVA |
02/18/05 |
04/28/05 |
69 |
|
Philip J. Perry |
General Counsel |
DHS |
04/04/05 |
06/08/05 |
65 |
|
Mary E. Peters |
Secretary |
DOT |
09/07/06 |
09/29/06 |
22 |
|
Dina H. Powell |
Asst. Secy. - Educational and Cultural Affairs |
DOS |
04/28/05 |
06/24/05 |
57 |
|
Randal Quarles |
Under Secy. - Domestic Finance |
TREAS |
05/26/05 |
07/29/05 |
64 |
|
Richard A. Raymond |
Under Secy. - Food Safety |
USDA |
05/26/05 |
07/01/05 |
36 |
|
John M. Reich |
Dir. - Office of Thrift Supervision |
TREAS |
05/25/05 |
Withdrawn 06/06/05 |
|
|
John M. Reich |
Dir. - Office of Thrift Supervision |
TREAS |
06/06/05 |
07/29/05 |
53 |
|
Condoleezza Rice |
Secretary |
DOS |
01/04/05 |
01/26/05 |
22 |
|
James A. Rispoli |
Asst. Secy. - Environmental Management |
DOE |
05/17/05 |
07/29/05 |
73 |
|
John C. Rood |
Asst. Secy. - International Security and Non-proliferation |
DOS |
07/12/06 |
09/13/06 |
32 |
|
Boyd K. Rutherford |
Asst. Secy. - Administration |
USDA |
01/27/06 |
05/12/06 |
105 |
|
Anthony W. Ryan |
Asst. Secy. - Financial Markets |
TREAS |
11/13/06 |
12/09/06 |
26 |
|
David A. Sampson |
Deputy Secy. |
DOC |
04/04/05 |
07/22/05 |
109 |
|
David C. Sanborn |
Admin. - Maritime Administration |
DOT |
01/18/06 |
Withdrawn 03/27/06 |
|
|
Jackie Wolcott Sanders |
U.S. Rep. - Special Political Affairs - U.N. |
DOS |
01/18/06 |
02/16/06 |
29 |
|
Ellen R. Sauerbrey |
Asst. Secy. - Population, Refugees, and Migration |
DOS |
09/06/05 |
Returned 12/09/06 |
|
|
Ellen R. Sauerbrey |
Asst. Secy. - Population, Refugees, and Migration |
DOS |
Recess appointment 01/04/06 |
||
|
Ellen R. Sauerbrey |
Asst. Secy. - Population, Refugees, and Migration |
DOS |
02/10/06 |
Returned 12/09/06 |
|
|
P. Lynne Scarlett |
Deputy Secy. |
DOI |
02/18/05 |
11/18/05 |
240 |
|
Phyllis F. Scheinberg |
Asst. Secy. - Budget and Programs |
DOT |
04/14/05 |
04/28/05 |
14 |
|
Mark S. Schneider |
Commissioner - Education Statistics |
ED |
07/27/05 |
10/21/05 |
53 |
|
Paul A. Schneider |
Under Secy. - Management |
DHS |
11/13/06 |
12/09/06 |
26 |
|
Regina B. Schofield |
Asst. Atty. General - Office of Justice Programs |
DOJ |
04/04/05 |
06/08/05 |
65 |
|
Calvin L. Scovel |
Inspector General |
DOT |
07/13/06 |
09/29/06 |
47 |
|
Jeffrey L. Sedgwick |
Dir. - Bureau of Justice Statistics |
DOJ |
01/31/06 |
03/31/06 |
59 |
|
Ronald M. Sega |
Under Secy. - Air Force |
DOD |
06/28/05 |
07/29/05 |
31 |
|
J. Clay Sell |
Deputy Secy. |
DOE |
02/28/05 |
03/17/05 |
17 |
|
Leon R. Sequeira |
Asst. Secy. - Policy |
DOL |
11/13/06 |
Returned 12/09/06 |
|
|
Thomas A. Shannon Jr. |
Asst. Secy. - Western Hemisphere Affairs |
DOS |
09/06/05 |
10/07/05 |
31 |
|
Josette Sheeran |
Under Secy. - Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs |
DOS |
06/28/05 |
07/29/05 |
31 |
|
Jill L. Sigal |
Asst. Secy. - Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs |
DOE |
05/09/05 |
07/28/05 |
80 |
|
Kristen Silverberg |
Asst. Secy. - International Organizations |
DOS |
06/29/05 |
07/29/05 |
30 |
|
Raymond J. Simon |
Deputy Secy. |
ED |
04/15/05 |
05/26/05 |
41 |
|
James S. Simpson |
Admin. - Federal Transit Administration |
DOT |
01/18/06 |
08/03/06 |
197 |
|
Richard L. Skinner |
Inspector General |
DHS |
04/28/05 |
07/28/05 |
91 |
|
Dorrance Smith |
Asst. Secy. - Public Affairs |
DOD |
09/22/05 |
04/07/06 |
186 |
|
Dorrance Smith |
Asst. Secy. - Public Affairs |
DOD |
Recess Appointment 01/04/06 |
||
|
Dorrance Smith |
Asst. Secy. - Public Affairs |
DOD |
02/10/06 |
Returned 12/09/06 |
|
|
Eric Solomon |
Asst. Secy. - Tax Policy |
