Personnel Practices: Career Appointments Granted Political Appointees
From October 1998 Through June 2000 (Letter Report, 09/18/2000,
GAO/GGD-00-205).

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the appointment of
political appointees to career positions in the executive branch,
focusing on: (1) the number of political appointees who converted to
career service positions between October 1, 1998, and June 30, 2000; and
(2) certain information about the political positions they held and the
career positions to which they converted.

GAO noted that: (1) 57 former political appointees and legislative
branch employees were converted to career positions during the 21 months
from October 1998 through June 2000; (2) nine appointees were former
legislative branch employees, and the other 48 appointees were former
political appointees at executive branch agencies; (3) the 57
appointments were made by 18 of the 45 agencies; (4) the other 27
agencies, according to their reports, did not appoint political
appointees or former legislative branch employees to career positions;
(5) most of the 57 appointments were at the Departments of Justice,
Energy, Commerce, Defense, and Labor; (6) of the 57 appointments, 10
were to career positions in the Senior Executive Service, which is the
federal government's top career management level; (7) another 38 career
appointments were to career General Schedule positions, usually at pay
grades 13, 14, or 15, which are the three highest GS pay grades; (8) 9
of the 57 appointments were to various other career positions, such as
Assistant U.S. Attorney positions at the Department of Justice; (9)
appointments frequently were made to newly established positions; (10)
agencies reported making 25 conversions to new positions, and most of
the appointees to these new positions were already employed at the
appointing agencies; (11) the annual salaries appointees received upon
their career appointments differed in many instances from the annual
salaries they last received in their prior positions; (12) prior salary
data were available for 56 appointments; and for 25 of them, the new
salary and the old salary were identical or within $1,000; (13) for the
remaining 31 appointments, the new salaries were higher or lower than
the old salaries by more $1,000; (14) during presidential election
years, because of the expected high turnover of political appointees,
the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) seeks to ensure that each
political-to-career conversion complies with appropriate federal
personnel rules; (15) on February 18, 2000, OPM issued a memorandum to
agencies explaining its clearance process for conversions; and (16) as
part of that process, OPM must approve each proposed conversion through
January 2001.

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 REPORTNUM:  GGD-00-205
     TITLE:  Personnel Practices: Career Appointments Granted Political
	     Appointees From October 1998 Through June 2000
      DATE:  09/18/2000
   SUBJECT:  Personnel management
	     Government job appointments
	     GS grade classification
	     Federal employees
IDENTIFIER:  Senior Executive Service
	     SES

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GAO/GGD-00-205
PERSONNEL PRACTICES

Career Appointments Granted Political Appointees From October 1998 Through
June 2000

United States General Accounting Office

GAO Report to Congressional Requesters

September 2000 GAO/ GGD- 00- 205

United States General Accounting Office General Government Division
Washington, D. C. 20548

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B- 285641 September 18, 2000 The Honorable Christopher S. Bond Chairman,
Committee on Small Business United States Senate

The Honorable Joe Scarborough Chairman, Subcommittee on Civil Service
Committee on Government Reform House of Representatives

The Honorable Henry J. Hyde Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary House of
Representatives

At your request, we are monitoring and reviewing the appointment of
political appointees to career positions in the executive branch. You
recently asked us for an interim report on these “conversions,”
and this report responds to your request. As agreed, it provides (1) the
number of political appointees who converted to career service positions
between October 1, 1998, and June 30, 2000; and (2) certain information
about the political positions they held and the career positions to which
they converted. Forty- five federal agencies provided us with information on
the number of conversions and associated positions (see app. I). We will
report at a later date, as agreed with you, on all conversions that will
have occurred through April 2001 and on certain issues related to those
conversions, such as whether agencies followed proper procedures when making
appointments.

Political appointments are generally made by the administration in office
and are noncareer appointments. These appointments are generally
noncompetitive and are therefore made without regard to the rules for
competition that govern career appointments. However, while serving under a
political appointment, appointees can apply and compete for positions that
are filled through career appointments. Career appointments do not end with
the change of administrations and are to be filled only after fair and open
competition has occurred to ensure that all applicants receive fair and
equitable treatment.

Political appointees fill positions in the executive branch under different
types of appointments; for example, they can receive Schedule C

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appointments to General Schedule positions to support and advocate the
president's goals and policies. The types of appointments this report covers
are listed and defined in the scope and methodology section of this letter.
As we have in past reports on the conversion issue, which are listed at the
end of this report, we have included information in this report on the
appointment of former legislative branch employees to career positions in
the executive branch.

