a Senate-confirmed official

While the first assistant is the default acting officer, the President may invoke 5 U.S.C. § 3345(a)(2) or (3) to override this default and select another eligible acting officer. First, the President may direct a Senate-confirmed official to serve as acting officer. Second, the President can select a senior employee from the agency, if that employee served in the agency for at least 90 days during the year preceding the vacancy and is paid at a rate equivalent to at least a GS-15 on the federal pay scale. (GS-15 is the top of the federal pay scale for nonpolitical appointees. Members of the Senior Executive Service are above a GS-15 and thus qualify.) ดูหนัง2025