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List of positions filled by presidential appointment with Senate confirmation



 
 
Under the United States Constitution
United States Constitution

The Constitution of the United States of America is the supreme law of the United States. It is the foundation and source of the legal authority underlying the existence of the United States of America; the Federal Government of the United States; and all the State & local governments and Territorial Administrative bodies contained therein....
 and law of the United States
Law of the United States

The law of the United States was originally largely derived from the common law system of English law, which was in force at the time of the American Revolutionary War....
, certain federal
Federal government of the United States

The Federal Government of the United States is the central current reigning United States governmental body, established by the United States Constitution....
 positions appointed by the president of the United States
President of the United States

The President of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in the United States by influence and recognition....
 require confirmation (advice and consent
Advice and consent

Advice and consent is an English phrase frequently used in List of enacting formulae of bill s and in other legal or constitutional contexts, describing a situation in which the executive branch of a government enacts something previously approved of by the legislative branch....
) of the United States Senate
United States Senate

The United States Senate is the upper house of the Bicameralism United States Congress, the lower house being the United States House of Representatives....
. These positions are referred to as presidential appointment with Senate confirmation (PAS). The following is a list of PAS positions ordered by the Senate committee that usually holds confirmation hearings before a full vote by the Senate.

PAS positions, as well as other types of federal government positions, are published in the United States Government Policy and Supporting Positions
United States Government Policy and Supporting Positions

United States Government Policy and Supporting Positions is a publication of, alternately, the United States Senate's United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the United States House of Representatives' United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform....
 (Plum Book), which is released after each presidential election
Presidential election

A presidential election is the election of any head of state whose official title is president....
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United States Department of Education

The United States Department of Education is a United States Cabinet-level department of the United States government of the United States. Created by the Department of Education Organization Act , it was signed into law by President Jimmy Carter on October 17, 1979 and began operating on May 4, 1980....
*Secretary
United States Secretary of Education

The United States Secretary of Education is the head of the United States Department of Education. The Secretary is a member of the President of the United States United States Cabinet, and 16th in line of United States presidential line of succession....
*Deputy Secretary
United States Deputy Secretary of Education

The Deputy Secretary of Education oversees and manages the development of policies in the United States Department of Education. The Deputy Secretary focuses primarily on K?12 education policy, such as No Child Left Behind, the High School Initiative, and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act....
*Director, Institute of Education Sciences (six-year term of office) *Under Secretary
Under Secretary of Education

The Under Secretary for the United_States_Department_of_Education oversees policies, programs, and activities related to postsecondary education, vocational and adult education, and federal student aid....
*Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights *Assistant Secretary for Communications and Outreach *Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education *Assistant Secretary for Legislation and Congressional Affairs *Assistant Secretary for Management *Assistant Secretary for Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development *Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education *Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services *Assistant Secretary for Vocational and Adult Education *Chief Financial Officer *Commissioner - Education Statistics (six-year term of office) *Commissioner - Rehabilitation Services Administration
Rehabilitation Services Administration

The Rehabilitation Services Administration is a federal agency under the United States Department of Education. It was established to administer portions of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973....
*General Counsel *Inspector General

Department of Health and Human Services
United States Department of Health and Human Services

The United States Department of Health and Human Services , is a United States Cabinet department of the United States government of the United States with the goal of protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services....
*Administrator — Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration is the US Federal agency charged with improving the quality and availability of prevention, treatment, and rehabilitative services in order to reduce illness, death, disability, and cost to society resulting from substance abuse and mental illnesses....
*Assistant Secretary for Aging *Assistant Secretary for Health *Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response *Commissioner of Food and Drugs *Director - National Institutes of Health
National Institutes of Health

The National Institutes of Health is an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and is the primary agency of the United States government responsible for biomedical and health-related research....
*United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps officers *Surgeon General
Surgeon General of the United States

The Surgeon General of the United States is the operational head of the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and thus the leading spokesperson on matters of public health in the Federal government of the United States....
 (four-year term of office)

Department of Labor
United States Department of Labor

The United States Department of Labor is a United States Cabinet department of the United States government of the United States responsible for occupational safety, wage and hour standards, unemployment insurance benefits, re-employment services, and some economic statistics....
*Secretary of Labor
United States Secretary of Labor

The United States Secretary of Labor is the head of the United States Department of Labor who exercises control over the department and enforces and suggests laws involving unions, the workplace and all other issues involving any form of business-person controversies....
*Deputy Secretary of Labor
United States Deputy Secretary of Labor

United States Deputy Secretary of Labor is the second-highest-ranking official in the United States Department of Labor. In the United States federal government, the Deputy Secretary oversees the day-to-day operation of the Department of Labor, and may act as United States Secretary of Labor during the absence of the Secretary....
*Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management *Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs *Assistant Secretary for Disability Employment Policy *Assistant Secretary for Employee Benefits Security Administration
Employee Benefits Security Administration

The Employee Benefits Security Administration is an agency of the United States Department of Labor responsible for administering the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ....
*Assistant Secretary for Employment Standards Administration
Employment Standards Administration

The Employment Standards Administration , the largest agency within the U.S. Department of Labor, enforces and administers laws governing legally-mandated wages and working conditions, including child labor, minimum wages, overtime and family and medical leave; equal employment opportunity in businesses with federal contracts and subcontract...
*Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training Administration
Employment and Training Administration

The mission of the Employment and Training Administration , as part of the U.S. Department of Labor, is to contribute to the more efficient and effective functioning of the U.S....
*Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety and Health Administration
Mine Safety and Health Administration

The Mine Safety and Health Administration is an agency of the United States Department of Labor which administers the provisions of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 to enforce compliance with mandatory safety and health standards as a means to eliminate fatal accidents, to reduce the frequency and severity of nonfatal accide...
*Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Occupational Safety and Health Administration

The United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration is an agency of the United States Department of Labor. It was created by Congress of the United States under the Occupational Safety and Health Act, signed by President Richard M....
*Assistant Secretary for Policy *Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs *Assistant Secretary for Veterans' Employment and Training Service *Administrator - Wage and Hour Division *Chief Financial Officer *Commissioner - Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau of Labor Statistics

The Bureau of Labor Statistics , a unit of the United States Department of Labor, is the principal fact-finding agency for the government of the United States in the broad field of labor economics ....
*Director - Women's Bureau
United States Women's Bureau

The United States Women's Bureau is an agency of the United States government within the United States Department of Labor. The Women?s Bureau was established by Congress in 1920 and continues its responsibility to carry out Public Law 66-259; 29 U.S.C....
*Inspector General *Solicitor

Corporation for National and Community Service
Corporation For National and Community Service

The Corporation for National and Community Service was created as an Independent agencies of the United States government by the National and Community Service Trust Act of 1993....
*Chief Executive Officer *Managing Director *Managing Director *Chief Financial Officer *Inspector General

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is a federal agency charged with ending employment discrimination. The EEOC investigates discrimination complaints based on an individual's race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, disability and retaliation for reporting and/or opposing a discriminatory practice....
 (political balance required) *Commissioner — five positions (five-year terms of office) *General Counsel (four-year term of office)

Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (USA)

The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service is an independent agency of the United States Government, founded in 1947, which provides mediation services to industry, community and government agencies worldwide....
*Director

Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission
Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission

The Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is an independent adjudicative agency of the United States Government that provides administrative law and appellate review of legal disputes arising under the Federal Mine Safety and Health Amendments Act, or Mine Act, of 1977....
*Commissioner — five positions (six-year terms of office)

National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities *National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Arts

The National Endowment for the Arts is a United States federally funded and donation assisted program that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence....
 - Chair (four-year term of office) *National Endowment for the Humanities
National Endowment for the Humanities

The National Endowment for the Humanities is an independent federal agency of the United States established by the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 dedicated to supporting research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities....
 - Chair (four-year term of office) *Institute of Museum and Library Services
Institute of Museum and Library Services

The Institute of Museum and Library Services is an Independent agencies of the United States government of the United States federal government....
 - Director (four-year term of office)

National Labor Relations Board
National Labor Relations Board

The National Labor Relations Board is an Independent agencies of the United States government charged with conducting elections for trade union representation and with investigating and remedying unfair labor practices....
 (Political balance is not required, but, by tradition, no more than three members are from the same party.) *Member - five positions (five-year terms of office) *General Counsel (four-year term of office)

National Mediation Board
National Mediation Board

The National Mediation Board is an independent agency of the United States government that coordinates labor-management relations within the U.S....
 (political balance required) *Member - three positions (three-year terms of office)

National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation

The National Science Foundation is a United States government agency that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering....
*Director (six-year term of office) *Deputy Director

Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission *Member - three positions (six-year terms of office)

Office of National Drug Control Policy
Office of National Drug Control Policy

The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy , a Cabinet level component of the Executive Office of the President of the United States, was established in 1988 by the Anti-Drug Abuse Act....
 (Executive Office of the President) *Deputy Director - Demand Reduction

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation is an independent agency of the United States government that was created by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to encourage the continuation and maintenance of voluntary private defined benefit pension plans, provide timely and uninterrupted payment of pension benefits, and keep pe...
*Director

Railroad Retirement Board
Railroad Retirement Board

The Railroad Retirement Board is an agency of the United States government created in the 1930s to administer a social insurance program providing retirement benefits to the country's railroad workers....
*Member - three positions (five-year terms of office; chair, who first must be appointed as a member, also needs to be confirmed.) *Inspector General

Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship
Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship

The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program was established by the United States Congress in 1986 in honor of former United States Senator and United States presidential election, 1964 Barry Goldwater, a Republican Party from Arizona....
 and Excellence in Education Foundation, Board of Trustees (political balance required) *Member - eight (of 13 total) positions (six-year terms of office)

Corporation for National and Community Service
Corporation For National and Community Service

The Corporation for National and Community Service was created as an Independent agencies of the United States government by the National and Community Service Trust Act of 1993....
, Board of Directors (political balance required) *Member - 15 positions (five-year terms of office)

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Under the United States Constitution
United States Constitution

The Constitution of the United States of America is the supreme law of the United States. It is the foundation and source of the legal authority underlying the existence of the United States of America; the Federal Government of the United States; and all the State & local governments and Territorial Administrative bodies contained therein....
 and law of the United States
Law of the United States

The law of the United States was originally largely derived from the common law system of English law, which was in force at the time of the American Revolutionary War....
, certain federal
Federal government of the United States

The Federal Government of the United States is the central current reigning United States governmental body, established by the United States Constitution....
 positions appointed by the president of the United States
President of the United States

The President of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in the United States by influence and recognition....
 require confirmation (advice and consent
Advice and consent

Advice and consent is an English phrase frequently used in List of enacting formulae of bill s and in other legal or constitutional contexts, describing a situation in which the executive branch of a government enacts something previously approved of by the legislative branch....
) of the United States Senate
United States Senate

The United States Senate is the upper house of the Bicameralism United States Congress, the lower house being the United States House of Representatives....
. These positions are referred to as presidential appointment with Senate confirmation (PAS). The following is a list of PAS positions ordered by the Senate committee that usually holds confirmation hearings before a full vote by the Senate.

PAS positions, as well as other types of federal government positions, are published in the United States Government Policy and Supporting Positions
United States Government Policy and Supporting Positions

United States Government Policy and Supporting Positions is a publication of, alternately, the United States Senate's United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the United States House of Representatives' United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform....
 (Plum Book), which is released after each presidential election
Presidential election

A presidential election is the election of any head of state whose official title is president....
.

