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Where the Appointees Are
 By Tom Shoop | Thursday, May 15, 2008  |  09:45 AM

That's what the Office of Personnel Management wants to know. The agency has sent a memo to agency chief human capital officers telling them to provide lists of of their politically appointed positions. The lists then will be passed on to the Republican and Democratic presidential nominees. The agency is required to collect and transmit the information under the 2004 Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act.

Specifically, OPM wants agencies to list:


  • All positions that are appointed by the president, including the title and description of the duties of each position.

  • The names of the people holding these positions.

  • Any vacancies in the positions, and how long they've been vacant.

  • The date after the election on which an appointment to each position must be made to ensure effective operation of the government.



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In my old agency, I saw the number of political appointees increase over 200 percent in his administration. I hope the information released to the campaign, with all its detail, gets leaked. And I hope the next President decides to reign in the number of appointees.

David  | Wednesday, May 21, 2008 |  01:25 PM


Sorry, but this isn't enough. I'm sure many appointees have already mov3d on to other areas of government, and burrowed in so they can't be found unless someone REALLY wants to find them.
As I stated many times before ENOUGH of the political appointees. They don't care, even when they say they do, they do nothing to help the agency they are with, then they leave a mess civilian workers have to clean up!

iggy  | Monday, May 19, 2008 |  11:00 AM



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