To Cut Government Spending, Lay Off the Loafers

RCM ^ | 02/26/2013 | Diana Furchtgott-Roth

[SeekAndFind]

WASHINGTON-With the sequester scheduled for March 1, everyone is looking for ways to save money. How about cutting the employees the federal government pays not to work for Uncle Sam?

In a new report issued earlier this month, the Office of Personnel Management announced that the federal government paid over $156 million in 2011 for some of its employees to work as representatives for government unions, up from $139 million in 2010 and $129 million in 2009.

In government language that would make George Orwell smile, the time that federal workers spend working for their unions and not working for taxpayers is termed "official time." According to the report, "Official time, broadly defined, is paid time off from assigned Government duties to represent a union or its bargaining unit employees."

In most workplaces, employees who don't work for the hours they are paid are called "loafers," "slackers," or worse. In the federal government, such workers are on "official time." Shirking never looked so good.

Government workers on "official time" have office space in a particular agency to which they are assigned, and are paid for full-time work by the taxpayers, including fringe benefits such as pension plans and medical insurance that many private-sector workers no longer receive.

OPM's new report, "Official Time Usage in the Federal Government," was released on February 15, just before a three-day weekend and a week of congressional recess. It shows that government employees spent more than 3.4 million hours in 2011 not working on government duties, up from 3.1 million in 2010 and 3 million in 2009. This would be a good place to trim spending.

Employees on "official time" represent unions such as the American Federation of Government Employees, the National Treasury Employees Union and the National Federation of Federal Employees. At last count by OPM, there were over 80 unions representing federal employees.

OPM does not report the number of government employees on "official time," only numbers of hours. The only way to ascertain the number of employees on official time is to submit a Freedom of Information Act request to each individual agency.

Americans for Limited Government, a conservative non-profit organization, filed such a request to all federal agencies in 2012. So far ALG has received information from the Departments of Transportation, Interior, and Housing and Urban Development, as well as the Small Business Administration, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the National Labor Relations Board.

The Department of Transportation spent $17.7 million in 2011 on 264,562 hours of official time, including salaries and benefits for both full-time and part-time employees. Some Department employees spent part of their day working for the government union, and others worked for their union full-time.

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[Texas Fossil]

Expand the list a bit. The mindless power addicted bureaucrats are much more destructive than the idiot loafers.

[Whats-wrong-with-the-truth]

End our national debt. Get rid of welfare entirely.

Anything else is nothing but socialism and if anyone supports socialism at any level they are just as corrupt as the extreme leftists they are trashing. A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.

When everyone became accepting of all these government agencies and the lazy a** bureaucrats that man them everyone became a stooge for the Marxist agenda being shoved down our throats. Instead of everybody whining about how bad obama and his goons are everyone should stop and realize that you all are getting exactly what you wanted. A corrupt scumbag (the Antichrist) as your leader. Nobody wants to give up their little "piece of the pie". They want everyone else to give up theirs.

Me?

I'm sick of it all and cry out with a loud voice "HOSANNA TO THE KING."

JMHO

[MamaTexan]

Just get rid of the 40+ 'Czars' the pResident has created.

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Between the salaries, *bonuses* and travel expenses, our government is commiting economic suicide.

[DaveA37]

“........the Office of Personnel Management announced that the federal government paid over $156 million in 2011 for some of its employees to work as representatives for government unions.......”

These “jobs” are outragous and not only need to be laid off, they need to be eliminated entirely.

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Summary table - Number of czars per administration

President's name	Party	In office	Number of czar titles	Number of appointees	Appointees not confirmed by Senate
Franklin Roosevelt	D	1933–1945	11	19	17
Harry Truman	D	1945–1953	6	6	5
Dwight Eisenhower	R	1953–1961	1	1	0
Lyndon Johnson	D	1963–1969	3	3	1
Richard Nixon	R	1969–1974	3	5	5
Gerald Ford	R	1974–1977	2	2	2
Jimmy Carter	D	1977–1981	2	3	2
Ronald Reagan	R	1981–1989	1	1	1
George H. W. Bush	R	1989–1993	2	3	0
Bill Clinton	D	1993–2001	8	11	7
George W. Bush	R	2001–2009	33	49	28
Barack Obama	D	2009–	38	43	33

[Vaduz]

No slacker like a D.C. slacker.

