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Nominations of U.S.G. Officials & Departments

Nominations for U.S. Government Officials & Departments by President-Elect Obama

Links to all U.S. federal government departments and agencies may be found at Official Federal Government Web Sites, a Library of Congress Internet Resource Page.

A complete list of nominations and appointments is also provided by the White House website.

Listed below are senior U.S. government posts including, where known, nominations by President Obama. Positions not requiring Senate confirmation are marked (*).

Cabinet Departments Secretaries
Agriculture
http://www.usda.gov
Secretary of Agriculture
Tom Vilsack
Commerce
http://www.doc.gov
Secretary of Commerce
Gary F. Locke
Defense
http://www.defenselink.mil/
Secretary of Defense
Robert Gates
Education
http://www.ed.gov
Secretary of Education
Arne Duncan
Energy
http://www.energy.gov
Secretary of Energy
Steven Chu
Health and Human Services
http://www.hhs.gov/
Secretary of Health and Human Services
Kathleeen Sibelius (designate)
Homeland Security
http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/index.jsp
Secretary of Homeland Security
Janet Napolitano
Housing and Urban Development
http://www.hud.gov
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Shaun Donovan
Interior
http://www.doi.gov/
Secretary of the Interior
Ken Salazar
Justice
http://www.usdoj.gov
Attorney General
Eric Holder
Labor
http://www.dol.gov/
Secretary of Labor
Hilda Solis
State
http://www.state.gov/
Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton
Transportation
http://www.dot.gov/
Secretary of Transportation
Ray LaHood
Treasury
http://www.ustreas.gov/
Secretary of the Treasury
Timothy Geithner
Veterans Affairs
http://www.va.gov
Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Eric Shinseki

Executive Office of the President http://www.whitehouse.gov/our_government/executive_branch/
Office of Management and Budget
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/
Director
Peter Orszag
Council of Environmental Quality
www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/ceq/
Chairwoman Nancy Sutley
Council of Economic Advisors
http://www.whitehouse.gov/cea/about.html
Chairwoman Christina Romer
Office of Administration
http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/oa/
Office of National Drug Control Policy
http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/
Director R. Gil Kerlikowske
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
http://www.ustr.gov/
Trade Representative
Ambassador Ronald Kirk
National Security Council
http://www.whitehouse.gov/nsc/index.html
Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
General (ret'd) James Jones (Dec 01, 2008)
Office of Science and Technology Policy
http://www.ostp.gov/
Director John Holdren
President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board
http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/piab/
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs *
White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel *
White House Counsel Greg Craig *

Other Offices  
Director of National Intelligence
http://www.dni.gov/
Central Intelligence Agency
http://www.cia.gov/
Director Leon E. Panetta
Domestic Policy Council
http://www.whitehouse.gov/dpc/
Director Melody Barnes
Homeland Security Council
http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/homeland_security/
National Economic Council
http://www.whitehouse.gov/nec/index.html
Assistant to the President for Economic Policy Lawrence Summers (Nov 24, 2008) *
Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
Office of the First Lady
http://www.whitehouse.gov/firstlady/
Office of National AIDS Policy
http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/onap/
Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Boards
USA Freedom Corps
http://www.serve.gov/
White House Fellows Office
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/fellows/about/
White House Military Office
http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/whmo/
U.S. Representative to the United Nations
http://www.usunnewyork.usmission.gov
Susan Rice (Dec 01, 2008)
Environmental Protection Agency
http://www.epa.gov/
Administrator Lisa Jackson Susan Rice (Dec 15, 2008)
White House Council on Environmental Quality
http://www.epa.gov/
Chairwoman Nancy Sutley (Dec 15, 2008)

 

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