Posted on 02/26/2013 6:25:19 AM PST by SeekAndFind
WASHINGTON-With the sequester scheduled for March 1, everyone is looking for ways to save money. How about cutting the employees the federal government pays not to work for Uncle Sam?
In a new report issued earlier this month, the Office of Personnel Management announced that the federal government paid over $156 million in 2011 for some of its employees to work as representatives for government unions, up from $139 million in 2010 and $129 million in 2009.
In government language that would make George Orwell smile, the time that federal workers spend working for their unions and not working for taxpayers is termed "official time." According to the report, "Official time, broadly defined, is paid time off from assigned Government duties to represent a union or its bargaining unit employees."
In most workplaces, employees who don't work for the hours they are paid are called "loafers," "slackers," or worse. In the federal government, such workers are on "official time." Shirking never looked so good.
Government workers on "official time" have office space in a particular agency to which they are assigned, and are paid for full-time work by the taxpayers, including fringe benefits such as pension plans and medical insurance that many private-sector workers no longer receive.
OPM's new report, "Official Time Usage in the Federal Government," was released on February 15, just before a three-day weekend and a week of congressional recess. It shows that government employees spent more than 3.4 million hours in 2011 not working on government duties, up from 3.1 million in 2010 and 3 million in 2009. This would be a good place to trim spending.
Employees on "official time" represent unions such as the American Federation of Government Employees, the National Treasury Employees Union and the National Federation of Federal Employees. At last count by OPM, there were over 80 unions representing federal employees.
OPM does not report the number of government employees on "official time," only numbers of hours. The only way to ascertain the number of employees on official time is to submit a Freedom of Information Act request to each individual agency.
Americans for Limited Government, a conservative non-profit organization, filed such a request to all federal agencies in 2012. So far ALG has received information from the Departments of Transportation, Interior, and Housing and Urban Development, as well as the Small Business Administration, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the National Labor Relations Board.
The Department of Transportation spent $17.7 million in 2011 on 264,562 hours of official time, including salaries and benefits for both full-time and part-time employees. Some Department employees spent part of their day working for the government union, and others worked for their union full-time.
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Expand the list a bit. The mindless power addicted bureaucrats are much more destructive than the idiot loafers.
Anything else is nothing but socialism and if anyone supports socialism at any level they are just as corrupt as the extreme leftists they are trashing. A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
When everyone became accepting of all these government agencies and the lazy a** bureaucrats that man them everyone became a stooge for the Marxist agenda being shoved down our throats. Instead of everybody whining about how bad obama and his goons are everyone should stop and realize that you all are getting exactly what you wanted. A corrupt scumbag (the Antichrist) as your leader. Nobody wants to give up their little "piece of the pie". They want everyone else to give up theirs.
Me?
I'm sick of it all and cry out with a loud voice "HOSANNA TO THE KING."
JMHO
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Between the salaries, *bonuses* and travel expenses, our government is commiting economic suicide.
“........the Office of Personnel Management announced that the federal government paid over $156 million in 2011 for some of its employees to work as representatives for government unions.......”
These “jobs” are outragous and not only need to be laid off, they need to be eliminated entirely.
President's name | Party | In office | Number of czar titles |
Number of appointees |
Appointees not confirmed by Senate |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Franklin Roosevelt | D | 19331945 | 11 | 19 | 17 |
Harry Truman | D | 19451953 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
Dwight Eisenhower | R | 19531961 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Lyndon Johnson | D | 19631969 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Richard Nixon | R | 19691974 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
Gerald Ford | R | 19741977 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Jimmy Carter | D | 19771981 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
Ronald Reagan | R | 19811989 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
George H. W. Bush | R | 19891993 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
Bill Clinton | D | 19932001 | 8 | 11 | 7 |
George W. Bush | R | 20012009 | 33 | 49 | 28 |
Barack Obama | D | 2009 | 38 | 43 | 33 |
No slacker like a D.C. slacker.
