The Senior Executive Service is a group of 8,156 appointed mangers in 75 federal agencies that control the executive bureaucracy and tell new political appointees what they can and cannot do. It is little known that there are many more SES appointees than any other type of political appointment. The “key bosses” in the federal government’s SES program are not only unqualified cronies, but they are also paid more than the highest government rate of G-15. They can even get bonuses, and each agency can set the salary of each SES member, which has no top range. Out of the 8,156 members who make up this group of federal bureaucrats, over 7,000 were appointed by the previous administration. These bureaucrats are un-vetted, unelected, unaccountable and highly paid to push their own agendas.