Senate confirms new Park Service chief
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Mary A. Bomar, a British native and career Interior Department employee, has been confirmed as director of the National Park Service.
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Representative Porter J. Goss, the Florida Republican who until recently was chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, was confirmed by the Senate today as the next director of central intelligence.
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The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Julie L. Myers as director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement
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The Senate Intelligence Committee voted 12-4 on Tuesday to approve the nomination of Republican Florida congressman Porter Goss to become the new CIA director, paving the way for full Senate confirmation.
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The Senate confirmed Edward Schafer as Secretary of Agriculture with no objections on Monday even though Congress and the administration have differing views over a pending five-year farm bill.
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The Senate confirmed Porter Goss as  the new CIA director on Wednesday amid growing momentum for  intelligence reform, constant terrorism threats and a  persistent insurgency in Iraq.
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The U.S. Senate on Thursday approved  Gen. George Casey, the outgoing commander of U.S. forces in  Iraq, as the next Army chief of staff despite criticism of his  performance as a war commander.
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The Senate on Tuesday confirmed defense industry executive Francis J. Harvey as secretary of the Army, the service's top civilian post.
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WASHINGTON -- The Senate confirmed Andrew von Eschenbach, President Bush's nominee to head the Food and Drug Administration, after lawmakers blocked a vote for months because of complaints about the agency.
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The Senate confirmed Edward Schafer as agriculture secretary with no objections on Monday even though Congress and the administration have differing views over a pending five-year farm bill.
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The Senate Intelligence Committee  voted 12-4 on Tuesday to approve the nomination of Republican  Florida congressman Porter Goss to become the new CIA director,  paving the way for full Senate confirmation.
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WASHINGTON - The US Senate on Wednesday confirmed Rep. Porter Goss, a Florida Republican, as the new director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
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The Senate Wednesday confirmed Rep. Porter Goss, R-Fla., as the next CIA director on a 77-17 vote. Forty-nine Republicans joined 28 Democrats in voting &quot;yes&quot; to confirm Goss.
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The Senate confirmed a Texas demographer Wednesday to head the Census Bureau as it steps up preparations for the 2010 national count.
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By Judy Fahys, The Salt Lake Tribune  Jun. 7--Cheryl Heying will be Utah's new director of air quality.    Rick Sprott, who is awaiting confirmation by the state Senate this month  to the post of director of the Department of Environmental Quality, made the  announcement Wednesday.
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Jonathan Adelstein, a former staffer for outgoing Senate minority leader Tom Daschle, was approved for a full term on the Federal Communications Commission in a Senate vote early Sunday.
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The Senate confirmed federal judge Michael Chertoff as the nation's second Homeland Security secretary on Tuesday, placing the tough-on-terrorism former prosecutor in charge of a bureaucracy prone to infighting and turf wars.