2019-23061. 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 May 1, 2019 to May 31, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Julia Alford, Senior Executive Resources Services, Senior Executive Services 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 May 2019.

Schedule B

No Schedule B Authorities to report during May 2019.

Schedule C

The following Schedule C appointing authorities were approved during May 2019.

Agency name	Organization name	Position title	Authorization No.	Effective date
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE	Office of Food and Nutrition Service	Confidential Assistant	DA190121	05/02/2019
		Senior Policy Advisor	DA190141	05/17/2019
	Office of Foreign Agricultural Service	Policy Analyst	DA190109	05/14/2019
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations	Legislative Analyst Congressional and Policy Advisor	DA190134 DA190144	05/03/2019 05/23/2019
	Office of the Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development	Senior Advisor	DA190123	05/10/2019
	Office of the Secretary	Senior Advisor	DA190146	05/24/2019
	Office of the Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics	Chief of Staff Staff Assistant	DA190140 DA190142	05/17/2019 05/23/2019
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE	Office of the Assistant Secretary and Director General for United States and Foreign Commercial Service	Senior Advisor	DC190097	05/17/2019
	Office of Executive Secretariat	Confidential Assistant	DC190101	05/23/2019
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Economic Development	Director of External Affairs	DC190098	05/10/2019
	Office of the Chief of Staff	Confidential Assistant	DC190094	05/10/2019
	Office of the General Counsel	Special Advisor (2)	DC190088 DC190082	05/14/2019 05/23/2019
		Senior Counsel for Special Projects (2)	DC190095 DC190076	05/10/2019 05/03/2019
	Patent and Trademark Office	Deputy Chief Communications Officer	DC190080	05/20/2019
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE	Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Legislative Affairs)	Special Assistant	DD190120	05/17/2019
	Office of the Deputy Under Secretary for Policy	Special Assistant	DD190076	05/10/2019
	Office of the Secretary of Defense	Special Assistant Protocol Officer	DD190119 DD190118	05/14/2019 05/15/2019
	Washington Headquarters Services	Defense Fellow	DD190112	05/10/2019
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY	Office of the Assistant Secretary Army (Civil Works)	Special Assistant (Civil Works)	DW190042	05/23/2019
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION	Office of Communications and Outreach	Special Assistant	DB190085	05/02/2019
		Confidential Assistant (2)	DB190086 DB190092	05/02/2019 05/08/2019
		Confidential Assistant (Digital)	DB190087	05/08/2019
	Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development	Deputy Director, Office of Educational Technology	DB190101	05/30/2019
	Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services	Confidential Assistant	DB190098	05/20/2019
	Office of the General Counsel	Attorney Adviser	DB190099	05/22/2019
	Office of the Under Secretary	Confidential Assistant (Policy)	DB190088	05/08/2019
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs	Chief of Staff	DE190119	05/02/2019
		Deputy Assistant Secretary for House Affairs	DE190087	05/07/2019
		Legislative Affairs Advisor	DE190109	05/07/2019
	Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security and Emergency Response	Special Assistant	DE190112	05/03/2019
	Office of General Counsel	Deputy Chief of Staff	DE190122	05/10/2019
	Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization	Senior Advisor	DE190088	05/03/2019
	Office of the Secretary	Special Assistant	DE190113	05/02/2019
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY	Office of the Associate Administrator for Policy	Policy Advisor	EP190071	05/10/2019
	Office of Public Affairs	Writer	EP190068	05/15/2019
	Office of the Associate Administrator for Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations	Special Advisor for Intergovernmental Relations	EP190079	05/17/2019
	Office of the Administrator	Special Advisor	EP190076	05/23/2019
FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY	Office of Director	Director of Legislative Affairs	HA190004	05/15/2019
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION	Office of the Administrator	Staff Assistant	GS190029	05/30/2019
