NOMINATIONS CONFIRMED (CIVILIAN)


      The following civilian Executive Nominations were confirmed by the 
      Senate during the current congress. Nominations flagged with an asterisk
      were approved subject to the nominee's commitment to respond to requests
      to appear and testify before any duly constituted committee of the 
      Senate. The nominations are listed to reverse chronological order based 
      on the date of confirmation. 


                                  May 01, 2009

PN149 *       DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
David S. Cohen, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing, 
Department of the Treasury.

PN209 *       DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Russlynn Ali, of California, to be Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, 
Department of Education.

PN210 *       DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Carmel Martin, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary for Planning, Evaluation, 
and Policy Development, Department of Education.

PN211 *       DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Charles P. Rose, of Illinois, to be General Counsel, Department of Education.

PN216 *       DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Peter Cunningham, of Illinois, to be Assistant Secretary for Communications and 
Outreach, Department of Education.

PN217 *       DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Brian Vincent Kennedy, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor.

PN231 *       DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Peter A. Kovar, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development.

PN254 *       DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
T. Michael Kerr, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Labor.

PN276 *       DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
John D. Trasvina, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development.

PN277 *       DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Helen R. Kanovsky, of Maryland, to be General Counsel of the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development.

PN321 *       DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Gabriella Cecilia Gomez, of California, to be Assistant Secretary for Legislation 
and Congressional Affairs, Department of Education.

PN334 *       OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION
Thomasina Rogers, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Occupational Safety and 
Health Review Commission for a term expiring April 27, 2015.

                                 April 30, 2009

PN178 *       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Thomas L. Strickland, of Colorado, to be Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife.

                                 April 29, 2009

PN150 *       EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
Sherburne B. Abbott, of Texas, to be an Associate Director of the Office of 
Science and Technology Policy.

PN151 *       DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Dana G. Gresham, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Transportation.

PN181 *       DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Roy W. Kienitz, of Pennsylvania, to be Under Secretary of Transportation for 
Policy.

PN212         DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Ronald H. Weich, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Attorney General.

PN214 *       DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
April S. Boyd, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Commerce.

PN252 *       DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Joseph C. Szabo, of Illinois, to be Administrator of the Federal Railroad 
Administration.

PN278 *       DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Peter H. Appel, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Research and Innovative 
Technology Administration, Department of Transportation.

PN280 *       DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Robert S. Rivkin, of Illinois, to be General Counsel of the Department of 
Transportation.

                                 April 28, 2009

PN188 *       DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Kathleen Sebelius, of Kansas, to be Secretary of Health and Human Services.

                                 April 23, 2009

PN207 *       DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Ashton B. Carter, of Massachusetts, to be Under Secretary of Defense for 
Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics.

                                 April 22, 2009

PN186 *       DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Ladda Tammy Duckworth, of Illinois, to be an Assistant Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs (Public and Intergovernmental Affairs).

                                 April 21, 2009

PN171 *       DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Christopher R. Hill, of Rhode Island, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign 
Service, Class of Career Minister, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and 
Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Iraq.

                                 April 20, 2009

PN88          DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Lanny A. Breuer, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Attorney General.

PN89          DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Christine Anne Varney, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Attorney 
General.

PN115         DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Tony West, of California, to be an Assistant Attorney General.

                                 April 03, 2009

PN69 *        INTERNATIONAL BANKS
Timothy F. Geithner, of New York, to be United States Governor of the 
International Monetary Fund for a term of five years; United States Governor of 
the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development for a term of five 
years; United States Governor of the Inter-American Development Bank for a term of 
five years; United States Governor of the African Development Bank for a term of 
five years; United States Governor of the Asian Development Bank; United States 
Governor of the African Development Fund; United States Governor of the European 
Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

PN114 *       DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Jane Holl Lute, of New York, to be Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security.

PN140 *       SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Karen Gordon Mills, of Maine, to be Administrator of the Small Business 
Administration.

PN148 *       OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
John Berry, of the District of Columbia, to be Director of the Office of Personnel 
Management for a term of four years.

PN154 *       DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
James N. Miller, Jr., of Virginia, to be Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for 
Policy.

PN166 *       DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Richard Rahul Verma, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of State 
(Legislative Affairs).

PN167 *       DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Esther Brimmer, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State 
(International Organization Affairs).

PN170 *       DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Karl Winfrid Eikenberry, of Florida, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and 
Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Islamic Republic of 
Afghanistan.

PN172 *       DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Melanne Verveer, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador at Large for 
Women's Global Issues.

PN174 *       DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
W. Scott Gould, of the District of Columbia, to be Deputy Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs.

PN179 *       DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Alexander Vershbow, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Defense.

PN203 *       DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Rose Eilene Gottemoeller, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State 
(Verification and Compliance).

