Plum Book: United States Government Policy and Supporting Positions

The United States Government Policy and Supporting Positions, commonly known as the plum book is published every four years just after the Presidential elections. It is publisned, alternately, by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Below is a list of major categories of positions discussed and the Table of Contents:

MAJOR CATEGORIES:

• Executive Schedule and salary-equivalent positions paid at the rates established for levels I through V of the Executive Schedule;

• Senior Executive Service (SES) ”General” positions;

• Senior Foreign Service positions;

• Schedule C positions excepted from the competitive service by the President,
or by the Director, Office of Personnel Management, because of the confidential or policy-determining nature of the position duties;

• Other positions at the GS–14 and above level excepted from the competitive civil service by law because of the confidential or policy-determining nature of the position duties.

See Appendix 2 for more details on SES appointments and Appendix 3 for more details on Schedule C appointments. Additional information on the positions listed and the Federal salary schedules under which they are paid is provided in the appendices. The Legend on the following page shows the codes and acronyms used in this publication.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page FOREWORD ………………………………………………..
LEGEND …………………………………………………….
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH Architect of the Capitol …………………………………..
Government Accountability Office ……………………..
Government Printing Office ………………………………
Library of Congress ……………………………………….
United States Tax Court …………………………………
EXECUTIVE BRANCH Executive Office of the President ……………………….
White House Office ……………………………………..
Office of Policy Development …………………………..
Office of Administration ………………………………….
Office of Management and Budget …………………….
Council of Economic Advisors ………………………….
Council on Environmental Quality ……………………..
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative ………………
Office of Science and Technology Policy …………….
Office of National Drug Control Policy ………………..
National Security Council …………………………………
DEPARTMENTS Department of Agriculture ……………………………………..
Department of Commerce …………………………………….
Department of Defense ……………………………………….
Office of the Secretary ………………………………………..
Air Force ………………………………………………………….
Army ……………………………………………………………….
Navy ………………………………………………………………..
Department of Education ………………………………………
Department of Energy …………………………………………..
Department of Health and Human Services ………………
Department of Homeland Security …………………………
Department of Housing and Urban Development ………
Department of the Interior ……………………………………….
Department of Justice …………………………………………….
Department of Labor ……………………………………………….
Department of State ………………………………………………..
Department of Transportation …………………………………..
Department of the Treasury ……………………………………..
Department of Veterans Affairs ………………………………..
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES AND GOVERNMENT CORPORATIONS Advisory Council on Historic Preservation …………………
American Battle Monuments Commission …………………
Appalachian Regional Commission ……………………………
Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Arctic Research Board (United States Access Board).
Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence In Education Foundation …………………………………………………
Broadcasting Board of Governors …………………………..
Central Intelligence Agency ………………………………..
Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board ……..
Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation …………..
Commission on Civil Rights ……………………………………
Commission of Fine Arts …………………………………………
Committee for Purchase from People Who are Blind or Severely Disabled ………………………………………….
Commodity Futures Trading Commission ……………..
Consumer Product Safety Commission ……………………
Corporation for National and Community Service ……
Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia …………………………………….
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board ………………..
Delta Regional Authority ………………………………………
Environmental Protection Agency ………………………..
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ………….
Export-Import Bank of the United States ………………..
Farm Credit Administration ………………………………..
Page Federal Communications Commission …………………
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ………………….
Federal Election Commission …………………………….
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ……………….
Federal Housing Finance Board …………………………..
Federal Labor Relations Authority ……………………….
Federal Maritime Commission …………………………….
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service ……………..
Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission ..
Federal Reserve System ……………………………………
Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board …………….
Federal Trade Commission …………………………………..
General Services Administration …………………………..
Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation ………………..
Interagency Council on the Homeless ……………………
Inter-American Foundation ………………………………….
International Boundary and Water Commission ………..
Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin …..
James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation ……..
Japan-United States Friendship Commission …………….
Marine Mammal Commission ……………………………….
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission ……………….
Merit Systems Protection Board …………………………..
Millennium Challenge Corporation ………………………..
National Aeronautics and Space Administration ………
National Archives and Records Administration ………..
National Capital Planning Commission …………………..
National Council on Disability ………………………………
National Credit Union Administration ……………………
National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities ……..
Institute of Museum Services ……………………………..
National Endowment for the Arts ……………………….
National Endowment for the Humanities ……………
National Labor Relations Board …………………………….
National Mediation Board ……………………………………..
National Science Foundation …………………………………
National Transportation Safety Board ………………………
Nuclear Regulatory Commission ……………………………
Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board ……………………
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission …
Office of Government Ethics …………………………………..
Office of the Federal Coordinator Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects ……………………………………….
Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation ……………..
Office of Personnel Management ……………………………
Office of Special Counsel ……………………………………..
Overseas Private Investment Corporation …………………
Peace Corps …………………………………………………….
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation ……………………..
Postal Regulatory Commission ……………………………..
President’s Commission on White House Fellowships ..
Presidio Trust ………………………………………………….
Railroad Retirement Board ………………………………….
Securities and Exchange Commission ………………….
Selective Service System ……………………………………
Small Business Administration ……………………………..
Smithsonian Institution …………………………………………
Social Security Administration ……………………………..
Tennessee Valley Authority ………………………………….
Trade and Development Agency …………………………….
United States Agency for International Development …
United States – China Economic and Security Review Commission ………………………………………………………….
United States Commission on International Religious Freedom ……………………………………………………….
United States Election Assistance Commission ………
United States Holocaust Memorial Council …………….
United States Institute of Peace …………………………..
United States International Trade Commission …………
United States Postal Service ……………………………….
Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission …………………………………………………………………
Vietnam Education Foundation ………………………………
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APPENDIXES 1. Summary of Positions Subject to Noncompetitive Appointment ……………………………………………………….
Page 2. Senior Executive Service …………………………………….
3. Schedule C Positions …………………………………………
4. Federal Salary Schedules for 2008 ………………………..
5. Office of the Vice President ………………………………….