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[COMMITTEE PRINT] UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Policy and Supporting Positions ◆ Committee on Oversight and Reform U.S. House of Representatives 116th Congress, 2d Session DECEMBER 2020 Available via http://www.govinfo.gov Printed for the use of the Committee on Oversight and Reform U.S. GOVERNMENT POLICY AND SUPPORTING POSITIONS—2020 [COMMITTEE PRINT] UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Policy and Supporting Positions ◆ Committee on Oversight and Reform U.S. House of Representatives 116th Congress, 2d Session DECEMBER 2020 Available via http://www.govinfo.gov Printed for the use of the Committee on Oversight and Reform U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. : 2020 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Publishing Office Internet: bookstore.gpo.gov Phone: toll free (866) 512–1800; DC area (202) 512–1800 Fax (202) 512–2104 Mail: Stop IDCC, Washington, DC 20402–0001 42–150 PDF COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND REFORM CAROLYN B. MALONEY, New York, Chairwoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, District of James Comer, Kentucky, Ranking Minority Columbia Member Wm. Lacy Clay, Missouri Jim Jordan, Ohio Stephen F. Lynch, Massachusetts Paul A. Gosar, Arizona Jim Cooper, Tennessee Virginia Foxx, North Carolina Gerald E. Connolly, Virginia Thomas Massie, Kentucky Raja Krishnamoorthi, Illinois Jody B. Hice, Georgia Jamie Raskin, Maryland Glenn Grothman, Wisconsin Harley Rouda, California Gary Palmer, Alabama Ro Khanna, California Michael Cloud, Texas Kweisi Mfume, Maryland Bob Gibbs, Ohio Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Florida Clay Higgins, Louisiana John P. Sarbanes, Maryland Peter Welch, Vermont Ralph Norman, South Carolina Jackie Speier, California Chip Roy, Texas Robin L. Kelly, Illinois Carol D. Miller, West Virginia Mark Desaulnier, California Mark E. Green, Tennessee Brenda L. Lawrence, Michigan Kelly Armstrong, North Dakota Stacey E. Plaskett, Virgin Islands W. Gregory Steube, Florida Jimmy Gomez, California Fred Keller, Pennsylvania Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, New York Ayanna Pressley, Massachusetts Rashida Tlaib, Michigan Katie Porter, California David Rapallo, Staff Director Elisa LaNier, Chief Clerk Amy Stratton, Clerk Contact Number: 202-225-5051 Mark Marin, Minority Staff Director FOREWORD Every four years, just after the Presidential election, the “United States Government Policy and Supporting Positions,” commonly known as the Plum Book, is published, alternately, by the Senate Committee on Homeland Secu- rity and Governmental Affairs and the House Committee on Oversight and Reform. This publication contains data (as of June 30, 2020) on over 9,000 Federal civil service leadership and support positions in the legislative and executive branches of the Federal Government that may be subject to noncompetitive appointment (e.g., positions such as agency heads and their immediate sub- ordinates, policy executives and advisors, and aides who report to these offi- cials). The duties of many such positions may involve advocacy of Administra- tion policies and programs and the incumbents usually have a close and confidential working relationship with the agency head or other key officials. Following are the major categories of positions listed: • Executive Schedule and salary-equivalent positions paid at the rates established for levels I through V of the Executive Schedule; • Senior Executive Service (SES) “General” positions; • Senior Foreign Service positions; • Schedule C positions excepted from the competitive service by the Presi- dent, or by the Director, Office of Personnel Management, because of the confidential or policy-determining nature of the position duties; and • Other positions at the GS–14 and above level excepted from the competi- tive civil service by law because of the confidential or policy-determining nature of the position duties. See Appendix 2 for more details on SES appointments and Appendix 3 for more details on Schedule C appointments. Additional information on the po- sitions listed and the Federal salary schedules under which they are paid is provided in the appendices. The Legend on the following page shows the codes and acronyms used in this publication. DISCLAIMER The information for this committee print was provided by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management [OPM]. (iii) LEGEND Position Location (Column 1) Listed are the cities, States/Provinces and foreign countries in which the positions are located. Countries and cities (or other subdivisions) are shown for overseas posts. Note that “Washington, DC” includes positions in the entire metropolitan area and therefore may include certain cities and counties in the States of Maryland and Virginia. Position Title (Column 2) Listed are the position titles and the names of the organizations in which they are located. Name of Incumbent (Column 3) Listed are the names of individuals serving under other than career appointments. The phrase “Career Incumbent” is shown for positions incumbered by career appointees. The term “Vacant” is shown for positions that were not occupied on June 30, 2020, the “as of” date of this publication. Note the law requires “member” positions in certain agencies (e.g., boards, committees, and commissions) be filled on a bipartisan basis. For such positions, the following letter codes are shown in parentheses following the name of the incumbent: (D) = Democrat (I) = Independent (R) = Republican Type of Appointment (Column 4) Listed are letter codes that denote the type of appointment under which the position incumbent is serving. Note that several categories of positions can be filled by more than one type of appointment, e.g., SES positions listed in this publication may be filled by using career, noncareer, limited emergency, or limited term appointment authorities. Therefore, no “Type of Appointment” is shown for such positions when they are vacant. PAS = Presidential Appointment with Senate Confirmation PA = Presidential Appointment (without Senate Confirmation) CA = Career Appointment NA = Noncareer Appointment EA = Limited Emergency Appointment TA = Limited Term Appointment SC = Schedule C Excepted Appointment XS = Appointment Excepted by Statute (v) vi LEGEND Pay Plan (Column 5) Listed are letter codes that denote the Federal salary schedule or pay system under which the position incumbents are going to be paid. Tables showing the salary range for major pay systems are contained in Appendix 4. AD = Administratively Determined Rates ES = Senior Executive Service EX = Executive Schedule FA = Foreign Service Chiefs of Mission FE = Senior Foreign Service FP = Foreign Service Specialist GS = General Schedule PD = Daily Pay Rate* (per diem) SL = Senior Level TM = Federal Housing Finance Board Merit Pay VH = Farm Credit Administration Pay Plan WC = Without Compensation* OT = Other Pay Plan* (all those not listed separately) * Although not pay plans, these codes are shown for information purposes. Level, Grade, or Pay (Column 6) Listed are numerical and letter codes that denote the level, grade or salary of the position incumbered: Levels I through V of the Executive Schedule Grades 1 through 15 of the General Schedule Annual Salary in Dollars Daily Pay Rate in Dollars If there is no entry in this column, the position does not have an established level, grade, or pay rate. For example, the pay rate for Senior Executive Service and Senior Level positions is “personal,” i.e., attached to the incumbent, not the position. The pay rate for each new appointee is set by the appointing authority (usually the agency head) on a case-by-case basis. Annual salary schedules and pay ranges for such positions are shown in Appendix 4. Tenure (Column 7) Listed are the terms or durations of the appointment in years. If there is no entry in this column, the appointment has no fixed term. Expires (Column 8) Listed are the expiration dates for time-limited appointments. If there is no entry in this column, the incumbent is not serving under a time-limited appointment. However, many member positions on agency advisory boards, councils, and commissions are filled initially for a fixed term, but the incumbents may (and often do) serve beyond the expiration date until they are replaced. In such cases, no expiration date is shown. 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