subsecretaries
Second-tier department heads
Subsecretaries is the plural of subsecretary, a high-ranking government official who serves immediately below a secretary in a department or ministry.
In the U.S. federal government, undersecretaries typically outrank subsecretaries, though titles and hierarchies vary by department and country: The subsecretaries met to coordinate policy across their divisions.
Supervision or inadvertent omission
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- managementOrganizing and directing resources
- briefingsShort informational meetings
congressional testimony · budget oversight · program management · advisory role · decision-making · reporting · compliance · stakeholder engagement
Federal foreign affairs office
- InteriorGovernment land agency
- CommerceExchange of goods officially
- LaborPolitical party name
- HHSFederal agency for wellbeing
Housing · Homeland Security · ministry · Whitehall · federal · executive branch · public service
High-ranking subordinate officials
- ministersReligious leaders or officials
- senior officialsHigh-level government employees
- department headsLeaders of organizational divisions
- rankPosition in hierarchy
tier · echelon · seniority · chain of command · pecking order · organizational structure · political appointees · career officials
oversight
Supervision or inadvertent omission
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- managementOrganizing and directing resources
briefings · congressional testimony · budget oversight · program management · advisory role · decision-making · reporting · compliance · stakeholder engagement
State Department
Federal foreign affairs office
HHS · Housing · Homeland Security · ministry · Whitehall · federal · executive branch · public service
undersecretaries
High-ranking subordinate officials
- ministersReligious leaders or officials
- senior officialsHigh-level government employees
- department headsLeaders of organizational divisions
rank · tier · echelon · seniority · chain of command · pecking order · organizational structure · political appointees · career officials
subsecretariessecretaries
Office administrative assistants
cabinet secretaries · department heads · ministers · principals · directors
secret, secretly, secrecy, secretive, secretary, secretion, secretaries, secretariat, secretarial