On the basis of information submitted by the 45 agencies and our discussions
with them, we determined that 57 former political appointees and legislative
branch employees were converted to career positions during the 21 months
from October 1998 through June 2000. Nine appointees were former legislative
branch employees, and the other 48 appointees were former political
appointees at executive branch agencies. The 57 appointments were made by 18
of the 45 agencies. The other 27 agencies, according to their reports, did
not appoint political appointees or former legislative branch employees to
career positions. Most of the 57 appointments were at the Departments of
Justice (13), Energy (7), Commerce (7), Defense (5), and Labor (5).

Of the 57 appointments, 10 were to career positions in the Senior Executive
Service (SES), which is the federal government's top career management
level. 1 Another 38 career appointments were to career General Schedule (GS)
positions, usually at pay grades 13, 14, or 15, which are the three highest
GS pay grades. Finally, 9 of the 57 appointments were to various other
career positions, such as Assistant U. S. Attorney positions at the
Department of Justice. The 57 appointments represented far less than 1
percent of the aggregate number of career appointments in fiscal year 1999
to SES positions, GS- 7 to GS- 15 positions, and other career positions.

Appointments frequently were made to newly established positions. Agencies
reported making 25 conversions to new positions, and most of the appointees
to these new positions (18 of the 25 appointees) were already employed at
the appointing agencies. For 41 of the 57 appointments, the individuals who
were appointed were already working at the agencies that appointed them.

1 Agencies reported 12 more appointments to career SES positions that we did
not include. The individuals who were appointed had been in limited- term
SES positions. Because limited- term SES positions can include political
appointees, we asked agencies to report career appointments whenever
limited- term SES positions were involved. However, in these 12 cases, we
found after further review that the 12 appointees were career employees
rather than political appointees. Results

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Finally, the annual salaries appointees received upon their career
appointments differed in many instances from the annual salaries they last
received in their prior positions. Prior salary data were available for 56
appointments; and for 25 of them, the new salary and the old salary were
identical or within $1,000. For the remaining 31 appointments, the new
salaries were higher or lower than the old salaries by more than $1,000. The
new salary was higher in 17 cases and lower in 14 cases. Appendix II
contains information on each of the 57 appointments.

During presidential election years, because of the expected high turnover of
political appointees, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) seeks to
ensure that each political- to- career conversion complies with appropriate
federal personnel rules. On February 18, 2000, OPM issued a memorandum to
agencies explaining its clearance process for conversions. As part of that
process, OPM must approve each proposed conversion through January 2001.
From February 2000 through June 2000, OPM approved the conversion of 12
Schedule C and noncareer SES appointees and rejected 1.

We obtained comments on a draft of this report from the Director, OPM. The
Director said that OPM found the information in our report helpful and said
that OPM will be using it as the agency continues its oversight of the
conversion process.

We also confirmed the data shown in appendix II by sending it to the
respective agencies that reported it. The agencies made some additions or
corrections to the data, such as filling in information that was missing or
correcting a date. Appendix II reflects the changes that were made by the
agencies.

To ascertain the number of conversions from political positions to career
positions, we asked 45 federal agencies (see app. I) to complete our data
collection instrument each time they made (or make) a career appointment of
a former political appointee or legislative branch employee between October
1, 1998, and April 30, 2001. We also asked them to submit a negative report
for each month in which they had not made a conversion. Agency Comments

Scope and Methodology

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As expressed on our data collection form, we defined political appointees as
those individuals who received an appointment to the following positions
after April 1, 1997:

ï¿½ Schedule C;

ï¿½ noncareer SES, including limited- term SES and limited emergency SES; and

ï¿½ presidential appointees, including Executive Level, and noncareer
Ambassadors.

We included in our definition individuals who were employees in the
Executive Office of the President and who were first hired after January 20,
1993. We also asked agencies to report on the appointment of former
legislative branch employees to career positions in the executive branch.

Schedule C, noncareer SES, and presidential appointees are appointed by an
administration to support and advocate the president's goals and policies.
Schedule C appointees generally receive noncompetitive appointments to
excepted service positions graded GS- 15 and below that involve determining
policy or that require a close, confidential relationship with the agency
head or other key officials of the agency. Noncareer SES appointees can
receive noncompetitive appointments to SES positions that normally involve
advocating, formulating, and directing the programs and policies of the
administration. Limited- term SES appointments are timelimited, nonrenewable
appointments for up to 3 years. These appointments can be made
noncompetitively. Limited emergency SES appointments also can be made
noncompetitively, and the appointees serve at the pleasure of the agency
head.

