- The Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998 “establishes requirements for temporarily filling vacant positions in Executive Branch agencies that require presidential appointment and Senate confirmation,” the GAO reports on its website.
- “This act identifies who may temporarily serve, for how long, and what happens when no one is serving under the act and the position is vacant.”
- The GAO, an agency of the legislative branch, issues letters to the president and Congress to report violations of the law.