Czar title | Official title | Office holder | Tenure | Type of Appointment | Appointing Administration | Senate Confirmed |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Foreign aid czar | Administrator of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) | Tobias, Randall[1] | 20062007 | President nominated, Senate confirmed | Bush, George W.George W. Bush | ✓ |
AfPak czar, Afghanistan and Pakistan czar | Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan | Holbrooke, Richard[2] | 20092010 | President appointed | Obama, BarackBarack Obama | |
AIDS czar | National AIDS Policy Coordinator, Member of White House Domestic Policy Council | Gebbie, Kristine[3] | 19931994 | President appointed | Clinton, BillBill Clinton | |
AIDS czar | Director of the Office of National AIDS Policy | Fleming, Patricia[4] | 19931997 | President appointed | Clinton, BillBill Clinton | |
AIDS czar | Director of the Office of National AIDS Policy, Presidential Envoy for AIDS Cooperation | Thurman, Sandra[5] | 19972000 | President appointed | Clinton, BillBill Clinton | |
AIDS czar | Director of the Office of National AIDS Policy | Evertz, Scott[6] | 20012002 | President appointed | Bush, George W.George W. Bush | |
AIDS czar | Director of the Office of National AIDS Policy | O'Neill, Joe[7] | 20022003 | President appointed | Bush, George W.George W. Bush | |
AIDS czar | Director of the Office of National AIDS Policy | Thompson, Carol[8] | 20042006 | President appointed | Bush, George W.George W. Bush | |
AIDS czar | Director of the Office of National AIDS Policy | Crowley, Jeffrey[9] | 20092012 | President appointed | Obama, BarackBarack Obama | |
AIDS czar | Director of the Office of National AIDS Policy | Colfax, Grant[10] | 2012present | President appointed | Obama, BarackBarack Obama | |
anti-poverty czar, poverty czar | Director of Office of Economic Opportunity | Shriver, Sargent[11] | 19651969 | President nominated, Senate confirmed | Johnson, LyndonLyndon Johnson | ✓ |
Asian Carp czar | Director of Office of Economic Opportunity | Goss, John[12] | 2010present | Council on Environmental Quality selected | Obama, BarackBarack Obama | |
auto czar, car czar | Treasury Advisor, Head of the Auto Task Force | Rattner, Steve[13] | 2009 FebJul | Sec. of Treasury appointed | Obama, BarackBarack Obama | |
auto czar, car czar | Senior Advisor President's Automotive Task Force | Bloom, Ron[14] | 2009present | President appointed | Obama, BarackBarack Obama | |
auto recovery czar, autoworker czar | Member Presidential Task Force on the Auto Industry, Director of Recovery for Auto Communities and Workers | Montgomery, Ed[15] | 2009present | President appointed | Obama, BarackBarack Obama | |
bank bailout czar, Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) czar | United States Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Stability, Senior Advisor to Secretary of the Treasury | Kashkari, Neel.[16] | 20082009 | (New position), President nominated, Senate confirmed | Bush, George W.George W. Bush | ✓ |
bank bailout czar, TARP czar | United States Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Stability | Allison, Herbert[17] | 2009present | President nominated, Senate confirmed | Obama, BarackBarack Obama | ✓ |
bioethics czar | Advisor to the President, Chairman of The President's Council on Bioethics | Kass, Leon[18] | 20012005 | (New position), Exec order, President appointed | Bush, George W.George W. Bush | |
bird flu czar | Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services, Advisor to the President for Public Health Emergency Preparedness | Simonson, Stewart[19] | 20042006 | (New position), President appointed | Bush, George W.George W. Bush | |
birth control czar | Deputy Assistant Secretary of Population Affairs, Department of Health and Human Services | Keroack, Eric[20] | 20062007 | President appointed | Bush, George W.George W. Bush | |
border czar | U.S. attorney and Special Representative for the Southwest Border, Department of Justice | Bersin, Alan[21] | 19951998 | President nominated, Senate confirmed as U.S. Attorney, Appointed as Special Representative | Clinton, BillBill Clinton | ✓ |
border czar | Assistant Secretary for International Affairs, Special Representative for Border Affairs, Dept of Homeland Security, | Bersin, Alan[22] | 2009present | Sec of Homeland Security appointed | Obama, BarackBarack Obama | |