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry

  • United States Department of Agriculture
    United States Department of Agriculture

    The United States Department of Agriculture is the United States federal executive departments responsible for developing and executing Federal government of the United States policy on farming, agriculture, and food....
    • United States Secretary of Agriculture
      United States Secretary of Agriculture

      The United States Secretary of Agriculture is the head of the United States Department of Agriculture. The current secretary is Tom Vilsack, who was confirmed by the U.S....
    • United States Deputy Secretary of Agriculture
      United States Deputy Secretary of Agriculture

      The United States Deputy Secretary of Agriculture is the second-highest ranking official in the United States Department of Agriculture, appointed by the President of the United States with the advice and consent of the United States Senate....
    • Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agriculture Services
      Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agriculture Services

      The Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agriculture Services is a high-ranking official within the United States Department of Agriculture that provides leadership and oversight for the Farm Service Agency, the Risk Management Agency and the Foreign Agricultural Service....
    • Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services
    • Under Secretary for Food Safety
    • Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs
    • Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment
      Under Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment

      The Under Secretary for Natural Resources an Environment is a high-ranking position within the United States Department of Agriculture that supervises policy development and day-to-day operations of the United States Forest Service and Natural Resources Conservation Service....
    • Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics
      Under Secretary of Agriculture for Research, Education, and Economics

      The Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics is a high-ranking official within the United States Department of Agriculture that provides leadership and oversight for the Agricultural Research Service, Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Economic Research Service, National Agricultural Library, National...
    • Under Secretary for Rural Development
    • Administrator, Rural Utilities Service
      Rural Utilities Service

      The Rural Utilities Service is an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture , one of the United States federal executive departments of the United States government charged with providing public utilities to rural areas in the United States via public-private partnerships....
    • General Counsel
    • Assistant Secretary for Administration
    • Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations
    • Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
    • Chief Financial Officer
    • Inspector General
    • Director of the Commodity Credit Corporation
      Commodity Credit Corporation

      The Commodity Credit Corporation, or CCC, is an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture created on October 17, 1933. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt issued Executive Order 6340 the day before, which ordered the creation of the CCC as a Delaware corporation....
       (seven positions; in addition, the Secretary of Agriculture is an ex-officio director and chair of the board)


  • Commodity Futures Trading Commission
    Commodity Futures Trading Commission

    The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is an Independent agencies of the United States government.The Commodity Exchange Act , et seq., prohibits fraudulent conduct in the trading of futures contracts....
     (political balance required)
    • Commissioner - five positions (five-year term of office; chair, who must first be confirmed as a commissioner, also needs to be confirmed)


  • Farm Credit Administration
    Farm Credit Administration

    The Farm Credit Administration is an independent agency of the Executive Branch of the Federal government of the United States. It regulates and examines the banks, associations, and related entities of the Farm Credit System, a network of borrower-owned financial institutions that provide credit to farmers, ranchers, and agricultural and ru...
     (political balance required)
    • Member - three positions (six-year term of office


Committee on Armed Services

  • Department of Defense
    United States Department of Defense

    The United States Department of Defense is the federal department charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government relating directly to national security and the Military of the United States....
    • Office of the Secretary
      Office of the Secretary of Defense

      The Office of the Secretary of Defense is part of the United States Department of Defense and includes the entire staff of the Secretary of Defense....
      • Secretary
        United States Secretary of Defense

        File:USSecDefflag.PNGThe United States Secretary of Defense is the head of the United States Department of Defense , concerned with the Military of the United States and Military of the United States....
      • Deputy Secretary
        United States Deputy Secretary of Defense

        The United States Deputy Secretary of Defense is the second-highest ranking official in the United States Department of Defense. According to the U.S....
      • Under Secretary for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics
        Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics

        The Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics is the title of a high-level civilian official in the United States Department of Defense....
      • Under Secretary (Comptroller and Chief Financial Officer
        Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)

        The Under Secretary of Defense is the Chief Financial Officer of the United States Department of Defense. The responsibilities of the Department of Defense's Chief Financial Officer include developing and implementing Department of Defense-wide financial policy, financial management systems, and business modernization....
      • Under Secretary for Intelligence
        Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence

        The Under Secretary for Intelligence or USD is a position within the United States government that acts as the principal advisor to the United States Secretary of Defense on matters relating to military intelligence....
      • Under Secretary for Personnel and Readiness
        Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness

        The Under Secretary for Personnel and Readiness is a high-ranking position in the United States Department of Defense responsible for advising the Secretary of Defense on recruitment, career development, pay and benefits, and oversight of the state of military readiness....
      • Under Secretary for Policy
        Under Secretary of Defense for Policy

        The Under Secretary of Defense for Policy is the title of a high-level civilian official in the United States Department of Defense. The Under Secretary of Defense for Policy is the principal staff assistant and advisor to both the United States Secretary of Defense and the United States Deputy Secretary of Defense for all matters concerning...
      • Deputy Under Secretary for Logistics and Materiel Readiness
      • Deputy Under Secretary for Acquisition and Technology
      • Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Personnel and Readiness
      • Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Policy
      • Assistant Secretary for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs
      • Assistant Secretary for Global Security Affairs
      • Assistant Secretary for Health Affairs
        Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs)

        The Assistant Secretary of Defense , or ASD, is chartered under United States Department of Defense Directive 5136.1 in 1994. This DoDD states that the ASD is the principal advisor to the U.S....
      • Assistant Secretary for Homeland Defense
      • Assistant Secretary for International Security Affairs
      • Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs
      • Assistant Secretary for Networks and Information Integration and Chief Information Officer
      • Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs
        Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs

        The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs is the principal staff advisor and assistant to the United States Secretary of Defense and United States Deputy Secretary of Defense for public information, internal information, community relations, information training, and audiovisual matters in support of United States Department of De...
      • Assistant Secretary for Reserve Affairs
      • Assistant Secretary for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflicts
      • Assistant to the Secretary for Nuclear and Chemical and Biological Defense Programs
      • Director - Defense Research and Engineering
      • Director - Operational Test and Evaluation
      • General Counsel
      • Inspector General
      • Military Officers (commissions and promotions)
      • Department of the Air Force
        • Secretary
          United States Secretary of the Air Force

          The Secretary of the Air Force is the civilian head of the United States United States Department of the Air Force, a component organization of the United States Department of Defense....
        • Under Secretary
        • Assistant Secretary for Acquisition
        • Assistant Secretary for Financial Management and Comptroller
        • Assistant Secretary for Manpower and Reserve Affairs
        • Assistant Secretary for Installations, Environment, and Logistics
        • General Counsel
      • Department of the Army
        United States Department of the Army

        The Department of the Army is one of the three service departments in the United States Department of Defense. It is headed by the United States Secretary of the Army, a civilian, who is responsible for the administrative affairs of the United States Army....
        • Secretary
          United States Secretary of the Army

          The United States Secretary of the Army is a civilian office within the United States Department of Defense with statutory responsibility for all matters relating to the United States Army: manpower, personnel, reserve affairs, installations, environmental issues, weapons systems and equipment acquisition, communications, and financial mana...
        • Under Secretary
        • Assistant Secretary for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology
        • Assistant Secretary for Civil Works
        • Assistant Secretary for Financial Management and Comptroller
        • Assistant Secretary for Installations and Environment
        • Assistant Secretary for Manpower and Reserve Affairs
        • General Counsel
      • Department of the Navy
        United States Department of the Navy

        The United States Department of the Navy was established by an Act of Congress on April 30, 1798, to provide administrative and technical support, and civilian leadership to the United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps ....
        • Secretary
          United States Secretary of the Navy

          The United States Secretary of the Navy is the civilian head of the United States Department of the Navy. The position was a member of the President of the United States United States Cabinet until 1947, when the Navy, Army, and newly created Air Force were placed in the United States Department of Defense and the Secretary of the Navy was...
        • Under Secretary
        • Assistant Secretary for Financial Management and Comptroller
        • Assistant Secretary for Installations and Environment
        • Assistant Secretary for Manpower and Reserve Affairs
        • Assistant Secretary for Research, Development, and Acquisition
        • General Counsel
      • Joint Chiefs of Staff
        Joint Chiefs of Staff

        The Joint Chiefs of Staff is a group of military leaders in the United States armed forces who advise the civilian government of the United States....
        • Chair
          Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

          The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is by law the highest ranking military officer in the Military of the United States, and the principal military adviser to the President of the United States....
           (two-year term of office)
        • Vice Chair
          Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

          The Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is by law the second highest ranking military officer in the Military of the United States ranking just below the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff....
           (two-year term of office)
        • Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force
          Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force

          The Chief of Staff of the Air Force is the senior uniformed officer in United States Air Force and is a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff ....
           (four-year term of office)
        • Chief of Staff of the United States Army
          Chief of Staff of the United States Army

          File:USChiefofStaffArmy.PNGThe Chief of Staff of the United States Army is the highest ranking officer in the United States Army and is member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff ....
           (four-year term of office)
        • Chief of Naval Operations
          Chief of Naval Operations

          The Chief of Naval Operations is the highest ranking officer in the United States Navy and is a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The CNO reports directly to the United States Secretary of the Navy for the command, utilization of resources and operating efficiency of the operating forces of the Navy and of the Navy shore activities as...
           (four-year term of office)
        • Commandant of the Marine Corps
          Commandant of the Marine Corps

          File:FlagCMC.PNGThe Commandant of the Marine Corps is the highest ranking officer in the United States Marine Corps and is a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff....
           (four-year term of office)
      • Department of Energy
        United States Department of Energy

        The United States Department of Energy is a United States Cabinet-level department of the United States government of the United States responsible for Energy policy of the United States and nuclear safety....
        • Under Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Security
          Under Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Security

          The Under Secretary for Nuclear Security, in the United States Department of Energy, is the Administrator for the National Nuclear Security Administration....
          /Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration
          National Nuclear Security Administration

          The United States National Nuclear Security Administration is part of the United States Department of Energy. It works to improve national security through the military application of nuclear energy....
        • Principal Deputy Administrator - National Nuclear Security Administration
        • Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs - National Nuclear Security Administration
        • Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation - National Nuclear Security Administration
        • Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management


  • Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
    Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

    The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board is an independent agency of the United States government. Established in 1988, the DNFSB oversees the nuclear weapons complex administered by the U.S....
     (political balance required)
    • Member - five positions (five-year terms of office)


  • Selective Service System
    Selective Service System

    The Selective Service System serves at least two purposes. It is the means by which the United States administers conscription in the United States....
    • Director


  • United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
    United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces

    The United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces is an Article I and Article III tribunals that exercises worldwide appellate jurisdiction over members of the Military of the United States on active duty and other persons subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice....
     (political balance required)
    • Judge - five positions (15-year terms of office)


  • National Security Education Board
    National Security Education Program

    The National Security Education Program is a Federal government of the United States initiative in which United States nationality law are given grant money and training in critical languages "to serve the needs of U.S....
    • Member - six (of 13 total) positions (terms of office not to exceed four years)


  • Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
    Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

    The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences is a health science university run by the Federal government of the United States. The primary mission of the school is to prepare graduates for service to the U.S....
    , Board of Regents
    • Member - nine positions (six-year terms of office)


Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

  • Department of Commerce
    United States Department of Commerce

    The United States Department of Commerce is the United States Cabinet department of the United States Federal government of the United States concerned with promoting economic growth....
    • Under Secretary for Export Administration
    • Under Secretary for International Trade
      Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade

      The Under Secretary for International Trade is a position within the United States Department of Commerce that leads the International Trade Administration....
    • Assistant Secretary for Export Administration
    • Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement
    • Assistant Secretary for Trade Promotion/Director General of the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service
      United States Commercial Service

      The United States Commercial Service is the trade promotion arm of the International Trade Administration within the United States Department of Commerce....


  • Department of Housing and Urban Development
    United States Department of Housing and Urban Development

    The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, also known by the term, HUD, is a United States Cabinet department of the United States federal government of the United States....
    • Secretary
      United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

      The United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development is the head of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, concerned with urban housing matters. The Secretary is a member of the President of the United States United States Cabinet....
    • Deputy Secretary
    • Assistant Secretary for Administration
    • Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development
    • Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations
    • Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity
    • Assistant Secretary for Housing/Federal Housing Commissioner
    • Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research
    • Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs
    • Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing
    • Chief Financial Officer
    • Director - Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight
      Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight

      The Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight was an agency within the Department of Housing and Urban Development. It was charged with ensuring the capital adequacy and financial safety and soundness of two government sponsored enterprises -- the Federal National Mortgage Association and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation ....
       (five-year term)
    • General Counsel
    • Inspector General
    • President - Government National Mortgage Association
      Government National Mortgage Association

      The Government National Mortgage Association is a United States of America government-owned corporation within the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development ....
       (Ginnie Mae)


  • Department of Transportation
    United States Department of Transportation

    The United States Department of Transportation is a federal United States Cabinet department of the United States government of the United States concerned with transportation....
    • Administrator - Federal Transit Administration
      Federal Transit Administration

      The Federal Transit Administration is an agency within the United States Department of Transportation that provides financial and technical assistance to local transit systems....


