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Wolf replaces Kevin McAleenan, who held the role of acting secretary for eight months. (scrippsnews.com)
Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan holds a news conference in June. (wgbh.org)
Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan is leaving his post, the latest casualty at the department responsible for protecting U.S. borders. (wgbh.org)
Wolf will replace acting DHS Secretary Kevin McAleenan, whose last day in the job was supposed to be Thursday. (alipac.us)
White] found Kevin McAleenan improperly leapfrogged to acting secretary when Kirstjen Nielsen resigned in April 2019. (bizpacreview.com)

Trump elevated McAleenan to serve as acting replacement for Nielsen just days after he said he wanted the administration to go in a "tougher direction" as illegal border crossings had increased. (wgbh.org)
McAleenan previously served as commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection after having served as acting commissioner since the beginning of the Trump administration. (wgbh.org)
Yesterday, the Acting Secretary of Homeland Security, Kevin K. McAleenan, was briefed by Federal Emergency Management Agency Acting Administrator, Pete Gaynor, from the National Response Coordination Center (NRCC) at FEMA headquarters in Washington, DC, on the current path and strength of Hurricane Dorian. (dhs.gov)
DHS is employing all its resources to prepare for Hurricane Dorian - an approach that will be locally executed, state managed, and federally supported," said Acting Secretary McAleenan. (dhs.gov)
McAleenan offered earlier this week to remain in the acting job for another week if the White House did not name a successor before his departure. (alipac.us)
The judge said McAleenan, as Customs and Border Protection commissioner, was seventh in line to assume the acting role under rules of succession at the time. (bizpacreview.com)
Chad Wolf, who became acting secretary after McAleenan resigned in November, was also promoted out of order from his position as under secretary for strategy, policy and plans, said White, ruling in Oakland, California. (bizpacreview.com)

Since April, former Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, U.S. Secret Service Director Randolph "Tex" Alles and acting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Ronald Vitiello have resigned. (wgbh.org)

Former President Trump relied heavily on acting secretaries: 30 in four years, compared with 23 over President Obama's eight years. (thompsoncoburn.com)
In the waning, turbulent days of the Trump Administration, the resignations of the Education and Transportation Secretaries meant that senior officials picked by former President Trump ascended to the acting secretary roles at those agencies until President Biden was sworn-in. (thompsoncoburn.com)
President Trump was able to put him in the role after the Senate confirmed him as the Under Secretary for the DHS Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans the same day. (scrippsnews.com)
The Trump administration has struggled to find a permanent DHS secretary. (scrippsnews.com)
Trump added that he would announce a new acting secretary next week. (wgbh.org)
In June, Trump also accepted the resignation of acting Customs and Border Protection Commissioner John Sanders. (wgbh.org)
Believe me," Miller said on his 67th day on the job since President Donald Trump fired Defense Secretary Mark Esper after the election. (military.com)
President Trump said Friday that longtime Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official Chad Wolf would be the new acting head of Homeland Security, the fifth person to hold the job in Trump's administration. (alipac.us)
Trump casually announced the appointment in response to a reporter's question as he departed the White House for a campaign rally in Mississippi: He s acting, and we ll see what happens, he said, not confirming whether Wolf would be nominated for the job permanently. (alipac.us)
President Trump is greeted at the Pentagon by acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan Friday, March 15, 2019, where President Trump attended a meeting with national security officials. (fox32chicago.com)
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan is withdrawing his nomination to lead the Pentagon. (fox32chicago.com)
I'm the Acting Deputy Secretary for the Department of Homeland Security, and I appreciate you all joining us today to hear about the progress the Trump administration has made on immigration and the regional effort that's taking place to deal with the flow of illegal immigration to the United States. (usembassy.gov)
President Trump nominated Wolf to be secretary on Sept. 10, and his confirmation process is underway in the U.S. Senate. (bizpacreview.com)

