CIVILIAN PERSONNEL Compensation Presidential appointment Temporary appointment Time restrictions MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS Federal Administrative/Legislative Matters Executive branch personnel Vacancies Temporary appointment Durations A vacancy in an office of United States attorney is filled according to 28 U.S.C. Which provides that the Attorney General may appoint an acting U.S. attorney for a distr...

GAO commented on whether the Vacancies Act: (1) is applicable to the position of U.S. attorney; and (2) limits the duration of temporary appointments to that position. GAO noted that the act: (1) does not apply to U.S. attorney appointments, since there is a specific statutory provision that prescribes such vacancies; and (2) provisions generally limit temporary appointments of U.S. attorneys to 1...