A Bipartisan Plan to Improve the Presidential Appointments Process , was released on April 5, in conjunction with a hearing before the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee. Sen. Lugar is working with Sen. Fred Thompson and Sen. Joe Lieberman of the Governmental Affairs Committee to streamline the process. An Excel spreadsheet listing the status of 148 Senate-confirmed Presidentially appointed positions involved in the war on terrorism. Appointee Contributions Excel spreadsheets detailing the campaign contributions from presidential appointees in the 1992 and 2000 election cycles and an analysis. Appointee Watch Information for Journalists PAI's guide for journalists offers a concise package of factual and historical information about previous presidential transitions.
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The United States is gearing up for a long war against terrorism, getting allies on board, positioning troops around Afghanistan and so on. The situation may also push the administration and the Senate to fill some long-vacant government jobs likely to be involved in the battle. Of the top 500 Senate-confirmed jobs in the government, about 148 will be working directly or indirectly on the effort, according to a review by the Brookings Institution's Presidential Appointee Initiative. That number includes every post at Defense, State and the CIA as well as selected posts at Interior, Justice, Treasury, Energy, Transportation, Health and Human Services, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Environmental Protection Agency.