While this allowed him to fill cabinet positions with loyalists that did not face the scrutiny of Senate confirmation, it backfired when the Government Accountability Office released a report last August finding that former Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf and former Acting Deputy Secretary Ken Cuccinelli were serving in their positions illegally. (thompsoncoburn.com)
Chad Wolf officially stepped in as acting secretary on Wednesday. (scrippsnews.com)
Department of Homeland Security Under Secretary Chad Wolf. (alipac.us)
The White House plans to name Homeland Security official Chad Wolf acting secretary, according to three people familiar with the situation. (alipac.us)
Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf said that "the readiness of the Coast Guard continues to be an issue, as it does with all of our service agencies," but told senators that "when you have a limited budget, you have to focus resources" and lift some programs over others. (hstoday.us)

The Secretary-General of the United Nations has designated me to be the Acting Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), effective 17 July 2022, and until a new Executive Secretary is appointed. (unccd.int)
I also remain committed to ensuring that there will be no disruption in the dispensing of my functions as Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) and, particularly, the delivery of the mandate the UNCCD Parties have entrusted me with at COP15. (unccd.int)

Another one of Trump's acting defense secretaries, Patrick Shanahan, called the F-35 Lightning II program "f---ed up. (military.com)

The Executive Committee of the Canadian Council of Churches (CCC) has appointed Mr. Peter Noteboom as Acting General Secretary effective on 1 October 2017. (cccb.ca)

For more information on the Office of the Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security, visit www.state.gov/t . (usmission.gov)

WASHINGTON - Acting Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security David Pekoske will make an official visit to Tampa, Florida, to participate in Super Bowl Security Day, Wednesday, Feb. 3. (dhs.gov)
This is an on-the-record conference all with Ken Cuccinelli, Acting Deputy Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. (usembassy.gov)

The White House had considered nominating acting Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Ken Cuccinelli for the job, but learned that 20 senators opposed him, dooming his nomination, according to a person involved in the discussions. (alipac.us)
Acting Deputy Secretary Cuccinelli will update on efforts to address the security and humanitarian crisis at the U.S. southern border and strengthen U.S. partnerships across Central America to confront irregular and illegal migration at the source and uphold the rule of law. (usembassy.gov)
And with that, I'll turn it over to Acting Deputy Secretary Cuccinelli. (usembassy.gov)

The president added that the Secretary of the Army, Mark Esper, will be the new acting secretary. (fox32chicago.com)

US Acting Assistant Secretary of State Philip Reeker will pay a visit to Berlin and Moscow September 16 to 18 for meetings with senior officials and to attend key events, APA reports citing US Department of State. (apa.az)

In an interview with the Associated Press, Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona fired at people who are "misbehaving in public and acting like they know what's right for kids. (fox8tv.com)
Education Secretary Miguel Cardona also said the quiet part out loud this week (however, they don't try to keep it quiet anymore). (twitchy.com)

In Berlin, Ambassador Reeker will join Under Secretary for Political Affairs David Hale for the second U.S.-Germany Strategic Dialogue, at which they will discuss U.S.-German cooperation to address a wide range of global security challenges. (apa.az)

Su was confirmed as deputy secretary in July 2021. (shrm.org)

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met with U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) Acting CEO Kelu Chao today to discuss the vital role that free and independent media play in the preservation and promotion of democratic principles worldwide. (state.gov)
Secretary Blinken expressed his strong support for USAGM-affiliated networks around the world, including Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), Radio Free Asia (RFA), the Voice of America (VOA), the Middle East Broadcasting Network (MBN), and the Office of Cuba Broadcasting (OCB). (state.gov)

The Sierra Leone Football Association Acting General Secretary Mohamed Benson Bawoh and Technical Director Ibrahim Bah are in Bangkok Thailand, honoring g a five-day technical leadership training taking place from Monday the 21st to Friday the 25th August, 2023 at the Anantara Riverside Hotel, Bangkok. (sierraloaded.sl)

