Position to be held by Nominee |
Name of Nominee |
Committee Hearing and Date
|
Committee Vote
|
Senate Vote
|
Chair of Council of Environmental Quality |
Nancy Sutley |
Environment and Public Works
01/14/09 |
|
Confirmed |
Deputy Director of the Office of Environmental Quality |
Gary S. Guzy |
Environment and Public Works
08/04/09 |
|
Confirmed |
Science Advisor to the President and Director of the Office of Science Technology Policy |
John Holdren |
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
03/12/09
|
|
Confirmed |
Associate Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy |
Aneesh Chopra |
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
05/21/09 |
|
Confirmed
|
Associate Director of Environment, Office of Science and Technology Policy |
Sherburne "Shere" Abbott |
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
04/21/09 |
|
Confirmed |
Administrator of the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget |
Cass Sunstein |
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
05/20/09 |
|
Confirmed |
Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator |
Victoria Angelica Espinel |
Judiciary
Date yet to be scheduled |
|
|
Secretary of Agriculture |
Tom Vilsack |
Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry
01/14/09 |
|
Confirmed |
Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics at the Department of Agriculture |
Rajiv Shah |
Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry
05/07/09 |
|
Confirmed |
Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment at the Department of Agriculture |
Harris D. Sherman
|
Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry
09/30/09 |
|
Confirmed |
Secretary of Commerce |
Gary Locke |
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
03/19/09 |
Approved
25-0 |
Confirmed |
Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office |
David J. Kappos |
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
08/06/09 |
|
Confirmed |
Director of National Institute of Standards and Technology |
Patrick Gallagher |
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
10/15/09 |
|
Confirmed |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Administrator |
Jane Lubchenco |
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
03/12/09 |
|
Confirmed |
Secretary of Defense*
Appointed during the Bush administration and does not need to be reconfirmed |
Robert Gates |
|
|
|
Assistant to the Secretary of Defense |
Michael Nacht |
Armed Services
04/28/09 |
|
Confirmed
|
Under Secretary of Defense for
Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics |
Ashton Carter |
Armed Services
03/26/09 |
|
Confirmed
|
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for
Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics |
Frank Kendall III |
Armed Services
10/22/09 |
|
|
Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Defense Programs |
Andrew C. Weber |
Armed Services
05/12/09 |
|
Confirmed
|
Director of Defense Research & Engineering, Department of Defense |
Zachary J. Lemnios |
Armed Services
06/11/09 |
|
Confirmed
|
Secretary of Education |
Arne Duncan |
Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
01/13/09 |
|
Confirmed |
Director, Institute of Education Sciences, Department of Education |
John Q. Easton |
Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
Date yet to be scheduled |
|
Confirmed |
Secretary of Energy |
Steven Chu |
Energy and Natural Resources
01/13/09 |
|
Confirmed |
|
Deputy Secretary of Energy
|
Daniel B. Poneman
|
Energy and Natural Resources
05/05/09
|
|
Confirmed
|
|
Under Secretary of Energy
|
Kristina M. Johnson
|
Energy and Natural Resources
04/23/09
|
|
Confirmed |
|
Under Secretary for Science, Department of Energy
|
Steven Elliot Koonin |
Energy and Natural Resources
04/23/09
|
|
Confirmed |
|
Director of Office of Science, Department of Energy
|
William F. Brinkman
|
Energy and Natural Resources
Date yet to be scheduled
|
|
Confirmed
|
Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy
|
Cathy Zoi |
Energy and Natural Resources
06/02/09
|
|
Confirmed
|
|
Assistant Secretary
for Environmental
Management, Department of Energy
|
Ines R. Triay
|
Energy and Natural Resources
04/23/09
|
|
Confirmed
|
|---|
|
Assistant Secretary
for International Affairs and Domestic Policy, Department of Energy
|
David B. Sandalow
|
Energy and Natural Resources
05/05/09
|
|
Confirmed
|
|---|
|
Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy, Departmetn of Energy,
|
Warren F. Miller, Jr.
