White House Service
In 2001, Allen was appointed as the Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. In 2004 Allen was nominated by President George W. Bush to become a federal judge on the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. His nomination was opposed by numerous liberal educational, religious, and racial groups, including People for the American Way, the NAACP, and the National Organization for Women ( ). He was rated as partially "not qualified" by the American Bar Association. His nomination was stalled in the Senate Judiciary Committee and lapsed on December 8, 2005.
Allen was appointed to the position of Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy in January 2005 where he was responsible for providing advice on all non-economic policy issues including education, health care, labor, housing, veterans, HIV/AIDS, and other domestic issues. While Head of the Domestic Policy Council, Allen jointly oversaw the White House Task Force that coordinated response to Hurricane Katrina along with the Homeland Security Council.
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