The GAO's findings are a win for the Biden administration and give the agency the green light to keep Su as leader of the DOL at least until the end of Biden's first term, despite not having the votes in the Senate to confirm her following the exit of the previous labor secretary, Marty Walsh. (shrm.org)
Acting Secretary: An official that was not confirmed by the Senate temporarily serving in a cabinet-level role. (thompsoncoburn.com)
Though President Biden has had some of his cabinet nominees confirmed since January 20, he will have to rely on acting secretaries until the Senate finishes its work confirming all of his nominees. (thompsoncoburn.com)
For example, there are acting secretaries at the Departments Housing and Urban Development and Commerce until the Senate confirms Representative Fudge (D-OH) and Governor Raimondo (D-RI), respectively. (thompsoncoburn.com)
The search has been complicated by a federal law that requires acting agency chiefs to have served under a Senate-confirmed secretary for 90 days. (alipac.us)
Grassley said this week there is no legal way to name someone acting DHS secretary if that person hasn't been confirmed in any capacity by the Senate. (alipac.us)
Since there is no Director of the USPTO (as well as no Deputy Director), Michelle will effectively be the Acting Director of the USPTO (I guess)-until a new Director is nominated and confirmed by the Senate. (slwip.com)

He served as the acting President of Pakistan, Judge of the High Court and then Supreme Court of Pakistan, Senior Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan, Federal Law Secretary, and Chairman of the Council of Islamic Ideology. (wikipedia.org)

Interestingly, she was nominated by Peggy Focarino, the PTO Commissioner of Patents, to the Secretary of Commerce, who then appointed Michelle to be Deputy Undersecretary of Commerce for IP. (slwip.com)
In addition, lessons that continue to be learned about healthcare, infrastructure, and community transformations after the devastation caused in 2005 by Hurricane Katrina will be shared by Karen DeSalvo, MD, national coordinator for health information technology and former acting assistant secretary for health at the US Department of Health and Human Services, and former health commissioner for the City of New Orleans, during her keynote address. (medscape.com)

King began his tenure as acting U.S. Secretary of Education earlier this month. (hechingerreport.org)

The Acting Deputy Secretary will meet with security officials, tour the Super Bowl LV Joint Operations Center and Raymond James Stadium, and receive a briefing on the Department's support and coordination with local and NFL officials. (dhs.gov)

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) on Sept. 21 concluded that Julie Su can continue serving as the acting secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). (shrm.org)
PanARMENIAN.Net - USAID Administrator Samantha Power and Department of State Acting Assistant Secretary for Europe and Eurasian Affairs Yuri Kim arrived in Armenia on Monday, September 25. (panarmenian.net)
Rebecca M. Blank, currently Acting Deputy Secretary of the Commerce Department, will serve as Acting Commerce Secretary. (umich.edu)
AmCham's Agriculture and Food Processing Committee members met with Acting Under Secretary/Deputy Under Secretary, Ms. Alexis Taylor, U.S. Department of Agriculture, on 19th October ahead of the Trade Policy Forum. (amchamindia.com)
SciColl offered a novel opportunity for the US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, to explore the value of scientific research collections under the science preparedness initiative and integrate it as a research resource at each stage in the emergence of the infectious diseases cycle. (cdc.gov)
With this understanding, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) has undertaken a science preparedness initiative. (cdc.gov)

The Biden administration has pointed to a separate statute that allows the deputy labor secretary to fill in until a successor is appointed. (shrm.org)
To pre-empt the issue, the DOL last March contended in a letter to the GAO that Su is serving as acting secretary of labor not under the Federal Vacancies Reform Act, but under a DOL-specific succession statute (29 U.S.C. Section 552), allowing the deputy secretary to perform the duties of the secretary of labor. (shrm.org)
The Acting Deputy Secretary will also participate in the NFL Security Press Conference to discuss the Department's role in supporting state, local and federal public safety partners to ensure the security of those attending the event. (dhs.gov)
Acting Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources John R. Bass met with Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary General Paul Huijts today in Washington, D.C. Acting Deputy Secretary Bass and Secretary General Huijts discussed workforce and management strategies. (state.gov)
The Acting Deputy Secretary and the Secretary General also discussed the importance of advancing diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility. (state.gov)
SAN DIEGO - The acting deputy secretary of defense fired shots across the bow of both the Navy's newest warship and its biggest, often unnamed rival in the Asia-Pacific region. (nationaldefensemagazine.org)
At the time of his appointment, Mr. Noteboom served as Deputy General Secretary of the CCC. (cccb.ca)
President of the Republic of Belarus Aleksandr Lukashenko appointed Deputy State Secretary of the Security Council Stanislav Zas Acting State Secretary of Security Council of the Republic of Belarus. (gov.by)
Blank, a former dean of the Ford School, has worked with the Commerce Secretary since 2009 as the head of the Economic and Statistics Administration (ESA), the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, and, since November 2010, as the Acting Deputy Secretary of Commerce. (umich.edu)
At a Center for a New American Security event Tuesday, Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks said that the United States would also provide "over the horizon" support to the Afghan security forces, but that the final shape for all of that support was still being planned. (defenseone.com)

