Government agencies run by temps

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Many government agencies run by temps

For now, the most powerful law enforcement official in the federal government is a 47-year-old lawyer little known outside Washington.

Or inside Washington, for that matter.

He is Peter D. Keisler, the acting attorney general who is running the Justice Department until a new one is confirmed by the Senate to replace Alberto R. Gonzales.

Keisler may be best known in Washington legal circles as a cofounder of the conservative Federalist Society.

His number two and number three officials are also acting officials - as are more than a quarter of the department's 93 US attorneys.

At the top of the Department of Homeland Security, there is an acting general counsel, acting under secretary for national protection and acting assistant secretary for strategic plans. At the Department of Health and Human Services, the $600 billion-a-year Medicare and Medicaid programs have had an acting administrator since last fall.
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