CABINET/JOBS/STATE/TRUMP PEOPLE/REX TILLERSON: “The White House is placing responsibility for the large number of vacancies at the State Department on top diplomat Rex Tillerson and his staff, saying the secretary hasn’t moved on recommended personnel to fill the openings.
The White House has suggested multiple candidates for every open senior position at the State Department and then some, a senior administration official said, including the deputy secretary and undersecretaries who help run the agency and assistant secretaries who oversee regional bureaus.
The official said Tillerson and his staff have not acted on the suggestions or, in some cases, are still considering or vetting them.
‘This is state being slow,’ the official said.
Asked about the situation Thursday, acting State Department spokesman Mark Toner defended the agency’s progress on permanent staffing, saying that the process ‘always takes some time.’ “

-Michelle Kosinski and Laura Koran, “White House says State Department responsible for vacancies,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, April 27, 2017 2:43pm