The Deputy Administrator was a young man who hated his chief.

He later served as deputy administrator for income maintenance.

The administrator works with a deputy administrator and more than a dozen staff offices.

It is signed by the "deputy administrator of mujahedeen in Uzbekistan," with no name.

"No official below the level of deputy administrator could perform that role because interrelated scientific and technical activities are conducted throughout the agency."

Deputy Administrator proved reasonable, once he understood it upped his life expectancy.

Also, the aviation agency has been without a Deputy Administrator since last July.

"We had people at the table who probably wouldn't have returned each other's telephone calls," said William Rosenberg, deputy administrator for air and radiation.

Bobby Sturgell, the agency's deputy administrator, said pay decisions would be based on how difficult it is to fill slots.

"Keep your troubles to yourself, mister visitor," said the Deputy Administrator.