budget czar | Director of the Office of Management and Budget | Daniels, Mitchell E.[23] | 20012003 | President nominated, Senate Confirmed | Bush, George W.George W. Bush | ✓ |
budget czar | Director of the Office of Management and Budget | Bolten, Joshua[24] | 20032006 | President nominated, Senate confirmed | Bush, George W.George W. Bush | ✓ |
budget czar | Director of the Office of Management and Budget | Portman, Rob[25] | 20062007 | President nominated, Senate confirmed | Bush, George W.George W. Bush | ✓ |
cleanup czar | Special Assistant Attorney General (to investigate corruption) | Morris, Newbold[26] | 1952, fired after 63 days by Atty General for demanding records access; AG then forced to resign by President Truman | Attorney General appointed | Truman, HarryHarry Truman | |
cleanup czar | Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management, Department of Energy (nuclear clean up) | Roberson, Jessie[27] | 20012004 | President nominated, Senate confirmed | Bush, George W.George W. Bush | ✓ |
cleanup czar | Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management, Department of Energy (nuclear clean up) | Rispoli, James[28] | 20052008 | Sec. of Energy appointed, Senate confirmed | Bush, George W.George W. Bush | ✓ |
climate czar | Assistant to the President and Staff Secretary, President's Coordinator for Climate Change, Senior negotiator at Kyoto and Beuenos Aires negottiations | Todd D. Stern[29] | 19971999 | President appointed | Clinton, BillBill Clinton | |
climate czar | Special Envoy for Climate Change | Stern, Todd D.[30] | 2009 | Sec. of State appointed | Obama, BarackBarack Obama | |
climate czar, energy czar, global warming czar | Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change | Browner, Carol[31] | 2009present | (New position) | Obama, BarackBarack Obama | |
copyright czar | Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator | vacant; position approved but not filled during Bush administration[32] | 2009present | (New position) | Bush, George W.George W. Bush | |
copyright czar | Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator | Espinel, Victoria[33] | 2009present | (first at position) | Obama, BarackBarack Obama | |
communications czar | Counselor to the President, Special counselor to the President | Bartlett, Dan[34] | 20052007 | President appointed | Bush, George W.George W. Bush | |
compensation czar, Gulf claims czar, pay czar | Special Master for TARP Executive Compensation | Feinberg, Kenneth[35] | 2009present | Sec. of Treasury appointed | Obama, BarackBarack Obama | |
consumer czar | Special Advisor for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau | Warren, Elizabeth[36] | 2010present | (New Position), President appointed | Obama, BarackBarack Obama | |
car czar | Chief domestic policy advisor and Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council | Reed, Bruce[37] | 19932001 | (New position), Exec order, President appointed | Clinton, BillBill Clinton | |
cyber security czar, cyber czar | Special Advisor to the President on Cybersecurity, Office of Management and Budget (OMB) | Clarke, Richard A.[38] | 2001 Oct2003 Feb | (New position), President appointed | Bush, George W.George W. Bush | |
cyber security czar, cyber czar | Director, National Cyber Security Center | Beckstrom, Rod[39] | 20082009 | (New position), Presidential directive, President appointed | Bush, George W.George W. Bush | |
cyber security czar, cyber czar | Director of the White House Office of Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity Coordinator | Hathaway, Melissa[40] | Office created May 31, 2009. | Acting czar MayJuly, 2009; resigned [41] | Obama, BarackBarack Obama | |
cyber security czar, cyber czar | Director of the White House Office of Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity Coordinator | Schmidt, Howard[42] | Office created May 31, 2009. | 2009Present] | Obama, BarackBarack Obama | |
czar of censorship | Director, Office of Censorship | Price, Byron[43] | 19411945 | Exec Order, President appointed | Roosevelt, FranklinFranklin Roosevelt | |
czar of information | Director Office of War Information | Davis, Elmer[44] | 19421945 | Exec order, President appointed | Roosevelt, FranklinFranklin Roosevelt | |
czar of Latin American affairs | Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs | Mann, Thomas C.[45] | 19641965 | President nominated, Senate confirmed | Johnson, LyndonLyndon Johnson | ✓ |
democracy czar | Deputy National Security Advisor for Global Democracy Strategy | Abrams, Elliott[46] | 20052008 | President appointed | Bush, George W.George W. Bush | |
