This database was last updated in October 2019 and should only be used as a historical snapshot. There may be new information that is not included here.
Special Government Employees
Experts, consultants and other advisers who serve in the federal government on a temporary basis are classified as special-government employees, or SGEs, a category of employee created by Congress in 1962. Some are paid, others are not. Many keep their full-time jobs while working in government. They can work for no more than 130 days during any calendar year.
Kathleen Abernathy departed Nov. 14, 2017
Federal Communications Commission (joined: Sept. 8, 2017)
Committee Member, Advisory Committee on Diversity and Digital Empowerment | Special-government employees are not required to submit publicly-available financial disclosures
Bio, via Wilkinson, Baker, Knauer, LLP:
Ms. Abernathy recently joined the law firm of Wilkinson, Barker, Knauer, LLP as Special Counsel following her retirement from Frontier Communications. She first joined Frontier in 2006 as a member of the Board of Directors following her term as a Commissioner at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). In 2010 she accepted the position of Chief Legal Officer and Executive Vice President, Regulatory and Governmental Affairs. Over the next seven years she was on the senior leadership team that oversaw three major strategic acquisitions that eventually grew Frontier to a Fortune 250 company. She was responsible for obtaining the state and federal regulatory approvals critical to the growth of the company. At retirement she was Executive Vice President, External Affairs. She is also a member of the Board of Directors of ISO New England, a regional energy transmission organization authorized by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and is a Senior Industry and Innovation Fellow with Georgetown University’s Center for Business and Public Policy, McDonough School of Business. Prior to her term as an FCC Commissioner, Ms. Abernathy worked for a number of different telecommunications companies and law firms. She has received numerous awards in recognition of her professional accomplishments and has taught as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center and Catholic University’s Columbus School of Law.
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John Christian Adams
General Services Administration (joined: July 11, 2017)
Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity | Special-government employees are not required to submit publicly-available financial disclosures
Andrew R. Arthur
Federal Labor Relations Authority (joined: July 28, 2017)
FSIDP Public Member | Special-government employees are not required to submit publicly-available financial disclosures
Robert Ashby
Transportation (joined: Jan. 22, 2017)
Consultant, Office of Drug and Alcohol Policy Compliance | $435/per diem | Special-government employees are not required to submit publicly-available financial disclosures
Otto Bank
Housing and Urban Development (joined: Nov. 15, 2017)
Consultant, Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity | Special-government employees are not required to submit publicly-available financial disclosures
Carin Barth
Housing and Urban Development (joined: Oct. 30, 2017)
Consultant, Office fo the Chief Financial Officer | Special-government employees are not required to submit publicly-available financial disclosures
Brian Batten departed Oct. 1, 2017
Homeland Security (joined: March 22, 2017)
Technical Mapping Advisory Council (FEMA) | Special-government employees are not required to submit publicly-available financial disclosures
Sue Anne Bell
Homeland Security (joined: Sept. 1, 2017)
Federal Emergency Management Agency National Advisory Council | Special-government employees are not required to submit publicly-available financial disclosures
Christopher Bender departed Oct. 1, 2017
Homeland Security (joined: March 22, 2017)
Technical Mapping Advisory Council (FEMA) | Special-government employees are not required to submit publicly-available financial disclosures
Richard Bennett
Federal Communications Commission (joined: May 8, 2017)
Working Group Member, Broadband Development Advisory Committee Working Group | None | Special-government employees are not required to submit publicly-available financial disclosures
Chud Berginnis departed Oct. 1, 2017
Homeland Security (joined: March 22, 2017)
Technical Mapping Advisory Council (FEMA) | Special-government employees are not required to submit publicly-available financial disclosures
John Kenneth Blackwell
General Services Administration (joined: June 23, 2017)
Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity | Special-government employees are not required to submit publicly-available financial disclosures
Danielle Camenzuli
Homeland Security (joined: April 3, 2017)
Merchant Mariner Medical Advisory Committee | Special-government employees are not required to submit publicly-available financial disclosures
Rachel Hogan Carr departed Oct. 1, 2017
Homeland Security (joined: March 22, 2017)
Technical Mapping Advisory Council (FEMA) | Special-government employees are not required to submit publicly-available financial disclosures
Mark A. Carter
Federal Labor Relations Authority (joined: July 28, 2017)
FSIP Chair | Special-government employees are not required to submit publicly-available financial disclosures
Gregory J. Cizek
Education (joined: Nov. 17, 2017)
Board Member, National Assessment Governing Board | Special-government employees are not required to submit publicly-available financial disclosures
Harin Contractor
Federal Communications Commission (joined: Nov. 17, 2017)
Committee Member, Advisory Committee on Diversity and Digital Empowerment | Special-government employees are not required to submit publicly-available financial disclosures
Tyler W. Cramer
Education (joined: Nov. 16, 2017)
Board Member, National Assessment Governing Board | $26,000 | Special-government employees are not required to submit publicly-available financial disclosures
Karen M. Czarnecki
Federal Labor Relations Authority
FSIP Member | Special-government employees are not required to submit publicly-available financial disclosures
Janette L. Dates
Federal Communications Commission (joined: Sept. 8, 2017)
Committee Member, Advisory Committee on Diversity and Digital Empowerment | Special-government employees are not required to submit publicly-available financial disclosures
Vesna B. Dimitrijevic
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (joined: Nov. 12, 2017)
ACRS Member | $78 | Financial Disclosure » | Resume »
John Doak
Homeland Security (joined: Sept. 1, 2017)
Federal Emergency Management Agency National Advisory Council | Special-government employees are not required to submit publicly-available financial disclosures