Scientists & Engineers for America

Positions that require Senate Confirmation

Table of Contents

Departments are listed in alphabetical order

Advisory Board for Cuba Broadcasting

  • Member — nine positions (three-year terms of office)

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African Development Bank

  • Governor and Alternate Governor (five-year terms of office; part-time)
  • U.S. Executive Director (five-year term of office; full-time)

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African Development Foundation, Board of Directors

  • Member — seven positions (six-year terms of office)

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African Development Fund

  • Governor and Alternate Governor

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Appalachian Regional Commission

  • Alternate Federal Cochair
  • Federal Cochair

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Architect of the Capitol

  • Architect

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Asian Development Bank

  • Governor and Alternate Governor (part-time)
  • U.S. Executive Director (full-time)

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Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation, Board of Trustees

  • Member — eight (of 13 total) positions (six-year terms of office)

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Broadcasting Board of Governors

  • Member — eight (of nine total) positions (three-year terms of office)

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Central Intelligence Agency

  • Director
  • General Counsel
  • Inspector General

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Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board

  • Member — five positions (five-year terms of office — Chair, who first must be confirmed as a member, also needs to be confirmed.)

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Commodity Futures Trading Commission

  • Commissioner — five positions (five-year terms of office — Chair, who must first be confirmed as a commissioner, also needs to be confirmed.)

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Community Development Financial Institution Fund

  • Administrator

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Consumer Product Safety Commission

  • 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.)

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Corporation for National and Community Service

  • Chief Executive Officer
  • Chief Financial Officer
  • Inspector General
  • Managing Director
  • Managing Director

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Corporation for National and Community Service, Board of Directors

  • Member — 15 positions (five-year terms of office)

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Corporation for Public Broadcasting Board of Directors

  • Member — nine positions (six-year terms of office)

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Council of Economic Advisers (Executive Office of the President)

  • Member — three positions

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Council on Environmental Quality (Executive Office of the President)

  • Chair

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Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency to the District of Columbia

  • Chief Judge
  • Director (six-year term of office)
  • District of Columbia Court of Appeals (15-year terms of office)
  • District of Columbia Superior Court (15-year terms of office)
  • Judges — 61 positions
  • Judges — eight positions

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Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

  • Member — five positions (five-year terms of office)

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Delta Regional Authority

  • Federal Cochair

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Department of Agriculture

  • Administrator — Rural Utilities Services
  • Assistant Secretary — Administration
  • Assistant Secretary — Civil Rights
  • Assistant Secretary — Congressional Relations
  • Chief Financial Officer
  • Deputy Secretary
  • Director — Commodity Credit Corporation (seven positions — In addition, the Secretary of Agriculture is an ex-officio director and chair of the board.)
  • General Counsel
  • Inspector General
  • Secretary
  • Under Secretary — Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services
  • Under Secretary — Food Safety
  • Under Secretary — Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services
  • Under Secretary — Marketing and Regulatory Programs
  • Under Secretary — Natural Resources and Environment
  • Under Secretary — Research, Education, and Economics
  • Under Secretary — Rural Development

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Department of Commerce

  • Assistant Secretary — Administration/Chief Financial Officer
  • Assistant Secretary — Communications and Information
  • Assistant Secretary — Economic Development
  • Assistant Secretary — Export Administration
  • Assistant Secretary — Export Enforcement
  • Assistant Secretary — Import Administration
  • Assistant Secretary — Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs
  • Assistant Secretary — Manufacturing and Services
  • Assistant Secretary — Market Access and Compliance
  • Assistant Secretary — Oceans and Atmosphere/Deputy Administrator —
  • Assistant Secretary — Technology Policy
  • Assistant Secretary — Trade Promotion/ Director General — U.S. and Foreign
  • Assistant Secretary — Trade Promotion/Director General — U.S. and Foreign
  • Chief Scientist — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  • Commercial Service
  • Commercial Service
  • Deputy Secretary
  • Director — Bureau of the Census
  • Director — National Institute of Standards and Technology
  • General Counsel
  • Inspector General
  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  • Officer Corps — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  • Secretary
  • Under Secretary — Economic Affairs
  • Under Secretary — Export Administration
  • Under Secretary — Intellectual Property/Director – U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
  • Under Secretary — International Trade
  • Under Secretary — International Trade
  • Under Secretary — Oceans and Atmosphere/Administrator — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  • Under Secretary — Technology

