Number: RL33783
Title: Presidential Appointments to Full-time Positions in Executive Departments During the 108th Congress, 2003-2004
Authors: Henry B. Hogue, Government and Finance Division; Maureen Bearden and Dana Ely, Knowledge Services Group 
Abstract: This report provides an overview of the process for filling positions to which the President makes appointments with the advice and consent of the Senate (PAS positions). It also specifies, for the 108th Congress, all nominations to full-time positions1 in the 15 executive departments, including the then-new Department of Homeland Security, which came into existence on January 24, 2003. A profile of each department identifies full-time positions requiring Senate confirmation and, if applicable, their pay levels. The profiles also track nominations to these positions during the 108th Congress, providing information on Senate activity (i.e., confirmations, rejections (of which there were none), returns to the President, and elapsed time between nomination and confirmation) as well as further related presidential activity (i.e., withdrawals and recess appointments).
Pages: 47
Date: January 8, 2007