2017-00576. Excepted Service

AGENCY:

U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM).

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

This notice identifies Schedule A, B, and C appointing authorities applicable to a single agency that were established or revoked from July 1, 2016 to July 31, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Senior Executive Resources Services, Senior Executive Service and Performance Management, Employee Services, 202-606-2246.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

In accordance with 5 CFR 213.103, Schedule A, B, and C appointing authorities available for use by all agencies are codified in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). Schedule A, B, and C appointing authorities applicable to a single agency are not codified in the CFR, but the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) publishes a notice of agency-specific authorities established or revoked each month in the Federal Register at www.gpo.gov/​fdsys/​. OPM also publishes an annual notice of the consolidated listing of all Schedule A, B, and C appointing authorities, current as of June 30, in the Federal Register.

Schedule A

No schedule A authorities to report during July 2016.

Schedule B

No schedule B authorities to report during July 2016.

Schedule C

The following Schedule C appointing authorities were approved during July 2016.

Agency name	Organization name	Position title	Authorization No.	Effective date
Department of Agriculture	Office of the Secretary	Advisor for Special Projects	DA160129	07/08/2016
		Deputy White House Liaison	DA160156	07/21/2016
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration	Chief of Staff	DA160151	07/08/2016
	Office of the Chief Financial Officer	Chief of Staff	DA160153	07/12/2016
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations	Legislative Director	DA160128	07/18/2016
	Office of the Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics	Chief of Staff	DA160157	07/22/2016
	Office of the Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment	Special Advisor	DA160159	07/26/2016
Department of Commerce	Office of the Under Secretary	Deputy Director, Office of Public Affairs	DC160171	07/06/2016
		Director of Congressional and Public Affairs	DC160179	07/20/2016
	Economics and Statistics Administration	Senior Advisor	DC160166	07/07/2016
	Bureau of Industry and Security	Special Assistant	DC160176	07/12/2016
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Industry and Analysis	Special Assistant	DC160180	07/15/2016
	Office of the White House Liaison	Special Advisor	DC160177	07/19/2016
	Office of the Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary for Administration	Special Assistant for Administration	DC160181	07/21/2016
	Office of the Executive Secretariat	Associate Director Special Advisor	DC160188 DC160192	07/27/2016 07/28/2016
	Office of the Deputy Secretary	Special Assistant	DC160189	07/27/2016
	Office of Public Affairs	Press Assistant	DC160197	07/28/2016
Department of Defense	Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Policy)	Special Assistant for Homeland Defense Integration and Defense Support	DD160155	07/06/2016
		Special Assistant for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs	DD160161	07/18/2016
	Washington Headquarters Services	Defense Fellow (2)	DD160157 DD160158	07/12/2016 07/19/2016
Department of the Air Force	Office of the Secretary	Special Assistant and Speechwriter	DF160040	07/13/2016
Department of the Army	Office of the Secretary	Special Advisor for Digital Strategy and Engagement	DW160051	07/01/2016
		Director of Strategic Communications for the Secretary of the Army	DW160053	07/08/2016
	Office of the Assistant Secretary Army (Manpower and Reserve Affairs)	Special Advisor (Manpower and Reserve Affairs)	DW160050	07/08/2016
	Office of the Assistant Secretary Army (Civil Works)	Special Assistant (Civil Works) (2)	DW160040 DW160041	07/12/2016 07/14/2016
	Office of the General Counsel	Special Assistant	DW160046	07/19/2016
Department of Education	Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development	Senior Policy Advisor (2)	DB160105 DB160106	07/01/2016 07/01/2016
	Office of the Secretary	Special Projects Manager	DB160109	07/01/2016
		Director of Scheduling and Advance	DB160112	07/01/2016
		Special Assistant	DB160110	07/01/2016
	Office of Career Technical and Adult Education	Policy Analyst	DB160111	07/01/2016
	Office of the Deputy Secretary	Engagement Manager	DB160102	07/05/2016
	Office of Communications and Outreach	Deputy Press	DB160118	07/21/2016