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The following are executive branch officials to whom the media has referred as a czar of some kind.

Czar title	Official title	Office holder	Tenure	Type of Appointment	Appointing Administration	Senate Confirmed
Foreign aid czar	Administrator of the US Agency for International Development (USAID)	Tobias, Randall[1]	2006–2007	President nominated, Senate confirmed	Bush, George W.George W. Bush	✓
AfPak czar, Afghanistan and Pakistan czar	Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan	Holbrooke, Richard[2]	2009–2010	President appointed	Obama, BarackBarack Obama
AIDS czar	National AIDS Policy Coordinator, Member of White House Domestic Policy Council	Gebbie, Kristine[3]	1993–1994	President appointed	Clinton, BillBill Clinton
AIDS czar	Director of the Office of National AIDS Policy	Fleming, Patricia[4]	1993–1997	President appointed	Clinton, BillBill Clinton
AIDS czar	Director of the Office of National AIDS Policy, Presidential Envoy for AIDS Cooperation	Thurman, Sandra[5]	1997–2000	President appointed	Clinton, BillBill Clinton
AIDS czar	Director of the Office of National AIDS Policy	Evertz, Scott[6]	2001–2002	President appointed	Bush, George W.George W. Bush
AIDS czar	Director of the Office of National AIDS Policy	O'Neill, Joe[7]	2002–2003	President appointed	Bush, George W.George W. Bush
AIDS czar	Director of the Office of National AIDS Policy	Thompson, Carol[8]	2004–2006	President appointed	Bush, George W.George W. Bush
AIDS czar	Director of the Office of National AIDS Policy	Crowley, Jeffrey[9]	2009–2012	President appointed	Obama, BarackBarack Obama
AIDS czar	Director of the Office of National AIDS Policy	Colfax, Grant[10]	2012–present	President appointed	Obama, BarackBarack Obama
anti-poverty czar, poverty czar	Director of Office of Economic Opportunity	Shriver, Sargent[11]	1965–1969	President nominated, Senate confirmed	Johnson, LyndonLyndon Johnson	✓
Asian Carp czar	Director of Office of Economic Opportunity	Goss, John[12]	2010–present	Council on Environmental Quality selected	Obama, BarackBarack Obama
auto czar, car czar	Treasury Advisor, Head of the Auto Task Force	Rattner, Steve[13]	2009 Feb–Jul	Sec. of Treasury appointed	Obama, BarackBarack Obama
auto czar, car czar	Senior Advisor President's Automotive Task Force	Bloom, Ron[14]	2009–present	President appointed	Obama, BarackBarack Obama
auto recovery czar, autoworker czar	Member Presidential Task Force on the Auto Industry, Director of Recovery for Auto Communities and Workers	Montgomery, Ed[15]	2009–present	President appointed	Obama, BarackBarack Obama
bank bailout czar, Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) czar	United States Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Stability, Senior Advisor to Secretary of the Treasury	Kashkari, Neel.[16]	2008–2009	(New position), President nominated, Senate confirmed	Bush, George W.George W. Bush	✓
bank bailout czar, TARP czar	United States Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Stability	Allison, Herbert[17]	2009–present	President nominated, Senate confirmed	Obama, BarackBarack Obama	✓
bioethics czar	Advisor to the President, Chairman of The President's Council on Bioethics	Kass, Leon[18]	2001–2005	(New position), Exec order, President appointed	Bush, George W.George W. Bush
bird flu czar	Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services, Advisor to the President for Public Health Emergency Preparedness	Simonson, Stewart[19]	2004–2006	(New position), President appointed	Bush, George W.George W. Bush
birth control czar	Deputy Assistant Secretary of Population Affairs, Department of Health and Human Services	Keroack, Eric[20]	2006–2007	President appointed	Bush, George W.George W. Bush
border czar	U.S. attorney and Special Representative for the Southwest Border, Department of Justice	Bersin, Alan[21]	1995–1998	President nominated, Senate confirmed as U.S. Attorney, Appointed as Special Representative	Clinton, BillBill Clinton	✓
border czar	Assistant Secretary for International Affairs, Special Representative for Border Affairs, Dept of Homeland Security,	Bersin, Alan[22]	2009–present	Sec of Homeland Security appointed	Obama, BarackBarack Obama
budget czar	Director of the Office of Management and Budget	Daniels, Mitchell E.[23]	2001–2003	President nominated, Senate Confirmed	Bush, George W.George W. Bush	✓
budget czar	Director of the Office of Management and Budget	Bolten, Joshua[24]	2003–2006	President nominated, Senate confirmed	Bush, George W.George W. Bush	✓
