Editing Selective Service System (section)

==Structure and operation==
The Selective Service System is an independent federal agency within the [[Executive (government)|Executive Branch]] of the [[federal government of the United States]]. The director of the Selective Service System reports directly to the [[president of the United States]].<ref name="chatfieldbio">{{cite web |url = http://www.sss.gov/ChatfieldBIO.htm |access-date = 12 April 2007 |title = Selective Service System: Director's Biography |archive-date = 12 March 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070312012424/http://www.sss.gov/ChatfieldBIO.htm |url-status = dead }}</ref> Starting on the day of the inauguration of President [[Joe Biden]], the Selective Service System was under an acting director following the departure of the previous director, [[Don Benton]], and pending the nomination and confirmation of a new permanent director.<ref>{{cite web |title=Past Directors of the Selective Service Systeme |url=https://www.sss.gov/About/Past-Directors-of-the-Selective-Service/ |publisher=Selective Service System |access-date=24 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=About Selective Service - About the Agency - Leadership |url=https://www.sss.gov/about/ |publisher=Selective Service System |access-date=24 January 2021}}</ref>

During peacetime, the agency comprises a national headquarters, three regional headquarters, and a data management center. Even during peacetime, the agency is also aided by 11,000 volunteers serving on local boards and district appeal boards.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.sss.gov/struct.htm |title = Selective Service System: About the Agency |publisher = Sss.gov |access-date = 8 April 2011 |archive-date = 20 June 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150620174531/http://www.sss.gov/struct.htm |url-status = dead }}</ref> During a mobilization that required activation of the draft, the agency would greatly expand by activating an additional 56 state headquarters, more than 400 area offices, and over 40 alternative service offices.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.sss.gov/perfplan_fy2004.html |title = Selective Service System: Publications |publisher = Sss.gov |access-date = 8 April 2011 |archive-date = 28 December 2014 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141228125909/http://www.sss.gov/perfplan_fy2004.html |url-status = dead }}</ref>

The agency's budget for the 2015–2016 fiscal year was about $23 million. In early 2016, the agency said that if women were required to register, its budget would need to be increased by about $9 million in the first year, and slightly less in subsequent years.<ref>{{Cite news |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/08/us/politics/draft-registration-for-women-would-stir-a-sleepy-government-agency.html |title = Draft Registration for Women Would Stir a Sleepy Government Agency |last = Schmidt |first = Michael S. |date = 7 March 2016 |newspaper = The New York Times |issn = 0362-4331 |access-date = 6 March 2016 }}</ref> This does not include any budget or expenses for enforcing or attempting to enforce the Military Selective Service Act. Costs of investigating, prosecuting, and imprisoning violators would be included in the budget of the [[United States Department of Justice|Department of Justice]]{{citation needed|date=July 2016}}.