Government - August 2007

When looking up Congressional salaries, and US Government salaries as well as offices I noticed these positions.

Executive Assistant
Staff Assistant
Special Assistant
Personal Aide

I thought these were all pretty much the same, but apparently their different or they would not be listed as such. What is the formal difference and normal description of duties for each of these? I mean surely there is a difference and specific duties or they would not be standard salaried titles.

Also I noticed the Vice-President has a Director of Correspondence, and two Deputy Directors of Correspondence. Is that really necessary, what all does Correspondence cover?

2007-08-17 02:47:22 · 5 answers · asked by advait0 1

Why should we rely on private firms who like to cut corners for profit to protect the public interest? Private and municipal airports relied on private security firms and they let us down, why expect anything different from private security firms guarding nuclear power plants? These last two Q's are stmts in the form of rhetorical questions intended to contextualize the Q in the Q-box. They are two reasons why I ask my Q. Do we have to wait for another catastrophe by terror attack at one of our nuclear power plants for Chertoff's Homeland Security Department to take action?

2007-08-17 01:59:26 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Do you agree?

2007-08-17 01:06:48 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-17 00:36:07 · 8 answers · asked by Throneguard 2

2007-08-16 22:40:18 · 1 answers · asked by Raymac R 1

2007-08-16 20:52:10 · 22 answers · asked by Angela 2

its been a year now. remember (i do) when the repubs held congress & the dems promised to save the day? its been the opposite. $3 trillion, more surges, no hearings on the torture bill,... what it going to take to wake people up? repeal the tax laws, starve the fed & disband these overpowered agencies.

2007-08-16 20:29:01 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Shoudn't we be able to spy on them in the Bohemian Grove, the Bilderberg conferences, in the CFR meetings, Trilateral commission, and tap the phones of the powerful elite, so that we know what they are up to? I think David Rockefeller is a terrorist, and I would like to make a citizens arrest also...is it possible??

2007-08-16 19:08:43 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-16 17:36:18 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

In the MadTV skit, he does.

2007-08-16 16:41:16 · 4 answers · asked by I hate Hillary Clinton 6

I am waiting on a disibilty claim, and welfare wants me to go to work. Do I have to go to work, or is that against the law?

2007-08-16 16:26:41 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-16 15:47:06 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-16 15:31:21 · 9 answers · asked by young 1

from centuries ago....Should we EVER expect any sort of peace in the Middle East? Will Persians and Muslims ever live in harmony? Will Israelis and Palestinians ever walk side by side? WILL THE MIDDLE EAST ALWAYS BE DIVIDED BY RELIGION? AND IF SO, WHAT CAN BE DONE DIPLOMATICALLY to restore this world to a peaceful state?

2007-08-16 15:23:28 · 4 answers · asked by spunky_blonde_nurse 2

2007-08-16 14:58:52 · 4 answers · asked by aaron b 2

and if you have sources of where you found your info could you post it, thanks

2007-08-16 14:53:24 · 9 answers · asked by pigeon 2

how serious are they? and how can they be met?

2007-08-16 14:51:51 · 10 answers · asked by nunezred 2

It seems like many long time DEM supporters are now getting behind Obama and leaving Hillary.

2007-08-16 14:31:16 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I do worry about all the changes taking place in America USA

2007-08-16 14:14:56 · 10 answers · asked by Gypsy Gal 6

What issues facing today's people do you find most important. Please give reasons why. Sometimes just listening to people helps discover what people thinks is really important. Feel free to list as many things as possible. (Who knows may a REAL politican is listening!)

2007-08-16 14:10:34 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-16 12:51:24 · 5 answers · asked by missy 1

2007-08-16 12:35:26 · 2 answers · asked by missy 1

With soooooooooo many unsolved issues.

2007-08-16 12:23:12 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-16 11:40:37 · 2 answers · asked by antoniamite 1

And here's why !
http://www.apfn.org/apfn/reserve.htm

2007-08-16 10:46:19 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-16 09:48:42 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

My govenor is an idiot, and she can't fix up this state at all. She says all the problems are because of of the president, but our state is in economic hell. If we don't get her tryed for the amount of damage she has done to our state, we may all have to leave. I'm not sure if we should impeach her, but alot of people want to do that to the president, and shes doing a far worse job then he has. I'm just sick of her, and I don't want her ruining my future, just cause incompetant people voted in this incompetent idiot. Please help.

2007-08-16 09:22:32 · 7 answers · asked by AvatarMike 3

Is the NSA (National Securities Agency) a branch of the government or is it the umbrella term for the CIA, FBI, DOD, etc...

2007-08-16 08:12:21 · 4 answers · asked by AH SHIIII... 2

No offense intended to the Indians here but at the time of independence India had a bustling population of 300 million people.

Now 60 years later India has a population, something in the order of 1 Billion people or 1 000 000 000.

Recently during the monsoon season about 300 million people (the population of India at Independence) are displaced or made into refugees in there own countries.

Albeit among those 300 million are people in India,Nepal and
Bangladesh respectively. But the vast MAJORITY are Indian.

You must accept that this figure of 300 million is currently the largest cause of refugees/internal displacement.

At this point India cannot provide for all its population causing the vast majority to be displaced or live in urban slums and Shantee towns.

Is the population of India so great that it can no longer provide for everyone.

Is india a failed state at all? Is there any hope? I hope so.

2007-08-16 05:07:48 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

people argue that israel has a right to exist. israeli state was made in 1948 not too long ago. so before 1948 palestinians occupied it because it was there land. israel comes in 1948, slaughters palestinians, steals there land, calls it israel, and people are wondering why palestinians dont recognize israel as a state.

2007-08-16 04:30:58 · 13 answers · asked by 26th-of-July 1