Work Assignment Opportunities

The Commerce Science and Technology Fellowship (ComSci) Program is designed to give career federal employees the opportunity to broaden their knowledge of science and technology and international competitiveness.

Through the full-time program, ComSci Fellows are afforded the opportunity to work in another agency on projects of interest to them that will benefit them in their careers. These assignments have involved policy-making, legislative oversight, budgeting, and interagency problem-solving.

The ComSci Program offers an excellent opportunity for Fellows to participate in executive development assignments, which allow Fellows to grow as individuals and as managers, provide host agencies with top notch talent, and return to their home agencies highly motivated employees ready to take on new challenges. Participants of this program have gone on to positions of greater responsibility in the Federal Government, private industry, and academia.

The ComSci Program Director will work with each Fellow participating in the full-time program to help identify potential work assignment and agency placement. Fellows take an active role in identifying and seeking placement opportunities.

Assignments Held By Previous ComSci Fellows:

EXECUTIVE BRANCH

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Office of the Inspector General
Cooperative State Research Service
National Agricultural Library

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Technology Administration
      • Office of the Under Secretary for Technology
      • Japan Technology Program
      • Office of Technology Commercialization
      • Office of International Policy
      • Office of Technology Policy
National Institute of Standards and Technology
      • Semiconductor Electronics Division
International Trade Administration
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Patent and Trademark Office
U.S. Travel and Tourism Administration
National Technical Information Service
Office of the General Counsel
Bureau of the Census
Office of Information Resources Management
National Telecommunications and Information Administration

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Under Secretary for Research and Engineering
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health and Environment
   Defense Mapping Agency
Office of Industrial Base Assessment
Office of Deputy Under Secretary of Defense
      • Environmental Security
      • Acquisition Reform
Information Resources Management College
National Defense University
Office of Industrial Base Assessment

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

National Institute of Handicapped Research

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Assistant Secretary for Conservation and Renewable Energy
Division of Physical Research
Office of the General Counsel
Office of Basic Energy Sciences
Office of Solar Policy
Office of Fusion Energy and Science
Office of the Assistant Administrator for Solar, Geothermal and
  Advanced Energy Systems
Administration for Fossil Energy
Office of Transportation Technologies

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Assistant Secretary for Consumer Affairs
National Air Pollution Control Administration
Food and Drug Administration
Bureau of Product Safety
National Institutes of Health
      • National Institute for Arthritis, Diabetes, and Digestive
         and Kidney Diseases
      • Laboratory of Chemical Physics
      • Biotechnology Resources Branch

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Office of Urban Technology and Research
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Engineering

DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR

Office of Research and Development
National Park Service
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Land and Water Resources
Policy Coordinating Committee Staff
Office of Information Resources Management

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Anti-Trust Division
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Federal Bureau of Investigation
      • National Computer Crime Squad

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Office of the Secretary
Office of U.S. Coordination for Refugee Affairs
Bureau of International Organization Affairs
U.S. Agency for International Development
      • Office of Environment and Natural Resources
      • Office of Science, Technology and Communication
Office of Environmental Affairs
Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs
Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs Administration
Materials Research Bureau
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Systems Development and Technology
Federal Aviation Administration
Federal Highway Administration
      • Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center
      • Office of Traffic Management and Intelligent Transportation
         Systems Applications
      • Office of Technology Evaluation and Deployment

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Office of Research
Office of Policy, Planning, and Evaluation
Office of International Environmental Policy

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

Office of Science and Technology Policy
      • Technology Directorate
      • Science Directorate
      • National Security and International Affairs Division
      • Environment Division
      • Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
      • Special Studies Division
      • Office of Energy and Science

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
President's Commission on Marine Science, Engineering and Resources
Council on Environmental Quality
White House Office of Administration
White House Conference on Small Business
Office of Management and Budget

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

Office of Advanced Research and Technology
Office of Aero-Space Technology
Office of Applications
High Performance and Computing Office

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

Executive Personnel and Management Development
Office of Policy Analysis and Coordination

POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT

Bureau of Research and Engineering

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

U.S. Customs Service
Federal PKI Steering Committee

OTHER AGENCIES AND OFFICES

NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

National Research Council

NATIONAL COORDINATION OFFICE FOR COMPUTING, INFORMATION, AND COMMUNICATIONS

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Environmental Systems and Resources Division
Research Applications Directorate
Controller's Office
Directorate for Mathematics and Physical Sciences and Engineering
Division of Physics
Division of International Programs
Office of the General Counsel
East Asia and Pacific Program

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

Department of Science and Technology

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND

Office of the President

U.S. ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT AGENCY

Nuclear Energy Division

THE WORLD BANK

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA GOVERNMENT

Department of Human Resources
Department of General Services

UNITED STATES EXPORT-IMPORT BANK

LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

SENATE COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, SCIENCE AND TRANSPORTATION

Subcommittee on Science, Technology and Space

SENATE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS

Subcommittee on Air and Water Pollution

SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE

SENATE COMMITTEE ON RULES AND ADMINISTRATION

Subcommittee on Computer Services

SENATE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

SENATE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS

Subcommittee on Energy, Nuclear Proliferation and Federal Services

SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE

Subcommittee on Technology and the Law

SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE, SPACE, AND TECHNOLOGY

Subcommittee on Science
Subcommittee on Energy
Subcommittee on Technology, Environment and Aviation

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE

Subcommittee on Technology

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE

Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
Subcommittee on Energy and Power

HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON DRUG ABUSE AND CONTROL

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON BANKING, FINANCE AND URBAN AFFAIRS

Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON MERCHANT MARINE AND FISHERIES

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS

Subcommittee on Mines and Mining

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE

Subcommittee on Energy and Power

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND TRANSPORTATION

ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENERGY STUDY CONFERENCE, U.S. CONGRESS

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

Legislative Reference Service

OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT

OFFICE OF THE ARCHITECT, UNITED STATES CAPITOL

PERSONAL STAFFS OF:

Senator Ted Stevens
Senator George J. Mitchell
Senator Alfonse D'Amato
Senator Howell Heflin
Senator John Breaux
Senator Paul Simon
Senator Timothy Wirth
Senator John McCain
Senator Frank R. Lautenberg
Senator Joseph I. Lieberman
Senator Max Cieland
Senator Maria Cantwell
Representative Leon Panetta
Representative Steve Schiff
Representative Bob Edgar
Representative Judd Gregg
Representative Claudine Schneider
Representative Carrie P. Meek
Representative J. C. Watts, Jr.

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