budget czar	Director of the Office of Management and Budget	Portman, Rob[25]	2006–2007	President nominated, Senate confirmed	Bush, George W.George W. Bush	✓
cleanup czar	Special Assistant Attorney General (to investigate corruption)	Morris, Newbold[26]	1952, fired after 63 days by Atty General for demanding records access; AG then forced to resign by President Truman	Attorney General appointed	Truman, HarryHarry Truman
cleanup czar	Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management, Department of Energy (nuclear clean up)	Roberson, Jessie[27]	2001–2004	President nominated, Senate confirmed	Bush, George W.George W. Bush	✓
cleanup czar	Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management, Department of Energy (nuclear clean up)	Rispoli, James[28]	2005–2008	Sec. of Energy appointed, Senate confirmed	Bush, George W.George W. Bush	✓
climate czar	Assistant to the President and Staff Secretary, President's Coordinator for Climate Change, Senior negotiator at Kyoto and Beuenos Aires negottiations	Todd D. Stern[29]	1997–1999	President appointed	Clinton, BillBill Clinton
climate czar	Special Envoy for Climate Change	Stern, Todd D.[30]	2009	Sec. of State appointed	Obama, BarackBarack Obama
climate czar, energy czar, global warming czar	Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change	Browner, Carol[31]	2009–present	(New position)	Obama, BarackBarack Obama
copyright czar	Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator	vacant; position approved but not filled during Bush administration[32]	2009–present	(New position)	Bush, George W.George W. Bush
copyright czar	Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator	Espinel, Victoria[33]	2009–present	(first at position)	Obama, BarackBarack Obama
communications czar	Counselor to the President, Special counselor to the President	Bartlett, Dan[34]	2005–2007	President appointed	Bush, George W.George W. Bush
compensation czar, Gulf claims czar, pay czar	Special Master for TARP Executive Compensation	Feinberg, Kenneth[35]	2009–present	Sec. of Treasury appointed	Obama, BarackBarack Obama
consumer czar	Special Advisor for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau	Warren, Elizabeth[36]	2010–present	(New Position), President appointed	Obama, BarackBarack Obama
car czar	Chief domestic policy advisor and Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council	Reed, Bruce[37]	1993–2001	(New position), Exec order, President appointed	Clinton, BillBill Clinton
cyber security czar, cyber czar	Special Advisor to the President on Cybersecurity, Office of Management and Budget (OMB)	Clarke, Richard A.[38]	2001 Oct–2003 Feb	(New position), President appointed	Bush, George W.George W. Bush
cyber security czar, cyber czar	Director, National Cyber Security Center	Beckstrom, Rod[39]	2008–2009	(New position), Presidential directive, President appointed	Bush, George W.George W. Bush
cyber security czar, cyber czar	Director of the White House Office of Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity Coordinator	Hathaway, Melissa[40]	Office created May 31, 2009.	Acting czar May–July, 2009; resigned [41]	Obama, BarackBarack Obama
cyber security czar, cyber czar	Director of the White House Office of Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity Coordinator	Schmidt, Howard[42]	Office created May 31, 2009.	2009–Present]	Obama, BarackBarack Obama
czar of censorship	Director, Office of Censorship	Price, Byron[43]	1941–1945	Exec Order, President appointed	Roosevelt, FranklinFranklin Roosevelt
czar of information	Director Office of War Information	Davis, Elmer[44]	1942–1945	Exec order, President appointed	Roosevelt, FranklinFranklin Roosevelt
czar of Latin American affairs	Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs	Mann, Thomas C.[45]	1964–1965	President nominated, Senate confirmed	Johnson, LyndonLyndon Johnson	✓
democracy czar	Deputy National Security Advisor for Global Democracy Strategy	Abrams, Elliott[46]	2005–2008	President appointed	Bush, George W.George W. Bush
domestic czar	Special Assistant to the President, domestic policy aide	Califano, Joseph[47]	1965–1969	President appointed	Johnson, LyndonLyndon Johnson
domestic policy czar	Chief Domestic Policy Coordinator, Assistant to the President and Senior Advisor to the President, White House Deputy Chief of Staff	Rove, Karl[48]	2004–2006	President appointed	Bush, George W.George W. Bush