U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke formally resigned on August 2, 2011 to be sworn in by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as the next U.S. Ambassador to the People's Republic of China. (umich.edu)
Among others, Mr. Ring met with Minister of Education, H.E. Dr. Hang Chuon Naron and Secretary of State H.E Ouch Borith to discuss the Institute's programme in Cambodia and the establishment and registration of a RWI office in Phnom Penh. (lu.se)

Report of the WCC acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca to the executive committee of the World Council of Churches. (oikoumene.org)
He will assume an interim mandate following the departure of the Reverend Dr. Karen Hamilton who served as CCC General Secretary for the past 15 years. (cccb.ca)
I look forward to working with the Secretary-General and UNFCCC Parties to facilitate a smooth transition to the next UNFCCC leadership and extend my thanks to the UNCCD COP15 President, the Bureau and staff for the willingness to share my time with our sister Convention. (unccd.int)
WCC acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca speaking at the thematic plenary on 'Christian Unity and the Churches' Common Witness' at the 11th Assembly of the World Council of Churches, held in Karlsruhe, Germany from 31 August to 8 September. (christiantelegraph.com)
In his last report to the World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee, WCC acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca expressed gratitude to WCC leadership and staff-and shared his reflections on moving forward. (christiantelegraph.com)
I never expected to serve as acting general secretary, certainly not for nearly three years," he said. (christiantelegraph.com)
Cheema served in the Muslim World League (MWL), an international Muslim organisation having observer status in the UN and OIC, as its Secretary General, Asian Branch for more than 15 years. (wikipedia.org)
His contribution as Secretary General of the MWL was in Humanitarian relief and Mediation for the Muslim Ummah and in particular for the Muslims of the Asian region. (wikipedia.org)
Secretary General of Muslim World League Asian Branch. (wikipedia.org)
The Secretary-General noted the role of Turkmenistan's policy of Neutrality in the field of ensuring peace and security, and sustainable development in the region and beyond. (thediplomaticinsight.com)
They joined their counterparts from 30 countries around the world to attend this year's FIFA Technical Directors and General Secretaries of workshop in Bangkok, Thailand. (sierraloaded.sl)
The Congress will be asked to ratify two additions to the ITUC Constitution that will enhance our election procedures, as well as electing the new ITUC General Secretary. (ituc-csi.org)
The Regional Director noted that the meeting of the PSC was taking place at a time when the United Nations Secretary-General was planning a meeting during the latter part of the year to take stock of the progress made towards the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). (who.int)

Then, a slate of Biden-picked acting secretaries took the helm at all agencies because no confirmations had occurred in advance of Inauguration Day. (thompsoncoburn.com)

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Acting EM Assistant Secretary Sue Cange emphasized the role and value of local communities in the DOE cleanup mission in remarks to the Energy Communities Alliance (ECA) on Feb. 23. (govdelivery.com)

Shanahan was ultimately found not to have promoted Boeing while serving as acting defense secretary. (military.com)
Shanahan, a former Boeing executive, has been leading the Pentagon as acting secretary since Jan. 1, a highly unusual arrangement for arguably the most sensitive Cabinet position. (fox32chicago.com)

