Commerce Cuts 40 Appointees

THE DAILY FED

Commerce Cuts 40 Appointees

According to a report in The Washington Post, Daley's chief of staff, Paul Donovan, told the appointees they had until Sept. 30 to leave their jobs.

Names of those dismissed were not released. Donovan, the Post reported, said they included one assistant secretary and "a handful" of deputy undersecretaries and deputy assistant secretaries. Daley has decided that throughout Commerce, the positions of deputy undersecretary and principal deputy assistant secretary will be filled by career employees from now on.

Daley made the pledge to cut political appointees during his confirmation hearing in an effort to rehabilitate the agency's image as a dumping ground for appointees.

Commerce officials said they anticipated no further layoffs to reach the job cut goal. Many of the political posts to be eliminated are currently unoccupied and won't be filled.