We established the October 1998 to April 2001 coverage period, with
agreement of your representatives, in order to include conversions that
might occur in the months before and after the November 2000 presidential
and congressional elections. We used June 2000 as the ending date for this
interim report because it was the latest full month for which we had data.

In completing the data collection instrument, the 45 agencies were asked to
provide information about the career position to which the individuals were
appointed. Specifically, we asked them to provide the position title, the
appointee's pay grade, annual salary, and appointment or entered- onduty
date. We also asked them to provide the title of the appointee's former
position. In addition, we asked the agencies to provide the related Standard
Form 50 for all appointments. These forms provide the official

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record of a personnel action, such as an appointment. We used the Form 50s
to obtain information about each appointee's prior position, such as annual
salary, and to verify information that agencies provided on the data
collection instrument. We did not make judgments regarding the
qualifications of former political appointees and legislative branch
employees for the career positions to which they were appointed.

We did our work in Washington, D. C., from April 1999 through July 2000 in
accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards.

We are sending copies of this report to Representative Elijah E. Cummings,
Ranking Minority Member, Subcommittee on Civil Service, House Committee on
Government Reform; Senator John F. Kerry, Ranking Minority Member, Senate
Committee on Small Business; Representative Dan Burton, Chairman, and
Representative Henry A. Waxman, Ranking Minority Member, House Committee on
Government Reform; and the Honorable Janice R. Lachance, Director, OPM. In
addition, copies will be sent to other congressional committees, the heads
of the 45 agencies who reported information to us, and other interested
parties. We will also make copies available to others on request.

Major contributors to this report were Richard W. Caradine, Assistant
Director; Carolyn L. Samuels, Evaluator- in- Charge; and Domingo Nieves,
Senior Evaluator. Please contact Mr. Caradine or me on (202) 512- 8676 if
you have any questions.

Michael Brostek Associate Director, Federal Management

and Workforce Issues

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Contents 1 Letter 8 Appendix I Listing of 45 Executive Branch Agencies and
Departments Reviewed and Criteria Used to Select Them

11 Appendix II Noncareer Appointees Converted to Career, Career-
Conditional, Career SES, and Term Appointments by Agency

17 Appendix III Comments From the Office of Personnel Management

18 Related GAO Products

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Appendix I Listing of 45 Executive Branch Agencies and Departments Reviewed
and Criteria Used to Select Them

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The criteria used to select the executive branch agencies and departments
were: (1) all cabinet- level departments and agencies, (2) agencies that had
oversight or other regular responsibilities for federal workforce issues,
and (3) departments and agencies of particular interest to the congressional
requesters of the review. As a result, the following 45 agencies and
departments were identified:

1. Department of Agriculture 2. Department of Commerce 3. Department of
Defense (Office of the Secretary, Air Force, Army, and

Navy) 4. Department of Education 5. Department of Energy 6. Department of
Health and Human Services 7. Department of Housing and Urban Development 8.
Department of the Interior 9. Department of Justice 10. Department of Labor
11. Department of State 12. Department of Transportation 13. Department of
the Treasury 14. Department of Veterans Affairs 15. African Development
Foundation 16. Commission on Civil rights 17. Consumer Product Safety
Commission 18. Corporation for National Service

Appendix I Listing of 45 Executive Branch Agencies and Departments Reviewed
and Criteria Used to Select Them

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19. Environmental Protection Agency 20. Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission 21. Export- Import Bank of the U. S. 22. Federal Aviation
Administration 23. Federal Labor Relations Authority 24. Federal Maritime
Commission 25. Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service 26. Federal
Retirement and Thrift Investment Board 27. Federal Trade Commission 28. U.
S. Institute of Peace 29. Inter- American Foundation 30. U. S. International
Trade Commission 31. Merit Systems Protection Board 32. National Endowment
for the Arts 33. National Endowment for the Humanities 34. National Labor
Relations Board 35. National Mediation Board 36. Occupational Safety and
Health Review Commission 37. Office of Government Ethics 38. Office of
Management and Budget 39. Office of Personnel Management 40. Office of
Special Counsel