TREAS |
05/09/06 |
12/09/06 |
183 |
|
Margaret Spellings |
Secretary |
ED |
01/04/05 |
01/20/05 |
16 |
|
David M. Spooner |
Asst. Secy. - Import Administration |
DOC |
11/10/05 |
12/17/05 |
37 |
|
Edward F. Sproat III |
Dir. - Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management |
DOE |
09/08/05 |
05/26/06 |
249 |
|
Dennis R. Spurgeon |
Asst. Secy. - Nuclear Energy |
DOE |
02/13/06 |
03/27/06 |
42 |
|
Daniel R. Stanley |
Asst. Secy. - Legislative Affairs |
DOD |
05/16/05 |
06/30/05 |
45 |
|
George M. Staples |
Dir. General - Foreign Service |
DOS |
03/02/06 |
05/19/06 |
78 |
|
Robert K. Steel |
Under Secy. - Domestic Finance |
TREAS |
09/06/06 |
09/29/06 |
23 |
|
Andrew B. Steinberg |
Asst. Secy. - Aviation and International Affairs |
DOT |
02/10/06 |
09/29/06 |
200 |
|
Richard E. Stickler |
Asst. Secy. - Mine Safety and Health Administration |
DOL |
09/15/05 |
Returned 08/03/06 |
|
|
Richard E. Stickler |
Asst. Secy. - Mine Safety and Health Administration |
DOL |
09/05/06 |
Returned 09/29/06 |
|
|
Richard E. Stickler |
Asst. Secy. - Mine Safety and Health Administration |
DOL |
Recess Appointment 10/19/06 |
||
|
Richard E. Stickler |
Asst. Secy. - Mine Safety and Health Administration |
DOL |
11/14/06 |
Returned 12/09/06 |
|
|
Linda A. Strachan |
Asst. Secy. - Congressional Relations |
USDA |
02/17/06 |
05/12/06 |
84 |
|
Daniel S. Sullivan |
Asst. Secy. - Economic, Energy and Business Affairs |
DOS |
04/24/06 |
05/26/06 |
32 |
|
John J. Sullivan |
General Counsel |
DOC |
05/09/05 |
07/22/05 |
74 |
|
Kevin F. Sullivan |
Asst. Secy. - Communications and Outreach |
ED |
04/28/05 |
07/28/05 |
91 |
|
Phillip L. Swagel |
Asst. Secy. - Economic Policy |
TREAS |
09/26/06 |
12/09/06 |
74 |
|
Kent D. Talbert |
General Counsel |
ED |
09/28/05 |
05/19/06 |
222 |
|
William H. Tobey |
Deputy Admin. - Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, NNSA |
DOE |
05/11/06 |
08/03/06 |
84 |
|
Sara A. Tucker |
Under Secy. |
ED |
09/05/06 |
12/09/06 |
95 |
|
William F. Tuerk |
Under Secy. - Memorial Affairs |
DVA |
07/29/05 |
10/26/05 |
56 |
|
Vincent J. Ventimiglia Jr. |
Asst. Secy. - Legislation |
HHS |
07/18/05 |
12/21/05 |
123 |
|
Andrew C. von Eschenbach |
Commissioner - Food and Drug Administration |
HHS |
03/15/06 |
12/07/06 |
236 |
|
Kenneth L. Wainstein |
Asst. Atty. General - National Security Division |
DOJ |
03/13/06 |
09/21/06 |
161 |
|
Mark D. Wallace |
U.S. Rep. - Management and Reform - U.N. |
DOS |
01/18/06 |
03/16/06 |
57 |
|
Lawrence A. Warder |
Chief Financial Officer |
ED |
04/25/06 |
07/26/06 |
92 |
|
R. Thomas Weimer |
Asst. Secy. - Policy, Management, and Budget |
DOI |
05/09/05 |
12/21/05 |
193 |
|
C. David Welch |
Asst. Secy. - Near Eastern Affairs |
DOS |
02/14/05 |
03/17/05 |
31 |
|
Nathaniel F. Wienecke |
Asst. Secy. - Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs |
DOC |
06/29/06 |
08/03/06 |
35 |
|
Robert L. Wilkie |
Asst. Secy. - Legislative Affairs |
DOD |
06/26/06 |
09/29/06 |
64 |
|
Darlene F. Williams |
Asst. Secy. - Policy Development and Research |
HUD |
07/25/05 |
10/07/05 |
41 |
|
J. Clint Williamson |
Ambassador-at-Large - War Crimes Issues |
DOS |
04/06/06 |
06/29/06 |
84 |
|
Donald C. Winter |
Secretary - Navy |
DOD |
09/06/05 |
11/10/05 |
65 |
|
Alejandro D. Wolff |
U.S. Dep. Rep. - U.N. |
DOS |
10/17/05 |
11/18/05 |
32 |
|
John P. Woodley Jr. |
Asst. Secy. - Army - Civil Works |
DOD |
01/24/05 |
05/12/05 |
108 |
|
Sue Ellen Wooldridge |
Asst. Atty. General - Environment and Natural Resources Division |
DOJ |
06/20/05 |