  • Department of the Treasury
    United States Department of the Treasury

    The Department of the Treasury is an United States federal executive departments and the treasury of the United States Federal government of the United States....
    • Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence
    • Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions
    • Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing
    • Comptroller of the Currency
      Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

      The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is a US federal agency established by the National Currency Act of 1863 and serves to charter, regulate, and supervise all national banks and the federal branches and agencies of foreign banks in the United States....
       (five-year term of office)
    • Director of the Mint
      United States Mint

      The United States Mint primarily produces circulating currency for the United States to conduct its trade and commerce. The main Mint facility is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and branch mint are located in Denver, Colorado; San Francisco, California; and West Point, New York....
       (five-year term of office)
    • Director - Office of Thrift Supervision
      Office of Thrift Supervision

      The Office of Thrift Supervision , an agency of the United States Department of the Treasury, is the primary regulator of federal savings associations ....
       (five-year term of office)


  • Community Development Financial Institution Fund
    Community Development Financial Institution Fund

    The Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, or CDFI Fund, promotes economic revitalization in distressed communities throughout the United States by providing financial assistance and information to community development financial institutions ....
    • Administrator


  • Council of Economic Advisers
    Council of Economic Advisers

    The Council of Economic Advisers is a group of three respected economists who advise the President of the United States on economic policy. It is a part of the Executive Office of the President of the United States, and provides much of the economics policy of the White House....
     (Executive Office of the President)
    • Member - three positions


  • Export-Import Bank of the United States
    Export-Import Bank of the United States

    The Export-Import Bank of the United States is the official export credit agency of the United States federal government. It was established in 1934 by an executive order , and made an Independent agencies of the United States government in the Executive branch by Congress of the United States in 1945, for the purposes of financing and insu...
     (political balance required)
    • Member - five positions (four-year terms of office — Chair, who first must be confirmed as a member, also needs to be confirmed.)
    • Inspector General


  • Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
    Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

    The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is a :Category:Government-owned companies in the United States created by the Glass-Steagall Act of 1933....
     (political balance required)
    • Member - three positions (six-year terms of office — Chair and vice chair, who first must be confirmed as members, also need to be confirmed.)
    • Inspector General


  • Federal Housing Finance Board
    Federal Housing Finance Board

    The Federal Housing Finance Board is an Independent agencies of the United States government. Created by the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989 in the aftermath of the savings and loan crisis, the FHFB took over supervision of the Federal Home Loan Banks from the now-defunct Federal Home Loan Bank Board...
     (political balance required)
    • Member - four positions (seven-year terms of office)


  • Federal Reserve System
    Federal Reserve System

    The Federal Reserve System is the central banking system of the United States. Created in 1913 by the enactment of the Federal Reserve Act, it is a quasi-public banking system that comprises the presidentially appointed Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in Washington, D.C.; the Federal Open Market Committee; twelve regiona...
    , Board of Governors
    • Governor - seven positions (14-year terms of office — Chair and vice chair, who first must be confirmed as governors, also need to be confirmed for four-year terms in those offices.)


  • National Credit Union Administration
    National Credit Union Administration

    The National Credit Union Administration is the United States Independent agencies of the United States government federal agency that supervises and charters federal credit unions and deposit insurance in federal and most state-chartered credit unions across the country through the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund , a federal fund...
     (political balance required)
    • Member - three positions (six-year terms of office)


  • Securities and Exchange Commission (political balance required)
    • Commissioner - five positions (five-year terms of office)


  • National Consumer Cooperative Bank, Board of Directors
    • Member - three (of 15 total) positions (three-year terms of office)


  • National Institute of Building Sciences
    National Institute of Building Sciences

    The National Institute of Building Sciences is a non-profit, private organization dedicated to bringing together government, professionals, the building products industry, construction labor, and the end consumer to identify and resolve current and potential problems that disrupt the ability to design and build safe and economical private, p...
    , Board of Directors
    • Member - 15 to 21 positions (three-year terms of office)


  • Securities Investor Protection Corporation
    Securities Investor Protection Corporation

    The Securities Investor Protection Corporation is a federally mandated Non-profit organization corporation in the United States that protects Security investors from financial harm if a broker-dealer company fails....
    , Board of Directors
    • Director - five (of seven total) positions (three-year terms of office)


Committee on the Budget

  • Office of Management and Budget (Executive Office of the President)
    • Director
    • Deputy Director


Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

  • Department of Commerce
    United States Department of Commerce

    The United States Department of Commerce is the United States Cabinet department of the United States Federal government of the United States concerned with promoting economic growth....
    • Secretary of Commerce
      United States Secretary of Commerce

      The United States Secretary of Commerce is the head of the United States Department of Commerce concerned with business and industry; the Department states its mission to be "to foster, promote, and develop the foreign and domestic commerce." Until 1913 there was one United States Secretary of Commerce and Labor, uniting this department with...
    • Deputy Secretary
      United States Deputy Secretary of Commerce

      The Deputy Secretary of Commerce is a high ranking position within the United States Department of Commerce. It was createdon where they lives was assness approximately $6.5 billion budget, 13 operating units, and 38,000 employees....
    • Under Secretary for Economic Affairs
      Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs

      The Under Secretary for Economic Affairs is the principal economic adviser to the United States Secretary of Commerce and the Administrator of the Economics and Statistics Administration....
    • Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere
      Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere

      The Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere is the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The Under Secretary oversees the day-to-day functions of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, as well as laying out its strategic and operational future....
      /Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
      National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

      The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is a scientific agency within the United States Department of Commerce focused on the conditions of the oceans and the Earth's atmosphere....
    • Under Secretary for Technology
    • Assistant Secretary for Administration/Chief Financial Officer
    • Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information
    • Assistant Secretary for Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs
    • Assistant Secretary for Manufacturing and Services
    • Assistant Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere/Deputy Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
    • Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy
    • Assistant Secretary for Trade Promotion/Director General of the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service
    • Chief Scientist - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
    • Director - National Institute of Standards and Technology
    • General Counsel
    • Inspector General
    • Officer Corps - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


  • Department of Homeland Security
    United States Department of Homeland Security

    The United States Department of Homeland Security is a United States Cabinet United States federal executive departments of the United States federal government of the United States with the responsibility of protecting the territory of the U.S....
    • Under Secretary for Science and Technology
      Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Science and Technology

      The Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Science and Technology is a political leadership position within the United States Department of Homeland Security....
    • Assistant Secretary/Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration
      Transportation Security Administration

      The Transportation Security Administration is a Federal government of the United States List of United States federal agencies that was created as part of the Aviation and Transportation Security Act passed by the United States Congress and signed into law by President George W....
    • Commandant of the Coast Guard
      Commandant of the Coast Guard

      The Commandant of the United States Coast Guard is the highest ranking member of the United States Coast Guard. He is the only four-star Admiral of the Coast Guard, and is appointed for a four year term by the President of the United States upon confirmation by the United States Senate....
    • United States Coast Guard
      United States Coast Guard

      The United States Coast Guard is a branch of the Military of the United States and one of seven Uniformed services of the United States. In addition to being a military branch at all times, it is unique among the armed forces in that it is also a Admiralty law agency and a Federal government of the United States regulatory agency....
       officers (commissions and promotions)


  • Department of Transportation
    United States Department of Transportation

    The United States Department of Transportation is a federal United States Cabinet department of the United States government of the United States concerned with transportation....
    • Secretary
      United States Secretary of Transportation

      The United States Secretary of Transportation is the head of the United States Department of Transportation. The Secretary is a member of the President of the United States United States Cabinet....
    • Deputy Secretary
      United States Deputy Secretary of Transportation

      The Deputy Secretary of Transportation, in the United States government, advises and assists the United States Secretary of Transportation in the supervision and direction of the United States Department of Transportation....
    • Under Secretary for Policy
    • Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs
      Assistant Secretary of Transportation for Aviation and International Affairs

      The Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs is the head of the Office of Aviation and International Affairs within the United States Department of Transportation....
    • Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs and Chief Financial Officer
    • Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs
    • Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy
    • Administrator - Federal Aviation Administration
      Federal Aviation Administration

      The Federal Aviation Administration is an agency of the United States Department of Transportation with authority to regulate and oversee all aspects of civil aviation in the U.S....
       (five-year term of office)
    • Administrator - Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
      Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

      The FMCSA was established as a separate administration within the U.S. Department of Transportation on January 1, 2000, pursuant to the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999....
    • Administrator - Federal Railroad Administration
      Federal Railroad Administration

      The Federal Railroad Administration is an administration in the U.S. Department of Transportation. The agency was created by the Department of Transportation Act of 1966 ....
    • Administrator - Maritime Administration
    • Administrator - National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
      National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

      The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is an agency of the Executive Branch of the United States Government, part of the United States Department of Transportation....
    • Administrator - Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
      Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

      The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration was created under the Norman Y. Mineta Research and Special Programs Improvement Act of 2004....
    • Administrator - Research and Innovative Technology Administration
      Research and Innovative Technology Administration

      The Research and Innovative Technology Administration is a United States United States Department of Transportation administration created in 2005....
    • Administrator - Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation
      Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation

      The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation is an agency of the United States Department of Transportation....
       (seven-year term of office)
    • Deputy Administrator - Federal Aviation Administration
      Federal Aviation Administration

      The Federal Aviation Administration is an agency of the United States Department of Transportation with authority to regulate and oversee all aspects of civil aviation in the U.S....
    • General Counsel
    • Inspector General


  • Consumer Product Safety Commission
    Consumer Product Safety Commission

    The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission is an Independent agencies of the United States government created in 1972 through the Consumer Product Safety Act to protect "against unreasonable risks of injuries associated with consumer products." its acting chairman is Nancy Nord, a Republican....
     (political balance required)
    • Commissioner - five positions (seven-year terms of office - Only three of the positions have been funded and filled since the mid-1980s; chair, who first must be confirmed as a member, also needs to be confirmed.)


  • Federal Communications Commission
    Federal Communications Commission

    The Federal Communications Commission is an Independent agencies of the United States government, created, directed, and empowered by United States Congress statute , and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current President of the United States....
     (political balance required)
    • Commissioner - five positions (five-year terms of office)


  • Federal Maritime Commission
    Federal Maritime Commission

    The Federal Maritime Commission is an independent federal agency, based in Washington D.C., responsible for the regulation of oceanborne transportation in the foreign commerce of the U.S....
     (political balance required)
    • Commissioner - five positions (five-year terms of office)


  • Federal Trade Commission
    Federal Trade Commission

    The Federal Trade Commission is an Independent agencies of the United States government, established in 1914 by the Federal Trade Commission Act....
     (political balance required)
  • Commissioner - five positions (seven-year terms of office)


  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    • Administrator
    • Deputy Administrator
    • Chief Financial Officer
    • Inspector General


  • National Transportation Safety Board
    National Transportation Safety Board

    The National Transportation Safety Board is an Independent agencies of the United States government responsible for civil transportation accident investigation....
     (political balance required)
    • Member - five positions (five-year terms of office - Chair, who first must be confirmed as a member, also needs to be confirmed.)