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Department of Defense

Department of the Air Force

  • Assistant Secretary — Acquisition
  • Assistant Secretary — Financial Management and Comptroller
  • Assistant Secretary — Installations, Environment, and Logistics
  • Assistant Secretary — Manpower and Reserve Affairs
  • General Counsel
  • Secretary
  • Under Secretary

Department of the Army

  • Assistant Secretary — Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology
  • Assistant Secretary — Civil Works
  • Assistant Secretary — Financial Management and Comptroller
  • Assistant Secretary — Installations and Environment
  • Assistant Secretary — Manpower and Reserve Affairs
  • Assistant Secretary — Army — Civil Works
  • General Counsel
  • Secretary
  • Under Secretary

Department of the Navy

  • Assistant Secretary — Financial Management and Comptroller
  • Assistant Secretary — Installations and Environment
  • Assistant Secretary — Manpower and Reserve Affairs
  • Assistant Secretary — Research, Development, and Acquisition
  • General Counsel
  • Secretary
  • Under Secretary

Joint Chiefs of Staff

  • Chair (two-year term of office)
  • Chief of Naval Operations (four-year term of office)
  • Chief of Staff (Air Force) (four-year term of office)
  • Chief of Staff (Army) (four-year term of office)
  • Commandant of the Marine Corps (four-year term of office)
  • Vice Chair (two-year term of office)

Office of the Secretary

  • Assistant Secretary — Asian and Pacific Security Affairs
  • Assistant Secretary — Global Security Affairs
  • Assistant Secretary — Health Affairs
  • Assistant Secretary — Homeland Defense
  • Assistant Secretary — International Security Affairs
  • Assistant Secretary — Legislative Affairs
  • Assistant Secretary — Networks and Information Integration/Chief Information Officer
  • Assistant Secretary — Public Affairs
  • Assistant Secretary — Reserve Affairs
  • Assistant Secretary — Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflicts
  • Assistant to the Secretary — Nuclear and Chemical and Biological Defense
  • Deputy Secretary
  • Deputy Under Secretary — Acquisition and Technology
  • Deputy Under Secretary — Logistics and Materiel Readiness
  • Director — Defense Research and Engineering
  • Director — Operational Test and Evaluation
  • General Counsel
  • Inspector General
  • Military Officers (commissions and promotions)
  • Principal Deputy Under Secretary — Personnel and Readiness
  • Principal Deputy Under Secretary — Policy
  • Programs
  • Secretary
  • Under Secretary — Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics
  • Under Secretary — Comptroller and Chief Financial Officer
  • Under Secretary — Intelligence
  • Under Secretary — Personnel and Readiness
  • Under Secretary — Policy

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Department of Education

  • Assistant Secretary — Civil Rights
  • Assistant Secretary — Communications and Outreach
  • Assistant Secretary — Elementary and Secondary Education
  • Assistant Secretary — Legislation and Congressional Affairs
  • Assistant Secretary — Management
  • Assistant Secretary — Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development
  • Assistant Secretary — Postsecondary Education
  • Assistant Secretary — Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
  • Assistant Secretary — Vocational and Adult Education
  • Chief Financial Officer
  • Commissioner — Education Statistics (six-year term of office)
  • Commissioner — Rehabilitation Services Administration
  • Deputy Secretary
  • Director — Institute of Education Sciences (six-year term of office)
  • General Counsel
  • Inspector General
  • Secretary
  • Under Secretary

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Department of Energy

  • Administrator — Energy Information Administration
  • Assistant Secretary — Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs
  • Assistant Secretary — Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability
  • Assistant Secretary — Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
  • Assistant Secretary — Environmental Management
  • Assistant Secretary — Fossil Energy
  • Assistant Secretary — International Affairs and Domestic Policy
  • Assistant Secretary — Nuclear Energy
  • Chief Financial Officer
  • Deputy Administrator — Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation — NNSA
  • Deputy Administrator — Defense Programs — NNSA
  • Deputy Secretary
  • Director — Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management
  • Director — Office of Economic Impact and Diversity
  • Director — Office of Science
  • General Counsel
  • Inspector General
  • Principal Deputy Administrator — NNSA
  • Secretary
  • Security Administration (NNSA)
  • Under Secretary
  • Under Secretary — Nuclear Security/Administrator — National Nuclear
  • Under Secretary — Science

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Department of Health and Human Services