domestic czar | Special Assistant to the President, domestic policy aide | Califano, Joseph[47] | 19651969 | President appointed | Johnson, LyndonLyndon Johnson | |
domestic policy czar | Chief Domestic Policy Coordinator, Assistant to the President and Senior Advisor to the President, White House Deputy Chief of Staff | Rove, Karl[48] | 20042006 | President appointed | Bush, George W.George W. Bush | |
domestic violence czar | Advisor to the President and the Vice President on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Issues | Rosenthal, Lynn[49] | 2009 | Vice President appointed | Obama, BarackBarack Obama | |
drug czar | Head of Drug programs, Special Action Office of Drug Abuse Prevention | Jaffe, Jerome[50] | 1971 | President appointed | Nixon, RichardRichard Nixon | |
drug czar | Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse and head of the Narcotics Treatment Administration | DuPont, Robert | 19731978 | Ford, GeraldGerald Ford | ||
drug czar | Director of the White House Drug Abuse Policy (1982), Special Assistant to the President for Drug Abuse (1983), Member of Executive Board of the National Narcotics Border Interdiction System Cabinet Level (1983), Deputy Assistant to the President for Drug Abuse Policy (1985) | Turner, Carlton[51] | 19821988 | (New position), Exec order, President appointed | Reagan, RonaldRonald Reagan | |
drug czar | Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy | Bennett, William J.[52] | 19891990 | (New position) created by Congress, President nominated, Senate Confirmed | Bush, George H. W.George H. W. Bush | ✓ |
drug czar | Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy | Martinez, Bob[53] | 19911993 | President nominated, Senate Confirmed | Bush, George H. W.George H. W. Bush | ✓ |
drug czar | Director, National Drug Control Policy | Brown, Lee P.[54] | 19931995 | President nominated, Senate Confirmed | Clinton, BillBill Clinton | ✓ |
drug czar | Director, National Drug Control Policy | McCaffrey, Barry[55] | 19962001 | President nominated, Senate confirmed | Clinton, BillBill Clinton | ✓ |
drug czar | Director, National Drug Control Policy | Walters, John P.[56] | 20012009 | President nominated, Senate confirmed | Bush, George W.George W. Bush | ✓ |
drug czar | Director, National Drug Control Policy (cabinet rank removed) | Kerlikowske, R. Gil[57] | 2009present | President nominated, Senate confirmed | Obama, BarackBarack Obama | ✓ |
e-commerce czar, e-czar | Executive Director, Electronic Commerce Working Group | Elizabeth Echols[58] | 19982000 | Vice President appointed | Clinton, BillBill Clinton | ✓ |
economic czar, economic czar of World War II | Director, Office of Economic Stabilization | Byrnes, James[59] | 19421943 | (New position), Exec order, President appointed | Roosevelt, FranklinFranklin Roosevelt | |
economic czar | Director, Office of Economic Stabilization | Vinson, Fred M.[60] | 19431945 | President appointed | Roosevelt, FranklinFranklin Roosevelt | |
economic czar | Director, Office of Economic Stabilization | Davis, William Hammatt[61] | 19451946 | President appointed | Roosevelt, FranklinFranklin Roosevelt | |
economic czar, big-picture economic czar | Chairman, Economic Recovery Advisory Board | Volcker, Paul A.[62] | 2009 | President appointed | Obama, BarackBarack Obama | |
energy czar | Director of the Energy Policy Office | Love, John Arthur[63] | 1973 | (New position), Exec order, President appointed | Nixon, RichardRichard Nixon | |
energy czar | Federal Energy Office Administrator | Simon, William E[64] | 19731974 | President appointed | Nixon, RichardRichard Nixon | |
energy czar | Administrator, Federal Energy Administration | Sawhill, John[65] | 1974 | President appointed | Nixon, RichardRichard Nixon | |
energy czar | Administrator, Federal Energy Administration, Assistant to the President for Energy Affairs, Executive Director of Energy Resources Council | Zarb, Frank[66] | 19741977 | President appointed | Ford, GeraldGerald Ford | |
energy czar | Director, Department of Energy (cabinet-level position) | Schlesinger, James[67] | 19771979 | (New position), Legislation enacted, President nominated, Senate confirmed | Carter, JimmyJimmy Carter | ✓ |
ethics czar, transparency czar | special counsel to the president for ethics and government reform | Eisen, Norm[68] | 20092010 | (New position), Exec order, President appointed | Obama, BarackBarack Obama | |