PN206         DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
James W. Miller, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and 
Foreign Agricultural Services.

PN213         DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Kathleen A. Merrigan, of Massachusetts, to be Deputy Secretary of Agriculture.

PN221         DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Joe Leonard, Jr., of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Agriculture.

                                 March 25, 2009

PN80 *        DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
David S. Kris, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Attorney General.

                                 March 24, 2009

PN180 *       DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Gary Locke, of Washington, to be Secretary of Commerce.

                                 March 19, 2009

PN65-10 *     DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Jane Lubchenco, of Oregon, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and 
Atmosphere.

PN65-7 *      EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
John P. Holdren, of Massachusetts, to be Director of the Office of Science and 
Technology Policy.

PN67          DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Elena Kagan, of Massachusetts, to be Solicitor General of the United States.

                                 March 18, 2009

PN64-9 *      EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
Ronald Kirk, of Texas, to be United States Trade Representative, with the rank of 
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.

                                 March 12, 2009

PN68          DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
David W. Ogden, of Virginia, to be Deputy Attorney General.

PN71          DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Thomas John Perrelli, of Virginia, to be Associate Attorney General.

                                 March 10, 2009

PN65-13 *     EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
Cecilia Elena Rouse, of California, to be Member of the Council of Economic 
Advisers.

PN65-5 *      EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
Austan Dean Goolsbee, of Illinois, to be a Member of the Council of Economic 
Advisers.

                                February 24, 2009

PN64-18 *     DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Hilda L. Solis, of California, to be Secretary of Labor.

                                February 12, 2009

PN70 *        CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Leon E. Panetta, of California, to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.

                                February 11, 2009

PN65-11 *     DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
William J. Lynn, III, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of Defense.

                                February 09, 2009

PN65-2 *      DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Michele A. Flournoy, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary of Defense for Policy.

PN65-6 *      DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Robert F. Hale, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller).

PN65-8 *      DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Jeh Charles Johnson, of New York, to be General Counsel of the Department of 
Defense.

                                February 02, 2009

PN64-7        DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Eric H. Holder, Jr., of the District of Columbia, to be Attorney General.

                                January 28, 2009

PN64-15       EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
Christina Duckworth Romer, of California, to be a Member of the Council of 
Economic Advisers.

PN65-1 *      OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE
Dennis Cutler Blair, of Pennsylvania, to be Director of National Intelligence.

PN65-12       EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
Robert L. Nabors II, of New Jersey, to be Deputy Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget.

PN65-15       DEPARTMENT OF STATE
James Braidy Steinberg, of Texas, to be Deputy Secretary of State.

PN65-9        DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Jacob J.  Lew, of New York, to be Deputy Secretary of State for Management and 
Resources.

                                January 27, 2009

PN65-17       FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Daniel K. Tarullo, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the Board of Governors of 
the Federal Reserve System for a term of fourteen years from February 1, 2008.

                                January 26, 2009

PN64-6 *      DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Timothy F. Geithner, of New York, to be Secretary of the Treasury.

PN66          SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Mary L. Schapiro, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the Securities 
and Exchange Commission for the remainder of the term expiring June 5, 2009.

                                January 22, 2009

PN64-10       DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Ray LaHood, of Illinois, to be Secretary of Transportation.

PN64-13 *     DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Susan E. Rice, of the District of Columbia, to be the Representative of the United 
States of America to the United Nations, with the rank and status of Ambassador 
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, and the Representative of the United States of 
America in the Security Council of the United Nations.

PN64-14 *     DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Susan E. Rice, of the District of Columbia, to be Representative of the United 
States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations 
during her tenure of service as Representative of the United States of America to 
the United Nations.

PN64-4        DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Shaun L. S. Donovan, of New York, to be Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.

PN64-8 *      ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Lisa Perez Jackson, of New Jersey, to be Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency.

PN65-14       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Mary L. Schapiro, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the Securities 
and Exchange Commission for a term expiring June 5, 2014.

PN65-16 *     EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
Nancy Helen Sutley, of California, to be a Member of the Council on Environmental 
Quality.

                                January 21, 2009

PN64-1        DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Hillary Rodham Clinton, of New York, to be Secretary of State.

                                January 20, 2009

PN64-11       DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Janet Ann Napolitano, of Arizona, to be Secretary of Homeland Security.

PN64-12       EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
Peter R. Orszag, of Massachusetts, to be Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget.

PN64-16       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Kenneth Lee Salazar, of Colorado, to be Secretary of the Interior.

PN64-17       DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Eric K. Shinseki, of Hawaii, to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

PN64-19       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Thomas J. Vilsack, of Iowa, to be Secretary of Agriculture.

PN64-2        DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Steven Chu, of California, to be Secretary of Energy.

PN64-5        DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Arne Duncan, of Illinois, to be Secretary of Education.