Appendix I Listing of 45 Executive Branch Agencies and Departments Reviewed
and Criteria Used to Select Them

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41. Office of the U. S. Trade Representative 42. Overseas Private Investment
Corporation 43. Peace Corps 44. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation 45.
Small Business Administration

Appendix II Noncareer Appointees Converted to Career, Career- Conditional,
Career SES, and Term Appointments by Agency

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Career, career- conditional, career SES, term appointment, and other
position title and office Career grade

and salary a Date

appointed/ entered on duty Noncareer position title, office, and

department Type of

appointment, noncareer grade and salary a Department of Agriculture

Program Analyst National Resource Conservation Service Outreach Division

GS- 0343- 13/ 03 $64,949

06/ 04/ 00 Confidential Assistant to the Chief Natural Resources
Conservation

Service Department of Agriculture

Schedule C GS- 0301- 13/ 02 $59,961

Department of Commerce

Government Liaison Bureau of the Census

GS- 0301- 14/ 10 $85,978

11/ 22/ 98 Congressional Affairs Officer Bureau of Census Department of
Commerce

Schedule C GM- 0301- 15/ 00 $90,767 Intergovernmental/ Partnership

Specialist b Office of the Secretary

GS- 0301- 13/ 02 $59,961 01/ 31/ 99 Legislative Affairs Specialist

Office of the Secretary Department of Commerce

Schedule C GS- 0301- 13/ 02 $59,961 Outreach Program Specialist b National
Oceanic & Atmospheric

Administration ZA- 0301- 04/ 02

$82,000 05/ 17/ 99 Senior Legislative Assistant

U. S. Senate Legislative Branch

Employee $72,000 Supervisory International Trade

Specialist International Trade Administration

GS- 1140- 14/ 02 $70,855

09/ 27/ 99 Special Assistant Office of the Deputy Assistant

Secretary for Technology and Aerospace Industries Department of Commerce

Schedule C GS- 0301- 14/ 02 $66,707

Program Analyst b Office of the Director National Institute of Standards and

Technology ZA- 0343- III/ 01

$48,000 10/ 10/ 99 Legislative Affairs Specialist

Office of the Secretary Department of Commerce

Schedule C GS- 0301- 11 $40,714

Regional Director Economic Development Administration Denver Regional Office

ES- 0301- 00/ 01 $111,671

12/ 19/ 99 State Director Rural Development Department of Agriculture

Schedule C GM- 0301- 15/ 00

$92,354 Deputy Under Secretary for Economic

Affairs Economic & Statistics Administration

ES- 0301- 00/ 06 $130,200

06/ 04/ 00 Chief Economist Economic & Statistics Administration Department
of Commerce

Noncareer SES ES- 0110- 00/ 05 $120,886

Department of Defense

Program Analyst b Defense Security Cooperation

Agency GS- 0343- 14/ 01

$68,570 05/ 09/ 99 Program Analyst Defense Security Cooperation Agency
Department of Defense

Schedule C GS- 0343- 13/ 04 $63,829 Family Support Liaison b Defense,
Prisoner of War/ Missing,

Personnel Office GS- 0301- 15/ 10

$104,851 11/ 21/ 99 Special Assistant for Family

Advocacy & External Relations Defense, POW/ Missing, Personnel

Office Department of Defense

Schedule C GS- 0301- 15/ 10 $104,851

Program Analyst b Deputy Under Secretary of Defense NH- 0343- III/ 00

$60,830 01/ 16/ 00 Staff Specialist Deputy Under Secretary of Defense
Department of Defense

Schedule C GS- 0301- 12/ 04 $56,324 Foreign Affairs Specialist b Threat
Reduction Nonproliferation Policy

GS- 0130- 15/ 02 $87,459

05/ 21/ 00 Defense Fellow Washington Headquarters Services Department of
Defense

Schedule C GS- 0301- 15/ 02 $87,459

Appendix II Noncareer Appointees Converted to Career, Career- Conditional,
Career SES, and Term Appointments by Agency

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Career, career- conditional, career SES, term appointment, and other
position title and office Career grade

and salary a Date

appointed/ entered on duty Noncareer position title, office, and

department Type of

appointment, noncareer grade and salary a

Director of Defense Procurement, Acquisition & Technology Office of the
Under Secretary of Defense