ethics czar, transparency czar | White House Counsel | Bauer, Robert[69] | 2010present | President appointed | Obama, BarackBarack Obama | |
faith-based czar, faith czar | Director, White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives | DiIulio, John[70] | 20012002 | (New position), Exec order, President appointed | Bush, George W.George W. Bush | |
faith-based czar, faith czar | Director, White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives | Towey, Jim[71] | 20022006 | President appointed | Bush, George W.George W. Bush | |
faith-based czar, faith czar | Director, White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives | Hein, Jay[72] | 20062008 | President appointed | Bush, George W.George W. Bush | |
faith-based czar | Director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships | DuBois, Joshua[73] | 2009present | President appointed | Obama, BarackBarack Obama | |
food czar | Food Administrator and Secretary of Agriculture | Wickard, Claude[74] | 19421943 | Exec order | Roosevelt, FranklinFranklin Roosevelt | |
food czar | War Food Administrator | Davis, Chester C.[75] | 1943 | Exec order | Roosevelt, FranklinFranklin Roosevelt | |
food czar | War Food Administrator | Jones, Marvin[76] | 19431945 | Exec order | Roosevelt, FranklinFranklin Roosevelt | |
food czar | Chairman Citizens Food Committee | Luckman, Charles[77] | 1947 SepNov | President appointed | Truman, HarryHarry Truman | |
food safety czar | Assistant Commissioner for Food Protection | Acheson, David W. K.[78] | 20072008 | President appointed | Bush, George W.George W. Bush | |
global AIDS czar | Coordinator of U.S. Government Activities to Combat HIV/AIDS Globally with the rank of Ambassador | Tobias, Randall][79] | 20032006 | (New position), President nominated, Senate confirmed | Bush, George W.George W. Bush | ✓ |
global AIDS czar | Coordinator of U.S.Government Activities to Combat HIV/AIDS Globally, with the rank of Ambassador | Dybul, Mark[80] | 20062009 | President nominated, Senate confirmed | Bush, George W.George W. Bush | ✓ |
Great Lakes czar | Special Advisor to the EPA Administrator | Davis, Cameron[81] | 2009present | EPA appointed | Obama, BarackBarack Obama | |
green-jobs czar | Special Advisor for Green Jobs, Enterprise, and Innovation at the White House, Member of the White House Council on Environmental Quality | Jones, Van[82] | 2009 AprSep | President appointed | Obama, BarackBarack Obama | |
Guantanamo Base closure czar | US Department of State Special Envoy | Fried, Daniel[83] | 2009present | Sec. of State appointed | Obama, BarackBarack Obama | |
health care czar, technology czar, internet czar, e-czar | Senior Advisor for Policy Development | Magaziner, Ira,[84] | 19931998 | President appointed | Clinton, BillBill Clinton | |
health czar | Director of the White House Office of Health Reform and Counselor to the President | DeParle, Nancy-Ann[85] | 2009present | Exec Order | Obama, BarackBarack Obama | |
health czar for the World Trade Center (WTC) | Special coordinator to respond to health effects of September 11 attacks, World Trade Center (WTC) Medical Monitoring and Treatment Program, also served as Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health | Howard, John[86] | 20062008 | President Appointed | Bush, George W.George W. Bush | |
health IT czar | National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, Department of Health and Human Services | Brailer, David J.[87] | 20042006 | (New position), Exec order, appointed by Sec. of HHS | Bush, George W.George W. Bush | |
health IT czar | National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, Department of Health and Human Services | Blumenthal, Dr. David[88] | 2009 - | Exec order, appointed by Sec. of HHS | Obama, BarackBarack Obama | |
homeland security czar | Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism | Ridge, Tom[89] | 20012002 | (New position), Exec Order, President appointed | Bush, George W.George W. Bush | |
homeland security czar | Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security | Ridge, Tom[89] | 20032004 | (New position), Legislation enacted, President nominated, Senate confirmed | Bush, George W.George W. Bush | ✓ |
homeland security czar | Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security | Chertoff, Michael[90] | 20052009 | President nominated, Senate confirmed | Bush, George W.George W. Bush | ✓ |
