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Following his election victory in 2020, U.S. president Joe Biden had 4,000 political appointments to make to the federal government. Of those 4,000 political appointments, more than 1250 require Senate confirmation. Upon taking office, Biden quickly placed more than 1,000 high-level officials into roles that did not require confirmation. [1]
Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics. Alex Piquero: August 15, 2022 — — Director of the National Institute of Justice. Nancy La Vigne: May 9, 2022 [14] — — Director of the Office for Victims of Crime. Kristina Rose: July 12, 2021 [15] — — Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Liz Ryan ...
Principal Deputy Director of the Office of Public Engagement. Jamie Citron: September 2022 [68] — — Deputy Director of the Office of Public Engagement. Tara Murray: September 2022 [180] — Adrian Saenz: January 20, 2021 August 3, 2022 [181] Office of Clean Energy Innovation and Implementation — Deputy Director of the Office of Clean ...
Below is a list of nominations and appointments to the Department of Homeland Security by Joe Biden, the 46th president of the United States.As of June 2024, according to tracking by The Washington Post and Partnership for Public Service, 12 nominees have been confirmed, 1 nominee is being considered by the Senate, 5 positions do not have nominees, 17 appointments have been made to positions ...
President Trump has promised a monumental shift within the FBI with a major change in leadership at the very top after former Director Christopher Wray and acting director Paul Abbate resigned.
The FBI director is appointed by the president and, since 1972, subject to confirmation by the Senate. [2] [3] [7] J. Edgar Hoover, appointed by President Calvin Coolidge to the predecessor office of Director of the Bureau of Investigation in 1924, was by far the longest-serving director, holding the position from its establishment under the current title in 1935 until his death in 1972.
For Patel to steer the agency, current FBI Director Christopher Wray would need to resign or be fired. Trump appointed him in 2017 and he has three years left in his 10-year term.
[50] [51] On October 28, the FBI Agents Association released a letter addressed to both Trump and Joe Biden requesting Wray remain Director of the FBI for the 10-year term. [52] On December 2, a member of then-president-elect Biden's transition team announced that if Wray was not fired or removed from his position by Trump, then he would remain ...