|
Energy and Natural Resources
08/04/09
|
|
Confirmed
|
|---|
|
Energy Information Administration Administrator, Department of Energy
|
Richard G. Newell
|
Energy and Natural Resources
07/09/09
|
|
Confirmed
|
|---|
|
Director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, Department of Energy
|
Arun Majumdar
|
Energy and Natural Resources
10/08/09
|
|
Confirmed
|
|---|
|
Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy, Department of Energy
|
James J. Markowsky
|
Energy and Natural Resources
08/04/09
|
|
Confirmed
|
|---|
Secretary of the Interior |
Sen. Ken Salazar |
Energy and Natural Resources
01/15/09
|
|
Confirmed |
Deputy Secretary of the Interior |
David Hayes |
Energy and Natural Resources
03/12/09
|
|
Confirmed |
Assistant Secretary of the Interior |
Rhea S. Suh |
Energy and Natural Resources
05/05/09
|
|
Confirmed |
| Assistant Secretary for the Interior |
Anne Castle |
Environment and Public Works
06/02/09
|
|
Confirmed |
Assistant Secretary of the Interior |
Wilma A. Lewis |
Energy and Natural Resources
07/28/09
|
|
Confirmed |
Assistant Secretary of the Interior |
Anthony Marion Babauta |
Energy and Natural Resources
07/28/09
|
|
Confirmed |
Director of the United States Geological Survey and Science Advisor to the Secretary of the Interior |
Marcia K. McNutt |
Environment and Public Works
10/08/09 |
|
Confirmed |
Director of Fish and Wildlife Service |
Samuel D. Hamilton |
Environment and Public Works
07/22/09 |
|
Confirmed |
| Assistant Secretary for
Fish and Wildlife |
Thomas L. Strickland |
Environment and Public Works
03/26/09
|
|
Confirmed |
Director of the Bureau of Land Management |
Robert V. Abbey |
Energy and Natural Resources
07/28/09
|
|
Confirmed |
Director of Office of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior |
Jonathan B. Jarvis |
Energy and Natural Resources
08/04/09
|
|
Confirmed |
Director of Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Department of the Interior |
Joseph G. Pizarchik |
Energy and Natural Resources
08/06/09
|
|
Confirmed |
Secretary of Health and Human Services |
Gov. Kathleen Sebelius |
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
04/2/09
|
Approved
15-8 |
Confirmed |
| Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services
|
William V. Corr |
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
04/30/09
|
|
Confirmed
|
| Assistant Secretary for Health, Department of Health and Human Services
|
Dr. Howard Koh |
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
06/10/09
|
|
Confirmed
|
|---|
| Assistant Secretary for Resources and Technology, Department of Health and Human Services
|
Ellen Murray |
Finance
10/15/09
|
|
|
|---|
Director, National Institutes of Health, Health and Human Services |
Francis S. Collins |
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
08/04/09
|
|
Confirmed |
Director of Center for Disease Control
No confirmation needed |
Dr. Thomas Frieden |
|
|
|
Secretary of Homeland Security |
Gov. Janet Napolitano |
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
01/15/09
|
|
Confirmed |
Under Secretary for Science and Technology, Department of Homeland Security |
Tara Jeanne O'Toole |
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
06/10/09
|
|
Confirmed |
Under Secretary of Homeland Security |
Rand Beers |
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
06/02/09
|
|
Confirmed |
Secretary of State |
Sen. Hillary Clinton |
Foreign Relations
01/13/09 |
Approved
16-1 |
Confirmed
94-2 |
Assistant Secretary of State |
Rose Eilene Gottemoeller |
Foreign Relations
04/02/09 |
|
Confirmed |
Assistant Secretary of State Public Affairs |
Philip J. Crowley |
Foreign Relations
05/19/09 |
|
Confirmed |
Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs |
Kerri-Ann Jones |
Foreign Relations
07/28/09 |
|
Confirmed |
Under Secretary of State for Economic, Energy, and Agricultural Affairs, Department of State |
Robert D. Hormats |
Foreign Relations
09/09/09 |
|
Confirmed |
Secretary of Transportation |
Rep. Ray LaHood |
Commerce, Science and Transportation
01/21/09 |
|
Confirmed |
Administrator, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Department of Transportation |
Peter H. Appel |
Commerce, Science and Transportation
04/21/09 |
|
Confirmed |
Attorney General |
Eric Holder |
Judiciary
01/15/08 |
Approved
17-2 |
Confirmed 75-21 |
Director of National Science Foundation*
Has 2 of 6 years remaining on his appointment, which was made by the Bush administration |
Arden Bement |
|
|
|
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator |
Lisa Jackson |
Environment and Public Works
01/14/09 |
|
Confirmed |
Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
|
Robert Perciasepe |
Environment and Public Works
07/08/09
|
|
|
Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
|
Michelle DePass |
Environment and Public Works
04/28/09
|
|
Confirmed |
Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
|
Regina McCarthy |
Environment and Public Works
04/02/09
|
|
Confirmed |
Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
|
Peter S. Silva |
Environment and Public Works
05/12/09
|
|
Confirmed |
Assistant Administrator for Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, Environmental Protection Agency
|
Cynthia Giles |
Environment and Public Works
04/28/09
|
|
Confirmed |
Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
|
Colin Scott Cole Fulton |
Environment and Public Works
06/24/09
|
|
Confirmed |
Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
|
Craig E. Hooks |
Environment and Public Works
07/08/09
|
|
Confirmed |
Assistant Administrator for Toxic Substances
of the Environmental Protection Agency
|
Stephen Alan Owens |
Environment and Public Works
05/12/09
|
|
Confirmed |
Assistant Administrator for Office of Research and Development, Environmental Protection Agency
|
Paul Anastas |
Environment and Public Works
06/24/09
|
|
|
NASA Administrator |
Gen. Charles Bolden |
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
07/08/09 |
|
Confirmed |
Deputy Administrator of NASA |
Lori Garver |
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
07/08/09 |
|
Confirmed |
Chair of Consumer Product Safety Commission |
Inez M. Tenenbaum |
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
06/16/09 |
|
Confirmed |
Commissioner of the Consumer
Product Safety Commission |
Robert S. Adler |
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
08/05/09 |
|
Confirmed |
Commissioner of the Consumer
Product Safety Commission |
Inez M. Tenenbaum |
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
06/16/09 |
|
Confirmed |
Commissioner of the Consumer Product Safety Commission |
Anne M. Northup |
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
08/05/09
|
|
Confirmed |
Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration |
Margaret Hamburg |
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
05/07/09 |
|
Confirmed |
Principal Deputy Commisioner of the Food and Drug Administration*
No confirmation needed |
Josh Sharfstein |
|
|
|
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) chairman*
No confirmation needed |
Gregory Jaczko |
|
|
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