ES- 1102- 00/ 06 $133,477

06/ 04/ 00 Administrator, Office of Federal Procurement Policy Office of
Management and Budget

Presidential Appointee EX- 0301- 03/ 00 $133,477

Department of Education

Management & Program Analyst b Office of Intergovernmental,

Interagency Affairs GS- 0343- 14/ 04

$75,427 05/ 23/ 99 Special Assistant

Office of Intergovernmental, Interagency Affairs Department of Education

Schedule C GS- 0301- 14/ 04 $75,427

Management Analyst b Office of the Chief Information Officer

GS- 0343- 13/ 01 $60,890

05/ 21/ 00 Special Assistant Office of Elementary and Secondary

Education Department of Education

Schedule C GS- 0301- 13/ 01 $60,890

Education Program Analyst b Office of Elementary & Secondary

Education GS- 1720- 14/ 01

$71,954 06/ 04/ 00 Special Assistant Office of Elementary & Secondary

Education Department of Education

Schedule C GS- 0301- 14/ 01 $71,954

Department of Energy

Foreign Affairs Specialist b Office of Nonproliferation & National

Security GS- 0130- 12/ 02

$48,635 11/ 22/ 98 Staff Assistant

Office of Intelligence Department of Energy

Schedule C GS- 0301- 12/ 02 $48,635

Deputy Director b Office of Counterintelligence

ES- 0340- 00/ 01 $110,351

07/ 04/ 99 Professional Staff Member House Permanent Select Committee

on Intelligence House of Representatives

Legislative Branch Employee

Director Office of Planning & Analysis ES- 0301- 00/ 01

$110,351 10/ 01/ 99 Senior Staff Advisor Office of Science Department of
Energy

Schedule C GS- 0301- 15/ 05 $91,410 Budget Analyst Office of Chief Financial
Officer

GS- 0560- 15/ 02 $83,346

12/ 19/ 99 Staff Assistant Office of Chief Financial Officer Department of
Energy Schedule C

GS- 0301- 15/ 02 $83,346 Program Specialist b Office of Intelligence

GS- 0301- 13/ 09 $77,126

02/ 13/ 00 Senior Program Analyst Office of Intelligence Department of
Energy

Schedule C GS- 0301- 14/ 03 $75,750 Associate Chief Financial Officer
National Nuclear Security Administration

ES- 0301- 00/ 02 $121,264

6/ 18/ 00 Associate Chief Financial Officer Budget, Planning, & Financial

Management Department of Energy

Schedule C GS- 0505- 15/ 10 $110,028

Attorney Advisor b Immediate Office of the General

Counsel GS- 0905- 13/ 05

$69,008 02/ 27/ 00 Special Assistant to the General Counsel (Attorney-
Advisor) Office of the General Counsel Department of Energy

Schedule C GS- 0905- 15/ 01 $84,638

Appendix II Noncareer Appointees Converted to Career, Career- Conditional,
Career SES, and Term Appointments by Agency

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Career, career- conditional, career SES, term appointment, and other
position title and office Career grade

and salary a Date

appointed/ entered on duty Noncareer position title, office, and

department Type of

appointment, noncareer grade and salary a Department of Health and Human
Services

Supervisory Tribal Child Support Program Specialist Child Support
Enforcement

GS- 0101- 15/ 10 $110,028

05/ 21/ 00 Commissioner Administration for Native Americans,

Administration for Children and Families Department of Health and Human

Services Presidential

Appointee EX- 0301- V/ 00 $114,500

Department of Housing and Urban Development

Reform Issues Manager b Administration

GS- 0301- 15/ 08 $99,474

02/ 28/ 99 Director Executive Secretariat Department of Housing and Urban

Development Schedule C

GS- 0301- 15/ 08 $99,474

Department of the Interior

Director of Diversity and Human Resources b Reclamation Service Center

Diversity & Human Resources Office ES- 0340- 00/ 04

$125,900 06/ 06/ 99 Deputy Assistant Secretary Assistant Secretary Policy,

Management & Budget Department of the Interior

Noncareer SES ES- 0301- 00/ 04 $125,900

Special Assistant to the Director Office of the Director U. S. Fish and
Wildlife Service

GS- 0301- 15/ 10 $110,028

04/ 09/ 00 Special Assistant Special Assistant to the Commissioner Bureau of
Reclamation Department of the Interior

