Id. at 125-26 (emphasis added).16 In contrast, «[e]mployees are lesser functionaries subordinate to officers of the United States.» Id. at 126 n. 162.
16 Look for Att’y Gen. 116, 118-19, 122-23 (1911) (official authorized to perform all the duties of the Commissioner of Fisheries, who was appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate, was an officer; scientists, technicians, and superintendent of mechanical plant in the Bureau of Standards were employees rather than officers); Second Deputy Comptroller of the Currency — Appointment, 26 Op.