homeless czar, homelessness czar | Executive Director, United States Interagency Council on Homelessness | Phil Mangano[91] | 20022008 | President appointed | Bush, George W.George W. Bush | |
housing czar | Housing Expediter in the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion | Wyatt, Wilson[92] | 19451946 | (New position), President appointed | Truman, HarryHarry Truman | |
Gulf Coast reconstruction czar, hurricane Katrina recovery czar | Federal Coordinator of Hurricane Katrina Recovery Effort | Powell, Donald E.[93] | 20052008 | President appointed | Bush, George W.George W. Bush | |
inflation czar, anti-inflation czar | Special Trade Representative, Chief U.S. trade negotiator | Strauss, Robert[94] | 1978 | President appointed | Carter, JimmyJimmy Carter | |
inflation czar | Advisor to the President, Chairman Council on Wage and Price Stability | Kahn, Alfred[95] | 19771980 | President appointed | Carter, JimmyJimmy Carter | |
information czar, infotech czar | Chief Information Officer at the White House | Kundra, Vivek[96] | 2009present | (New position), created by statute, President appointed | Obama, BarackBarack Obama | |
intelligence czar | Director of National Intelligence | Negroponte, John[97] | 20052007 | (New position), Congress mandated, President nominated, Senate confirmed | Bush, George W.George W. Bush | ✓ |
intelligence czar | Director of National Intelligence | McConnell, John Michael[98] | 20072009 | President nominated, Senate confirmed | Bush, George W.George W. Bush | ✓ |
intelligence czar | Director of National Intelligence | Blair, Dennis[99] | 20092010 | President nominated, Senate confirmed | Obama, BarackBarack Obama | ✓ |
Iran czar | Special Advisor for the Persian Gulf and Southwest Asia (which includes Iran) | Ross, Dennis[100] | 2009present | President appointed | Obama, BarackBarack Obama | |
manpower czar | Director, War Manpower Commission | McNutt, Paul V.[101] | 19421945 | Exec order | Roosevelt, FranklinFranklin Roosevelt | |
manufacturing czar | Assistant Secretary for manufacturing and services, U.S. Commerce Department | Frink, Albert[102] | 20042007 | (New position), President nominated, Senate confirmed | Bush, George W.George W. Bush | ✓ |
manufacturing czar | Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Manufacturing and Services | Sutton, William G.[103] | 20072008 | President nominated, Senate confirmed | Bush, George W.George W. Bush | ✓ |
manufacturing czar | Senior Counselor for Manufacturing Policy | Bloom, Ron[14] | 2009present | President appointed | Obama, BarackBarack Obama | |
Middle East czar | Special Envoy for Middle East Peace | Mitchell, George[104] | 2009present | Sec. of State appointed | Obama, BarackBarack Obama | |
mine safety czar | Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health | Stickler, Richard[105] | 20062008 | Recess appointment2 prior presidential nominations were rejected by the Senate | Bush, George W.George W. Bush | |
missile czar | Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Research and Development | Gardner, Trevor[106] | 19541956 | Sec. of Defense appointed, Senate confirmed | Eisenhower, Dwight D.Dwight D. Eisenhower | ✓ |
mobilization czar, civilian economy czar | Director, Office of Defense Mobilization | Wilson, Charles E.[107] | 19501952 | (New position), Exec order | Truman, HarryHarry Truman | |
oil czar | Petroleum Coordinator for National Defense, Secretary of the Interior | Ickes, Harold L.[108] | 19411946 | President nominated, Senate confirmed as Secy of Interior | Roosevelt, FranklinFranklin Roosevelt | ✓ |
patronage czar | Postmaster General Post Office Department, Cabinet level position | Hannegan, Bob[109] | 19451947 | President nominated, Senate confirmed | Truman, HarryHarry Truman | ✓ |
performance czar | United States Chief Performance Officer and Deputy Director for Management at the Office of Management and Budget | Zients, Jeffrey[110] | 2009present | President nominated, Senate confirmed | Obama, BarackBarack Obama | ✓ |
policy czar | Assistant to the President for Policy and Strategic Planning | Gerson, Michael[111] | 20052006 | President appointed | Bush, George W.George W. Bush | |
price czar | Administrator, Office of Price Administration | Henderson, Leon[112] | 19411942 | (New position), Exec order, President appointed | Roosevelt, FranklinFranklin Roosevelt | |
price czar | Administrator, Office of Price Administration | Brown, Prentiss Marsh[113] | 19421943 | President appointed | Roosevelt, FranklinFranklin Roosevelt | |