  • Administrator — Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
  • Administrator — Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
  • Assistant Secretary — Aging
  • Assistant Secretary — Children and Families
  • Assistant Secretary — Health
  • Assistant Secretary — Legislation
  • Assistant Secretary — Planning and Evaluation
  • Assistant Secretary — Preparedness and Response
  • Assistant Secretary — Public Affairs
  • Assistant Secretary — Resources and Technology/Chief Financial Officer
  • Commissioner — Administration for Native Americans
  • Commissioner — Children, Youth, and Families
  • Commissioner — Food and Drug Administration
  • Deputy Secretary
  • Director — Indian Health Service (four-year term of office)
  • Director — National Institutes of Health
  • General Counsel
  • Inspector General
  • Public Health Service — Officer Corps
  • Secretary
  • Surgeon General (four-year term of office)

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Department of Homeland Security

  • Administrator — U.S. Fire Administration
  • Assistant Administrator — Grant Programs, Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • Assistant Secretary — Health Affairs/Chief Medical Officer
  • Assistant Secretary — Policy
  • Assistant Secretary — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • Assistant Secretary — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement132
  • Assistant Secretary/Administrator — Transportation Security Administration
  • Assistant Secretary/Administrator — Transportation Security Administration
  • Chief Financial Officer
  • Commandant — United States Coast Guard
  • Commissioner — U.S. Customs and Border Protection
  • Deputy Administrator — National Preparedness, Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • Deputy Administrator/Chief Operating Officer — Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • Deputy Secretary
  • Director — Office of Counternarcotics Enforcement
  • Director — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • General Counsel
  • Inspector General
  • Officers (commissions and promotions) — United States Coast Guard Officers
  • Secretary
  • Under Secretary — Management
  • Under Secretary — National Protection and Programs
  • Under Secretary — Science and Technology

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Department of Housing and Urban Development

  • Assistant Secretary — Administration
  • Assistant Secretary — Community Planning and Development
  • Assistant Secretary — Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations
  • Assistant Secretary — Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity
  • Assistant Secretary — Housing/Federal Housing Commissioner
  • Assistant Secretary — Policy Development and Research
  • Assistant Secretary — Public Affairs
  • Assistant Secretary — Public and Indian Housing
  • Chief Financial Officer
  • Deputy Secretary
  • Director — Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (five-year term)
  • General Counsel
  • Inspector General
  • President — Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae)
  • Secretary

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Department of Justice

  • Administrator — Drug Enforcement Administration
  • Administrator — Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
  • Assistant Attorney General — Antitrust Division
  • Assistant Attorney General — Civil Division
  • Assistant Attorney General — Civil Rights Division
  • Assistant Attorney General — Criminal Division
  • Assistant Attorney General — Environment and Natural Resources Division
  • Assistant Attorney General — Legislative Affairs
  • Assistant Attorney General — National Security Division
  • Assistant Attorney General — Office of Justice Programs
  • Assistant Attorney General — Office of Legal Counsel
  • Assistant Attorney General — Office of Legal Policy
  • Assistant Attorney General — Tax Division
  • Associate Attorney General
  • Attorney General
  • Deputy Administrator — Drug Enforcement Administration
  • Deputy Attorney General
  • Director — Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
  • Director — Bureau of Justice Assistance
  • Director — Bureau of Justice Statistics
  • Director — Community Relations Service (four-year term of office)
  • Director — Federal Bureau of Investigation (10-year term of office)
  • Director — National Institute of Justice
  • Director — Office for Victims of Crime
  • Director — Office on Violence Against Women
  • Director — U.S. Marshals Service
  • Inspector General
  • Solicitor General
  • Special Counsel — Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices (four-year term of office)
  • U.S. Attorney — 93 positions (four-year terms of office)
  • U.S. Marshal — 94 positions (four-year terms of office)

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Department of Labor

  • Administrator — Wage and Hour Division
  • Assistant Secretary — Administration and Management
  • Assistant Secretary — Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs
  • Assistant Secretary — Disability Employment Policy
  • Assistant Secretary — Employee Benefits Security Administration
  • Assistant Secretary — Employment and Training Administration
  • Assistant Secretary — Employment Standards Administration
  • Assistant Secretary — Mine Safety and Health Administration
  • Assistant Secretary — Occupational Safety and Health Administration
  • Assistant Secretary — Policy
  • Assistant Secretary — Public Affairs
  • Assistant Secretary — Veterans’ Employment and Training Service
  • Chief Financial Officer
  • Commissioner — Bureau of Labor Statistics
  • Deputy Secretary
  • Director — Women’s Bureau
  • Inspector General
  • Secretary
  • Solicitor