domestic violence czar	Advisor to the President and the Vice President on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Issues	Rosenthal, Lynn[49]	2009	Vice President appointed	Obama, BarackBarack Obama
drug czar	Head of Drug programs, Special Action Office of Drug Abuse Prevention	Jaffe, Jerome[50]	1971	President appointed	Nixon, RichardRichard Nixon
drug czar	Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse and head of the Narcotics Treatment Administration	DuPont, Robert	1973–1978		Ford, GeraldGerald Ford
drug czar	Director of the White House Drug Abuse Policy (1982), Special Assistant to the President for Drug Abuse (1983), Member of Executive Board of the National Narcotics Border Interdiction System Cabinet Level (1983), Deputy Assistant to the President for Drug Abuse Policy (1985)	Turner, Carlton[51]	1982–1988	(New position), Exec order, President appointed	Reagan, RonaldRonald Reagan
drug czar	Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy	Bennett, William J.[52]	1989–1990	(New position) created by Congress, President nominated, Senate Confirmed	Bush, George H. W.George H. W. Bush	✓
drug czar	Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy	Martinez, Bob[53]	1991–1993	President nominated, Senate Confirmed	Bush, George H. W.George H. W. Bush	✓
drug czar	Director, National Drug Control Policy	Brown, Lee P.[54]	1993–1995	President nominated, Senate Confirmed	Clinton, BillBill Clinton	✓
drug czar	Director, National Drug Control Policy	McCaffrey, Barry[55]	1996–2001	President nominated, Senate confirmed	Clinton, BillBill Clinton	✓
drug czar	Director, National Drug Control Policy	Walters, John P.[56]	2001–2009	President nominated, Senate confirmed	Bush, George W.George W. Bush	✓
drug czar	Director, National Drug Control Policy (cabinet rank removed)	Kerlikowske, R. Gil[57]	2009–present	President nominated, Senate confirmed	Obama, BarackBarack Obama	✓
e-commerce czar, e-czar	Executive Director, Electronic Commerce Working Group	Elizabeth Echols[58]	1998–2000	Vice President appointed	Clinton, BillBill Clinton	✓
economic czar, economic czar of World War II	Director, Office of Economic Stabilization	Byrnes, James[59]	1942–1943	(New position), Exec order, President appointed	Roosevelt, FranklinFranklin Roosevelt
economic czar	Director, Office of Economic Stabilization	Vinson, Fred M.[60]	1943–1945	President appointed	Roosevelt, FranklinFranklin Roosevelt
economic czar	Director, Office of Economic Stabilization	Davis, William Hammatt[61]	1945–1946	President appointed	Roosevelt, FranklinFranklin Roosevelt
economic czar, big-picture economic czar	Chairman, Economic Recovery Advisory Board	Volcker, Paul A.[62]	2009	President appointed	Obama, BarackBarack Obama
energy czar	Director of the Energy Policy Office	Love, John Arthur[63]	1973	(New position), Exec order, President appointed	Nixon, RichardRichard Nixon
energy czar	Federal Energy Office Administrator	Simon, William E[64]	1973–1974	President appointed	Nixon, RichardRichard Nixon
energy czar	Administrator, Federal Energy Administration	Sawhill, John[65]	1974	President appointed	Nixon, RichardRichard Nixon
energy czar	Administrator, Federal Energy Administration, Assistant to the President for Energy Affairs, Executive Director of Energy Resources Council	Zarb, Frank[66]	1974–1977	President appointed	Ford, GeraldGerald Ford
energy czar	Director, Department of Energy (cabinet-level position)	Schlesinger, James[67]	1977–1979	(New position), Legislation enacted, President nominated, Senate confirmed	Carter, JimmyJimmy Carter	✓
ethics czar, transparency czar	special counsel to the president for ethics and government reform	Eisen, Norm[68]	2009–2010	(New position), Exec order, President appointed	Obama, BarackBarack Obama
ethics czar, transparency czar	White House Counsel	Bauer, Robert[69]	2010–present	President appointed	Obama, BarackBarack Obama
faith-based czar, faith czar	Director, White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives	DiIulio, John[70]	2001–2002	(New position), Exec order, President appointed	Bush, George W.George W. Bush
faith-based czar, faith czar	Director, White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives	Towey, Jim[71]	2002–2006	President appointed	Bush, George W.George W. Bush
faith-based czar, faith czar	Director, White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives	Hein, Jay[72]	2006–2008	President appointed	Bush, George W.George W. Bush