Miller was speaking to reporters en route to Washington, D.C., where tens of thousands of National Guard members are securing the city ahead of troubling threats in the leadup to President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration -- and after a violent mob overtook the U.S. Capitol last week. (military.com)
Acting EM Assistant Secretary Sue Cange discusses EM's ongoing cleanup priorities at a meeting hosted by the Energy Communities Alliance in Washington, D.C. on Feb. 23. (govdelivery.com)

Acting Secretary of Defense, Christopher C. Miller visits U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) headquarters on board Naval Support Activity Bahrain, Nov 25. (military.com)
John B. King Jr., acting U.S. Secretary of Education visits a classroom in Kuumba Academy Charter School in Wilmington, Del. (hechingerreport.org)

I am acting as the Course Coordinator for this training course. (who.int)

The Institute's acting Director, Mr. Rolf Ring, visited the newly established field office in Cambodia 19-22 January. (lu.se)

The Act also established the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics, an expert advisory committee to the Secretary. (cdc.gov)
Thus the aim of this study was to report the integrated actions between the Health Secretary of the city of Curitiba and the University during the training in Total Denture of primary attention professionals. (bvsalud.org)
The Brazilian unified health system, guided by guidelines of the Health Ministry and Secretary, aims to improve basic and specialized oral health of the population through Centers of Dental Specialties (CEOs). (bvsalud.org)
Among the actions, the partnership between the university and the Health Secretary of the city of Curitiba is emphasized, in which the above-mentioned courses promoted the training (in dental prosthesis) of the dental professionals working in the basic attention of the city, also including the professionals working in the Brazilian Health Programme Strategic Units. (bvsalud.org)
Both the University's dean and the Secretary of Health of the city of Curitiba participated at the moment of the delivery of the total dentures. (bvsalud.org)

But the Act limits who can serve as an acting secretary and for how long they can serve in that capacity. (thompsoncoburn.com)
The council needed to appoint someone to serve as acting mayor because the winner of Markham's April 4 mayoral race is ineligible to serve. (chicagotribune.com)

Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., who is chair of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, in July submitted a request to GAO to examine whether Su serving in an acting capacity is subject to time limits under the Federal Vacancies Reform Act. (shrm.org)
During his final stop this week on a tour of schools in four states and the District of Columbia, the acting U.S. Secretary of Education, John B. King Jr., defended the importance of academic achievement testing. (hechingerreport.org)
Education Secretary Cardona says that he doesn't have "too much respect" for parents who have been "misbehaving" at school board meetings. (twitchy.com)

Turkmenistan Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs (MFA) V. Hajiyev with the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). (thediplomaticinsight.com)

Acting Under Secretary Countryman will participate in the EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Conference in Brussels, Belgium, on November 3 and 4. (usmission.gov)
The arrival of acting Labor Secretary Julie Su to participate in negotiations may have hastened the agreement. (medscape.com)

Though Miller has been in the acting secretary job for just a couple of months, he has faced several challenging tasks. (military.com)

A defense official who was traveling with Miller said the acting defense secretary did not end the sentence about the F-35 being a "piece of…" with any particular word. (military.com)
The Secretary often uses casual and humorous language with reporters and personnel during travel," the official said. (military.com)

Sustained Interest in Strengthening Partnerships: Special Assistant to the President Juan S. Gonzalez and Acting Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Julie Chung visit Uruguay Special Assistant to the President Juan Gonzalez and Acting Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Julie Chung and will travel to Uruguay April 14-15. (usembassy.gov)

Pleasure to meet Acting Foreign Minister Hajiyev again. (thediplomaticinsight.com)

citation needed] Besides his political career, Justice Cheema served as Judge of West Pakistan High Court and also as Federal Law Secretary. (wikipedia.org)

3 En Route to the United Nations Human Rights Council. (lu.se)

Acting Under Secretary Countryman will join the U.S. Delegation to the 8th Biological Weapons Review Conference in Geneva, Switzerland, November 7-10. (usmission.gov)

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