 The Federal Update
By Ethan D. Lewis
Team Leader and Content Manager, Federal Yellow Book
April 4, 2009
The Spring 2009 edition of the Federal Yellow Book has been completely updated to reflect changes that
have occurred in the federal government departments and independent agencies of the executive branch
since the publication of the Winter 2009 edition. Highlighted below are some items of interest.
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Cabinet-Level Confirmations
Department of Commerce
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Gary F. Locke
Title: Secretary of Commerce
Address: Herbert Clark Hoover Building, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW,
Room 5858, Washington, DC 20230
Telephone: (202) 482-2112
Education: Yale 1972 BA; Boston U 1975 JD
Career: Deputy Prosecutor, Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, County of King,
Washington; State Representative (D), Washington State House of
Representatives (1982-1992); County Executive, County of King, Washington
(1993); Governor (D), State of Washington (1997-2005); Director, Board of
Directors, Safeco Corporation (2005-2008); Partner, Seattle, WA Office, Davis
Wright Tremaine LLP (2005-2009)
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Department Housing and Urban Development
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Shaun Donovan
Title: Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Address: Robert C. Weaver Federal Building, 451 Seventh Street, SW,
Room 10000, Mail Stop S, Washington, DC 20410
Telephone: (202) 708-0417
Facsimile: (202) 708-4087
Education: Harvard 1987 BA; JFK School Govt 1995 MPA; Harvard 1995 MArch
Career: Deputy Assistant Secretary, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Multifamily
Housing Programs, Assistant Secretary for Housing - Federal Housing
Administration, United States Department of Housing and Urban Development;
Acting Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner,
Assistant Secretary for Housing - Federal Housing Administration, Office
of the Deputy Secretary, United States Department of Housing and Urban
Development; Consultant, Millennial Housing Commission; Managing
Director, Prudential Huntoon Paige, Prudential Mortgage Capital Company,
Prudential Financial, Inc.; Commissioner, Housing Preservation and
Development Department, City of New York, New York (2004-2009) |
Department of Justice
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Eric H. Holder, Jr.
Title: Attorney General
Address: Robert F. Kennedy Building, 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW,
Room 5111, Washington, DC 20530
Telephone: (202) 514-2000
Facsimile: (202) 307-6777
Education: Columbia 1973 BA, 1976 JD
Career: Clerk, Legal Defense and Educational Fund, National Association for
the Advancement of Colored People; Clerk, Criminal Division, Office of the
Deputy Attorney General, United States Department of Justice; Trial Attorney,
Public Integrity Section, Criminal Division, United States Department of Justice
(1976-1988); United States Attorney, District of Columbia District, Executive
Office for United States Attorneys, United States Department of Justice
(1993-1997); Deputy Attorney General, United States Department of Justice,
Office of the Deputy Attorney General (1997-2001); Acting Attorney General,
United States Department of Justice (2001); Director, Board of Directors, MCI,
Inc.; Partner, Covington & Burling LLP (2001-2009) |
Department of Labor
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Hilda L. Solis
Title: Secretary of Labor
Address: 200 Constitution Avenue, NW, Room S2018, Washington, DC 20210
Telephone: (202) 693-6000
Facsimile: (202) 693-6111
Education: Cal Poly (Pomona) 1979 BA; USC 1981 MPA
Career: Management Analyst, Civil Rights Division, Office of Management and
Budget, Executive Office of the President; Assemblywoman, California State
Assembly (1993-1995); State Senator (D), California State Senate (1995-2000);
U.S. Representative (D-CA, District 32), United States House of Representatives
(2001-2009) |
Department of Transportation
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Raymond H. “Ray” LaHood
Title: Secretary of Transportation
Address: West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE, 9th Floor, Room W90,
Washington, DC 20590
Telephone: (202) 366-1111
Facsimile: (202) 366-7202
Education: Bradley 1971 BS
Career: Director, Youth Services Bureau, County of Rock Island, Illinois
(1965-1971); Chief Planner, Bi-State Metropolitan Planning Commission,
Bi-State Development Agency/Metro Link (1974-1977); District Administrative
Assistant, Office of Representative Tom Railsback, United States House of
Representatives (1977-1982); State Representative (R-IL), Illinois General
Assembly (1982-1983); Chief of Staff, Office of Representative Robert H.