faith-based czar	Director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships	DuBois, Joshua[73]	2009–present	President appointed	Obama, BarackBarack Obama
food czar	Food Administrator and Secretary of Agriculture	Wickard, Claude[74]	1942–1943	Exec order	Roosevelt, FranklinFranklin Roosevelt
food czar	War Food Administrator	Davis, Chester C.[75]	1943	Exec order	Roosevelt, FranklinFranklin Roosevelt
food czar	War Food Administrator	Jones, Marvin[76]	1943–1945	Exec order	Roosevelt, FranklinFranklin Roosevelt
food czar	Chairman Citizens Food Committee	Luckman, Charles[77]	1947 Sep–Nov	President appointed	Truman, HarryHarry Truman
food safety czar	Assistant Commissioner for Food Protection	Acheson, David W. K.[78]	2007–2008	President appointed	Bush, George W.George W. Bush
global AIDS czar	Coordinator of U.S. Government Activities to Combat HIV/AIDS Globally with the rank of Ambassador	Tobias, Randall][79]	2003–2006	(New position), President nominated, Senate confirmed	Bush, George W.George W. Bush	✓
global AIDS czar	Coordinator of U.S.Government Activities to Combat HIV/AIDS Globally, with the rank of Ambassador	Dybul, Mark[80]	2006–2009	President nominated, Senate confirmed	Bush, George W.George W. Bush	✓
Great Lakes czar	Special Advisor to the EPA Administrator	Davis, Cameron[81]	2009–present	EPA appointed	Obama, BarackBarack Obama
green-jobs czar	Special Advisor for Green Jobs, Enterprise, and Innovation at the White House, Member of the White House Council on Environmental Quality	Jones, Van[82]	2009 Apr–Sep	President appointed	Obama, BarackBarack Obama
Guantanamo Base closure czar	US Department of State Special Envoy	Fried, Daniel[83]	2009–present	Sec. of State appointed	Obama, BarackBarack Obama
health care czar, technology czar, internet czar, e-czar	Senior Advisor for Policy Development	Magaziner, Ira,[84]	1993–1998	President appointed	Clinton, BillBill Clinton
health czar	Director of the White House Office of Health Reform and Counselor to the President	DeParle, Nancy-Ann[85]	2009–present	Exec Order	Obama, BarackBarack Obama
health czar for the World Trade Center (WTC)	Special coordinator to respond to health effects of September 11 attacks, World Trade Center (WTC) Medical Monitoring and Treatment Program, also served as Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health	Howard, John[86]	2006–2008	President Appointed	Bush, George W.George W. Bush
health IT czar	National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, Department of Health and Human Services	Brailer, David J.[87]	2004–2006	(New position), Exec order, appointed by Sec. of HHS	Bush, George W.George W. Bush
health IT czar	National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, Department of Health and Human Services	Blumenthal, Dr. David[88]	2009 -	Exec order, appointed by Sec. of HHS	Obama, BarackBarack Obama
homeland security czar	Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism	Ridge, Tom[89]	2001–2002	(New position), Exec Order, President appointed	Bush, George W.George W. Bush
homeland security czar	Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security	Ridge, Tom[89]	2003–2004	(New position), Legislation enacted, President nominated, Senate confirmed	Bush, George W.George W. Bush	✓
homeland security czar	Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security	Chertoff, Michael[90]	2005–2009	President nominated, Senate confirmed	Bush, George W.George W. Bush	✓
homeless czar, homelessness czar	Executive Director, United States Interagency Council on Homelessness	Phil Mangano[91]	2002–2008	President appointed	Bush, George W.George W. Bush
housing czar	Housing Expediter in the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion	Wyatt, Wilson[92]	1945–1946	(New position), President appointed	Truman, HarryHarry Truman
Gulf Coast reconstruction czar, hurricane Katrina recovery czar	Federal Coordinator of Hurricane Katrina Recovery Effort	Powell, Donald E.[93]	2005–2008	President appointed	Bush, George W.George W. Bush
inflation czar, anti-inflation czar	Special Trade Representative, Chief U.S. trade negotiator	Strauss, Robert[94]	1978	President appointed	Carter, JimmyJimmy Carter
inflation czar	Advisor to the President, Chairman Council on Wage and Price Stability	Kahn, Alfred[95]	1977–1980	President appointed	Carter, JimmyJimmy Carter
information czar, infotech czar	Chief Information Officer at the White House	Kundra, Vivek[96]	2009–present	(New position), created by statute, President appointed	Obama, BarackBarack Obama