price czar | Administrator, Office of Price Administration | Bowles, Chester[114] | 19431946 | President appointed | Roosevelt, FranklinFranklin Roosevelt | |
price czar | Chairman of the Price Commission | Grayson, C. Jackson, Jr.[115] | 1971 | (New position), President appointed | Nixon, RichardRichard Nixon | |
production czar | Director, War Production Board | Nelson, Donald[116] | 19421944 | (New position), Exec order, President appointed | Roosevelt, FranklinFranklin Roosevelt | |
production czar | Director, War Production Board | Krug, Julius[117] | 19441945 | President appointed | Roosevelt, FranklinFranklin Roosevelt | |
public diplomacy czar | Special advisor to the President, Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs | Hughes, Karen[118] | 20052007 | President nominated, Senate confirmed | Bush, George W.George W. Bush | ✓ |
public diplomacy czar | Undersecretary of State for Public Affairs and Public Diplomacy | Glassman, James[119] | 20082009 | President nominated, Senate confirmed | Bush, George W.George W. Bush | ✓ |
reading czar | President's Advisor on Reading First Initiative, Member of the President's Commission on Excellence in Special Education | Lyon, G. Reid[120] | 20012005 | President appointed | Bush, George W.George W. Bush | |
reconversion czar | Director of War Mobilization and Reconversion | Snyder, John[121] | 19451946 | President appointed | Truman, HarryHarry Truman | |
regulatory czar | Director of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs Office of Management and Budget | Graham, John D.[122] | 20012006 | President nominated, Senate confirmed | Bush, George W.George W. Bush | ✓ |
regulatory czar | Director of the Office of Information and Regulatory AffairsOffice of Management and Budget | Dudley, Susan[123] | 20062009 | Recess appointment, nominee did not receive a Senate vote | Bush, George W.George W. Bush | |
regulatory czar | Director of the Office of Information and Regulatory AffairsOffice of Management and Budget | Sunstein, Cass[124] | 2009present | President nominated, Senate confirmed | Obama, BarackBarack Obama | ✓ |
rubber czar | Rubber Director | Jeffers, Bill[125] | 19421943 | (New position), Exec order, appointed by Chairman of War Production Board | Roosevelt, FranklinFranklin Roosevelt | |
savings & loan czar | Director, Office of Thrift Supervision | Ryan, T. Timothy, Jr.[126] | 19901997 | President nominated, Senate confirmed | Bush, George H. W.George H. W. Bush | ✓ |
science czar | Science Advisor to the President, Director, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy | Marburger, John[127] | 2001 Oct2009 Jan | President nominated, Senate confirmed | Bush, George W.George W. Bush | ✓ |
science czar | Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy | Holdren, John[128] | 2009present | President nominated, Senate confirmed | Obama, BarackBarack Obama | ✓ |
shipping czar | Administrator, War Shipping Administration | Land, Emory S.[129] | 19421946 | Exec order | Roosevelt, FranklinFranklin Roosevelt | |
stimulus accountability, stimulus oversight | Chairman, Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board | Devaney, Earl[130] | 2009 | (New position), created by statute, President appointed | Obama, BarackBarack Obama | |
technology czar, chief technology czar | Associate Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Assistant to the President | Chopra, Aneesh[131] | 2009present | President nominated, Senate confirmed | Obama, BarackBarack Obama | ✓ |
terrorism czar, counter-terrorism czar | National coordinator for security, infrastructure protection and counter-terrorism, member of National Security Council, cabinet level position | Clarke, Richard A.[132] | 1998 May2001 Jan | President appointed | Clinton, BillBill Clinton | |
terrorism czar | National coordinator for security, infrastructure protection and counter-terrorism, cabinet level rank removed | Clarke, Richard A.[133] | 2001 JanOct | (Held over from prior administration) President Clinton appointed | Bush, George W.George W. Bush | |
terrorism czar, counterterrorism czar | National Director for Combating Terrorism, Deputy National Security Advisor | Downing, Wayne[134] | 2001 Nov2002 Jun | (New position), President appointed | Bush, George W.George W. Bush | |
terrorism czar | Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism | Brennan, John O.[135] | 2009 | President appointed | Obama, BarackBarack Obama | |
