The Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service is the governing body of the United States Postal Service (USPS). The board oversees the activities of the Postal Service,while the postmaster general actively manages its day-to-day operations.
The General Services Administration (GSA) is an independent agency of the United States government established in 1949 to help manage and support the basic functioning of federal agencies. GSA supplies products and communications for U.S. government offices,provides transportation and office space to federal employees,and develops government-wide cost-minimizing policies and other management tasks.
David Hossein Safavian is an American former lawyer who worked as a congressional aide,lobbyist,and later as a political appointee in the George W. Bush administration. A Republican,he served as Chief of Staff of the United States General Services Administration (GSA). He is a figure in the Jack Abramoff lobbying and corruption scandal,having worked with the lobbyist on the Mississippi Band of Choctaw account. After serving with Abramoff as a lobbyist,in 1997 Safavian co-founded lobbying firm Janus-Merritt Strategies with Republican activist Grover Norquist.
Jacob Joseph Lew is an American attorney and politician who served as the 76th United States Secretary of the Treasury from 2013 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party,he also served as the 25th White House Chief of Staff from 2012 to 2013 and director of the Office of Management and Budget in both the Clinton administration and Obama administration.
Vivek Kundra is a former American administrator who served as the first chief information officer of the United States from March,2009 to August,2011 under President Barack Obama. He is currently the chief operating officer at Sprinklr,a provider of enterprise customer experience management software based in NYC. He was previously a visiting Fellow at Harvard University.
Barack Obama assumed office as President of the United States on January 20,2009,and his term ended on January 20,2017. The president has the authority to nominate members of his Cabinet to the United States Senate for confirmation under the Appointments Clause of the United States Constitution.
Mary Wakefield is an American nurse and health care administrator,who served in the Obama administration as acting United States Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services from 2015 to 2017,and as head of the Health Resources and Services Administration from 2009 to 2015.
Rosa Gumataotao Rios is an American academic. She served as the 43rd Treasurer of the United States and is a visiting scholar at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University.
Neal Steven Wolin is the CEO of the corporate advisory firm Brunswick Group,an equity partner of Data Collective,a board partner of Social Capital,and a limited partner advisor of Nyca Partners. He is the longest-serving Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury and also served as Acting Secretary of the Treasury in early 2013.
Martha N. Johnson is an American human resources executive and government official who served as Administrator of General Services from 2010 to 2012. Johnson resigned on April 2,2012,following a scathing Inspector General report that revealed a "gross misuse of taxpayer dollars" on an internal conference that was "excessive,wasteful,and in some cases impermissible."
Cecil Eugene Diggs Haney is a retired United States Navy admiral who served as Commander,United States Strategic Command (STRATCOM) from November 15,2013 to November 3,2016. Prior to STRATCOM,he served as Commander,United States Pacific Fleet. He received the Defense Distinguished Service Medal,the Navy Distinguished Service Medal,the Defense Superior Service Medal,and the Legion of Merit.
Michael Peter Huerta is an American government official who served as Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration from 2013 to 2018. He was also Acting U.S. Secretary of Transportation under President Donald Trump for 11 days in 2017 until the Senate confirmed the appointment of Elaine Chao to the position.
Heidi Shyu is an American engineer who has served as the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering in the Biden administration since July 25,2021. She previously served as the United States Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition,Logistics,and Technology ASA(ALT) from 2012 to January 30,2016.
The director of the United States Secret Service is the head of the United States Secret Service,and responsible for the day-to-day operations.
Eric Kenneth Fanning is an American politician who is the current President and CEO of Aerospace Industries Association and served as the 22nd Secretary of the Army,holding office from May 18,2016 to January 20,2017. Prior to his appointment as Secretary of the Army,Fanning was the 24th United States Under Secretary of the Air Force. He was the first openly gay head of any service in the US military.
Gordon Owen Tanner is an American lawyer who served as the General Counsel of the Air Force,the chief legal officer of the U.S. Department of the Air Force,from 2014 to 2017. Tanner also served as the Governor of Wake Island during the same period.
Chuck Rosenberg is an American attorney who served as Acting Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration from 2015 to 2017. He formerly served as the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA) and for the Southern District of Texas;as a senior FBI official on the staff of two FBI Directors;as Counselor to the Attorney General;as the Chief of Staff to the Deputy Attorney General;and as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in EDVA in Norfolk and Alexandria.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Cotton Annex is an office building located at 300 12th Street SW in Washington,D.C. The size of the building has been variously given at 89,000 square feet and 118,000 square feet.
David Samuel Cohen is an American attorney who has served as deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) since January 20,2021,previously holding the position from February 9,2015 to January 20,2017. He served as acting director of the CIA from January 20 to March 19,2021 until the Senate confirmation of William J. Burns.
Emily Webster Murphy is an American attorney and former government official who served as the administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA) from 2017 to 2021. Before serving in the GSA,Murphy was an attorney for the Republican National Committee and worked for several congressional committees and executive departments in the field of acquisition policy.