Michel, United States House of Representatives (1982-1994); U.S. Representative
(R-IL, District 18), United States House of Representatives (1995-2009) |
Department of the Treasury
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Timothy Franz Geithner
Title: Secretary of the Treasury
Address: 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Room 3330, Washington, DC 20220
Telephone: (202) 622-1100
Facsimile: (202) 622-0073
Education: Dartmouth 1983 BA; Johns Hopkins 1985 MA
Career: Special Assistant to the Under Secretary, Under Secretary for
International Affairs, United States Department of the Treasury (1988-1994);
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Deputy Assistant Secretary for International
Monetary and Financial Policy, Under Secretary for International Affairs, United
States Department of the Treasury (1994-1997); Assistant Secretary for
International Affairs, United States Department of the Treasury (1997-1998);
Under Secretary for International Affairs, United States Department of the
Treasury, William J. Clinton Administration (1998-2001); Senior Fellow, Council
on Foreign Relations (2001); Director, Policy Development and Review
Department, International Monetary Fund (2001-2003); President and Chief
Executive Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of New York (NY), Federal Reserve
System (2003-2009) |
Cabinet-Level Nominations
Department of Health and Human Services
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Kathleen Sebelius
Title: Secretary-Designate of Health and Human Services
Address: Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue, SW,
Room 615F, Washington, DC 20201
Telephone: (202) 690-7000
Education: Trinity Col (DC) 1970 BA; Kansas 1977 MPA
Career: State Representative (D, District 56), Kansas State House of
Representatives (1987-1995); Insurance Commissioner, Insurance Department,
State of Kansas (1995-2003); Governor (D), State of Kansas (2003-Present) |
Confirmations
The Senate has confirmed the following individuals since publication of the Winter 2009 Edition:
| Name |
Position |
Agency |
| Austan D. Goolsbee |
Member, Council of Economic Advisers |
Executive Office of the President |
| John P. Holdren |
Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy |
Executive Office of the President |
| Ronald Kirk |
United States Trade Representative |
Executive Office of the President |
| Robert L. Nabors, II |
Deputy Director, Office of Management and Budget |
Executive Office of the President |
| Christina D. Romer |
Member, Council of Economic Advisers |
Executive Office of the President |
| Cecilia E. Rouse |
Member, Council of Economic Advisers |
Executive Office of the President |
| Nancy H. Sutley |
Chair, Council on Environmental Quality |
Executive Office of the President |
| Joe Leonard, Jr. |
Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights |
Department of Agriculture |
| Kathleen A. Merrigan |
Deputy Secretary |
Department of Agriculture |
| James W. Miller |
Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services |
Department of Agriculture |
| Gary F. Locke |
Secretary |
Department of Commerce |
| Jane Lubchenco |
Under Secretary of Commerce for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
Department of Commerce |
| Michele A. Flournoy |
Under Secretary of Defense for Policy |
Department of Defense |
| Robert F. Hale |
Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) |
Department of Defense |
| Jeh Charles Johnson |
General Counsel |
Department of Defense |
| William J. Lynn, III |
Deputy Secretary |
Department of Defense |
| James N. Miller, Jr. |
Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy |
Department of Defense |
| Alexander R. Vershbow |
Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs |
Department of Defense |
| Jane H. Lute |
Deputy Secretary |
Department of Homeland
Security |
| Shaun L. S. Donovan |
Secretary |
Department of Housing and
Urban Development |
| Eric H. Holder, Jr. |
Attorney General |
Department of Justice |
| Elana Kagan |
Solicitor General |
Department of Justice |
| David S. Kris |
Assistant Attorney General, National Security Division |
Department of Justice |
| David W. Ogden |
Deputy Attorney General |
Department of Justice |
| Thomas J. Perrelli |
Associate Attorney General |
Department of Justice |
| Hilda L. Solis |
Secretary |
Department of Labor |
| Esther D. Brimmer |
Assistant Secretary for International Organization Affairs |
Department of State |
| Rose E. Gottemoeller |
Assistant Secretary for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation |
Department of State |
| Jacob J. Lew |
Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources |
Department of State |
| Susan E. Rice |
Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations |
Department of State |
| James B. Steinberg |
Deputy Secretary |
Department of State |
| Richard R. Verma |
Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs |
Department of State |
| Melanne Verveer |
Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues |
Department of State |
| Raymond H. LaHood |
Secretary |
Department of Transportation |
| Timothy F. Geithner |
Secretary |
Department of Treasury |
| W. Scott Gould |
Deputy Secretary |
Department of Veterans Affairs |
| Lisa P. Jackson |
Administrator |
Environmental Protection
Agency |
| Daniel K. Tarullo |
Member, Board of Governors |
Federal Reserve System |
| Dennis C. Blair |
Director of National Intelligence |
Office of the Director of
National Intelligence |
| Leon E. Panetta |
Director, Central Intelligence Agency |
Office of the Director of
National Intelligence |
| John Berry |
Director |
Office of Personnel Management |
| Mary L. Schapiro |
Chairman |
Securities and Exchange
Commission |
| Karen G. Mills |
Administrator |
Small Business Administration |