11/10/05 |
110 |
|
Michael W. Wynne |
Under Secy. - Acquisition, Technology and Logistics |
DOD |
Recess Appointment 04/01/05 |
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|
Michael W. Wynne |
Secretary - Air Force |
DOD |
09/06/05 |
10/28/05 |
52 |
|
John J. Young Jr. |
Dir. - Defense Research and Engineering |
DOD |
07/28/05 |
10/28/05 |
59 |
|
Robert B. Zoellick |
Deputy Secy. |
DOS |
02/10/05 |
02/16/05 |
6 |
|
Mean number of days to confirm |
75 |
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|
Median number of days to confirm |
57 |
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Appendix B. Appointment Action, 109th Congress
|
Department |
Positions |
Nominations |
Individual Nominees |
Confirmations |
Returned |
Withdrawn |
Recess Appointments |
Mean days to confirm |
Median days to confirm |
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|
Agriculture |
16 |
14 |
14 |
13 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
77 |
63 |
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|
Commerce |
25 |
18 |
18 |
16 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
74 |
68 |
|||||||||
|
Defense |
53 |
40 |
36 |
32 |
7 |
1 |
5 |
80 |
53 |
|||||||||
|
Education |
18 |
14 |
14 |
14 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
75 |
66 |
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|
Energy |
22 |
14 |
14 |
13 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
87 |
80 |
|||||||||
|
Health and Human Services |
19 |
12 |
11 |
10 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
112 |
116 |
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|
Homeland Security |
19 |
20 |
17 |
14 |
5 |
1 |
2 |
71 |
61 |
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|
Housing and Urban Development |
15 |
11 |
11 |
10 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
67 |
57 |
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|
Interior |
18 |
15 |
12 |
10 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
71 |
36 |
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|
Justice |
29 |
19 |
16 |
13 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
129 |
110 |
|||||||||
|
Labor |
19 |
10 |
6 |
3 |
7 |
0 |
2 |
87 |
73 |
|||||||||
|
State |
47 |
44 |
39 |
39 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
47 |
49 |
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|
Transportation |
20 |
17 |
17 |
16 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
82 |
63 |
|||||||||
|
Treasury |
24 |
24 |
23 |
21 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
66 |
64 |
|||||||||
|
Veterans Affairs |
14 |
11 |
11 |
9 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
56 |
56 |
|||||||||
|
Total |
358 |
283 |
259 |
233 |
41 |
9 |
13 |
75 |
57 |
Appendix C. Senate Intersession Recesses, Intrasession Recesses of Four or More Days, and Numbers of Recess Appointments to Departmental Positions, 109th Congress
|
Date Recessed |
Date Reconvened |
Number of Days Recessedb |
Number of recess appointments to departmental positions |
|
The first session of 109th Congress convened on 01/04/05. |
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|
01/06/05 |
01/20/05 |
13 |
0 |
|
01/26/05 |
01/31/05 |
4 |
0 |
|
02/18/05 |
02/28/05 |
9 |
0 |
|
03/20/05 |
04/04/05 |
14 |
1 |
|
04/29/05 |
05/09/05 |
9 |
0 |
|
05/26/05 |
06/06/05 |
10 |
0 |
|
07/01/05 |
07/11/05 |
9 |
0 |
|
07/29/05 |
09/01/05 |
33 |
4 |
|
09/01/05 |
09/06/05 |
4 |
0 |
|
10/07/05 |
10/17/05 |
9 |
0 |
|
11/18/05 |
12/12/05 |
23 |
0 |
|