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Department of State

  • Ambassador-at-Large — Coordinator – Counterterrorism
  • Ambassador-at-Large — Director — Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons
  • Ambassador-at-Large — International Religious Freedom
  • Ambassador-at-Large — War Crimes Issues
  • Ambassadors
  • Assistant Secretary — Administration
  • Assistant Secretary — African Affairs
  • Assistant Secretary — Consular Affairs
  • Assistant Secretary — Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
  • Assistant Secretary — Diplomatic Security
  • Assistant Secretary — East Asian and Pacific Affairs
  • Assistant Secretary — Economic, Energy and Business Affairs
  • Assistant Secretary — Educational and Cultural Affairs
  • Assistant Secretary — European and Eurasian Affairs
  • Assistant Secretary — Intelligence and Analysis
  • Assistant Secretary — Intelligence and Research
  • Assistant Secretary — International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs
  • Assistant Secretary — International Organization Affairs
  • Assistant Secretary — International Security and Nonproliferation
  • Assistant Secretary — Legislative Affairs
  • Assistant Secretary — Near Eastern Affairs
  • Assistant Secretary — Oceans, Environment, and Science
  • Assistant Secretary — Political and Military Affairs
  • Assistant Secretary — Population, Refugee, and Migration Affairs
  • Assistant Secretary — Public Affairs
  • Assistant Secretary — Resource Management
  • Assistant Secretary — South and Central Asian Affairs
  • Assistant Secretary — Verification, Compliance, and Implementation
  • Assistant Secretary — Western Hemisphere Affairs
  • Chief Financial Officer
  • Chief of Protocol
  • Coordinator — U.S. Global AIDS
  • Counselor
  • Department of the Treasury
  • Deputy Secretary
  • Deputy Secretary — Management and Resources
  • Director — Office of Foreign Missions
  • Director General — Foreign Service
  • Foreign Service Officers (commissions and promotions)
  • Inspector General
  • Legal Adviser
  • Secretary
  • U.S. Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • U.S. Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States
  • Under Secretary — Arms Control and International Security
  • Under Secretary — Democracy and Global Affairs
  • Under Secretary — Economic, Energy, and Agricultural Affairs
  • Under Secretary — Management
  • Under Secretary — Political Affairs
  • Under Secretary — Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs

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Department of the Interior

  • Assistant Secretary — Fish, Wildlife and Parks
  • Assistant Secretary — Indian Affairs
  • Assistant Secretary — Land and Minerals Management
  • Assistant Secretary — Policy, Management, and Budget and Chief Financial Officer
  • Assistant Secretary — Water and Science
  • Chair — National Indian Gaming Commission (three-year term of office)
  • Commissioner — Bureau of Reclamation
  • Deputy Secretary
  • Director — Bureau of Land Management
  • Director — National Park Service
  • Director — Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
  • Director — U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  • Director — U.S. Geological Survey
  • Inspector General
  • Secretary
  • Solicitor
  • Special Trustee — American Indians

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Department of the Treasury

  • Assistant Secretary — Economic Policy
  • Assistant Secretary — Financial Institutions
  • Assistant Secretary — Financial Markets
  • Assistant Secretary — Public Affairs/Director — Policy Planning
  • Assistant Secretary — Tax Policy
  • Assistant Secretary — Terrorist Financing
  • Assistant Secretary (Deputy Under Secretary) — International Affairs
  • Assistant Secretary (Deputy Under Secretary) — Legislative AffairsAssistant Secretary — Management and Chief Financial Officer85
  • Chief Counsel — Internal Revenue Service/Assistant General Counsel for Tax
  • Commissioner — Internal Revenue (five-year terms of office)
  • Comptroller of the Currency (five-year term of office)
  • Deputy Secretary
  • Director — Office of Thrift Supervision (five-year term of office)
  • Director of the Mint (five-year term of office)
  • General Counsel
  • Inspector General
  • Inspector General — Tax Administration
  • Secretary
  • Treasurer — United States
  • Under Secretary — Domestic Finance
  • Under Secretary — International Affairs
  • Under Secretary — Terrorism and Financial Intelligence
  • Under Secretary — Terrorism and Financial Intelligence