Noncareer SES ES- 0301- 00/ 04 $130,200

Department of Justice

Assistant U. S. Attorney U. S. Attorney's Office/ Central Division,

California AD- 0905- 21/ 00

$67,234 10/ 25/ 98 Deputy Director Violence Against

Women Office Office of the Assistant Attorney

General Department of Justice

Schedule C GS- 0905- 15/ 02 $80,391

Secretary Office of Automation, U. S. Attorney's

Office, South Dakota GS- 0318- 09/ 04

$35,088 11/ 22/ 98 Secretary Office of Automation, U. S. Attorney's

Office, South Dakota Department of Justice

Schedule C GS- 0318- 09/ 04 $35,088

Immigration Judge Executive Office of Immigration

Review, Office of the Chief Immigration Judge

IJ- 0905- 00/ 04 $122,065

12/ 06/ 98 Assistant U. S. Attorney Northern District of CA Executive Office
of U. S. Attorneys Department of Justice

Presidential Appointee AD- 0905 -01/ 00 $118,300 Web Manager b Office of the
Assistant Attorney

General GS- 0301- 14/ 08

$84,570 07/ 18/ 99 Special Assistant to the Administrator

Bureau of Justice Statistics Office of Justice Programs,

Department of Justice Schedule C

GS- 0301- 15/ 02 $83,346

Assistant U. S. Attorney District of New Mexico

AD- 0905- 24/ 00 $59,287

03/ 22/ 99 Legislative Assistant U. S. Senate

Legislative Branch Employee $46,500 Assistant U. S. Attorney U. S.
Attorney's Office – Eastern

Division, New York AD- 0905- 29/ 00

$109,113 07/ 18/ 99 Deputy Assistant Attorney General Office of the
Assistant Attorney General Department of Justice

Noncareer SES ES- 0905- 00/ 04 $125,900

Appendix II Noncareer Appointees Converted to Career, Career- Conditional,
Career SES, and Term Appointments by Agency

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Career, career- conditional, career SES, term appointment, and other
position title and office Career grade

and salary a Date

appointed/ entered on duty Noncareer position title, office, and

department Type of

appointment, noncareer grade and salary a

Executive Resources Program Manager b Director, Executive Office for U. S.

Attorney GS- 0301- 15/ 02

$83,346 08/ 01/ 99 Special Assistant to Secretary for

Scheduling Office of Management and

Administration Department of Energy

Schedule C GS- 0301- 15/ 02 $83,346

Policy Analyst b Office of the Director,

Community Relations Service GS- 0301- 14/ 01

$68,570 11/ 07/ 99 Special Assistant to the Director Community Relations
Service Department of Justice

Schedule C GS- 0301- 14/ 01 $68,570 Senior Advisor to the Director b
Executive Office for Immigration

Review, Office of the Director GS- 0905- 15/ 10

$110,028 03/ 26/ 00 Professional Staff Member

Committee on Appropriations House of Representatives

Legislative Branch Employee $124,000 Legal Secretary U. S. Attorney's Office
Western District of Louisiana

GS- 0986- 07/ 10 $36,741

02/ 13/ 00 Secretary U. S. Attorney's Office Western District of Louisiana
Department of Justice

Schedule C GS- 0318- 10/ 05 $43,154

Paralegal Assistant U. S. Attorney's Office Eastern Division, Wisconsin

GS- 0986- 08/ 10 $41,092 02/ 13/ 00 Secretary to the U. S. Attorney

U. S. Attorney's Office, Eastern Division, Wisconsin Department of Justice

Schedule C GS- 0318- 10/ 05 $43,578

Assistant U. S. Attorney U. S. Attorney's Office, Northern

California AD- 0905- 21/ 00

$71,996 04/ 23/ 00 Assistant to the Attorney General Office of the Attorney
General Department of Justice

Schedule C GS- 0905- 14/ 01 $71,954 Assistant Director Communications
Division Office of Community Oriented Policing

Service GS- 0301- 15/ 01

$84,638 06/ 18/ 00 Chief of Staff

Office of Boards and Divisions Office of Community Oriented Policing

Service Department of Justice

Schedule C GS- 0301- 15/ 01 $84,638

Department of Labor

General Attorney Office of the Solicitor, Division of Civil

Rights GS- 0905- 12/ 01

$48,796 10// 24/ 99 Special Assistant to the Assistant

Secretary Pension and Welfare Benefits

Administration Department of Labor

Schedule C GS- 0301- 12/ 01 $48,796

Management Analyst Office of Small Business Programs GS- 0343- 14/ 07

$82,284 12/ 19/ 99 Special Assistant Office of the Assistant Secretary for

Administration & Management Department of Labor

Schedule C GS- 0301- 14/ 07 $82,284

Lead Program Analyst Occupational, Safety, & Health

Administration GS- 0343- 14/ 04

$75,427 12/ 05/ 99 Legislative Director House of Representatives Legislative
Branch