intelligence czar	Director of National Intelligence	Negroponte, John[97]	2005–2007	(New position), Congress mandated, President nominated, Senate confirmed	Bush, George W.George W. Bush	✓
intelligence czar	Director of National Intelligence	McConnell, John Michael[98]	2007–2009	President nominated, Senate confirmed	Bush, George W.George W. Bush	✓
intelligence czar	Director of National Intelligence	Blair, Dennis[99]	2009–2010	President nominated, Senate confirmed	Obama, BarackBarack Obama	✓
Iran czar	Special Advisor for the Persian Gulf and Southwest Asia (which includes Iran)	Ross, Dennis[100]	2009–present	President appointed	Obama, BarackBarack Obama
manpower czar	Director, War Manpower Commission	McNutt, Paul V.[101]	1942–1945	Exec order	Roosevelt, FranklinFranklin Roosevelt
manufacturing czar	Assistant Secretary for manufacturing and services, U.S. Commerce Department	Frink, Albert[102]	2004–2007	(New position), President nominated, Senate confirmed	Bush, George W.George W. Bush	✓
manufacturing czar	Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Manufacturing and Services	Sutton, William G.[103]	2007–2008	President nominated, Senate confirmed	Bush, George W.George W. Bush	✓
manufacturing czar	Senior Counselor for Manufacturing Policy	Bloom, Ron[14]	2009–present	President appointed	Obama, BarackBarack Obama
Middle East czar	Special Envoy for Middle East Peace	Mitchell, George[104]	2009–present	Sec. of State appointed	Obama, BarackBarack Obama
mine safety czar	Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health	Stickler, Richard[105]	2006–2008	Recess appointment—2 prior presidential nominations were rejected by the Senate	Bush, George W.George W. Bush
missile czar	Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Research and Development	Gardner, Trevor[106]	1954–1956	Sec. of Defense appointed, Senate confirmed	Eisenhower, Dwight D.Dwight D. Eisenhower	✓
mobilization czar, civilian economy czar	Director, Office of Defense Mobilization	Wilson, Charles E.[107]	1950–1952	(New position), Exec order	Truman, HarryHarry Truman
oil czar	Petroleum Coordinator for National Defense, Secretary of the Interior	Ickes, Harold L.[108]	1941–1946	President nominated, Senate confirmed as Secy of Interior	Roosevelt, FranklinFranklin Roosevelt	✓
patronage czar	Postmaster General Post Office Department, Cabinet level position	Hannegan, Bob[109]	1945–1947	President nominated, Senate confirmed	Truman, HarryHarry Truman	✓
performance czar	United States Chief Performance Officer and Deputy Director for Management at the Office of Management and Budget	Zients, Jeffrey[110]	2009–present	President nominated, Senate confirmed	Obama, BarackBarack Obama	✓
policy czar	Assistant to the President for Policy and Strategic Planning	Gerson, Michael[111]	2005–2006	President appointed	Bush, George W.George W. Bush
price czar	Administrator, Office of Price Administration	Henderson, Leon[112]	1941–1942	(New position), Exec order, President appointed	Roosevelt, FranklinFranklin Roosevelt
price czar	Administrator, Office of Price Administration	Brown, Prentiss Marsh[113]	1942–1943	President appointed	Roosevelt, FranklinFranklin Roosevelt
price czar	Administrator, Office of Price Administration	Bowles, Chester[114]	1943–1946	President appointed	Roosevelt, FranklinFranklin Roosevelt
price czar	Chairman of the Price Commission	Grayson, C. Jackson, Jr.[115]	1971	(New position), President appointed	Nixon, RichardRichard Nixon
production czar	Director, War Production Board	Nelson, Donald[116]	1942–1944	(New position), Exec order, President appointed	Roosevelt, FranklinFranklin Roosevelt
production czar	Director, War Production Board	Krug, Julius[117]	1944–1945	President appointed	Roosevelt, FranklinFranklin Roosevelt
public diplomacy czar	Special advisor to the President, Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs	Hughes, Karen[118]	2005–2007	President nominated, Senate confirmed	Bush, George W.George W. Bush	✓
public diplomacy czar	Undersecretary of State for Public Affairs and Public Diplomacy	Glassman, James[119]	2008–2009	President nominated, Senate confirmed	Bush, George W.George W. Bush	✓
reading czar	President's Advisor on Reading First Initiative, Member of the President's Commission on Excellence in Special Education	Lyon, G. Reid[120]	2001–2005	President appointed	Bush, George W.George W. Bush
reconversion czar	Director of War Mobilization and Reconversion	Snyder, John[121]	1945–1946	President appointed	Truman, HarryHarry Truman