  • Office of Science and Technology Policy
    Office of Science and Technology Policy

    The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy is an office in the Executive Office of the President of the United States , established by United States Congress on May 11, 1976 with a broad mandate to advise the President of the United States on the effects of science and technology on domestic and international affairs....
     (Executive Office of the President)
    • Director
    • Associate Director - Science
    • Associate Director - Technology
    • Associate Director
    • Associate Director


  • Office of the Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects
    • Federal Coordinator


  • Surface Transportation Board
    Surface Transportation Board

    The Surface Transportation Board of the United States was created by the Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act of 1995 at the same time the Interstate Commerce Commission was abolished....
     (political balance required)
    • Member - three positions (five-year terms of office)


  • Corporation for Public Broadcasting
    Corporation for Public Broadcasting

    The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is a private non-profit corporation created by an act of the United States Congress and largely funded by the Federal government of the United States to promote public broadcasting....
     Board of Directors (political balance required)
    • Member — nine positions (six-year terms of office)


  • Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
    Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority

    Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority is an independent airport authority, created by the United States Congress to oversee management, operations, and capital development of Washington, D.C.'s two major airports: Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and Washington Dulles International Airport....
     Board of Directors
    • Member - three positions (six-year terms of office; political balance required)


  • Reform Board (AMTRAK
    Amtrak

    The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak , is a government-owned corporation that was organized on May 1, 1971 to provide Inter-city rail train#Passenger trains service in the United States....
    )
    • Member - seven positions (five-year terms of office)


  • Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation
    Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation

    The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation is an agency of the United States Department of Transportation....
     Advisory Board (political balance required)
    • Member - five positions (indefinite terms of office)


Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

  • Department of Energy
    United States Department of Energy

    The United States Department of Energy is a United States Cabinet-level department of the United States government of the United States responsible for Energy policy of the United States and nuclear safety....
    • Secretary
      United States Secretary of Energy

      The United States Secretary of Energy is the head of the United States Department of Energy, a member of the President of the United States United States Cabinet, and fifteenth in the Presidential line of succession....
    • Deputy Secretary
    • Under Secretary for Energy and Environment
      Under Secretary of Energy for Energy and Environment

      The Under Secretary for Energy and Environment, also known as the Under Secretary of Energy, is a position within the United States Department of Energy....
    • Under Secretary for Science
    • Administrator - Energy Information Administration
      Energy Information Administration

      The United States Energy Information Administration , created by United States Congress in 1977, is the independent statistical agency within the United States Department of Energy....
    • Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs
    • Assistant Secretary for Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability
    • Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
    • Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management
    • Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy
    • Assistant Secretary for International Affairs and Domestic Policy
    • Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy
    • Chief Financial Officer
    • Director - Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management
    • Director - Office of Economic Impact and Diversity
    • Director - Office of Science
    • General Counsel
    • Inspector General


  • Department of the Interior
    United States Department of the Interior

    The United States Department of the Interior , also called the Interior Department, is the United States federal executive departments of the Federal government of the United States responsible for the management and conservation of most federal land and the administration of programs relating to Native Americans in the United States, A...
    • Secretary
      United States Secretary of the Interior

      The United States Secretary of the Interior is the head of the United States Department of the Interior.The US Department of the Interior should not be confused with the concept of Interior Ministry as used in other countries....
    • Deputy Secretary
      United States Deputy Secretary of the Interior

      The Deputy Secretary of the Interior, in the United States government, advises and assists the United States Secretary of the Interior in the supervision and direction of the United States Department of the Interior and its activities, and succeeds the Secretary in his or her absence, sickness, or unavailability....
    • Assistant Secretary for Fish, Wildlife and Parks
    • Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management
    • Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management, and Budget and Chief Financial Officer
    • Assistant Secretary for Water and Science
    • Commissioner - Bureau of Reclamation
    • Director - Bureau of Land Management
      Bureau of Land Management

      The Bureau of Land Management is an agency within the United States Department of the Interior which administers America's public lands, totaling approximately 264 million acres or one-eighth of the landmass of the country....
    • Director - National Park Service
      National Park Service

      The National Park Service is the List of United States federal agencies that manages all List of areas in the United States National Park System, many U.S....
    • Director - Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
    • Director - United States Geological Survey
      United States Geological Survey

      The United States Geological Survey is a scientific agency of the United States government. The scientists of the USGS study the landscape of the United States, its natural resources, and the natural hazards that threaten it....
    • Inspector General
    • Solicitor


  • Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
    Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

    The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is the United States Independent agencies of the United States government with jurisdiction over wiktionary:interstate electricity sales, wholesale electric rates, hydroelectricity license, natural gas pricing, and pipeline transport rates....
     (political balance required)
    • Commissioner - five positions (five-year terms of office)


  • Office of the Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects
    • Federal Coordinator


Committee on Environment and Public Works

  • Department of Commerce
    United States Department of Commerce

    The United States Department of Commerce is the United States Cabinet department of the United States Federal government of the United States concerned with promoting economic growth....
    • Assistant Secretary for Economic Development


  • Department of Defense
    United States Department of Defense

    The United States Department of Defense is the federal department charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government relating directly to national security and the Military of the United States....
    • Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works)


  • Department of the Interior
    United States Department of the Interior

    The United States Department of the Interior , also called the Interior Department, is the United States federal executive departments of the Federal government of the United States responsible for the management and conservation of most federal land and the administration of programs relating to Native Americans in the United States, A...
    • Assistant Secretary for Fish, Wildlife and Parks
    • Director - United States Fish and Wildlife Service
      United States Fish and Wildlife Service

      The United States Fish and Wildlife Service is the unit of the U.S. Department of the Interior dedicated to the management and preservation of wildlife....


  • Department of Transportation
    United States Department of Transportation

    The United States Department of Transportation is a federal United States Cabinet department of the United States government of the United States concerned with transportation....
    • Administrator - Federal Highway Administration
      Federal Highway Administration

      The Federal Highway Administration is a division of the United States Department of Transportation that specializes in highway transportation. The agency's major activities are grouped into two "programs," the Federal-aid Highway Program and the Federal Lands Highway Program....


  • Appalachian Regional Commission
    Appalachian Regional Commission

    The Appalachian Regional Commission is a United States federal-state partnership that works with the people of Appalachia to create opportunities for self-sustaining economic development and improved quality of life....
    • Federal Cochair
    • Alternate Federal Cochair


  • Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
    Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board

    The Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board is an Independent agencies of the United States government charged with investigating Industrial accident chemical accidents....
    • Member - five positions (five-year terms of office - Chair, who first must be confirmed as a member, also needs to be confirmed.)


  • Council on Environmental Quality
    Council on Environmental Quality

    The Council on Environmental Quality is a division of the White House that coordinates federal Natural environmental efforts in the United States and works closely with agencies and other White House offices in the development of environmental and energy policies and initiatives....
     (Executive Office of the President)
    • Chair


  • Delta Regional Authority
    • Federal Cochair


  • Environmental Protection Agency
    United States Environmental Protection Agency

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is an List of United States federal agencies of the federal government of the United States charged to Regulation of chemicals and protect human health by safeguarding the natural environment: air, water, and land....
    • Administrator
      Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency

      The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency is the head of the United States federal government's United States Environmental Protection Agency, and is thus responsible for enforcing the nation's Clean Air Act and Clean Water Acts, as well as numerous other environmental statutes....
    • Deputy Administrator
    • Assistant Administrator
    • Assistant Administrator for Administration and Resources Management
    • Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation
    • Assistant Administrator for Enforcement and Compliance Assurance
    • Assistant Administrator for Environmental Information
    • Assistant Administrator for International Affairs
    • Assistant Administrator for Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances
    • Assistant Administrator for Research and Development
    • Assistant Administrator for Solid Waste and Emergency Response
    • Assistant Administrator for Water
    • Chief Financial Officer
    • General Counsel
    • Inspector General


  • Nuclear Regulatory Commission
    Nuclear Regulatory Commission

    Nuclear Regulatory Commission is a United States government agency that was established by the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 in 1974, and was first opened January 19, 1975....
     (political balance required)
    • Commissioner - five positions (five-year terms of office)
    • Inspector General


  • Tennessee Valley Authority
    Tennessee Valley Authority

    The Tennessee Valley Authority is a federally owned corporation in the United States created by congressional charter in May 1933 to provide navigation, Flood, electricity generation, fertilizer manufacturing, and economic development in the Tennessee Valley, a region particularly impacted by the Great Depression....
    , Board of Directors
    • Member - nine positions (five-year terms of office)
    • Inspector General


  • Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy Foundation
    Morris K. Udall Foundation

    The Morris K. Udall Foundation is an Executive office of the United States Government. The Foundation was established by the Congress of the United States in 1992 to honor Mo Udall?s thirty years of service in the United States House of Representatives....
    , Board of Trustees (political balance required)
    • Member - nine positions (six-year terms of office)


  • Mississippi River Commission
    • Commissioner - four positions (indefinite terms of office)
    • Commissioner - three positions (nine-year terms of office)


Committee on Finance

  • Department of Commerce
    United States Department of Commerce

    The United States Department of Commerce is the United States Cabinet department of the United States Federal government of the United States concerned with promoting economic growth....
    • Under Secretary for International Trade
      Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade

      The Under Secretary for International Trade is a position within the United States Department of Commerce that leads the International Trade Administration....
    • Assistant Secretary for Import Administration
    • Assistant Secretary for Market Access and Compliance


  • Department of Health and Human Services
    United States Department of Health and Human Services

    The United States Department of Health and Human Services , is a United States Cabinet department of the United States government of the United States with the goal of protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services....
    • Secretary
      United States Secretary of Health and Human Services

      The United States Secretary of Health and Human Services is the head of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, concerned with health matters....
    • Deputy Secretary
      United States Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services

      The Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services is the chief operating officer of the largest department in the United States government. The Deputy Secretary oversees all operations within the Department, including oversees Medicare, Medicaid, public health, medical research, food and drug safety, welfare, child and family services, dise...
    • Administrator - Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
      Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

      The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services , previously known as the Health Care Financing Administration , is a federal agency within the United States Department of Health and Human Services that administers the Medicare program and works in partnership with state governments to administer Medicaid, the State Children's Health...
    • Assistant Secretary for Resources and Technology/Chief Financial Officer
    • Assistant Secretary for Children and Families
    • Assistant Secretary for Legislation
    • Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
    • Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs
    • Commissioner - Children, Youth, and Families
    • General Counsel
    • Inspector General


  • Department of Homeland Security
    United States Department of Homeland Security

    The United States Department of Homeland Security is a United States Cabinet United States federal executive departments of the United States federal government of the United States with the responsibility of protecting the territory of the U.S....
    • Commissioner - U.S. Customs and Border Protection
      U.S. Customs and Border Protection

      U.S. Customs and Border Protection is an agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security charged with regulating and facilitating international trade, collecting import duties, and enforcing hundreds of U.S....


  • Department of the Treasury
    United States Department of the Treasury

    The Department of the Treasury is an United States federal executive departments and the treasury of the United States Federal government of the United States....
    • Secretary
      United States Secretary of the Treasury

      The United States Secretary of the Treasury is the head of the United States Department of the Treasury, concerned with finance and monetary matters, and, until 2003, some issues of national security and defense....
    • Deputy Secretary
      United States Deputy Secretary of the Treasury

      The Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, in the United States government, advises and assists the Secretary of the Treasury in the supervision and direction of the Department of the Treasury and its activities, and succeeds the Secretary in his absence, sickness, or unavailability....
    • Under Secretary for Domestic Finance
    • Under Secretary for International Affairs
    • Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence
    • Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy
    • Assistant Secretary for Financial Markets
    • Assistant Secretary (Deputy Under Secretary) for International Affairs
    • Assistant Secretary (Deputy Under Secretary) for Legislative Affairs
    • Assistant Secretary for Management and Chief Financial Officer
    • Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs/Director — Policy Planning
    • Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy
    • Chief Counsel - Internal Revenue Service
      Internal Revenue Service

      The Internal Revenue Service is the Federal government of the United States agency that collects taxes and enforces the tax law. It is an agency within the U.S....
      /Assistant General Counsel for Tax
    • Commissioner of Internal Revenue
      Commissioner of Internal Revenue

      The Commissioner of Internal Revenue is the head of the Internal Revenue Service , a bureau within the United States Department of the Treasury....
       (five-year terms of office)
    • General Counsel
    • Inspector General
    • Inspector General - Tax Administration
    • Treasurer of the United States
      Treasurer of the United States

      The Treasurer of the United States is the only position within the United States Department of the Treasury older than the Department itself. It should not be confused with the far more powerful United States Cabinet level position of Secretary of the Treasury....


