Chief Administrative Officer of the United States House of Representatives
August 23, 2023
The chief administrative officer of the United States House of Representatives (CAO) is charged with carrying out administrative functions for the House, including human resources, information resources, payroll, finance, procurement, and other business services.
Chief Administrative Officer of U.S. House of Representatives
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Incumbent Catherine Szpindor since January 3, 2021
The office of the chief administrative officer was first created during the 104th Congress, which met from January 3, 1995, to January 3, 1997. It replaced the position of the doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives, which was abolished at the same time. Scot Faulkner of West Virginia served as the first CAO. During his tenure he led the reform of the scandal-plagued House financial system, abolished the Folding Room, and privatized Postal operations, printing, and shoe repair. Mr. Faulkner's office also implemented the first House Intranet (CyberCongress) and expanded digital camera coverage of the House Chamber and committee rooms. Faulkner's reform efforts are chronicled in the books Naked Emperors (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., February 2008; ISBN0-7425-5881-9) and Inside Congress (Pocket Books, August 1998; ISBN0-671-00386-0].
The current CAO, Catherine Szpindor, took office on January 3, 2021. John Clocker is deputy chief administrative officer for the U.S. House of Representatives.[1]
List of chief administrative officers
This table represents those who have served as chief administrative officer of the United States House of Representatives. The table lists the CAO who began each Congress; term of service may end before the sitting Congress if they resigned early.
chief, administrative, officer, united, states, house, representatives, chief, administrative, officer, united, states, house, representatives, charged, with, carrying, administrative, functions, house, including, human, resources, information, resources, payr. The chief administrative officer of the United States House of Representatives CAO is charged with carrying out administrative functions for the House including human resources information resources payroll finance procurement and other business services Chief Administrative Officer of U S House of RepresentativesSeal of the United States House of RepresentativesFlag of the United States House of RepresentativesIncumbentCatherine Szpindorsince January 3 2021AbbreviationCAOSeatWashington D C NominatorSpeaker of the HouseAppointerThe Housewith a majority voteTerm lengthElected at the beginning of the new Congress and upon a vacancy during a Congress Constituting instrumentH Res 6 104th Congress 1st Session PrecursorDirector of Non Legislative and Financial ServicesFormationJanuary 4 1995First holderScot M FaulknerWebsitehttps cao house gov Along with the other House officers the chief administrative officer is elected every two years when the House organizes for a new Congress The majority and minority party conferences the Democratic Caucus of the United States House of Representatives and Republican Conference of the United States House of Representatives nominate candidates for the House officer positions after the election of the speaker of the House The full House adopts a resolution to elect the officers who will begin serving the Membership after they have taken the oath of office The office of the chief administrative officer was first created during the 104th Congress which met from January 3 1995 to January 3 1997 It replaced the position of the doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives which was abolished at the same time Scot Faulkner of West Virginia served as the first CAO During his tenure he led the reform of the scandal plagued House financial system abolished the Folding Room and privatized Postal operations printing and shoe repair Mr Faulkner s office also implemented the first House Intranet CyberCongress and expanded digital camera coverage of the House Chamber and committee rooms Faulkner s reform efforts are chronicled in the books Naked Emperors Rowman amp Littlefield Publishers Inc February 2008 ISBN 0 7425 5881 9 and Inside Congress Pocket Books August 1998 ISBN 0 671 00386 0 The current CAO Catherine Szpindor took office on January 3 2021 John Clocker is deputy chief administrative officer for the U S House of Representatives 1 List of chief administrative officers EditThis table represents those who have served as chief administrative officer of the United States House of Representatives The table lists the CAO who began each Congress term of service may end before the sitting Congress if they resigned early United States Congress Chief Administrative Officer Term of service104th Scot M Faulkner January 4 1995 November 22 1996Jeff Trandahl November 22 1996 July 31 1997105thJames M Eagen III July 31 1997 February 15 2007106th107th108th109th110thDaniel P Beard February 15 2007 July 18 2010111thDaniel J Strodel July 18 2010 January 7 2014112th113thEd Cassidy January 7 2014 January 1 2016114thWill Plaster January 1 2016 August 1 2016Philip G Kiko August 1 2016 January 3 2021115th116th117th Catherine Szpindor January 3 2021 January 6 2023118th Catherine Szpindor January 6 2023 PresentReferences Edit About gt Senior Management Chief Customer Officer for the U S House of Representatives 2022 Retrieved 2022 01 08 External links EditOfficial website This United States Congress related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Chief Administrative Officer of the United States House of Representatives amp oldid 1154859656, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
