2017-01470. 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 September 1, 2016 to September 30, 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 September 2016.

Schedule B

No schedule B authorities to report during September 2016.

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

Agency name	Organization name	Position title	Request No.	Effective date
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE	Office of Communications	Press Assistant Deputy Press Secretary	DA160166 DA160176	09/06/2016 09/26/2016
	Foreign Agricultural Service	Speechwriter & Communications Advisor	DA160169	09/06/2016
	Office of the Under Secretary for Research, Education & Economics	Confidential Assistant	DA160173	09/14/2016
	Office of the Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs	Confidential Assistant	DA160175	09/14/2016
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE	Office of the Deputy Secretary	Special Advisor	DC160199	09/12/2016
	Office of Scheduling and Advance	Scheduling and Advance Assistant	DC160203	09/29/2016
COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY	Office of the Director	Executive Assistant	EQ160002	09/08/2016
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE	Office of the Secretary of Defense	Special Assistant	DD160177	09/01/2016
	Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics)	Special Assistant	DD160184	09/08/2016
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION	Office of Elementary and Secondary Education	Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Strategic Initiatives	DB160127	09/14/2016
	Office of the Secretary	Deputy Director of Scheduling and Advance	DB160130	09/30/2016
	Office of the Under Secretary	Director of Operations	DB160131	09/30/2016
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY	Office of Energy Policy and Systems Analysis	Special Advisor	DE160151	09/08/2016
	Office of the Deputy Secretary	Special Advisor	DE160156	09/23/2016
	Office of Scheduling and Advance	Special Advisor	DE160158	09/23/2016
	Office of Management	Senior Advisor and Director of Special Projects	DE160159	09/29/2016
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY	Office of the Administrator	Special Assistant	EP160058	09/14/2016
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES	Administration for Children and Families	Special Advisor	DH160177	09/01/2016
	Office of the Secretary	Senior Advisor	DH160180	09/01/2016
		Special Assistant	DH160181	09/12/2016
		Senior Regulatory Advisor	DH160197	09/22/2016
	Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs	Special Advisor	DH160183	09/02/2016
	Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services	Special Advisor for Engagement	DH160192	09/13/2016
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Legislation	Chief of Staff	DH160195	09/15/2016
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health	Associate Director for Operations and Engagement	DH160198	09/29/2016
		Special Assistant	DH160196	09/15/2016
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY	Office of the Executive Secretariat	Briefing Book Coordinator	DM160310	09/01/2016
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy	Special Assistant (2)	DM160307 DM160296	09/02/2016 09/15/2016
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs	Director of Strategic Communications	DM160305	09/07/2016
		Assistant Press Secretary	DM160311	09/08/2016
	United States Citizenship and Immigration Services	Special Assistant	DM160306	09/07/2016
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for International Affairs—Policy	Special Assistant, Office of International Affairs	DM160313	09/12/2016
	Office of the Chief of Staff	Counselor	DM160315	09/30/2016
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT	Office of the Administration	Special Assistant and Briefing Book Coordinator	DU160048	09/07/2016
		Deputy Executive Secretary	DU160050	09/29/2016
	Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations	Congressional Relations Specialist Assistant	DU160049	09/15/2016
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR	Secretary's Immediate Office	Deputy Communications Director and Press Secretary	DI160094	09/16/2016
	Office of the Assistant Secretary—Fish and Wildlife and Parks	Special Assistant	DI160093	09/23/2016
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET	Office of Legislative Affairs Office of Federal Procurement Policy	Confidential Assistant Confidential Assistant	BO160049 BO160050	09/16/2016 09/23/2016
PRESIDENT'S COMMISSION ON WHITE HOUSE FELLOWSHIPS	Office of the Director	Special Assistant	WH160004	09/01/2016
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION	Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs	Deputy Assistant Administrator for Congressional and Legislative Affairs	SB160036	09/16/2016
	Office of Capital Access	Special Advisor	SB160037	09/23/2016
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY	Office of the Assistant Secretary (Public Affairs)	Senior Digital Strategy Specialist Spokesperson	DY160124 DY160125	09/14/2016 09/14/2016
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS	Office of the Secretary and Deputy	Special Advisor and White House Liaison	DV160079	09/20/2016
	Office of Planning and Evaluation	Chief Design Officer	DV160080	09/20/2016

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

Agency name	Organization name	Position title	Request No.	Date vacated
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE	Rural Housing Service	State Director—Virginia	DA140054	09/02/2016
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE	Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Policy)	Special Assistant to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Middle East	DD150002	09/03/2016
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT	Office of the Secretary	Deputy White House Liaison	DU150031	09/17/2016
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS	Office of the Chairman	Senior Advisor to the Chairman and Director of Strategic Partnerships	NA110005	09/09/2016
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION	Office of Communications and Public Liaison	Deputy Press Secretary	SB150046	09/03/2016
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS	Office of Public Affairs	Special Advisor	DV160033	09/20/2016

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.