  • Office of the United States Trade Representative
    Office of the United States Trade Representative

    The Office of the United States Trade Representative, or USTR, is the United States government agency responsible for developing and recommending United States trade policy to the President of the United States, conducting trade negotiations at bilateral and multilateral levels, and coordinating trade policy within the government throu...
     (Executive Office of the President)
    • U.S. Trade Representative
    • Deputy U.S. Trade Representative
    • Deputy U.S. Trade Representative
    • Deputy U.S. Trade Representative
    • Chief Agricultural Negotiator


  • Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
    Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

    The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation is an independent agency of the United States government that was created by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to encourage the continuation and maintenance of voluntary private defined benefit pension plans, provide timely and uninterrupted payment of pension benefits, and keep pe...
    • Director


  • Social Security Administration
    Social Security Administration

    The United States Social Security Administration is an Independent agencies of the United States government of the United States federal government of the United States that administers Social Security , a social insurance program consisting of retirement, disability, and survivors' benefits....
    • Commissioner (six-year term of office)
    • Deputy Commissioner (six-year term of office)
    • Inspector General


  • United States International Trade Commission
    United States International Trade Commission

    The United States International Trade Commission is an independent, non-partisan , quasi-judicial, Federal Government of the United States agency of the United States that provides trade expertise to both the legislature and executive branches....
     (political balance required)
    • Commissioner - six positions (nine-year terms of office)


  • United States Tax Court
    United States Tax Court

    File:USTaxCourtDC.JPGThe United States Tax Court is a federal trial court of record established by Congress under Article One of the United States Constitution of the Constitution of the United States, section 8 of which provides that the Congress has the power to "constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court"....
    • Judge - 19 positions (15-year terms of office)


  • Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, Board of Trustees (political balance required)
    • Member - two (of six total) positions (four-year terms of office)


  • Federal Old-Age and Survivors Trust Fund and the Disability Insurance Trust Fund, Board of Trustees (political balance required)
    • Member - two (of six total) positions (four-year terms of office)


  • Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, Board of Trustees (political balance required)
    • Member - two (of six total) positions (four-year terms of office)


  • Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board
    • Member - six (of nine total) positions (five-year terms of office)


  • Social Security Advisory Board (political balance required)
    • Member - three (of seven total) positions (six-year terms of office)


Committee on Foreign Relations

  • Department of State
    United States Department of State

    The United States Department of State, often referred to as the State Department, is the United States Cabinet-level foreign affairs agency of the United States Federal government of the United States, similar to foreign ministries, foreign offices, ministries of external relations, etc....
    • Secretary
      United States Secretary of State

      The United States Secretary of State is the head of the United States Department of State, concerned with foreign affairs. The Secretary is a member of the President's United States Cabinet and the highest-ranking cabinet secretary both in United States presidential line of succession and United States order of precedence....
    • Deputy Secretary
      United States Deputy Secretary of State

      The Deputy Secretary of State of the United States is the chief assistant to the United States Secretary of State who is responsible for United States foreign policy....
    • Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources
    • Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs
      Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs

      The Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Affairs is a position within the U.S. Department of State that serves as Senior Adviser to the President of the United States and the United States Secretary of State for Arms Control, Nonproliferation, and Disarmament....
    • Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs
    • Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs
    • Under Secretary for Management
    • Under Secretary for Political Affairs
    • Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs
    • Assistant Secretary for Administration
    • Assistant Secretary for African Affairs
    • Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs
      Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs

      The Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs is the head of the Bureau of Consular Affairs within the United States Department of State....
    • Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
      Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor

      The Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor is the head of the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor within the United States Department of State....
    • Assistant Secretary for Diplomatic Security
    • Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
      Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs

      The Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs is the head of the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs within the United States Department of State....
    • Assistant Secretary for Economic, Energy and Business Affairs
    • Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs
    • Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs
      Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs

      The Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs is a position within the United States Department of State that leads the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs charged with implementing American foreign policy in Europe and Eurasia, and with advising the Under Secretary for Political Affairs on matters relating to diplo...
    • Assistant Secretary for Intelligence and Research
      Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research

      The Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research is the head of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research within the United States Department of State....
    • Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs
      Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs

      Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs is a position of the United States government within the Department of State that heads the Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, which is responsible for development of policies and programs to combat international narcotics and cri...
    • Assistant Secretary for International Organization Affairs
      Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs

      The Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs is the head of the Bureau of International Organization Affairs within the American Department of State that creates and executes policy in international organizations such as the United Nations....
    • Assistant Secretary for International Security and Nonproliferation
      Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation

      The Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation is the head of the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, which is responsible for managing the nonproliferation, counterproliferation, and arms control functions of the United States Department of State....
    • Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs
      Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs

      The Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs is the head of the Bureau of Legislative Affairs within the United States Department of State....
    • Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs
      Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs

      The Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs is the head of the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs within the American Department of State....
    • Assistant Secretary for Oceans, Environment, and Science
    • Assistant Secretary for Political and Military Affairs
    • Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugee, and Migration Affairs
    • Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs
    • Assistant Secretary for Resource Management
    • Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs
      Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs

      The Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs is the head of the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs within the United States Department of State, which handles U.S....
    • Assistant Secretary for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation
      Assistant Secretary of State for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation

      The Assistant Secretary of State for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation is the head of the Bureau of Verification, Compliance, and Implementation....
    • Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs
      Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs

      The Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs is the head of the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs within the Department of State of the United States United States government....
    • Ambassador-at-Large and Coordinator for Counterterrorism
      Coordinator for Counterterrorism

      The Coordinator for Counterterrorism heads the Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism, which coordinates U.S. government efforts to fight terrorism....
    • Ambassador-at-Large and Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons
    • Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom
      Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom

      The Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom is the ambassador-at-large who heads the Office of International Religious Freedom in the United States Department of State....
    • Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues
    • U.S. Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States
      United States Ambassador to the Organization of American States

      The following is a list of people who have served as 'United States Ambassador to the Organization of American States', or the full title, Representative of the United States to the Organization of American States, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary....
    • U.S. Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
      United States Permanent Representative to NATO

      File:Kurt Volker crop.jpgThe United States Permanent Representative to NATO is the official representative of the United States to the NATO. The Representative has the rank of full ambassador and is appointed by the President of the United States and confirmed by the United States Senate....
    • Chief Financial Officer
    • United States Global AIDS Coordinator
    • Counselor
      Counselor of the United States Department of State

      The Counselor of the United States Department of State is a position within the United States Department of State that serves the United States Secretary of State as a special advisor and consultant on major problems of foreign policy and who provides guidance to the appropriate bureaus with respect to such matters....
    • Director General - United States Foreign Service
      United States Foreign Service

      The United States Foreign Service is the diplomatic service of the United States government, under the aegis of the United States Department of State....
    • Director — Office of Foreign Missions
    • Inspector General
    • Legal Adviser
    • Chief of Protocol
      Chief of Protocol of the United States

      The Chief of Protocol is an officer of the United States Department of State responsible for advising the President of the United States, the Vice President of the United States, and the United States Secretary of State on matters of national and international Protocol ....
    • Ambassadors
    • Foreign Service Officer
      Foreign Service Officer

      Foreign Service Officers are United States Department of State employees and members of the U.S. Foreign Service who help formulate and implement the foreign policy of the United States....
      s (commissions and promotions)
    • United States Mission to the United Nations
      • U.S. Permanent Representative
        United States Ambassador to the United Nations

        The United States Ambassador to the United Nations is the leader of the U.S. delegation to the United Nations. The position is more formally known as the "Representative of the United States to the United Nations, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, and Representative of the United States of America in...
         and Chief of Mission to the United Nations
        United Nations

        The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, Social change, human rights and achieving world peace....
      • U.S. Deputy Permanent Representative - United Nations
      • U.S. Representative - United Nations Economic and Social Council
        United Nations Economic and Social Council

        The Economic and Social Council of the United Nations assists the UN General Assembly in promoting international economic and social cooperation and development....
      • U.S. Alternate Representative - Special Political Affairs in the United Nations
      • U.S. Representative - United Nations Management and Reform
      • U.S. Representative - European Office of the United Nations (Geneva)
        United Nations Office at Geneva

        The United Nations Office at Geneva is the second-biggest of the four major office sites of the United Nations . It is located in the Palais des Nations building constructed for the League of Nations between 1929 and 1938 at Geneva in Switzerland, and expanded in the early 1950s and late 1960s....
      • U.S. Representative - United Nations Office at Vienna
        United Nations Office at Vienna

        The United Nations Office at Vienna is one of the four major United Nations office sites where several different UN agencies have a joint presence....
         (also serves as a representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency
        International Atomic Energy Agency

        The International Atomic Energy Agency is an international organization that seeks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear technology and to inhibit its use for nuclear weapon....
        )
      • U.S. Representative - International Atomic Energy Agency
      • U.S. Deputy Representative - International Atomic Energy Agency
      • U.S. Representative to sessions of the General Assembly
        United Nations General Assembly

        The United Nations General Assembly is one of the five principal United Nations System and the only one in which all member nations have equal representation....
         and other United Nations Bodies — numerous positions (terms of office depends on length of session)


  • United States Agency for International Development
    United States Agency for International Development

    The United States Agency for International Development is the Federal government of the United States organization responsible for most non-military aid foreign aid....
    • Administrator
    • Assistant Administrator — Asia and Near East
    • Assistant Administrator — Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance
    • Assistant Administrator — Economic Growth, Agriculture, and Trade
    • Assistant Administrator — Europe and Eurasia
    • Assistant Administrator — Global Health
    • Assistant Administrator — Latin America and Caribbean
    • Assistant Administrator — Legislative and Public Affairs
    • Assistant Administrator — Management
    • Assistant Administrator — Policy and Program Coordination
    • Assistant Administrator — Sub-Saharan Africa
    • Deputy Administrator
    • Inspector General


  • European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
    European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

    Founded in 1991, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development uses the tools of investment to help build market economies and democracies in 27 countries from central Europe to central Asia....
    • U.S. Executive Director


  • International Broadcasting Bureau
    International Broadcasting Bureau

    The International Broadcasting Bureau supports the day-to-day operations of the Voice of America and the Office of Cuba Broadcasting . It also provides transmission and technical support for all of the independent non-military broadcasting services funded by the Broadcasting Board of Governors ....
    , Broadcasting Board of Governors
    • Director


  • International Joint Commission
    International Joint Commission

    The International Joint Commission is an independent U.S.-Canada relations organization established by the United States and Canada under the Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909....
    , United States and Canada
  • Commissioner - three positions


  • International Monetary Fund
    International Monetary Fund

    The International Monetary Fund is an international organization that oversees the global financial system by following the macroeconomic policies of its member countries, in particular those with an impact on exchange rates and the balance of payments....
    • U.S. Executive Director (two-year term of office)
    • U.S. Alternate Executive Director (two-year term of office)


  • Inter-American Development Bank
    Inter-American Development Bank

    The Inter-American Development Bank , is an international organization established and headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States, in 1959 to support Latin America and Caribbean economic and social development and regional integration by lending mainly to governments and government agencies, including State corporations....
    • U.S. Executive Director (three-year term of office — The incumbent of this position also serves as U.S. Executive Director for the Inter-American Investment Corporation.)
    • U.S. Alternate Executive Director (three-year term of office — The incumbent of this position also serves as U.S. Alternate Executive Director for the Inter-American Investment Corporation.)


  • United States Trade and Development Agency
    United States Trade and Development Agency

    The United States Trade and Development Agency is an Independent agencies of the United States government of the federal government of the United States....
    • Director


  • African Development Bank
    African Development Bank

    The African Development Bank Group is a Multilateral Development Bank established in 1964 with the intention of promoting economic and social development in Africa....
    • U.S. Executive Director (five-year term of office; full-time)
    • Governor and Alternate Governor (five-year terms of office; part-time)


  • Asian Development Bank
    Asian Development Bank

    The Asian Development Bank is a Multilateral development bank established in 1966 to promote economic and social development in Asian and Pacific countries through loans and technical assistance....
    • U.S. Executive Director (full-time)
    • Governor and Alternate Governor (part-time)


  • International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
    International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

    The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development is one of five institutions that comprise the World Bank Group. The IBRD is an international organization whose original mission was to finance the reconstruction of nations devastated by World War II....
    • U.S. Executive Director (two-year term of office; full-time - The incumbent also serves as U.S. Executive Director for the International Finance Corporation and the International Development Association.)
    • U.S. Alternate Executive Director (two-year term of office; full-time - The incumbent also serves as U.S. Alternate Executive Director for the International Finance Corporation and the International Development Association.)
    • Governor (same individual as the International Monetary Fund Governor; five-year term of office; part-time — The incumbent also serves as Governor for the International Finance Corporation and the International Development Association.)
    • Alternate Governor (five-year term of office; part-time - The incumbent also serves as Alternate Governor for the International Finance Corporation and the International Development Association.)