Nominations Requiring Senate Confirmation
President Obama has nominated the following individuals to their respective positions since the publication
of the Winter 2009 Edition:
| Name |
Position |
Agency |
| Sherburne B. Abbott |
Associate Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy |
Executive Office of the President |
| R. Gil Kerlikowske |
Director of National Drug Control Policy |
Executive Office of the President |
| Krysta Harden |
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Congressional Relations |
Department of Agriculture |
| Dallas P. Tonsager |
Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development |
Department of Agriculture |
| April S. Boyd |
Assistant Secretary for Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs |
Department of Commerce |
| Lawrence E. Strickling |
Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information |
Department of Commerce |
| Ashton B. Carter |
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics |
Department of Defense |
| Jo-Ellen Darcy |
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Civil Works |
Department of Defense |
| Russlynn Ali |
Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights |
Department of Education |
| Peter Cunningham |
Assistant Secretary for Communications and Outreach |
Department of Education |
| Carmel Martin |
Assistant Secretary for Planning, Evaluation, and Policy Development |
Department of Education |
| Charles P. Rose |
General Counsel |
Department of Education |
| Scott Blake Harris |
General Counsel |
Department of Energy |
| Kristina M. Johnson |
Under Secretary for Energy |
Department of Energy |
| Steven E. Koonin |
Under Secretary for Science |
Department of Energy |
| Ines R. Triay |
Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management |
Department of Energy |
| William V. Corr |
Deputy Secretary |
Department of Health and
Human Services |
| Margaret A. Hamburg |
Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration |
Department of Health and
Human Services |
| Yvette Roubideaux |
Director, Indian Health Service |
Department of Health and
Human Services |
| Kathleen Sebelius |
Secretary |
Department of Health and
Human Services |
| Ivan K. Fong |
General Counsel |
Department of Homeland
Security |
| William C. Fugate |
Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency |
Department of Homeland
Security |
| Timothy W. Manning |
Deputy Administrator for National Preparedness, Federal Emergency Management Agency |
Department of Homeland
Security |
| John Morton |
Assistant Secretary, United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement |
Department of Homeland
Security |
| Peter A. Kovar |
Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations |
Department of Housing and Urban Development |
| Ronald C. Sims |
Deputy Secretary |
Department of Housing and
Urban Development |
| David J. Hayes |
Deputy Secretary of the Interior |
Department of the Interior |
| Thomas L. Strickland |
Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife |
Department of the Interior |
| Hilary C. Tompkins |
Solicitor |
Department of the Interior |
| Lanny A. Breuer |
Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division |
Department of Justice |
| Thomas E. Perez |
Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Division |
Department of Justice |
| Christine Anne Varney |
Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division |
Department of Justice |
| Ronald H. Weich |
Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs |
Department of Justice |
| Tony West |
Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division |
Department of Justice |
| Seth David Harris |
Deputy Secretary |
Department of Labor |
| Brian V. Kennedy |
Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs |
Department of Labor |
| T. Michael Kerr |
Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management |
Department of Labor |
| Susan F. Burk |
Special Representative of the President |
Department of State |
| Johnnie Carson |
Assistant Secretary for African Affairs |
Department of State |
| Ivo H. Daalder |
United States Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
Department of State |
| Luis C. de Baca |
Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons |
Department of State |
| Philip H. Gordon |
Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Bureau |
Department of State |
| Harold H. Koh |
Legal Adviser |
Department of State |
| Dana G. Gresham |
Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs |
Department of Transportation |
| Roy W. Kienitz |
Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy |
Department of Transportation |
| Joseph C. Szabo |
Administrator, Federal Railroad Administration |
Department of Transportation |
| Lael Brainard |
Under Secretary for International Affairs |
Department of the Treasury |
| David S. Cohen |
Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing |
Department of the Treasury |
| Alan B. Krueger |
Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy |
Department of the Treasury |
| Kim N. Wallace |
Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs |
Department of the Treasury |
| L. Tammy Duckworth |
Assistant Secretary for Public and Intergovernmental Affairs |
Department of Veterans Affairs |
| John U. Sepúlveda |
Assistant Secretary for Human Resources and Administration |
Department of Veterans Affairs |
| Michelle J. DePass |
Assistant Administrator for International Affairs |
Environmental Protection Agency |
| Cynthia J. Giles |
Assistant Administrator for Enforcement and Compliance Assurance |
Environmental Protection Agency |
| Regina A. McCarthy |
Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation |
Environmental Protection
Agency |
| Julius Genachowski |
Chairman |
Federal Communications