regulatory czar	Director of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs Office of Management and Budget	Graham, John D.[122]	2001–2006	President nominated, Senate confirmed	Bush, George W.George W. Bush	✓
regulatory czar	Director of the Office of Information and Regulatory AffairsOffice of Management and Budget	Dudley, Susan[123]	2006–2009	Recess appointment, nominee did not receive a Senate vote	Bush, George W.George W. Bush
regulatory czar	Director of the Office of Information and Regulatory AffairsOffice of Management and Budget	Sunstein, Cass[124]	2009–present	President nominated, Senate confirmed	Obama, BarackBarack Obama	✓
rubber czar	Rubber Director	Jeffers, Bill[125]	1942–1943	(New position), Exec order, appointed by Chairman of War Production Board	Roosevelt, FranklinFranklin Roosevelt
savings & loan czar	Director, Office of Thrift Supervision	Ryan, T. Timothy, Jr.[126]	1990–1997	President nominated, Senate confirmed	Bush, George H. W.George H. W. Bush	✓
science czar	Science Advisor to the President, Director, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy	Marburger, John[127]	2001 Oct–2009 Jan	President nominated, Senate confirmed	Bush, George W.George W. Bush	✓
science czar	Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy	Holdren, John[128]	2009–present	President nominated, Senate confirmed	Obama, BarackBarack Obama	✓
shipping czar	Administrator, War Shipping Administration	Land, Emory S.[129]	1942–1946	Exec order	Roosevelt, FranklinFranklin Roosevelt
stimulus accountability, stimulus oversight	Chairman, Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board	Devaney, Earl[130]	2009	(New position), created by statute, President appointed	Obama, BarackBarack Obama
technology czar, chief technology czar	Associate Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Assistant to the President	Chopra, Aneesh[131]	2009–present	President nominated, Senate confirmed	Obama, BarackBarack Obama	✓
terrorism czar, counter-terrorism czar	National coordinator for security, infrastructure protection and counter-terrorism, member of National Security Council, cabinet level position	Clarke, Richard A.[132]	1998 May–2001 Jan	President appointed	Clinton, BillBill Clinton
terrorism czar	National coordinator for security, infrastructure protection and counter-terrorism, cabinet level rank removed	Clarke, Richard A.[133]	2001 Jan–Oct	(Held over from prior administration) President Clinton appointed	Bush, George W.George W. Bush
terrorism czar, counterterrorism czar	National Director for Combating Terrorism, Deputy National Security Advisor	Downing, Wayne[134]	2001 Nov–2002 Jun	(New position), President appointed	Bush, George W.George W. Bush
terrorism czar	Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism	Brennan, John O.[135]	2009	President appointed	Obama, BarackBarack Obama
transportation czar	Director, Office of Defense Transportation	Eastman, Joseph Bartlett[136]	1941–1944	(New position), Exec order, President appointed	Roosevelt, FranklinFranklin Roosevelt
transportation czar	Director, Office of Defense Transportation	Johnson, J. Monroe[137]	1944–1949	President appointed	Roosevelt, FranklinFranklin Roosevelt
urban affairs czar	Director of the White House Office of Urban Affairs Policy	Carrion, Adolfo[138]	2009–present	Exec Order, President appointed	Obama, BarackBarack Obama
war czar	Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Iraq and Afghanistan	Lute, Douglas[139]	2007–present	(New position), President nominated, Senate confirmed	Bush, George W.George W. Bush	✓
war czar	Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Iraq and Afghanistan	Lute, Douglas[139]	2007–present	(Held over from prior administration) President Bush nominated, Senate confirmed	Obama, BarackBarack Obama	✓
weapons czar	Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (AT&L)	Carter, Ashton[140]	2009	President nominated, Senate confirmed	Obama, BarackBarack Obama	✓
weapons of mass destruction czar, nonproliferation czar	Special Assistant to the President and White House Coordinator for Arms Control and Weapons of Mass Destruction, Proliferation, and Terrorism	Samore, Gary[141]	2009–present	President appointed	Obama, BarackBarack Obama
weatherization czar	Program Manager, Office of Weatherization and Intergovernmental Program, U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)	Sperling, Gil[142]	2008–present	Career incumbent, retained from George W. Bush administration	Bush, George W.George W. Bush, Obama, BarackBarack Obama

