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