  • Millennium Challenge Corporation
    • Chief Executive Officer (full-time)
    • Member, Board of Directors - four (of nine total) positions (part-time; three-year terms of office)


  • Overseas Private Investment Corporation
    Overseas Private Investment Corporation

    The Overseas Private Investment Corporation is an agency of the United States Government established in 1971 that helps U.S. businesses invest overseas and promotes economic development in new and emerging markets....
    • President/Chief Executive Officer (full-time)
    • Executive Vice President (full-time)
    • Member, Board of Directors - eight (of 15 total) positions (part-time; three-year terms of office)


  • Peace Corps
    Peace Corps

    The Peace Corps was established by Executive order 10924 on March 1, 1961, and authorized by United States Congress on September 22, 1961, with passage of the Peace Corps Act ....
    • Director (full-time)
    • Deputy Director (full-time)
    • Member, Peace Corps National Advisory Council — 15 positions (part-time; political balance required; two-year terms of office)


  • Advisory Board for Cuba Broadcasting (political balance required)
    • Member - nine positions (three-year terms of office)


  • African Development Foundation
    African Development Foundation

    The African Development Foundation is an Independent agencies of the United States government and corporation The United States African Development Foundation provides grants of up to $250,000 in grants to community groups and small enterprises that benefit under served and marginalized groups in Sub-Saharan Africa....
    , Board of Directors (political balance required)
    • Member - seven positions (six-year terms of office)


  • African Development Fund
    • Governor and Alternate Governor


  • Broadcasting Board of Governors
    Broadcasting Board of Governors

    The Broadcasting Board of Governors is an Independent agencies of the United States government responsible for all non-military, international broadcasting sponsored by the U.S government....
     (political balance required)
    • Member - eight (of nine total) positions (three-year terms of office)


  • Inter-American Foundation
    Inter-American Foundation

    The Inter-American Foundation or IAF is a Foreign aid of the United States. The Foundation provides funding for grassroots projects in Latin America and the Caribbean....
    , Board of Directors (political balance required)
    • Member — nine positions (six-year terms of office)


  • U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy (political balance required)
    • Commissioner — seven positions (three-year terms of office)


Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

Department of Education
United States Department of Education

The United States Department of Education is a United States Cabinet-level department of the United States government of the United States. Created by the Department of Education Organization Act , it was signed into law by President Jimmy Carter on October 17, 1979 and began operating on May 4, 1980....
*Secretary
United States Secretary of Education

The United States Secretary of Education is the head of the United States Department of Education. The Secretary is a member of the President of the United States United States Cabinet, and 16th in line of United States presidential line of succession....
*Deputy Secretary
United States Deputy Secretary of Education

The Deputy Secretary of Education oversees and manages the development of policies in the United States Department of Education. The Deputy Secretary focuses primarily on K?12 education policy, such as No Child Left Behind, the High School Initiative, and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act....
*Director, Institute of Education Sciences (six-year term of office) *Under Secretary
Under Secretary of Education

The Under Secretary for the United_States_Department_of_Education oversees policies, programs, and activities related to postsecondary education, vocational and adult education, and federal student aid....
*Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights *Assistant Secretary for Communications and Outreach *Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education *Assistant Secretary for Legislation and Congressional Affairs *Assistant Secretary for Management *Assistant Secretary for Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development *Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education *Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services *Assistant Secretary for Vocational and Adult Education *Chief Financial Officer *Commissioner - Education Statistics (six-year term of office) *Commissioner - Rehabilitation Services Administration
Rehabilitation Services Administration

The Rehabilitation Services Administration is a federal agency under the United States Department of Education. It was established to administer portions of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973....
*General Counsel *Inspector General

Department of Health and Human Services
United States Department of Health and Human Services

The United States Department of Health and Human Services , is a United States Cabinet department of the United States government of the United States with the goal of protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services....
*Administrator — Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration is the US Federal agency charged with improving the quality and availability of prevention, treatment, and rehabilitative services in order to reduce illness, death, disability, and cost to society resulting from substance abuse and mental illnesses....
*Assistant Secretary for Aging *Assistant Secretary for Health *Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response *Commissioner of Food and Drugs *Director - National Institutes of Health
National Institutes of Health

The National Institutes of Health is an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and is the primary agency of the United States government responsible for biomedical and health-related research....
*United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps officers *Surgeon General
Surgeon General of the United States

The Surgeon General of the United States is the operational head of the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and thus the leading spokesperson on matters of public health in the Federal government of the United States....
 (four-year term of office)

Department of Labor
United States Department of Labor

The United States Department of Labor is a United States Cabinet department of the United States government of the United States responsible for occupational safety, wage and hour standards, unemployment insurance benefits, re-employment services, and some economic statistics....
*Secretary of Labor
United States Secretary of Labor

The United States Secretary of Labor is the head of the United States Department of Labor who exercises control over the department and enforces and suggests laws involving unions, the workplace and all other issues involving any form of business-person controversies....
*Deputy Secretary of Labor
United States Deputy Secretary of Labor

United States Deputy Secretary of Labor is the second-highest-ranking official in the United States Department of Labor. In the United States federal government, the Deputy Secretary oversees the day-to-day operation of the Department of Labor, and may act as United States Secretary of Labor during the absence of the Secretary....
*Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management *Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs *Assistant Secretary for Disability Employment Policy *Assistant Secretary for Employee Benefits Security Administration
Employee Benefits Security Administration

The Employee Benefits Security Administration is an agency of the United States Department of Labor responsible for administering the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ....
*Assistant Secretary for Employment Standards Administration
Employment Standards Administration

The Employment Standards Administration , the largest agency within the U.S. Department of Labor, enforces and administers laws governing legally-mandated wages and working conditions, including child labor, minimum wages, overtime and family and medical leave; equal employment opportunity in businesses with federal contracts and subcontract...
*Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training Administration
Employment and Training Administration

The mission of the Employment and Training Administration , as part of the U.S. Department of Labor, is to contribute to the more efficient and effective functioning of the U.S....
*Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety and Health Administration
Mine Safety and Health Administration

The Mine Safety and Health Administration is an agency of the United States Department of Labor which administers the provisions of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 to enforce compliance with mandatory safety and health standards as a means to eliminate fatal accidents, to reduce the frequency and severity of nonfatal accide...
*Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Occupational Safety and Health Administration

The United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration is an agency of the United States Department of Labor. It was created by Congress of the United States under the Occupational Safety and Health Act, signed by President Richard M....
*Assistant Secretary for Policy *Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs *Assistant Secretary for Veterans' Employment and Training Service *Administrator - Wage and Hour Division *Chief Financial Officer *Commissioner - Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau of Labor Statistics

The Bureau of Labor Statistics , a unit of the United States Department of Labor, is the principal fact-finding agency for the government of the United States in the broad field of labor economics ....
*Director - Women's Bureau
United States Women's Bureau

The United States Women's Bureau is an agency of the United States government within the United States Department of Labor. The Women?s Bureau was established by Congress in 1920 and continues its responsibility to carry out Public Law 66-259; 29 U.S.C....
*Inspector General *Solicitor

Corporation for National and Community Service
Corporation For National and Community Service

The Corporation for National and Community Service was created as an Independent agencies of the United States government by the National and Community Service Trust Act of 1993....
*Chief Executive Officer *Managing Director *Managing Director *Chief Financial Officer *Inspector General

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is a federal agency charged with ending employment discrimination. The EEOC investigates discrimination complaints based on an individual's race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, disability and retaliation for reporting and/or opposing a discriminatory practice....
 (political balance required) *Commissioner — five positions (five-year terms of office) *General Counsel (four-year term of office)

Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (USA)

The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service is an independent agency of the United States Government, founded in 1947, which provides mediation services to industry, community and government agencies worldwide....
*Director

Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission
Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission

The Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is an independent adjudicative agency of the United States Government that provides administrative law and appellate review of legal disputes arising under the Federal Mine Safety and Health Amendments Act, or Mine Act, of 1977....
*Commissioner — five positions (six-year terms of office)

National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities *National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Arts

The National Endowment for the Arts is a United States federally funded and donation assisted program that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence....
 - Chair (four-year term of office) *National Endowment for the Humanities
National Endowment for the Humanities

The National Endowment for the Humanities is an independent federal agency of the United States established by the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 dedicated to supporting research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities....
 - Chair (four-year term of office) *Institute of Museum and Library Services
Institute of Museum and Library Services

The Institute of Museum and Library Services is an Independent agencies of the United States government of the United States federal government....
 - Director (four-year term of office)

National Labor Relations Board
National Labor Relations Board

The National Labor Relations Board is an Independent agencies of the United States government charged with conducting elections for trade union representation and with investigating and remedying unfair labor practices....
 (Political balance is not required, but, by tradition, no more than three members are from the same party.) *Member - five positions (five-year terms of office) *General Counsel (four-year term of office)

National Mediation Board
National Mediation Board

The National Mediation Board is an independent agency of the United States government that coordinates labor-management relations within the U.S....
 (political balance required) *Member - three positions (three-year terms of office)

National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation

The National Science Foundation is a United States government agency that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering....
*Director (six-year term of office) *Deputy Director

Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission *Member - three positions (six-year terms of office)

Office of National Drug Control Policy
Office of National Drug Control Policy

The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy , a Cabinet level component of the Executive Office of the President of the United States, was established in 1988 by the Anti-Drug Abuse Act....
 (Executive Office of the President) *Deputy Director - Demand Reduction

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation is an independent agency of the United States government that was created by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to encourage the continuation and maintenance of voluntary private defined benefit pension plans, provide timely and uninterrupted payment of pension benefits, and keep pe...
*Director

Railroad Retirement Board
Railroad Retirement Board

The Railroad Retirement Board is an agency of the United States government created in the 1930s to administer a social insurance program providing retirement benefits to the country's railroad workers....
*Member - three positions (five-year terms of office; chair, who first must be appointed as a member, also needs to be confirmed.) *Inspector General

Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship
Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship

The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program was established by the United States Congress in 1986 in honor of former United States Senator and United States presidential election, 1964 Barry Goldwater, a Republican Party from Arizona....
 and Excellence in Education Foundation, Board of Trustees (political balance required) *Member - eight (of 13 total) positions (six-year terms of office)

Corporation for National and Community Service
Corporation For National and Community Service

The Corporation for National and Community Service was created as an Independent agencies of the United States government by the National and Community Service Trust Act of 1993....
, Board of Directors (political balance required) *Member - 15 positions (five-year terms of office)

Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation, Board of Trustees (political balance required) *Member - eight (of 13 total) positions (six-year terms of office)

James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation, Board of Trustees (political balance required) *Member - six (of 13 total) positions (six-year terms of office)

Legal Services Corporation
Legal Services Corporation

The Legal Services Corporation is a private, non-profit corporation established by the United States Congress to seek to ensure equal access to justice under the law for all Americans by providing civil Legal aid to those who otherwise would be unable to afford it....
 Board of Directors (political balance required) *Member - 11 positions (three-year terms of office)

National Board for Education Sciences *Member - 15 positions

National Commission on Libraries and Information Science
National Commission on Libraries and Information Science

The National Commission on Libraries and Information Science is one of the smallest policy agencies in the United States government and for the last 20 years has been fighting for its existence....
*Member - 14 (of 15 total) positions (five-year terms of office)

National Council on Disability
National Council on Disability

The National Council on Disability was initially established in 1978 as an advisory board within the United States Department of Education to guarantee equal opportunity for people with disabilities....
*Member - 15 positions (three-year terms of office)

National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities *National Council on the Arts **Member - 14 positions (of 21 total) positions (six-year terms of office) *National Council on the Humanities **Member - 26 positions (of 27 total) positions (six-year terms of office) *National Museum Services Board **Member - 14 positions (of 15 total) positions (five-year terms of office)

National Institute for Literacy Advisory Board *Member - 10 positions (three-year terms of office)

National Science Board (National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation

The National Science Foundation is a United States government agency that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering....
) *Member - 24 positions (six-year terms of office)

