Sitewide Search Filter Type Topic Tag Clear Publication Congress should reform the law to ensure federal vacancies are filled Since the early days of the republic, presidents have had the ability to temporarily fill federal roles that need Senate confirmation with acting officials, a v... January 5, 2021 Resource Addressing Federal Vacancies Through Fundamental Transparency Reform Testimony of Rebecca Jones, Policy Counsel at the Project On Government Oversight, before the House Appropriations Committee Legislative Branch Subcom... March 3, 2020 Publication Kristine Simmons’ statement for the House Committee on Homeland Security hearing entitled, “Examining the Senate Confirmation Process and Federal Vacancies” Hearing Date: Thursday March 3, 2022 at 10:15am Hearing Title: “Examining the Senate Confirmation Process and Federal Vacancies.” Panelists: Kristin... March 11, 2022 Resource Are Reforms to the Federal Vacancies Act Still Needed Under President Biden? House lawmaker plans to reintroduce a bill that would reform the rules on acting officials serving in top federal roles, a change experts say is still necessary... April 23, 2021 Resource To Improve Hiring, Anticipate Vacancies in Advance, Group Suggests The Partnership for Public Service has said that an FBI initiative designed to anticipate job vacancies well in advance of when they occur could similarly help ... December 1, 2020 Resource It’s way too many’: As vacancies pile up in Trump administration, senators grow concerned From the Justice Department to Veterans Affairs, vast swaths of the government have top positions filled by officials serving in an acting capacity — or no on... February 4, 2019 Video Data Driven Recruitment In this new age of social recruiting, vast amounts of candidate data can make the task of filling vacancies daunting. Agencies should embrace social recr... July 21, 2016 Resource The 9/11 Commission Said National Security Vacancies Were A Problem. Biden’s Pentagon Is ‘Far Worse’ By Oct. 5, 2001, the Bush administration had 34 Pentagon officials confirmed, according to data provided by Loren DeJonge Schulman, who leads the research,... October 8, 2021 Resource Vacancies Act Deadline Looms for Many of Biden’s Acting Officials, But the OMB Director Is an Exception The nonprofit Partnership for Public Service and The Washington Post are tracking the nomination and confirmation process for 805 major positions. As of Wed... October 28, 2021 Resource Democrats frustrated by vacancies across government “The end result of all of this is, at a moment when we need so much from our government, we have a government that is not led with permanent officials in many... November 24, 2021
