It has been nearly a year since the DHS has had a Senate-confirmed leader. Roughly 2/3rds of top jobs in the department are vacant or filled with acting appointees, more than in any other federal agency
last April, encouraged by Trump policy adviser Stephen Miller, that included Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, who was forced out in part because she pushed back against Trump's policy to separate children from their families at the Mexico border.
While many of the jobs are filled by temporary appointees to carry out the day-to-day tasks, some — such as the role of deputy director of FEMA — have no one in the job and are listed as vacant. In other cases, officials are performing two jobs at once, as in the DHS Office of Strategy, Policy and Plans, where the jobs of undersecretary and deputy under secretary are being filled by the same person.
There are no nominees from the White House for the jobs of homeland security secretary, deputy secretary, general counsel, under secretary for management, deputy administrator for FEMA, commissioner of Customs and Border Protection or director of Citizenship and Immigration Services, according to data compiled by the Partnership for Public Service.
While Homeland Security has more key vacancies than any other government agency, it's not the only department involved in the coronavirus response to have suffered staffing issues under the Trump administration. At Health and Human Services, 28 percent of key posts aren't filled, according to the Partnership for Public Service. At the Defense Department, 34 percent are vacant.
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