United States Institute of Peace
United States Institute of Peace

The United States Institute of Peace or USIP, established in 1984, is an independent, nonpartisan, national institution established and funded by the United States Congress....
, Board of Directors (political balance required) *Member - 12 (of 15 total) positions (four-year terms of office)

Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

Department of Commerce
United States Department of Commerce

The United States Department of Commerce is the United States Cabinet department of the United States Federal government of the United States concerned with promoting economic growth....
*Director - Bureau of the Census

United States Department of Homeland Security
United States Department of Homeland Security

The United States Department of Homeland Security is a United States Cabinet United States federal executive departments of the United States federal government of the United States with the responsibility of protecting the territory of the U.S....
*Secretary
United States Secretary of Homeland Security

The United States Secretary of Homeland Security is the head of the United States Department of Homeland Security, the body concerned with protecting the American homeland and the safety of American citizens....
*Deputy Secretary
United States Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security

The Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security is the chief operating officer of the United States Department of Homeland Security, In this role, the Deputy Secretary serves as Department of Homeland Security's chief operating officer, with responsibility for managing day-to-day operations....
*Under Secretary for Management
Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Management

The Under Secretary for Management is a position within the United States Department of Homeland Security responsible for all the department's budget, appropriations, expenditure of funds, accounting and finance; procurement; human resources and personnel; information technology systems; facilities, property, equipment, and other material res...
*Under Secretary for National Protection and Programs *Assistant Secretary - Health Affairs/Chief Medical Officer *Assistant Secretary - Policy *Assistant Secretary - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is the largest and primary investigative arm of the United States Department of Homeland Security , responsible for identifying, investigating, and dismantling vulnerabilities regarding the nation's border, economic, transportation, and infrastructure security....
*Assistant Secretary/Administrator - Transportation Security Administration
Transportation Security Administration

The Transportation Security Administration is a Federal government of the United States List of United States federal agencies that was created as part of the Aviation and Transportation Security Act passed by the United States Congress and signed into law by President George W....
*Administrator - United States Fire Administration
United States Fire Administration

The United States Fire Administration is a division of the Federal Emergency Management Agency which in turn is managed by the United States Department of Homeland Security....
*Deputy Administrator/Chief Operating Officer, Federal Emergency Management Agency
Federal Emergency Management Agency

The Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, is an agency of the United States United States Department of Homeland Security, initially created by Presidential Order on April 1, 1979)....
*Deputy Administrator for National Preparedness, Federal Emergency Management Agency *Assistant Administrator for Grant Programs, Federal Emergency Management Agency *Director - Office of Counternarcotics Enforcement *Chief Financial Officer *General Counsel *Inspector General

Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency to the District of Columbia *Director (six-year term of office)

District of Columbia Court of Appeals
District of Columbia Court of Appeals

The District of Columbia Court of Appeals was established by the U.S. Congress in 1970 as the highest court of the District of Columbia. It is equivalent to a state supreme court, except that its power derives from Article I and Article III tribunals rather than from the Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution....
 (15-year terms of office) *Chief Judge *Judges - eight positions

Superior Court of the District of Columbia
Superior Court of the District of Columbia

The Superior Court of the District of Columbia is the local trial court for the District of Columbia. It hears cases involving Criminal justice and civil law ....
 (15-year terms of office) *Chief Judge *Judges - 61 positions

Federal Labor Relations Authority
Federal Labor Relations Authority

The Federal Labor Relations Authority is an Independent agencies of the United States government that governs labor relations between the Federal government of the United States and its employees....
 (political balance required) *Members - three positions (five-year terms of office) *General Counsel (five-year term of office)

Government Accountability Office
Government Accountability Office

The Government Accountability Office is the audit, evaluation, and investigative arm of the United States Congress. It is located in the Legislative branch of the Federal government of the United States....
*Comptroller General of the United States
Comptroller General of the United States

The Comptroller General of the United States is the director of the Government Accountability Office , a legislative branch agency founded by United States Congress in 1921 to ensure the fiscal and managerial accountability of the federal government....
 (15-year term of office) *Deputy Comptroller General

General Services Administration
General Services Administration

The General Services Administration is an Independent agencies of the United States government, established in 1949 to help manage and support the basic functioning of federal agencies....
*Administrator *Inspector General

Merit Systems Protection Board
United States Merit Systems Protection Board

The Merit Systems Protection Board is an independent quasi-judicial agency established to protect Federal merit systems against partisan political and other prohibited personnel practices and to ensure adequate protection for employees against abuses by agency management....
 (political balance required) *Member - three positions (seven-year terms of office). The Chair, who first must be confirmed as a member, also needs to be confirmed.

National Archives and Records Administration
National Archives and Records Administration

The United States National Archives and Records Administration is an Independent agencies of the United States government charged with preserving and documenting government and historical records and with increasing public access to those documents....
*Archivist of the United States
Archivist of the United States

The Archivist of the United States is the chief official overseeing the operation of the National Archives and Records Administration. The first Archivist, R.D.W....


Office of Government Ethics *Director (five-year term of office)

Office of Management and Budget (Executive Office of the President) *Director *Deputy Director *Deputy Director - Management *Administrator - Office of Federal Procurement Policy *Administrator - Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs

The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs is an office of the Federal Government of the United States that Congress of the United States established in the 1980 Paperwork Reduction Act....
*Controller - Office of Federal Financial Management
Office of Federal Financial Management

The Office of Federal Financial Management is a sub-division the United States Office of Management and Budget.OFFM responsibilities include implementing the financial management improvement priorities of the President, establishing government-wide financial management policies of executive agencies, and carrying out the financial manageme...


Office of Personnel Management
Office of Personnel Management

The United States Office of Personnel Management is an Independent agencies of the United States government that manages the civil service of the federal government....
*Director (four-year term of office) *Deputy Director *Inspector General

Office of Special Counsel *Special Counsel (five-year term of office)

Postal Regulatory Commission (political balance required) *Commissioner - five positions (six-year terms of office)

Most other Inspectors General

Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board
Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board

The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board was established as an Independent agencies of the United States government by the Federal Employees Retirement System Act of 1986....
*Member - five positions (four-year terms of office)

Special Panel on Appeals *Chair (six-year term of office)

Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service
Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service

The Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service is an eleven-member board comparable to a board of directors of a private corporation, except in service of the American postal system....
 (political balance required) *Governor - nine positions (nine-year terms of office)

Committee on Indian Affairs

Department of Health and Human Services
United States Department of Health and Human Services

The United States Department of Health and Human Services , is a United States Cabinet department of the United States government of the United States with the goal of protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services....
*Director - Indian Health Service
Indian Health Service

Indian Health Service is an Operating Division within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services . IHS is responsible for providing medical and public health services to members of federally recognized Tribes and Alaska Natives....
 (four-year term of office) *Commissioner - Administration for Native Americans
Administration for Native Americans

The Administration for Native Americans is a department of the United States United States Department of Health and Human Services established in 1974 through the Native American Programs Act ....


Department of the Interior
United States Department of the Interior

The United States Department of the Interior , also called the Interior Department, is the United States federal executive departments of the Federal government of the United States responsible for the management and conservation of most federal land and the administration of programs relating to Native Americans in the United States, A...
*Assistant Secretary - Indian Affairs *Chair - National Indian Gaming Commission
National Indian Gaming Commission

The National Indian Gaming Commission is an independent federal regulatory agency within the Department of the Interior. Congress established this agency through the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act in 1988....
 (three-year term of office) *Special Trustee - American Indians

Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation *Commissioner (two-year term of office)

Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development, Board of Trustees *Member - 13 (voting) positions (six-year terms of office)

Select Committee on Intelligence

Department of Justice
United States Department of Justice

The United States Department of Justice is a United States Cabinet department in the United States government of the United States designed to enforce the law and defend the interests of the United States according to the law and to ensure fair and impartial administration of justice for all Americans ....
*Assistant Attorney General - National Security Division
United States Department of Justice National Security Division

The U.S. Department of Justice's National Security Division is a new division within the Department designed to consolidate the Department's national security efforts within one unit, fulfilling a recommendation of the Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction....


Department of State
United States Department of State

The United States Department of State, often referred to as the State Department, is the United States Cabinet-level foreign affairs agency of the United States Federal government of the United States, similar to foreign ministries, foreign offices, ministries of external relations, etc....
*Assistant Secretary for Intelligence and Research

Department of the Treasury
United States Department of the Treasury

The Department of the Treasury is an United States federal executive departments and the treasury of the United States Federal government of the United States....
*Assistant Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis

Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency

The Central Intelligence Agency is a civilian intelligence agency of the Federal government of the United States. It is the successor of the Office of Strategic Services formed during World War II to coordinate espionage activities between the branches of the US military services....
*Director
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency

Director of the Central Intelligence Agency serves as the head of the Central Intelligence Agency, which is part of the United States Intelligence Community....
*General Counsel *Inspector General

Director of National Intelligence *Director *Principal Deputy Director *Director, National Counterterrorism Center
National Counterterrorism Center

The National Counterterrorism Center is a United States government organization responsible for national and international counterterrorism efforts....
*General Counsel *Chief Information Officer

Committee on the Judiciary

Department of Commerce
United States Department of Commerce

The United States Department of Commerce is the United States Cabinet department of the United States Federal government of the United States concerned with promoting economic growth....
*Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property
Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property

The Under Secretary for Intellectual Property, within the United States Department of Commerce, is the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office....
 - United States Patent and Trademark Office
United States Patent and Trademark Office

The United States Patent and Trademark Office is an agency in the United States Department of Commerce that issues patents to inventors and businesses for their inventions, and trademark registration for product and intellectual property identification....


Department of Homeland Security
United States Department of Homeland Security

The United States Department of Homeland Security is a United States Cabinet United States federal executive departments of the United States federal government of the United States with the responsibility of protecting the territory of the U.S....
*Assistant Secretary - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is the largest and primary investigative arm of the United States Department of Homeland Security , responsible for identifying, investigating, and dismantling vulnerabilities regarding the nation's border, economic, transportation, and infrastructure security....
*Director - U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

Department of Justice
United States Department of Justice

The United States Department of Justice is a United States Cabinet department in the United States government of the United States designed to enforce the law and defend the interests of the United States according to the law and to ensure fair and impartial administration of justice for all Americans ....
*Attorney General
United States Attorney General

The United States Attorney General is the head of the United States Department of Justice concerned with legal affairs and is the chief law enforcement officer of the government of the United States....
*Deputy Attorney General
United States Deputy Attorney General

United States Deputy Attorney General is the second-highest-ranking official in the United States Department of Justice. In the United States federal government, the Deputy Attorney General oversees the day-to-day operation of the Department of Justice, and may act as United States Attorney General during the absence of the Attorney General...
*Associate Attorney General
United States Associate Attorney General

The Associate Attorney General is the third-ranking official in the United States Department of Justice. The Associate Attorney General advises and assists the United States Attorney General and the United States Deputy Attorney General in policies relating to civil justice, federal and local law enforcement, and public safety matters....
*Assistant Attorney General
United States Assistant Attorney General

Many of the divisions and offices of the United States Department of Justice are headed by an Assistant Attorney General.The President of the United States appoints individuals to the position of Assistant Attorney General with the advice and consent of the United States Senate....
 - Antitrust Division
United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division

The United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division is responsible for enforcing the United States antitrust law. It shares jurisdiction over Civil law antitrust cases with the Federal Trade Commission and often works jointly with the FTC to provide regulatory guidance to businesses....
*Assistant Attorney General - Office of Justice Programs
Office of Justice Programs

The Office of Justice Programs is an agency of the United States Department of Justice that focuses on crime prevention through research and development, assistance to state and local Law enforcement agency and criminal justice agencies through Federal grant, and assistance to crime victims....
*Assistant Attorney General - Office of Legal Counsel
Office of Legal Counsel

The Office of Legal Counsel is an United States government legal office in the United States Department of Justice....
*Assistant Attorney General - Office of Legal Policy
Office of Legal Policy

