Head Count: Tracking Obama's Appointments

Independent agencies

Agency Name Agency Head Current Status
Appalachian Regional Commission Earl F. Gohl, Jr.
Status: Confirmed March 10, 2010
Announced: 0 positions
Nominated: 0 positions
Confirmed: 1 position
Withdrawn: 0 positions
Available: 1 position
Unavailable: 0 positions
Broadcasting Board of Governors Richard M. Lobo
Status: Confirmed Sept. 16, 2010
Announced: 0 positions
Nominated: 0 positions
Confirmed: 1 position
Withdrawn: 0 positions
Available: 0 positions
Unavailable: 0 positions
Central Intelligence Agency David H. Petraeus
Status: Confirmed June 30, 2011
Announced: 0 positions
Nominated: 0 positions
Confirmed: 3 positions
Withdrawn: 0 positions
Available: 0 positions
Unavailable: 0 positions
Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board None
Status: Still available
Announced: 0 positions
Nominated: 0 positions
Confirmed: 1 position
Withdrawn: 0 positions
Available: 0 positions
Unavailable: 4 positions
Corporation for National and Community Service Patrick A. Corvington
Status: Resigned May 27, 2011
Announced: 0 positions
Nominated: 0 positions
Confirmed: 0 positions
Withdrawn: 2 positions
Available: 2 positions
Unavailable: 0 positions
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board Peter S. Winokur
Status: Confirmed March 19, 2010
Announced: 0 positions
Nominated: 0 positions
Confirmed: 4 positions
Withdrawn: 0 positions
Available: 1 position
Unavailable: 1 position
Delta Regional Authority Christopher A. Masingill
Status: Confirmed June 23, 2010
Announced: 0 positions
Nominated: 0 positions
Confirmed: 1 position
Withdrawn: 0 positions
Available: 1 position
Unavailable: 0 positions
Export-Import Bank of the United States Fred P. Hochberg
Status: Confirmed May 6, 2009
Announced: 0 positions
Nominated: 2 positions
Confirmed: 3 positions
Withdrawn: 1 position
Available: 0 positions
Unavailable: 2 positions
Farm Credit Administration None
Status: Still available
Announced: 0 positions
Nominated: 0 positions
Confirmed: 2 positions
Withdrawn: 0 positions
Available: 1 position
Unavailable: 1 position
Federal Housing Finance Agency Joseph A. Smith, Jr.
Status: Withdrawn Jan. 27, 2011
Announced: 0 positions
Nominated: 0 positions
Confirmed: 1 position
Withdrawn: 1 position
Available: 2 positions
Unavailable: 2 positions
Federal Labor Relations Authority None
Status: Still available
Announced: 0 positions
Nominated: 0 positions
Confirmed: 2 positions
Withdrawn: 0 positions
Available: 0 positions
Unavailable: 2 positions
Federal Maritime Commission None
Status: Still available
Announced: 0 positions
Nominated: 0 positions
Confirmed: 2 positions
Withdrawn: 0 positions
Available: 1 position
Unavailable: 2 positions
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service George Cohen
Status: Confirmed Oct. 5, 2009
Announced: 0 positions
Nominated: 0 positions
Confirmed: 1 position
Withdrawn: 0 positions
Available: 0 positions
Unavailable: 0 positions
Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission Mary Lucille Jordan
Status: Announced Aug. 14, 2009
Announced: 1 position
Nominated: 0 positions
Confirmed: 1 position
Withdrawn: 0 positions
Available: 2 positions
Unavailable: 1 position
Federal Reserve System None
Status: Still available
Announced: 0 positions
Nominated: 0 positions
Confirmed: 3 positions
Withdrawn: 1 position
Available: 1 position
Unavailable: 3 positions
General Services Administration Martha Johnson
Status: Confirmed Feb. 4, 2010
Announced: 0 positions
Nominated: 0 positions
Confirmed: 1 position
Withdrawn: 0 positions
Available: 1 position
Unavailable: 0 positions
Merit Systems Protection Board Susan Tsui Grundmann
Status: Confirmed Nov. 5, 2009
Announced: 0 positions
Nominated: 0 positions
Confirmed: 2 positions
Withdrawn: 0 positions
Available: 1 position
Unavailable: 0 positions
Millennium Challenge Corporation Daniel W. Yohannes
Status: Confirmed Nov. 20, 2009
Announced: 0 positions
Nominated: 0 positions
Confirmed: 1 position
Withdrawn: 0 positions
Available: 0 positions
Unavailable: 0 positions
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Charles F. Bolden Jr.
