11.   The civil rights post has been vacant since the resignation of Deval Patrick almost a year ago.

12.   The job has been vacant since David Kessler left a year ago.

13.   The job has been vacant since last summer, when OMB director Alice Rivlin moved up to replace Leon Panetta after Panetta was named White House chief of staff.

14.   The position of president had been vacant since July, when Denzil Strickland left to join FGI in Chapel Hill, N.C., as chief creative officer.

15.   The position has been vacant since Alan Henricks left five months ago.

16.   The position has been vacant since June, when then-Gov. Fife Symington forced Jack Dillenberg out.

17.   The position has been vacant since the former head of the division, Pete Higgins, resigned in November.

18.   The position of Disney president had been vacant since the death of Frank Wells in a helicopter crash last year.

19.   The post, which was previously held by Richard C. Holbrooke, has been vacant since January.

20.   The post had been vacant since the retirement of the previous president, Warren Bodow, in May.