Commission |
| Linda A. Puchala |
Member |
National Mediation Board |
Presidential Appointments
The following individuals have been appointed by President Obama to their respective positions and do
not require Senate Confirmation:
Executive Office of the President
| Name |
Position |
| David P. Agnew |
Deputy Director for Intergovernmental Affairs |
| Jeffrey A. Bader |
Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director, Asian Affairs,
National Security Council |
| Michael Blake |
Deputy Associate Director for Intergovernmental Affairs |
| John O. Brennan |
Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism |
| Adolfo Carrión, Jr. |
Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Urban Affairs |
| Jeffrey S. Crowley |
National AIDS Policy Director |
| Kareem Dale |
Special Assistant to the President for Disability Policy |
| Jeffrey Davidow |
White House Advisor for the Summit of the Americas |
| Nancy-Ann Min DeParle |
Counselor to the President and Director of the White House Office
for Health Reform |
| Mary DeRosa |
Deputy Counsel to the President for National Security Affairs and
Legal Adviser to the National Security Council |
| Earl E. Devaney |
Chair, Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board |
| Derek Douglas |
Special Assistant to the President for Urban Affairs |
| Joshua DuBois |
Special Assistant to the President and Executive Director, White House
Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships |
| Norman Eisen |
Special Counsel to the President for Ethics and Government Reform |
| Diana Farrell |
Deputy Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and Deputy
Director, National Economic Council |
| Michael B.G. Froman |
Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security
Advisor for International Economic Affairs |
| Michael B.G. Froman |
Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy |
| Jason Furman |
Deputy Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and Deputy
Director, National Economic Council |
| Michelle Gavin |
Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director, African Affairs,
National Security Council |
| Jodi A. Gillette |
Deputy Associate Director, Office of Intergovernmental Affairs |
| Vivek Kundra |
Federal Chief Information Officer |
| VADM J. Michael McConnell |
Member, President's Intelligence Advisory Board |
| Dennis McDonough |
Deputy Assistant to the President and Director for Strategic
Communications, National Security Council |
| Michael McFaul |
Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Russia,
National Security Council |
| Shawn McGrath |
Deputy Director for Intergovernmental Affairs |
| Daniel J. Meltzer |
Principal Deputy White House Counsel to the President and Deputy
Assistant to the President |
| Samantha Power |
Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Multilateral
Affairs, National Security Council |
| Nicholas Rathod |
Deputy Associate Director, Office of Intergovernmental Affairs |
| Daniel Restrepo |
Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director Western
Hemisphere Affairs, National Security Council |
| Mara E. Rudman |
Executive Secretary, National Security Council |
| Gary S. Samore |
Coordinator for the Prevention of WMD Proliferation and Terrorism,
National Security Council |
| Susan S. Sher |
Associate Counsel to the President and Counsel to the First Lady |
| Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall |
Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for European
Affairs, National Security Council |
| Dana Singiser |
Special Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs |
| Samantha Tubman |
Assistant Social Secretary |
| Neal S. Wolin |
Deputy Counsel to the President for Economic Policy and Deputy
Assistant to the President |
Department of Health and Human Services
| Name |
Position |
| Joshua M. Sharfstein |
Principal Deputy Commissioner and Chief Scientist, Food and Drug
Administration |
Department of State
| Name |
Position |
| MajGen Jonathan S. Gration USAF (Ret) |
Special Envoy for Sudan |
| George J. Mitchell |
Special Envoy for the Middle East |
| Todd D. Stern |
Special Envoy for Climate Change, Bureau of Oceans and International
Environmental and Scientific Affairs |
Department of the Treasury
| Name |
Position |
| Ron A. Bloom |
Senior Advisor on the Auto Industry, Presidential Task Force on the
Auto Industry |
| Edward B. Montgomery |
Director of Recovery for Auto Communities and Workers, Presidential
Task Force on the Auto Industry |
| Steven L. Rattner |
Counselor to the Secretary of the Treasury, Presidential Task Force on
the Auto Industry |
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
| Name |
Position |
| Stuart J. Ishimaru |
Acting Chair |
General Services Administration
| Name |
Position |
| Paul F. Prouty |
Acting Administrator |
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
| Name |
Position |
| Patrice W. Powell |
Acting Chairman, National Endowment for the Arts |
United States Agency for International Development
| Name |
Position |
| Alonzo L. Fulgham |
Acting Administrator |
Nominations Withdrawn
The Senate received notification of the withdrawal of the following nominations since the publication of
the Winter 2009 edition:
| Name |
Position |
Agency |
| Nancy Killefer |
Deputy Director for Management and Chief Performance Officer, Office of Management
and Budget |
Executive Office of the President |
| Demetrios J. Marantis |
Deputy U.S. Trade Representative, Office of the United States Trade Representative |
Executive Office of the President |
| Judd Gregg |
Secretary |
Department of Commerce |
| Thomas A. Daschle |
Secretary |
Department of Health and
Human Services |
| Jonathan Z. Cannon |
Deputy Administrator |
Environmental Protection
Agency |
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