		Press Secretary and Strategic Communications Advisor	DB160114	07/07/2016
		Confidential Assistant	DB160113	07/08/2016
	Office of Elementary and Secondary Education	Confidential Assistant	DB160116	07/07/2016
	Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services	Special Assistant	DB160117	07/15/2016
	Office of the Under Secretary	Confidential Assistant	DB160115	07/19/2016
	Office of Innovation and Improvement	Senior Policy Advisor	DB160119	07/26/2016
		Chief of Staff	DB160120	07/29/2016
Department of Energy	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs	Senior Advisor for Intergovernmental and External Affairs	DE160141	07/07/2016
	Office of the Chief Information Officer	Deputy Chief of Staff	DE160138	07/13/2016
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for International Affairs	Senior Advisor	DE160143	07/27/2016
Environmental Protection Agency	Office of Public Affairs	Press Secretary	EP160047	07/01/2016
		Deputy Associate Administrator for Public Affairs	EP160048	07/01/2016
	Office of the Administrator	White House Liaison	EP160050	07/08/2016
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission	Office of the General Counsel Office of the Chairman	Program Analyst Confidential Assistant	DR160005 DR160006	07/1/2016 07/01/2016
Department of Health and Human Services	Office of the Administration for Children and Families	Confidential Assistant Senior Policy Advisor	DH160132 DH160166	07/07/2016 07/26/2016
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs	Deputy Press Secretary	DH160160	07/08/2016
		National Press Secretary for Health Care	DH160157	07/12/2016
		Communications Director for Human Services	DH160164	07/21/2016
Department of Homeland Security	Office of the Chief of Staff	Special Assistant	DM160276	07/13/2016
	Office of the Secretary	Confidential Assistant	DM160273	07/20/2016
Department of Housing and Urban Development	Office of Public Affairs	Director of Speechwriting Deputy Director of Speechwriting	DU160040 DU160043	07/20/2016 07/26/2016
		Special Advisor for Digital Strategy	DU160039	07/28/2016
Department of the Interior	Bureau of Land Management Office of the Assistant Secretary—Policy, Management and Budget	Advisor Senior Advisor	DI160079 DI160082	07/22/2016 07/29/2016
Department of Justice	Office on Violence Against Women	Advisor	DJ160141	07/26/2016
Department of Labor	Office of the Solicitor	Counselor	DL160104	07/06/2016
	Office of the Secretary	Advisor	DL160103	07/20/2016
Office of Management and Budget	Office of Legislative Affairs	Deputy	BO160045	07/12/2016
Office of National Drug Control Policy	Office of Legislative Affairs	Senior Legislative and Policy Advisor	QQ160005	07/20/2016
Office of the United States Trade Representative	Office of Public and Media Affairs	Deputy Press Secretary and Director of Press Operations	TN160008	07/21/2016
Department of State	Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs	Special Assistant	DS160116	07/08/2016
	Bureau of Legislative Affairs	Legislative Management Officer	DS160119	07/08/2016
	Office of the Global Women's Issues	Senior Advisor Staff Assistant	DS160120 DS160127	07/20/2016 07/29/2016
	Office of Global Food Security	Special Assistant	DS160121	07/21/2016
	Office of the Chief of Protocol	Protocol Officer (Visits)	DS160126	07/27/2016
Department of Transportation	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy	Associate Director for Public Engagement	DT160071	07/20/2016
		Deputy Director for Public Engagement	DT160072	07/20/2016
	Office of the Administrator	Senior Advisor	DT160074	07/21/2016
Department of the Treasury	Office of the Assistant Secretary (Public Affairs)	Spokesperson (2)	DY160102 DY160107	07/05/2016 07/21/2016
	Office of the Secretary of the Treasury	Director of Scheduling, Advance and Administration	DY160103	07/07/2016
		Senior Advisor	DY160116	07/26/2016
	Office of the Under Secretary for International Affairs	Special Assistant	DY160109	07/18/2016
	Office of the Under Secretary for Domestic Finance	Executive Assistant	DY160112	07/21/2016
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Management	Special Assistant	DY160115	07/21/2016
	Office of the Assistant Secretary (Economic Policy)	Senior Advisor	DY160108	07/27/2016
Department of Veterans Affairs	Office of the Secretary and Deputy	Director, Special Projects, Strategic Partnerships	DV160060	07/06/2016
	Office of Intergovernmental Affairs	Special Assistant	DV160065	07/22/2016
	Office of Public Affairs	Deputy Press Secretary	DV160066	07/22/2016

The following Schedule C appointing authorities were revoked during July 2016.