transportation czar | Director, Office of Defense Transportation | Eastman, Joseph Bartlett[136] | 19411944 | (New position), Exec order, President appointed | Roosevelt, FranklinFranklin Roosevelt | |
transportation czar | Director, Office of Defense Transportation | Johnson, J. Monroe[137] | 19441949 | President appointed | Roosevelt, FranklinFranklin Roosevelt | |
urban affairs czar | Director of the White House Office of Urban Affairs Policy | Carrion, Adolfo[138] | 2009present | Exec Order, President appointed | Obama, BarackBarack Obama | |
war czar | Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Iraq and Afghanistan | Lute, Douglas[139] | 2007present | (New position), President nominated, Senate confirmed | Bush, George W.George W. Bush | ✓ |
war czar | Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Iraq and Afghanistan | Lute, Douglas[139] | 2007present | (Held over from prior administration) President Bush nominated, Senate confirmed | Obama, BarackBarack Obama | ✓ |
weapons czar | Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (AT&L) | Carter, Ashton[140] | 2009 | President nominated, Senate confirmed | Obama, BarackBarack Obama | ✓ |
weapons of mass destruction czar, nonproliferation czar | Special Assistant to the President and White House Coordinator for Arms Control and Weapons of Mass Destruction, Proliferation, and Terrorism | Samore, Gary[141] | 2009present | President appointed | Obama, BarackBarack Obama | |
weatherization czar | Program Manager, Office of Weatherization and Intergovernmental Program, U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) | Sperling, Gil[142] | 2008present | Career incumbent, retained from George W. Bush administration | Bush, George W.George W. Bush, Obama, BarackBarack Obama |
Ok... Let's see if you can make my point for me.
Aside from our military and the basic government offices spelled out in our US Constitution, can you... name any Federal Government agency that should NOT be eliminated?
For the record... The $156 million dollars you are speaking of is chump-change when there are trillions of dollars in unwarranted spending being done by our elected bureaucrats.
Because it's less than 40? Okay, I was wrong.
Because Bush had almost as many? LOL! I saw through the RINO game when shrub's daddy drove me out of the big tent lying about new taxes, so he'll get no defense from me.
I could go on, but like I said, you're purpose for posting it is quite vague.
Get rid of the federal pay requirement for work done at military bases. It costs exactly twice as much to do the same job on federal land vs. any other location.
“To Cut Government Spending, Lay Off the Loafers...”
Wouldn’t that be racist?
RE: Sorry, but you’ll need to ‘splain your purpose for posting that, otherwise, I’m just left to guess.
My purpose for posting that is to show how many Presidents since Roosevelt have used their office to EXPAND government by appointing more Czars than necessary.
It looks like Bush Jr. was just as much a big government guy as Obama.
Many of these “loafers” are members of protected minority groups, and as such, cannot be laid off without going through massive amounts of red tape. Managers who are burdened with unproductive warm bodies simply let them do nothing. They are actually more productive when they do nothing because when they are forced to work, everything they do has to be redone anyway.
$150 Million is only a few minutes’ govt spending. It’s a great idea, but we would have to cut in 10000 other areas to make a dent.
Was the massive post really necessary?
I can see very few of those positions that have ANY justifiable Constitutional basis, so again what was the point?
If its only basis is who the media has called 'czars', it's really silly.
They also refer to themselves as 'journalists'!
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Again, I am left guessing. Are you offended that I used the term 'czar' in reference to an 'official' government official?
Yep you're right. Both side say they're trying to 'help' the country, yet each side bankrupts it.
[Please disregard my last post. You must have posted while I was slooowly typing]
Quit paying anyone not to work. Our safety nets have become hammocks instead of trampolines. Welfare as a way of life should not even be an option.
State and local gov’t do this also, saw it firsthand. Just think of all the taxes we have to pay for the union’s pension, healthcare, and of course their hard work electing democrats.
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