COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS

JOSEPH I. LIEBERMAN, Connecticut,

Chairman

CARL LEVIN, MichiganDANIEL K. AKAKA, HawaiiTHOMAS R. CARPER, DelawareMARK L. PRYOR, ArkansasMARY L. LANDRIEU, LouisianaBARACK OBAMA, IllinoisCLAIRE M

CASKILL, MissouriJON TESTER, MontanaSUSAN M. COLLINS, MaineTED STEVENS, AlaskaGEORGE V. VOINOVICH, OhioNORM COLEMAN, MinnesotaTOM COBURN, OklahomaPETE V. DOMENICI, New MexicoJOHN WARNER, VirginiaJOHN E. SUNUNU, New HampshireM

ICHAEL

L. A

LEXANDER

Staff Director

RANDON

L. M

ILHORN

Minority Staff Director and Chief Counsel

RINA

RIESSNACK

YRER

Chief Clerk

ATRICIA

R. H

OGAN

GPO Detailee and Publications Clerk

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FOREWORD

Every four years, just after the Presidential election, the ‘‘United StatesGovernment Policy and Supporting Positions,’’ commonly known as the

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is published, alternately, by the Senate Committee on Home-land Security and Governmental Affairs and the House Committee on Over-sight and Government Reform.This publication contains data (as of September 1, 2008) on over 7,000Federal civil service leadership and support positions in the legislativeand executive branches of the Federal Government that may be subjectto noncompetitive appointment (e.g., positions such as agency heads andtheir immediate subordinates, policy executives and advisors, and aideswho report to these officials). The duties of many such positions may involveadvocacy of Administration policies and programs and the incumbents usu-ally have a close and confidential working relationship with the agencyhead or other key officials.Following are the major categories of positions listed:

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Executive Schedule and salary-equivalent positions paid at the ratesestablished for levels I through V of the Executive Schedule;

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Senior Executive Service (SES) ‘‘General’’ positions;

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Senior Foreign Service positions;

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Schedule C positions excepted from the competitive service by the Presi-dent, or by the Director, Office of Personnel Management, becauseof the confidential or policy-determining nature of the position duties;and

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Other positions at the GS–14 and above level excepted from the com-petitive civil service by law because of the confidential or policy-deter-mining nature of the position duties.See Appendix 2 for more details on SES appointments and Appendix3 for more details on Schedule C appointments. Additional informationon the positions listed and the Federal salary schedules under which theyare paid is provided in the appendices. The Legend on the following pageshows the codes and acronyms used in this publication.

DISCLAIMERThe information for this committee print was provided by theU.S. Office of Personnel Management [OPM].