The Office of Legal Policy is a division within the United States Department of Justice which describes itself as the "focal point for the development and coordination of Departmental policy." In addition to rendering legal advice to the United States Attorney General and subordinate offices within the Justice Department, it serves as a nexus...
*Assistant Attorney General - Office of Legislative Affairs *Assistant Attorney General - Civil Division
United States Department of Justice Civil Division

The U.S. Department of Justice Civil Division represents the United States, its departments and agencies, members of United States Congress, United States Cabinet and other Federal employees in civil litigation....
*Assistant Attorney General - Civil Rights Division
United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division

The United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division is the institution within the federal government responsible for enforcing federal statutes prohibiting discrimination on the basis of racism, sexism, disability, religious intolerance, and national origin....
*Assistant Attorney General - Criminal Division
United States Department of Justice Criminal Division

The United States Department of Justice Criminal Division develops, enforces, and supervises the application of all federal criminal laws in the United States, except those specifically assigned to other divisions....
*Assistant Attorney General - Environment and Natural Resources Division
United States Department of Justice Environment and Natural Resources Division

The Environment and Natural Resources Division is one of seven litigating components of the United States Department of Justice. ENRD?s mandate is to enforce civil and criminal environmental laws and programs protecting the health and environment of the United States, and to defend Lawsuits challenging those laws and programs....
*Assistant Attorney General - National Security Division
United States Department of Justice National Security Division

The U.S. Department of Justice's National Security Division is a new division within the Department designed to consolidate the Department's national security efforts within one unit, fulfilling a recommendation of the Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction....
*Assistant Attorney General - Tax Division
United States Department of Justice Tax Division

The United States Department of Justice Tax Division is responsible for the prosecution of both Civil law and Criminal law cases arising under the Internal Revenue Code and other Taxation in the United States....
*Administrator - Drug Enforcement Administration
Drug Enforcement Administration

The Drug Enforcement Administration is a United States Department of Justice law enforcement agency tasked with combating War on Drugs Not only is the DEA the lead agency for domestic enforcement of the drug policy of the United States , it also has sole responsibility for coordinating and pursuing U.S....
*Administrator - Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention is an office of the United States Department of Justice and a component of the Office of Justice Programs....
*Deputy Administrator - Drug Enforcement Administration
Drug Enforcement Administration

The Drug Enforcement Administration is a United States Department of Justice law enforcement agency tasked with combating War on Drugs Not only is the DEA the lead agency for domestic enforcement of the drug policy of the United States , it also has sole responsibility for coordinating and pursuing U.S....
*Director - Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is a specialized federal police and regulatory organization within the United States Department of Justice....
*Director - Bureau of Justice Assistance
Bureau of Justice Assistance

The Bureau of Justice Assistance is a component of the Office of Justice Programs, within the United States Department of Justice.BJA Mission:...
*Director - Bureau of Justice Statistics *Director - Community Relations Service (four-year term of office) *Director - Federal Bureau of Investigation
Federal Bureau of Investigation

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is the primary unit in the United States United States Department of Justice, serving as both a Law enforcement agency body and a domestic intelligence agency....
 (10-year term of office) *Director - National Institute of Justice
National Institute of Justice

The National Institute of Justice is the research, development and evaluation agency of the United States Department of Justice. NIJ, along with the Bureau of Justice Statistics , Bureau of Justice Assistance , Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention , Office for Victims of Crime , and other program offices, comprise the Offi...
*Director - Office for Victims of Crime
Office for Victims of Crime

The Office for Victims of Crime is a part of the Office of Justice Programs, within the United States Department of Justice.The OVC's mission is to provide aid and promote justice for crime victims....
*Director - Office on Violence Against Women
Office on Violence Against Women

The Office on Violence Against Women , a component of the U.S. Department of Justice, provides national leadership in developing the nation's capacity to reduce violence against women through the implementation of the Violence Against Women Act ....
*Director - United States Marshals Service
United States Marshals Service

The United States Marshals Service is a United States Federal law enforcement in the United States within the United States Department of Justice and is the second oldest federal law enforcement agency in the United States.While the United States Postal Inspection Service first agent was appointed in 1772, performed Chief Postal Inspect...
*Inspector General
United States Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General

The Office of the Inspector General for the Department of Justice is the Office of the Inspector General specific to the United States Department of Justice that is responsible for conducting nearly all of the investigations of DOJ employees and programs....
*Solicitor General
United States Solicitor General

The United States Solicitor General is the person appointed to argue for the Government of the United States in front of the Supreme Court of the United States whenever the government is party to a case....
*Special Counsel - Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices (four-year term of office) *United States Attorney
United States Attorney

United States Attorneys represent the United States Federal government of the United States in United States district court and United States court of appeals....
 - 93 positions (four-year terms of office) *United States Marshal
United States Marshals Service

The United States Marshals Service is a United States Federal law enforcement in the United States within the United States Department of Justice and is the second oldest federal law enforcement agency in the United States.While the United States Postal Inspection Service first agent was appointed in 1772, performed Chief Postal Inspect...
 - 94 positions (four-year terms of office)

Foreign Claims Settlement Commission
Foreign Claims Settlement Commission

The Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States is a quasi-judicial, independent agency within the U.S. Department of Justice which adjudicates claims of U.S....
*Chair (three-year term of office; nominated from among commissioner members - See additional listing under part-time positions below.)

Office of National Drug Control Policy
Office of National Drug Control Policy

The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy , a Cabinet level component of the Executive Office of the President of the United States, was established in 1988 by the Anti-Drug Abuse Act....
 (Executive Office of the President) *Director ("Drug Czar
Drug Czar

The term Drug Czar is a name for the person who directs drug-control policies in the United States. The title was first published in a 1982 news story by United Press International which reported that ?Senators......
") *Deputy Director *Deputy Director - Demand Reduction *Deputy Director - State and Local Affairs *Deputy Director - Supply Reduction

United States courts of appeals
United States court of appeals

The United States courts of appeals are the intermediate Court of Appealss of the United States federal court system. A court of appeals decides appeals from the United States district courts within its United States federal judicial circuit, and in some instances from other designated federal courts and administrative agency....
*Judges - 179 positions (life tenure)

United States Court of Federal Claims
United States Court of Federal Claims

The United States Court of Federal Claims is a United States federal courts that hears monetary claims against the Federal government of the United States....
*Judges - 16 positions (15-year terms of office)

United States Court of International Trade
United States Court of International Trade

The United States Court of International Trade is an Article III court, with full powers in law and Equity . The Customs Court Act of 1980 replaced the old United States Customs Court with the United States Court of International Trade....
 (life tenure) *Judges - nine positions (political balance required)

United States district court
United States district court

The United States district courts are the general trial courts of the United States federal court system. Both Civil law and Criminal law cases are filed in the district court, which is a court of law, Equity , and admiralty....
*Judges - 678 positions. Most are life tenure; in total there are 663 permanent judgeships, 11 temporary judgeships, and four territorial court judgeships. In the districts with the 11 temporary judgeships, the seat lapses with the departure of a judge from that district at some particular time specified in statute unless Congress enacts legislation to extend the temporary judgeship or convert it to a permanent judgeship.

United States Parole Commission
United States Parole Commission

The United States Parole Commission is the parole board responsible to grant or deny parole and to supervise those released on parole to incarcerated individuals who come under its jurisdiction....
*Member - five positions (six-year term of office)

United States Sentencing Commission
United States Sentencing Commission

The United States Sentencing Commission is an Independent agencies of the United States government of the Judiciary of the federal government of the United States....
*Chair - (six-year term of office; nominated from among commission members; see additional listing under part-time positions below.) *Vice Chair - three positions (six-year terms of office; designated from among commission members — See additional listing under part-time positions below.)

Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court of the United States

The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest judicial body in the United States, and leads the federal United States federal courts. It consists of the Chief Justice of the United States and eight Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, who are nominated by the President of the United States and confirmed with th...
*Chief Justice of the United States
Chief Justice of the United States

The Chief Justice of the United States is the head of the United States federal courts and the chief judge of the Supreme Court of the United States....
 (life tenure) *Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States (life tenure)

Foreign Claims Settlement Commission
Foreign Claims Settlement Commission

The Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States is a quasi-judicial, independent agency within the U.S. Department of Justice which adjudicates claims of U.S....
*Member - three positions (three-year terms of office — One of the three members is also nominated to be the full-time chair of the commission, as shown above.) State Justice Institute, Board of Directors *Director - 11 positions (three-year terms of office) United States Sentencing Commission
United States Sentencing Commission

The United States Sentencing Commission is an Independent agencies of the United States government of the Judiciary of the federal government of the United States....
 (political balance required) *Commissioner - seven positions (six-year terms of office - One of the seven members is also nominated to be the full-time chair of the commission, and two others are designated as full-time vice-chairs.)

Committee on Rules and Administration

Architect - Architect of the Capitol
Architect of the Capitol

The Architect of the Capitol is the Government agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Complex, and also the head of that agency....
Commissioner - Election Assistance Commission
Election Assistance Commission

The Election Assistance Commission is an Independent agencies of the United States government created by the Help America Vote Act of 2002 . The Commission is charged with serving as a national resource for administering Federal elections and establishing standards for State and local governments....
 (four positions; four-year terms of office; political balance required) Commissioner - Federal Election Commission
Federal Election Commission

The Federal Election Commission is an Independent agency of the United States government regulatory agency that was founded in 1975 by the United States Congress to regulate the campaign finance legislation in the United States....
 (six positions; six-year terms of office; political balance required) Public Printer - Government Printing Office Librarian - Library of Congress
Library of Congress

The Library of Congress is the de facto national library of the United States and the research arm of the United States Congress. Located in three buildings in Washington, D.C., it is the largest library in the world by shelf space and holds the largest number of books....


Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship

Small Business Administration
Small Business Administration

The Small Business Administration is a United States government agency that provides support to small businesses.The mission of the Small Business Administration is "to maintain and strengthen the nation's economy by enabling the establishment and viability of small businesses and by assisting in the economic recovery of communities after...
*Administrator *Deputy Administrator *Chief Counsel for Advocacy *Inspector General

Committee on Veterans' Affairs

Department of Labor
United States Department of Labor

The United States Department of Labor is a United States Cabinet department of the United States government of the United States responsible for occupational safety, wage and hour standards, unemployment insurance benefits, re-employment services, and some economic statistics....
*Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment and Training Service

Department of Veterans Affairs
United States Department of Veterans Affairs

The United States Department of Veterans Affairs is a government-run military veteran benefit system with United States Cabinet-level status. It is responsible for administering programs of veterans? benefits for veterans, their families, and survivors....
*Secretary of Veterans Affairs
United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs

The United States Secretary of Veterans' Affairs is the head of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, the department concerned with veterans' benefits and related matters....
*Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs
United States Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs

The Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in the United States government, is the chief operating officer of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, responsible for a nationwide system of health care services, benefits programs, and national cemeteries for America's veterans and their dependents....
*Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Benefits
Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Benefits

The Under Secretary for Benefits, in the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, directs the Veterans Benefits Administration through regional offices in 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines....
 (four-year term of office) *Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Health
Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Health

The Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Health is a position in the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. The Undersecretary is the highest official directly responsible for the largest agency within the department, the Veterans Health Administration, commonly called the 'VA'....
 (four-year term of office) *Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Memorial Affairs *Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Congressional and Legislative Affairs *Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Human Resources and Administration *Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Information and Technology *Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Management and Chief Financial Officer *Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Operations, Security, and Preparedness *Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Policy and Planning *Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Public and Intergovernmental Affairs *Chair, Board of Veterans Appeals (six-year term of office) *General Counsel *Inspector General

United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims

The United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims is the federal court that hears appeals from the Board of Veterans Appeals, an administrative board that itself hears appeals from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs....
*Judge - three-seven positions (15-year terms of office)

External links

(Plum Book) - Congressional Research Service
Congressional Research Service

The Congressional Research Service is the public policy research arm of the United States Congress. As a legislative branch agency within the Library of Congress, CRS works exclusively and directly for Members of Congress, their Committees and staff on a confidential, nonpartisan basis....
- Brookings Institution
Brookings Institution

The Brookings Institution is a Non-profit organization public policy organization based in Washington, D.C. One of Washington's oldest think tanks, Brookings conducts research and education in the social sciences, primarily in economics, metropolitan policy, governance, foreign policy, and global economy and development....