Agency name	Organization name	Position title	Authorization No.	Vacate date
Department of Agriculture	Office of the Under Secretary for Rural Development	Special Advisor	DA150192	07/09/2016
	Office of the Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics	Special Assistant	DA160004	07/27/2016
	Natural Resources Conservation Service	Senior Advisor	DA130121	07/29/2016
	Rural Housing Service	State Director—Kansas	DA130130	07/31/2016
Department of Commerce	Office of Public Affairs	Senior Public Affairs Coordinator	DC160008	07/08/2016
	Office of the Deputy Secretary	Special Assistant	DC150104	07/08/2016
	Office of the Under Secretary	Senior Advisor	DC160148	07/17/2016
	Office of the Executive Secretariat	Associate Director	DC150121	07/22/2016
	Office of the Chief of Staff	Confidential Assistant	DC150105	07/29/2016
Office of the Secretary of Defense	Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (International Security Affairs)	Special Assistant to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Middle East	DD150126	07/09/2016
	Office of the Assistant of Defense (Special Operations/Low Intensity Conflict and Interdependent Capabilities)	Chief of Staff to Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Stability and Humanitarian Affairs	DD150067	07/09/2016
	Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Global Strategic Affairs)	Special Assistant to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy	DD130028	07/10/2016
	Office of the General Counsel	Special Counsel to the General Counsel	DD150044	07/23/2016
	Washington Headquarters Services	Defense Fellow	DD150062	07/23/2016
	Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Asian and Pacific Security Affairs)	Special Assistant to Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs	DD150120	07/24/2016
Department of Education	Office of the Secretary	Director of Scheduling and Advance	DB160037	07/01/2016
		Special Advisor to the Chief of Staff	DB160038	07/09/2016
	Office of Innovation and Improvement	Strategic Advisor	DB160019	07/09/2016
	Office of Communication and Outreach	Press Secretary	DB150012	07/15/2016
Department of Energy	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs	Legislative Affairs Specialist	DE150034	07/15/2016
Environmental Protection Agency	Office of Public Affairs	Deputy Press Secretary	EP150048	07/09/2016
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission	Office of the Chairman	Program Analyst	DR150004	07/05/2016
General Services Administration	Office of Citizen Services, Innovative Technologies and 18F	Program Director, Presidential Innovation Fellows	GS140040	07/05/2016
	Public Building Service	Special Assistant	GS150008	07/05/2016
Department of Health and Human Services	Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services	Special Assistant	DH160004	07/01/2016
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs	Confidential Assistant	DH150173	07/09/2016
	Office of Public Affairs	Special Assistant	DH110110	07/23/2016
Department of Homeland Security	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy	Special Assistant, Office of Policy	DM160248	07/01/2016
	Office of the Under Secretary For National Protection and Programs Directorate	Confidential Assistant	DM160243	07/01/2016
	Federal Emergency Management Agency	Special Assistant	DM150263	07/29/2016
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs	Confidential Assistant to the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs	DM150199	07/29/2016
Department of Housing and Urban Development	Office of Public Affairs	Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs	DU150072	07/01/2016
	Office of Policy Development and Research	Financial Analyst For Housing Finance	DU140027	07/15/2016
Department of the Interior	United States Geological Survey	Confidential Assistant	DI140050	07/09/2016
Department of Justice	Office of Public Affairs	Public Affairs Specialist	DJ150116	07/16/2016
National Endowment for the Arts	Office of the Chairman	Director of Congressional Affairs	NA140003	07/07/2016
National Endowment for the Humanities	Office of the Chairman	White House Liaison and Chairman's Strategic Scheduler	NH150004	07/16/2016
Securities and Exchange Commission	Office of the Chairman	Confidential Assistant	SE110005	07/24/2016
Department of State	Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs	Special Assistant	DS150077	07/09/2016
		Staff Assistant	DS120122	07/09/2016
Department of Transportation	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs	Director of State and Local Governmental Affairs	DT150037	07/15/2016
		Director of Governmental Affairs, Budget and Programs	DT160018	07/23/2016
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy	Associate Director for Public Engagement	DT150045	07/23/2016
Department of the Treasury	Office of the Secretary of the Treasury	Special Assistant	DY140116	07/01/2016
	Office of the Assistant Secretary (Public Affairs)	Spokesperson (2)	DY150111 DY140113	07/02/2016 07/09/2016
	Office of the Secretary of the Treasury	Director of Scheduling, Advance and Administration	DY150103	07/09/2016
	Office of the Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence	Senior Advisor	DY140012	07/09/2016
	Office of the Under Secretary for Domestic Finance	Senior Advisor	DY140016	07/16/2016
	United States Mint	Senior Advisor	DY160036	07/23/2016
United States International Trade Commission	Office of Commissioner Pinkert	Staff Assistant (Legal)	TC070012	07/20/2016

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 3301 and 3302; E.O. 10577, 3 CFR, 1954-1958 Comp., p. 218. U.S. Office of Personnel Management.

Beth F. Cobert,

Acting Director.