undersecretaries
Second-tier department heads
Undersecretaries is the plural of undersecretary, a high-ranking government official who serves directly below a secretary or minister.
In the U.S. federal government, undersecretaries head major divisions within cabinet departments: The undersecretary of defense testified before Congress.
The position exists in many national governments with varying levels of authority.
Authorized substitute or assistant
- assistantOne who aids another
- aideSupporting staff member
- subordinateOne lower in rank
- second-in-commandImmediate subordinate to leader
junior · vice · underling · lieutenant · appointee · functionary · official · bureaucrat
Supervision or inadvertent omission
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
- managementOrganizing and directing resources
- implementationPutting plans into effect
- planningArranging for future events
strategy · briefings · testimony · delegation · authorization · decision-making · reporting · liaison
Administrative written tasks
- regulationsEnforced rules and standards
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
- proceduresSet methods for tasks
protocols · clearance · approval · hierarchy · institutional · organizational · formalities · memoranda
Clergy's work or state department
- departmentDistinct unit within organization
- agencyPower to act
- stateCondition or mode
- defenseProtection against harm
treasury · commerce · interior · homeland · foreign-affairs · cabinet · policy · legislation
deputy
Authorized substitute or assistant
- assistantOne who aids another
- aideSupporting staff member
- subordinateOne lower in rank
second-in-command · junior · vice · underling · lieutenant · appointee · functionary · official · bureaucrat · administrator
oversight
Supervision or inadvertent omission
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
- managementOrganizing and directing resources
- implementationPutting plans into effect
planning · strategy · briefings · testimony · delegation · authorization · decision-making · reporting · liaison · negotiations
paperwork
Administrative written tasks
- regulationsEnforced rules and standards
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
procedures · protocols · clearance · approval · hierarchy · institutional · organizational · formalities · memoranda · directives
ministry
Clergy's work or state department
- departmentDistinct unit within organization
- agencyPower to act
- stateCondition or mode
defense · treasury · commerce · interior · homeland · foreign-affairs · cabinet · policy · legislation · diplomacy
- government workerscivil servants, federal workers, civil servant, bureaucrat, federal employees
- hiringhiring, job, interview, resume, application
- leadersleader, boss, leaders, bosses, chiefs
- appointmentsappointment, appointees, booking, nominations, nominees
- Cabinetcabinet ministers, cabinet member, cabinet position, cabinet meetings, cabinet shuffle
- federal employeesfederal employees, FBI agent, federal workers, CIA agent, civil servants
undersecretariescabinet secretaries
Heads of executive departments
secretaries · ministers · department heads · cabinet members · heads of state
undersecretariesheads of state
Nations' chief executives
presidents · prime ministers · elected officials · public figures · celebrities
undersecretary, under, secretary, secretaries, secretarial, secret, secrets, secrecy, secretive