[Whats-wrong-with-the-truth]

"These “jobs” are outragous and not only need to be laid off, they need to be eliminated entirely."

Ok... Let's see if you can make my point for me.
Aside from our military and the basic government offices spelled out in our US Constitution, can you... name any Federal Government agency that should NOT be eliminated?

For the record... The $156 million dollars you are speaking of is chump-change when there are trillions of dollars in unwarranted spending being done by our elected bureaucrats.

[MamaTexan]

Sorry, but you'll need to 'splain your purpose for posting that, otherwise, I'm just left to guess.

Because it's less than 40? Okay, I was wrong.

Because Bush had almost as many? LOL! I saw through the RINO game when shrub's daddy drove me out of the big tent lying about new taxes, so he'll get no defense from me.

I could go on, but like I said, you're purpose for posting it is quite vague.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Get rid of the federal pay requirement for work done at military bases. It costs exactly twice as much to do the same job on federal land vs. any other location.

[GGpaX4DumpedTea]

“To Cut Government Spending, Lay Off the Loafers...”

Wouldn’t that be racist?

[MamaTexan]

Good idea. Honestly, I suspect a great deal of the kickbacks our congresscritters have their hands into is tied up in 'federal' contracts.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: Sorry, but you’ll need to ‘splain your purpose for posting that, otherwise, I’m just left to guess.

My purpose for posting that is to show how many Presidents since Roosevelt have used their office to EXPAND government by appointing more Czars than necessary.

It looks like Bush Jr. was just as much a big government guy as Obama.

[Fresh Wind]

Many of these “loafers” are members of protected minority groups, and as such, cannot be laid off without going through massive amounts of red tape. Managers who are burdened with unproductive warm bodies simply let them do nothing. They are actually more productive when they do nothing because when they are forced to work, everything they do has to be redone anyway.

[lurk]

$150 Million is only a few minutes’ govt spending. It’s a great idea, but we would have to cut in 10000 other areas to make a dent.

[MamaTexan]

The following are executive branch officials to whom the media has referred as a czar of some kind.

Was the massive post really necessary?

I can see very few of those positions that have ANY justifiable Constitutional basis, so again what was the point?

If its only basis is who the media has called 'czars', it's really silly.

They also refer to themselves as 'journalists'!

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Again, I am left guessing. Are you offended that I used the term 'czar' in reference to an 'official' government official?

[MamaTexan]

It looks like Bush Jr. was just as much a big government guy as Obama.

Yep you're right. Both side say they're trying to 'help' the country, yet each side bankrupts it.

[Please disregard my last post. You must have posted while I was slooowly typing]

[csmusaret]

Quit paying anyone not to work. Our safety nets have become hammocks instead of trampolines. Welfare as a way of life should not even be an option.

[Rusty0604]

State and local gov’t do this also, saw it firsthand. Just think of all the taxes we have to pay for the union’s pension, healthcare, and of course their hard work electing democrats.