The Senate adjourned sine die on 12/22/05. The second session of the109th Congress convened on 01/03/06. The intersession |
0 |
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|
01/03/06 |
01/18/06 |
14 |
5 |
|
02/17/06 |
02/27/06 |
9 |
0 |
|
03/16/06 |
03/27/06 |
10 |
0 |
|
04/07/06 |
04/24/06 |
16 |
0 |
|
05/26/06 |
06/05/06 |
9 |
0 |
|
06/29/06 |
07/10/06 |
10 |
0 |
|
08/04/06 |
09/05/06 |
31 |
2 |
|
09/30/06 |
11/09/06 |
39 |
1 |
|
11/16/06 |
12/04/06 |
17 |
0 |
|
The Senate adjourned sine die on 12/09/06. The first session of the 110th Congress convened on 01/04/07. The intersession |
0 |
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Note: Includes all recesses of four days or longer as indicated in the Senate "Days-in-Session Calendars" website at http://thomas.loc.gov/home/ds/index.html#senate, accessed May, 5, 2008.
a. The entries for the number of days adjourned include all days between the day the Senate adjourned and the day it reconvened. They do not include the days of adjournment or reconvening because the Senate is able to act on nominations on these days.
Appendix D. Abbreviations of Departments
|
DHS |
Department of Homeland Security |
|
DOC |
Department of Commerce |
|
DOD |
Department of Defense |
|
DOE |
Department of Energy |
|
DOI |
Department of the Interior |
|
DOJ |
Department of Justice |
|
DOL |
Department of Labor |
|
DOS |
Department of State |
|
DOT |
Department of Transportation |
|
DVA |
Department of Veterans Affairs |
|
ED |
Department of Education |
|
HHS |
Department of Health and Human Services |
|
HUD |
Department of Housing and Urban Development |
|
TREAS |
Department of the Treasury |
|
USDA |
Department of Agriculture |
| 1. |
Full-time departmental PAS positions that are not covered in this report include U.S. attorney and U.S. marshal positions in the Department of Justice; most Foreign Service and diplomatic positions in the Department of State; officer corps positions in the civilian uniformed services of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the Department of Commerce, and of the Public Health Service in the Department of Health and Human Services; and the officer corps in the military services. |
| 2. |
A succinct historical and contemporary overview of the appointment power is found in [author name scrubbed], "Appointment Powers," in his Constitutional Conflicts between Congress and the President, 5th ed., rev. (Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 2007), pp. 21-47. |
| 3. |
Art. II, Sec. 2, cl. 2 provides that the President "shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments." |
| 4. |
See, for example, Michael J. Gerhardt, The Federal Appointments Process: A Constitutional and Historical Analysis (Durham: Duke University Press, 2003), pp. 29-34. |
| 5. |
See, for example, ibid., pp. 152-153. |
| 6. |
3 U.S.C. § 102 note. |
| 7. |
P.L. 108-458, § 7601; 118 Stat. 3856. |
| 8. |
5 U.S.C. § 3349a. |
| 9. |
P.L. 105-277, Div. C, Title I, § 151; 5 U.S.C. §§ 3345-3349d. For more on the Vacancies Act, see CRS Report 98-892, The New Vacancies Act: Congress Acts to Protect the Senate's Confirmation Prerogative, by [author name scrubbed]. |
| 10. |
For further information, see CRS Report RL31980, Senate Consideration of Presidential Nominations: Committee and Floor Procedure, by [author name scrubbed]; and CRS Report RL31948, Evolution of the Senate's Role in the Nomination and Confirmation Process: A Brief History, by [author name scrubbed]. |
| 11. |
