The Senate refers most nominations to a specific committee with jurisdiction over the position. Presidents formally nominate individuals to the Senate to fill each position, a responsibility established in the Constitution. The tracker will be updated daily as positions are considered and filled. While acting officials for high-profile positions are often widely reported, temporary officials for lesser known positions are often not reported publicly - or are done so inconsistently.įor now, the tracker includes official announcements by the Biden transition team and any picks reported by The Washington Post. All presidents appoint some temporary officials to Senate-confirmed positions to preserve continuity during transitions between one confirmed official and another. The tracker does not show officials serving in an acting capacity, so positions unfilled by Biden are not necessarily vacant. There are other officials who were confirmed during previous administrations for fixed periods of time and continue to serve because their terms have not expired. Military appointments and part-time positions requiring Senate confirmation are not included.īiden has opted to keep some officials appointed by previous administrations in place. The tracker includes all full-time, civilian positions in the executive branch that require Senate confirmation except for judges, marshals and U.S. What positions are included and not included? Researchers at the Partnership for Public Service follow presidential and congressional actions on approximately 800 top executive branch positions, a portion of the roughly 1,200 positions that require Senate confirmation. The tracker is maintained by The Washington Post and the Partnership for Public Service, a nonprofit, nonpartisan good-governance organization.
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