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Department of Transportation

  • Administrator — Federal Aviation Administration (five-year term of office)
  • Administrator — Federal Highway Administration
  • Administrator — Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
  • Administrator — Federal Railroad Administration
  • Administrator — Federal Transit Administration
  • Administrator — Maritime Administration
  • Administrator — National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
  • Administrator — Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
  • Administrator — Research and Innovative Technology Administration
  • Administrator — St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (seven-year term of office)
  • Assistant Secretary — Aviation and International Affairs
  • Assistant Secretary — Budget and Programs and Chief Financial Officer
  • Assistant Secretary — Governmental Affairs
  • Assistant Secretary — Transportation Policy
  • Deputy Administrator — Federal Aviation Administration
  • Deputy Secretary
  • General Counsel
  • Inspector General
  • Secretary
  • Under Secretary — Policy

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Department of Veterans Affairs

  • Assistant Secretary — Congressional and Legislative Affairs
  • Assistant Secretary — Human Resources and Administration
  • Assistant Secretary — Information and Technology
  • Assistant Secretary — Management and Chief Financial Officer
  • Assistant Secretary — Operations, Security, and Preparedness
  • Assistant Secretary — Policy and Planning
  • Assistant Secretary — Public and Intergovernmental Affairs
  • Chair — Board of Veterans’ Appeals (six-year term of office)
  • Deputy Secretary
  • General Counsel
  • Inspector General
  • Secretary
  • Under Secretary — Benefits (four-year term of office)
  • Under Secretary — Health (four-year term of office)
  • Under Secretary — Memorial Affairs

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Director of National Intelligence

  • Chief Information Officer
  • Director
  • Director, National Counterterrorism Center
  • General Counsel
  • Principal Deputy Director

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Election Assistance Commission

  • Commissioner — four positions (four-year terms of office)

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Environmental Protection Agency

  • Administrator
  • Assistant Administrator
  • Assistant Administrator — Administration and Resources Management
  • Assistant Administrator — Air and Radiation
  • Assistant Administrator — Enforcement and Compliance Assurance
  • Assistant Administrator — Environmental Information
  • Assistant Administrator — International Affairs
  • Assistant Administrator — Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances
  • Assistant Administrator — Research and Development
  • Assistant Administrator — Solid Waste and Emergency Response
  • Assistant Administrator — Water
  • Chief Financial Officer
  • Deputy Administrator
  • General Counsel
  • Inspector General

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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

  • Commissioner — five positions (five-year terms of office)
  • General Counsel (four-year term of office)

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European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

  • U.S. Executive Director

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Export-Import Bank

  • Inspector General
  • Member — five positions (four-year terms of office — Chair, who first must be confirmed as a member, also needs to be confirmed.)

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Farm Credit Administration

  • Member — three positions (six-year terms of office)

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Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (Farmer Mac), Board of Directors

  • Member — five (of 15 total) positions (indefinite terms of office; political balance required)

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Federal Communications Commission

  • Commissioner — five positions (five-year terms of office)

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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

  • Inspector General
  • Member — three positions (six-year terms of office — Chair and vice chair, who first must be confirmed as members, also need to be confirmed.)

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Federal Election Commission

  • Commissioners — six positions (six-year terms of office)

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Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

  • Commissioner — five positions (five-year terms of office)

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Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, Board of Trustees

  • Member — two (of six total) positions (four-year terms of office)

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Federal Housing Finance Board

  • Member — four positions (seven-year terms of office)

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Federal Labor Relations Authority

  • General Counsel (five-year term of office)

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Federal Labor Relations Authority

  • Members — three positions (five-year terms of office)

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Federal Maritime Commission

  • Commissioner — five positions (five-year terms of office)

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Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service

  • Director

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Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission

  • Commissioner — five positions (six-year terms of office)

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Federal Old-Age and Survivors Trust Fund and the Disability Insurance Trust Fund, Board of Trustees

  • Member — two (of six total) positions (four-year terms of office)

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Federal Reserve System, 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.)

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Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board

  • Member — five positions (four-year terms of office)

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Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, Board of Trustees

  • Member — two (of six total) positions (four-year terms of office)

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Federal Trade Commission

  • Commissioner — five positions (seven-year terms of office)

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Foreign Claims Settlement Commission

  • Chair — (three-year term of office; nominated from among commissioner members — See additional listing under part-time positions below.)
  • 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.)

