One of the most important things we can know about high-level officials is their detailed schedules. Who is the head of the EPA meeting with? Who’s been calling the chair of the Federal Reserve? Where has the Secretary of Education been traveling? What groups has the Attorney General been making speeches to?
Problem is, these crucial documents are almost never readily available. They’re released only due to FOIA requests, and sometimes not even then. I’ve filed requests with dozens of agencies for the daily schedules of their leaders covering the first half of 2017 and (as of early 2018) the second half of 2017. I’ll be posting all the results here, as well as collecting the few calendars (usually from previous administrations) that are posted in the FOIA sections of some agencies’ websites. Keep checking back.
For an example of the important things that these calendars tell us, check out “E.P.A. Chief’s Calendar: A Stream of Industry Meetings and Trips Home” from the New York Times.
Latest additions: Dept of Energy /// Dept of Transportation /// EPA /// Fish & Wildlife Service /// Dept of Homeland Security /// Dept of the Treasury /// FAA /// Peace Corps /// Food & Drug Administration /// Office of Science & Technology Policy
Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
Administrator Kevin Shea: January-July 2017
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF)
Acting Director Thomas E. Brandon (first half of 2017): requested August 1, 2017
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
Kristin Bail and Michael Nedd: January-June 2017
Bureau of Prisons (BOP)
Director or Acting Director (first half of 2017): requested August 2, 2017
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Director or Acting Director (first half of 2017): requested August 2, 2017
Council on Environmental Quality [White House]
senior officials Ted Boling and Mary Neumayr: January-June 2017
Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
Acting Commissioner Kevin K. McAleenan (first half of 2017): requested August 1, 2017
Department of Agriculture
Secretary Sonny Purdue (first half of 2017): requested July 2, 2017
Department of Commerce
Secretary Wilbur Ross (first half of 2017): requested July 2, 2017
Department of Defense
Secretary James Mattis: January-June 2017
Department of Education
Secretary Betsy DeVos: February-July 2017
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NEW Department of Energy
Secretary Rick Perry: March-April 2017
Department of Health and Human Services
Secretary Price (first half of 2017): requested July 2, 2017
Department of Homeland Security
Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen: Jan-April 2018
Acting Secretary Elaine Duke: Aug-Dec 2017
Secretary John Kelly: Jan-July 2017
Secretary Jeh Johnson: 2013-May 2016
Secretary Janet Napolitano: 2009-2012
Department of the Interior
Secretary Ryan Zinke: March-July 2017
Department of Justice
Attorney General Jeff Sessions (first half of 2017): requested July 1, 2017
Attorney General Eric Holder: February 2009 – August 2013
Department of Labor
Secretary Alexander Acosta: January-June 2017
Department of State
Secretary Rex Tillerson (first half of 2017): requested July 1, 2017
Secretary Hillary Clinton: January 2009 – February 2013
NEW Department of Transportation
Secretary Elaine Chao: Jan 2017 – March 2018
Department of the Treasury
Secretary Steven Mnuchin: Feb-Sept 2017 /// Oct-Dec 2017
Summary of Mnuchin’s travels: Feb 2017 – March 2018
Secretary Jacob Lew: February 2013 – December 2016
Secretary Timothy Geithner: January 2009 – January 2013
Secretary Henry Paulson: July 2006 – January 2009
Drug Enforcement Administration
Acting Administrator Chuck Rosenberg: January -June 2017
Environmental Protection Agency
Deputy Administrator Andrew Wheeler’s personal calendar: April 20 – July 6, 2018 [obtained by Kevin Bogardus at E&E News]
Administrator Scott Pruitt: February 12 – June 19, 2017 /// June 20, 2017 – January 02, 2018
Administrator Scott Pruitt: April 3 – September 8, 2017 [via Washington Post]
Pruitt’s ongoing schedule on EPA website
Ongoing calendars for senior leadership on EPA website
Executive Office for Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces [Dept of justice]
Director or Acting Director (first half of 2017): requested August 2, 2017
Federal Aviation Administration
Administrator Michael Huerta: Jan-June 2017
Federal Communications Commission
Chair Ajit Pai: Dec 2015-Dec 2017 [via Taylor Scott Amarel & MuckRock] /// January-June 2017
Federal Election Commission
Chairman Steven T. Walther (first half of 2017): requested August 2, 2017
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Acting Chair Cheryl LaFleur: January-June 2017
Federal Reserve Board
Chair Janet Yellen: February 2014 – August 2017
Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS)
“Principle Deputy Director” (i.e., Acting Director) Greg Sheehan: June 2017 – June 2018
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Administrator Scott Gottlieb: May 11 – July 6, 2017 (i.e., his first 2 months)
Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)
Administrator or Acting Administrator (first half of 2017): requested August 1, 2017
General Services Administration
Acting Administrator Timothy Horne: January-June 2017
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
Acting Director Thomas D. Homan (first half of 2017): requested August 1, 2017
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Acting Administrator Robert Lightfoot: January-June 2017
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Director Nora D. Volkow: January-June 2017
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Director Francis S. Collins (first half of 2017): requested August 2, 2017
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Acting Administrator Benjamin Friedman: January-August 2017
National Park Service (NPS)
Director Mike Reynolds: January-June 2017
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
Chair Kristine L. Svinicki: January-June 2017
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Director Mick Mulvaney: (first half of 2017): requested July 2, 2017
Office of National Drug Control Policy [White House]
3 Drug Czars: January-June 2017
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
Director or Acting Director (first half of 2017): requested August 2, 2017
Office of Science and Technology Policy [White House]
Director or Acting Director (first half of 2017): requested August 4, 2017
Acting Director: May 8 – August 15, 2017 [via Jason Leopold]
Office of Special Counsel
Special Counsel or Acting Special Counsel (first half of 2017): requested August 2, 2017
Peace Corps
Director: January-June 2017
Securities and Exchange Commission
Director or Acting Director (first half of 2017): requested August 2, 2017
Selective Service System
Copp and Benton: January-June 2017
Social Security Administration
Acting Commissioner Nancy Berryhill: January-June 2017
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary Kana Enomoto (first half of 2017): requested August 2, 2017
Transportation Security Administration
Acting Director Huban Gowadia: January-June 2017
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)
Director and/or Acting Director (first half of 2017): requested August 1, 2017
US Marshals Service
Director or Acting Director (first half of 2017): requested August 2, 2017
US Office of Special Counsel
Special Counsel and Acting Special Counsel: January-June 2017
US Parole Commission
Chair J. Patricia Wilson Smoot (first half of 2017): requested August 2, 2017
US Trade Representative [White House]
Pagan, Vaughn, Lighthizer: January-June 2017