Status: Confirmed July 15, 2009
Announced: 0 positions
Nominated: 0 positions
Confirmed: 4 positions
Withdrawn: 0 positions
Available: 0 positions
Unavailable: 0 positions
National Archives and Records Administration David Ferriero
Status: Confirmed Nov. 6, 2009
Announced: 0 positions
Nominated: 0 positions
Confirmed: 1 position
Withdrawn: 0 positions
Available: 0 positions
Unavailable: 0 positions
National Credit Union Administration Deborah Matz
Status: Confirmed Aug. 7, 2009
Announced: 0 positions
Nominated: 0 positions
Confirmed: 1 position
Withdrawn: 0 positions
Available: 0 positions
Unavailable: 2 positions
National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Jim Leach
Status: Confirmed Aug. 7, 2009
Announced: 0 positions
Nominated: 1 position
Confirmed: 2 positions
Withdrawn: 0 positions
Available: 0 positions
Unavailable: 0 positions
National Labor Relations Board None
Status: Still available
Announced: 0 positions
Nominated: 1 position
Confirmed: 2 positions
Withdrawn: 0 positions
Available: 2 positions
Unavailable: 3 positions
National Mediation Board None
Status: Still available
Announced: 0 positions
Nominated: 0 positions
Confirmed: 2 positions
Withdrawn: 0 positions
Available: 0 positions
Unavailable: 2 positions
National Science Foundation Subra Suresh
Status: Confirmed Sept. 29, 2010
Announced: 0 positions
Nominated: 0 positions
Confirmed: 2 positions
Withdrawn: 0 positions
Available: 0 positions
Unavailable: 0 positions
National Transportation Safety Board None
Status: Still available
Announced: 0 positions
Nominated: 0 positions
Confirmed: 4 positions
Withdrawn: 0 positions
Available: 1 position
Unavailable: 2 positions
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission Thomasina Rogers
Status: Confirmed May 1, 2009
Announced: 0 positions
Nominated: 0 positions
Confirmed: 2 positions
Withdrawn: 0 positions
Available: 0 positions
Unavailable: 1 position
Office of Government Ethics None
Status: Still available
Announced: 0 positions
Nominated: 0 positions
Confirmed: 0 positions
Withdrawn: 0 positions
Available: 1 position
Unavailable: 0 positions
Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation None
Status: Still available
Announced: 0 positions
Nominated: 0 positions
Confirmed: 0 positions
Withdrawn: 0 positions
Available: 1 position
Unavailable: 0 positions
Office of Personnel Management John Berry
Status: Confirmed April 3, 2009
Announced: 0 positions
Nominated: 0 positions
Confirmed: 2 positions
Withdrawn: 0 positions
Available: 1 position
Unavailable: 0 positions
Office of Special Counsel Carolyn N. Lerner
Status: Confirmed April 14, 2011
Announced: 0 positions
Nominated: 0 positions
Confirmed: 1 position
Withdrawn: 0 positions
Available: 0 positions
Unavailable: 0 positions
Office of the Director of National Intelligence None
Status: Still available
Announced: 0 positions
Nominated: 0 positions
Confirmed: 4 positions
Withdrawn: 0 positions
Available: 0 positions
Unavailable: 0 positions
Office of the Federal Coordinator Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects Larry Persily
Status: Confirmed March 10, 2010
Announced: 0 positions
Nominated: 0 positions
Confirmed: 1 position
Withdrawn: 0 positions
Available: 0 positions
Unavailable: 0 positions
Overseas Private Investment Corporation Elizabeth Littlefield
Status: Confirmed June 22, 2010
Announced: 0 positions
Nominated: 0 positions
Confirmed: 2 positions
Withdrawn: 0 positions
Available: 0 positions
Unavailable: 0 positions
Peace Corps Aaron S. Williams
Status: Confirmed Aug. 7, 2009
Announced: 0 positions
Nominated: 0 positions
Confirmed: 2 positions
Withdrawn: 0 positions
Available: 0 positions
Unavailable: 0 positions
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Joshua Gotbaum
Status: Confirmed Sept. 16, 2010
Announced: 0 positions
Nominated: 0 positions
Confirmed: 1 position
Withdrawn: 0 positions
Available: 0 positions
Unavailable: 0 positions
Postal Regulatory Commission None
Status: Still available
Announced: 0 positions
Nominated: 0 positions
Confirmed: 0 positions
Withdrawn: 0 positions
Available: 0 positions
Unavailable: 5 positions
Railroad Retirement Board None
Status: Still available
Announced: 0 positions
Nominated: 0 positions
Confirmed: 0 positions
Withdrawn: 0 positions
Available: 1 position
Unavailable: 3 positions
Selective Service System Lawrence G. Romo
Status: Confirmed Dec. 3, 2009
Announced: 0 positions
Nominated: 0 positions
Confirmed: 1 position
Withdrawn: 0 positions
Available: 0 positions
Unavailable: 0 positions
Small Business Administration Karen G. Mills
Status: Confirmed April 3, 2009
Announced: 0 positions
Nominated: 0 positions
Confirmed: 4 positions
Withdrawn: 0 positions
Available: 0 positions
Unavailable: 0 positions
Social Security Administration None
Status: Still available
Announced: 0 positions
Nominated: 0 positions
Confirmed: 1 position
Withdrawn: 0 positions
Available: 1 position
Unavailable: 1 position
Tennessee Valley Authority None
Status: Still available
Announced: 0 positions
Nominated: 0 positions
Confirmed: 0 positions
Withdrawn: 0 positions
Available: 0 positions
Unavailable: 0 positions
Trade and Development Agency Leocadia I. Zak
Status: Confirmed March 10, 2010
Announced: 0 positions
Nominated: 0 positions
Confirmed: 2 positions
Withdrawn: 0 positions
Available: 0 positions
Unavailable: 0 positions
United States Agency for International Development Rajiv Shah
Status: Confirmed Dec. 24, 2009
Announced: 0 positions
Nominated: 2 positions
Confirmed: 8 positions
Withdrawn: 0 positions
Available: 3 positions
Unavailable: 0 positions
United States Election Assistance Commission None
Status: Still available
Announced: 0 positions
Nominated: 0 positions
Confirmed: 0 positions
Withdrawn: 0 positions
Available: 0 positions
Unavailable: 4 positions
United States International Trade Commission None
Status: Still available
Announced: 0 positions
Nominated: 1 position
Confirmed: 0 positions
Withdrawn: 0 positions
Available: 1 position
Unavailable: 5 positions
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