Cindy Tuck didn't get the job she might have wanted with the Schwarzenegger administration... but it turns out she did get a different administration job.

You'll remember Tuck was the governor's choice to lead the California Air Resources Board and was rejected by the Senate earlier this month, after criticisms about her past lobbying efforts on behalf of oil and gas companies.

This afternoon, Tuck was appointed as assistant secretary for policy at the state Environmental Protection Agency. The gig pays $123,708 a year... and, as the press release so mildly mentions, does NOT require Senate confirmation.