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General Accounting Office

  • Comptroller General (15-year term of office)
  • Deputy Comptroller General

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General Services Administration

  • Administrator
  • Inspector General

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Government Printing Office

  • Public Printer

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Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation, Board of Trustees

  • Member — eight (of 13 total) positions (six-year terms of office)

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Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development, Board of Trustees

  • Member — 13 (voting) positions (six-year terms of office)

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Inter-American Development Bank

  • 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.)
  • 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.)

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Inter-American Foundation, Board of Directors

  • Member — nine positions (six-year terms of office)

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Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board

  • Member — six (of nine total) positions (five-year terms of office)

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International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

  • 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.)
  • 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.)
  • 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.)
  • 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.)

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International Broadcasting Bureau, Broadcasting Board of Governors

  • Director

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International Joint Commission, United States and Canada

  • Commissioner — three positions

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International Monetary Fund

  • U.S. Alternate Executive Director (two-year term of office)
  • U.S. Executive Director (two-year term of office)

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James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation, Board of Trustees

  • Member — six (of 13 total) positions (six-year terms of office)

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  • Member — 11 positions (three-year terms of office)

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Library of Congress

  • Librarian

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Merit Systems Protection Board

  • Member — three positions (seven-year terms of office — Chair, who first must be confirmed as a member, also needs to be confirmed.)

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Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority Board of Directors

  • Member — three positions (six-year terms of office; political balance required)

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Millennium Challenge Corporation

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

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Mississippi River Commission

  • Commissioner — four positions (indefinite terms of office)
  • Commissioner — three positions (nine-year terms of office)

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Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy Foundation, Board of Trustees

  • Member — nine positions (six-year terms of office)

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration

  • Administrator
  • Chief Financial Officer
  • Deputy Administrator
  • Inspector General

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National Archives and Records Administration

  • Archivist

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National Board of Education Sciences

  • Member — 15 positions

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National Commission on Libraries and Information Science

  • Member — 14 (of 15 total) positions (five-year terms of office)

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National Consumer Cooperative Bank, Board of Directors

  • Member — three (of 15 total) positions (three-year terms of office)

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National Council on Disability

  • Member — 15 positions (three-year terms of office)

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National Credit Union Administration

  • Member — three positions (six-year terms of office)

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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 Institute for Literacy Advisory Board

  • Member — 10 positions (three-year terms of office)

National Museum Services Board

  • Member — 14 positions (of 15 total) positions (five-year terms of office)
  • Institute of Museum and Library Services — Director (four-year term of office)
  • National Endowment for the Arts — Chair (four-year term of office)
  • National Endowment for the Humanities — Chair (four-year term of office)

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National Institute of Building Sciences, Board of Directors

  • Member — 15 to 21 positions (three-year terms of office)

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National Labor Relations Board

  • General Counsel (four-year term of office)
  • Member — five positions (five-year terms of office)

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National Mediation Board

  • Member — three positions (three-year terms of office)

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National Science Board

National Science Foundation

  • Member — 24 positions (six-year terms of office)
  • Deputy Director
  • Director (six-year term of office)

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National Security Education Board

  • Member — six (of 13 total) positions (terms of office not to exceed four years)

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National Transportation Safety Board

  • Member — five positions (five-year terms of office — Chair, who first must be confirmed as a member, also needs to be confirmed.)

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Nuclear Regulatory Commission

  • Commissioner — five positions (five-year terms of office)
  • Inspector General

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Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission

  • Member — three positions (six-year terms of office)

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Office of Government Ethics

  • Director (five-year term of office)

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Office of Management and Budget (Executive Office of the President)

  • Administrator — Office of Federal Procurement Policy
  • Administrator — Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
  • Controller — Office of Federal Financial Management
  • Deputy Director
  • Deputy Director — Management
  • Director

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Office of National Drug Control Policy (Executive Office of the President)

  • Deputy Director
  • Deputy Director — Demand Reduction
  • Deputy Director — State and Local Affairs
  • Deputy Director — Supply Reduction
  • Director

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Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation

  • Commissioner (two-year term of office)

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Office of Personnel Management

  • Deputy Director
  • Director (four-year term of office)
  • Inspector General

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Office of Science and Technology Policy

  • Associate Director
  • Associate Director
  • Associate Director — Science
  • Associate Director — Technology
  • Director

