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In law, a person is acting in a position if they are not serving in the position on a permanent basis. This may be the case if the position has not yet been formally created, the person is only occupying the position on an interim basis, the person does not have a mandate, or if the person meant to execute the role is incompetent or incapacitated.
During Trump's term, seven U.S. attorneys named were women, including acting attorneys, and one of his first 42 appointments was a woman. Seven individuals named to vacancies among the 93 positions were people of color. [1] In February 2021, the new Biden administration's DOJ asked 56 Trump-era attorneys to resign by the end of the month. [2]
Persons appointed on an acting basis do not require Senate confirmation before they begin to act in their position, even if a permanent appointment to that position would require confirmation. Appointments to judgeships on federal courts and of ambassadors require nomination by the president and confirmation by the Senate.
Sean Spicer (acting) Sean Spicer (acting) Previously a Republican political strategist. Submitted his resignation May 30, 2017. [12] [13] His tenure was the fourth-shortest in the office's history, excluding interim appointments. Brenda Fitzgerald: Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: July 7, 2017 January 31, 2018
The bill reverses the changes in the law that permitted interim U.S. attorneys (appointed by the attorney general) to serve without term limit, restores the interim U.S. Attorney appointment statute that existed between 1986 and 2006. The bill was filed in the Senate by Dianne Feinstein on January 9, 2007 and co-sponsored by 19 Senators. [144]
The law revises provisions relating to the filling of federal vacancies to authorize the president, if an appointed officer of an executive agency (defined to include the Executive Office of the President and exclude the GAO) dies, resigns, or is otherwise unable to perform office functions, to direct a person who serves in an office for which appointment is required to perform such functions ...
The state Industrial Relations Department, which handles wage claims, now tells CalMatters it does not have jurisdiction to resolve those related to Prop. 22, citing a July 25 California Supreme ...
Despite numerous reports of his resignation or firing, he lasted through the release of the Mueller Report and the appointments of AG Barr and DAG Rosen. Assistant Attorney General (Civil Rights Division) Eric Dreiband. November 1, 2018 January 8, 2021 Resignation announced by the Department of Justice on January 7, 2021. [25]