G. Calvin Mackenzie, The Politics of Presidential Appointments (New York: The Free Press, 1981), pp. 97-189. |
| 12. |
For more information, see CRS Report RL31980, Senate Consideration of Presidential Nominations: Committee and Floor Procedure, by [author name scrubbed], p. 7. |
| 13. |
The rule may be found in U.S. Congress, Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, Senate Manual, 107th Cong., 1st sess., S. Doc. 107-1 (Washington: GPO, 2002), p. 55, Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate. For an example of a waiver of the rule, see Sen. William H. Frist, "Nominations to Remain in Status Quo," Congressional Record, daily edition, vol. 152, September 29, 2006, p. S10762. |
| 14. |
Art. II, Sec. 2, cl. 3. |
| 15. |
5 U.S.C. § 5503(a). |
| 16. |
For further information, see CRS Report RS21308, Recess Appointments: Frequently Asked Questions, by [author name scrubbed]; and CRS Report RL33009, Recess Appointments: A Legal Overview, by [author name scrubbed]. |
| 17. |
15 Op. O.L.C. 93 (1991). See also 6 Op. O.L.C. 585 (1982); 41 Op. A.G. 463 (1960). |
| 18. |
P.L. 110-161, Div. D, § 709. The provision reads, "Hereafter, no part of any appropriation contained in this or any other Act shall be paid to any person for the filling of any position for which he or she has been nominated after the Senate has voted not to approve the nomination of said person." This provision has been part of this funding bill since at least 1950. |
| 19. |
5 U.S.C. §§ 3345-3349d. |
| 20. |
For more on the Vacancies Act, see CRS Report 98-892, The New Vacancies Act: Congress Acts to Protect the Senate's Confirmation Prerogative, by [author name scrubbed]. |
| 21. |
Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate provides that "Nominations neither confirmed not rejected during the session at which they are made shall not be acted upon at any succeeding session without being again made to the Senate by the President; and if the Senate shall adjourn or take a recess for more than thirty days, all nominations pending and not finally acted upon at the time of taking such adjournment or recess shall be returned by the Secretary to the President, and shall not again be considered unless they shall again be made to the Senate by the President." |
| 22. |
U.S. Congress, Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, Senate Manual, 106th Cong., 1st sess., S. Doc. 106-1 (Washington: GPO, 1999), p. 55, Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate. |
| 23. |
Sources include the Senate nominations database of the Legislative Information System http://www.congress.gov/nomis/, the Congressional Record (daily edition), the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, telephone discussions with agency officials, agency websites, the United States Code, and the "Plum Book" (U.S. Congress, House Committee on Government Reform, United States Government Policy and Supporting Positions, committee print, 108th Cong., 2nd sess., Committee Print, November 22, 2004 (Washington: GPO, 2004)). |
| 24. |
As noted above, the following full-time positions are not included in this report: U.S. Attorney and U.S. Marshal positions in the Department of Justice; Foreign Service and diplomatic positions in the Department of State; most officer corps positions in the civilian uniformed services of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the Department of Commerce, and of the Public Health Service in the Department of Health and Human Services; and the officer corps in the military services. |