Employee $45,000 Program Analyst Occupational Health and Safety

Administration Directorate of Federal/ State Operations,

Office of Cooperative Programs GS- 0343- 11/ 01

$42,724 3/ 12/ 00 Counsel

Committee on Budget House of Representatives

Legislative Branch Employee $72,100

Appendix II Noncareer Appointees Converted to Career, Career- Conditional,
Career SES, and Term Appointments by Agency

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Career, career- conditional, career SES, term appointment, and other
position title and office Career grade

and salary a Date

appointed/ entered on duty Noncareer position title, office, and

department Type of

appointment, noncareer grade and salary a

Manpower Analyst b Employment and Training

Administration, Office of the Assistant Secretary

GS- 0140- 15/ 10 $110,028

04/ 09/ 00 Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy Office of
Policy Development, National

Economic Council Executive Office of the President

Executive Office of the President AD- 0301- 00/ 00 $97,500

Department of State

Program Analyst Bureau of Population, Refugees, and

Migration/ Office of Multilateral and External Relations

GS- 0343- 13/ 03 $61,895

09/ 26/ 99 Special Assistant Office of the Assistant Secretary Department of
State

Schedule C GS- 0301- 13/ 03 $61,895

Program Analysis Office of Europe/ Bureau of International

Narcotics and Matter/ Multilateral Programs

GS- 00343- 11/ 10 $55,541

2/ 13/ 00 Foreign Affairs Officer (Special Assistant) Office of Assistant
Secretary Department of State

Schedule C GS- 00130- 12/ 03 $54,618

Department of Transportation

Executive & Legislative Assistant b Office of the Chairman, Surface

Transportation Board GS- 0301- 12/ 07

$58,556 04/ 11/ 99 Confidential Assistant to the

Chairman Office of the Chairman, Surface

Transportation Board Department of the Treasury

Schedule C GS- 0301- 12/ 07 $58,556

Department of the Treasury

Secretary (Typing) Bank Supervision (Policy), Core

Policy, Capital Policy Division OC- 0318- 08/ 00

$33,074 09/ 26/ 99 Secretary (Typing)

Office of National Drug Control Policy Executive Office of the President

Executive Office of The President GS- 0318- 08/ 05 $34,525

Assistant Director b Federal Law Enforcement Training

Center ES- 0301- 00/ 03

$124,185 03/ 19/ 00 Assistant to the Attorney General

Immediate Office of Attorney General Department of Justice

Noncareer SES ES- 0340- 00/ 05 $130,200

Department of Veterans Affairs

Staff Director b Office of the Deputy Under Secretary

For Memorial Activities GS- 0301- 15/ 07

$101,565 05/ 07/ 00 Special Assistant

VA Central Office, Office of the Secretary Department of Veterans Affairs

Schedule C GS- 0301- 15/ 07 $101,565

Environmental Protection Agency

Director Office of Environmental Justice Office of Enforcement & Compliance

Assurance ES- 0905- 00/ 05

$125,900 11/ 22/ 98 Associate Solicitor Division of Conservation & Wildlife
Department of the Interior

Noncareer SES ES- 0905- 00/ 05 $125,900

Supervisory Environmental Protection Specialist Office of Solid Waste and
Emergency Response

GS- 0028- 15/ 00 $126,825 06/ 18/ 00 Deputy Assistant Administrator

Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, Office of the Assistant
Administrator Environmental Protection Agency

Noncareer SES ES- 0340- 00/ 03 $126,825

Appendix II Noncareer Appointees Converted to Career, Career- Conditional,
Career SES, and Term Appointments by Agency

Page 16 GAO/ GGD- 00- 205 Personnel Practices

Career, career- conditional, career SES, term appointment, and other
position title and office Career grade

and salary a Date

appointed/ entered on duty Noncareer position title, office, and

department Type of

appointment, noncareer grade and salary a Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission

Writer Editor b Office of Communications and

Legislative Affairs GS- 1082- 13/ 02

$62,920 03/ 26/ 00 Media Contact Specialist

Office of the Chairwoman, Office of Communications and Legislative Affairs
Equal Employment Opportunity

Commission Schedule C

GS- 0301- 13/ 02 $62,920

International Trade Commission

International Trade Analyst Office of Investigations, Division C

GS- 1101- 09/ 10 $43,747

02/ 17/ 99 Legislative Assistant House of Representatives

Legislative Branch Employee $28,000 General Attorney Office of Unfair Import
Investigations

GS- 0905- 14/ 06 $79,999

05/ 01/ 99 Legislative Assistant U. S. Senate

Legislative Branch Employee $81,760

Office of Management and Budget

Chief, State/ USIA Branch ES- 0301- 00/ 04 $133,259

02/ 15/ 00 Majority Clerk and Staff Director Subcommittee of the Departments
of

Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary and related Agencies House of
Representatives

Legislative Branch Employee $138,615

a Salary includes locality pay b Newly established position

Legend: AD – Administratively determined rates not elsewhere specified
ES – Senior Executive Service GS – General Schedule IJ –
Immigration Judge Schedule. The code is for use by the Department of Justice
only. NH – Business Management and Technical Management Professional.
DOD Acquisition Workforce Demonstration Project. The code is for use by the
Department of Air Force, Department of Army, Department of Defense, and the
Department of Navy only.

OC – Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. The code is for the
use by the Office of the Comptroller of Currency only.

ZA – Administrative. The code is for use by the Department of Commerce
only.

Appendix III Comments From the Office of Personnel Management

Page 17 GAO/ GGD- 00- 205 Personnel Practices

Related GAO Products

Page 18 GAO/ GGD- 00- 205 Personnel Practices

Personnel Practices: Career Appointments of Former Political and
Congressional Employees (GAO/ GGD- 97- 165, Sept. 2, 1997).

Personnel Practices: Improper Personnel Actions on Selected CPSC
Appointments (GAO/ GGD- 97- 131, June 27, 1997).

Hiring of Former IRS Employees by PBGC (GAO/ GGD- 97- 9R, Oct. 2, 1996).
Personnel Practice: Career Appointments of Legislative, White House, and
Political Appointees (GAO/ GGD- 96- 2, Oct. 10, 1995).

Personnel Practices: Selected Characteristics of Recent Ramspeck Act
Appointments (GAO/ T- GGD- 95- 173, May 24, 1995).

An Overview of Ramspeck Act Appointments (GAO/ T- GGD- 95- 155, May 8,
1995).

Personnel Practices: Presidential Transition Conversions and Appointments:
Changes Needed (GAO/ GGD- 94- 66, May 31, 1994).

Political Appointees: Turnover Rates in Executive Schedule Positions
Requiring Senate Confirmation (GAO/ GGD- 94- 115FS, Apr. 21, 1994).

Political Appointees: 10- Year Staffing Trends at 30 Federal Agencies (GAO/
GGD- 93- 74FS, Apr. 30, 1993).

Personnel Practices: Career Appointments Granted Political Appointees From
January Through November 1992 (GAO/ GGD- 93- 49FS, Jan. 22, 1993).

Personnel Practices: Schedule C and Other Details to the Executive Office of
the President (GAO/ GGD- 93- 14, Nov. 6, 1992).

Political Appointees: Number of Noncareer SES and Schedule C Employees in
Federal Agencies (GAO/ GGD- 92- 101FS, June 8, 1992).

Personnel Practices: Details of Schedule C Employees to the White House
(GAO/ T- GGD- 92- 28, Apr. 19, 1992).

Personnel Practices: Propriety of Career Appointments Granted Former
Political Appointees (GAO/ GGD- 92- 51, Feb. 12, 1992).

Personnel Practices: The Department of Energy's Use of Schedule C
Appointment Authority (GAO/ GGD- 90- 61, Mar. 8, 1990).

Related GAO Products Page 19 GAO/ GGD- 00- 205 Personnel Practices

Political Appointees in Federal Agencies (GAO/ T- GGD- 90- 4, Oct. 26,
1989). Federal Employees: Appointees Converted to Career Positions, January
and February 1989 (GAO/ GGD- 89- 89FS, June 13, 1989).

Federal Employees: Appointees Converted to Career Positions, October Through
December 1988 (GAO/ GGD- 89- 66FS, Apr. 24, 1989).

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