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Office of Special Counsel

  • Special Counsel (five-year term of office)

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Office of the Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects

  • Federal Coordinator

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Office of United States Trade Representative (Executive Office of the President)

  • Chief Agricultural Negotiator
  • Deputy U.S. Trade Representative
  • Deputy U.S. Trade Representative
  • Deputy U.S. Trade Representative
  • U.S. Trade Representative

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Overseas Private Investment Corporation

  • Executive Vice President (full-time)
  • Member, Board of Directors — eight (of 15 total) positions (part-time; three-year terms of office)
  • President/Chief Executive Officer (full-time)

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Peace Corps

  • Deputy Director (full-time)
  • Director (full-time)
  • Member, Peace Corps National Advisory Council — 15 positions (part-time; political balance required; two-year terms of office)

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Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

  • Director
  • Director

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Postal Rate Commission

  • Commissioner — five positions (six-year terms of office)

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Railroad Retirement Board

  • Inspector General
  • Member — three positions (five-year terms of office — Chair, who first must be appointed as a member, also needs to be confirmed.)

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Reform Board (AMTRAK)

  • Member — seven positions (five-year terms of office)

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Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation Advisory Board

  • Member — five positions (indefinite terms of office)

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Securities and Exchange Commission

  • Commissioner — five positions (five-year terms of office)

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Securities Investor Protection Corporation, Board of Directors

  • Director — five (of seven total) positions (three-year terms of office)

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Selective Service System

  • Director

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Small Business Administration

  • Administrator
  • Chief Counsel for Advocacy
  • Deputy Administrator
  • Inspector General

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Social Security Administration

  • Commissioner (six-year term of office)
  • Deputy Commissioner (six-year term of office)
  • Inspector General
  • Member — three (of seven total) positions (six-year terms of office)

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Special Panel on Appeals

  • Chair (six-year term of office)

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State Justice Institute, Board of Directors

  • Director — 11 positions (three-year terms of office)

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Surface Transportation Board

  • Member — three positions (five-year terms of office)

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Tennessee Valley Authority, Board of Directors

  • Inspector General
  • Member — nine positions (five-year terms of office)

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U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy

  • Commissioner — seven positions (three-year terms of office)

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U.S. Agency for International Development

  • 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

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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Services

  • Judge — five positions (15-year terms of office)

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U.S. Mission to the United Nations

  • U.S. Alternate Representative — Special Political Affairs in the United Nations
  • U.S. Deputy Permanent Representative — United Nations
  • U.S. Deputy Representative — International Atomic Energy Agency
  • U.S. Permanent Representative and Chief of Mission — United Nations
  • U.S. Representative — European Office of the United Nations (Geneva)
  • U.S. Representative — International Atomic Energy Agency
  • U.S. Representative — United Nations Economic and Social Council
  • U.S. Representative — United Nations Management and Reform
  • U.S. Representative — Vienna Office of the United Nations (also serves as a representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency)
  • U.S. Representative to sessions of the General Assembly and other United Nations Bodies — numerous positions (terms of office depends on length of session)

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U.S. Trade and Development Agency

  • Director

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Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Board of Regents

  • Member — nine positions (six-year terms of office)

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United States Circuit Court

  • Judges — 179 positions (life tenure)

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United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims

  • Judge — three-seven positions (15-year terms of office)

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United States Court of Federal Claims

  • Judges — 16 positions (15-year terms of office)

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United States Court of International Trade

  • Judges — nine positions (political balance required)

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United States District Courts

  • Judges — 678 positions (most are life tenure — These include four judges in three territorial courts, who are appointed to 10-year terms of office.)

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United States Institute of Peace, Board of Directors

  • Member — 12 (of 15 total) positions (four-year terms of office)

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United States International Trade Commission

  • Commissioner — six positions (nine-year terms of office)

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United States Parole Commission

  • Member — five positions (six-year term of office)

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United States Postal Service Board of Governors

  • Governor — nine positions (nine-year terms of office)

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United States Sentencing Commission

  • Chair — (six-year term of office; nominated from among commission members — See additional listing under part-time positions below.)
  • 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.)
  • Vice Chair — three positions (six-year terms of office; designated from among commission members — See additional listing under part-time positions below.)

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United States Supreme Court

  • Associate Justices — eight positions (life tenure)
  • Chief Justice — (life tenure)

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United States Tax Court

  • Judge — 19 positions (15-year terms of office)