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES	Office of Food and Drug Administration	Advisor	DH190116	05/06/2019
	Office of Health Resources and Services Administration	Senior Director, Communications	DH190155	05/21/2019
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health	Advisor	DH190117	05/22/2019
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY	Office of Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction	Special Assistant	DM180285	05/23/2019
	Office of Partnership and Engagement	Special Assistant	DM190201	05/10/2019
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy	Senior Policy Advisor	DM190199	05/22/2019
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs	Assistant Press Secretary (2)	DM190194 DM190202	05/10/2019 05/10/2019
		Strategic Communications Advisor	DM190206	05/10/2019
		Deputy Speechwriter	DM190216	05/30/2019
	Office of the Chief of Staff	Scheduler Special Assistant Director of Advance, Scheduling and Chief of Protocol	DM190191 DM190210 DM190141	05/07/2019 05/20/2019 05/30/2019
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT	Office of the Secretary	Executive Assistant	DU190069	05/07/2019
	Office of Community Planning and Development	Senior Advisor	DU190071	05/17/2019
	Office of the Administration	Director of Scheduling	DU190067	05/23/2019
	Office of the General Counsel	Senior Counsel	DU190072	05/23/2019
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR	Secretary's Immediate Office	Deputy Press Secretary	DI190045	05/02/2019
	Bureau of Land Management	Senior Advisor	DI190051	05/02/2019
	Bureau of Reclamation	Senior Advisor	DI190057	05/14/2019
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE	Office of Justice Programs	Policy Advisor	DJ190063	05/03/2019
	Office of Legal Policy	Senior Counsel	DJ190081	05/22/2019
	Civil Rights Division	Senior Counsel	DJ190073	05/30/2019
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR	Office of Employee Benefits Security Administration	Special Assistant	DL190064	05/15/2019
	Office of Employment and Training Administration	Special Assistant (Events and Operations)	DL190062	05/02/2019
	Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs	Case Officer	DL190065	05/03/2019
	Office of Labor-Management Standards	Special Assistant	DL190054	05/02/2019
	Office of Public Affairs	Press Assistant Chief of Staff	DL190056 DL190069	05/02/2019 05/23/2019
	Office of the Deputy Secretary	Director of Operations Senior Counselor	DL190059 DL190037	05/14/2019 05/22/2019
	Office of the Secretary	Advance Representative	DL190057	05/14/2019
		Director of Scheduling and Operations	DL190060	05/14/2019
		Deputy Chief of Staff	DL190070	05/20/2019
NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION	Office of Public and Congressional Affairs	Assistant, Director of External Affairs	CU190004	05/08/2019
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET	Office of the Director	Deputy Chief of Staff	BO190021	05/10/2019
	Office of General Government Programs	Confidential Assistant	BO190024	05/30/2019
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT	Office of the Director	Confidential Assistant	PM190036	05/30/2019
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION	Office of Communications and Public Liaison	Deputy Press Secretary	SB190013	05/02/2019
DEPARTMENT OF STATE	Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs	Special Representative	DS190099	05/20/2019
	Bureau of Legislative Affairs	Legislative Management Officer	DS190100	05/22/2019
	Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs	Senior Advisor	DS190102	05/23/2019
	Bureau of Public Affairs	Senior Advisor (2)	DS190090 DS190017	05/06/2019 05/30/2019
	Office of the Chief of Protocol	Assistant Chief of Protocol (Visits)	DS190082	05/02/2019
	Office of the Counselor	Staff Assistant	DS190092	05/20/2019
	Office of the Legal Advisor	Senior Advisor	DS190101	05/23/2019
	Office of the Secretary	Deputy Special Envoy to Combat Anti-Semitism	DS190083	05/07/2019
	Office of the United States Global Aids Coordinator	Senior Advisor for Strategy	DS190098	05/17/2019
	Office of the Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment	Senior Economic Advisor	DS190068	05/07/2019
	Office of the Under Secretary for Management	Staff Assistant	DS190084	05/02/2019
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology	Senior Advisor for Economic Policy	DT190072	05/03/2019
		Senior Advisor for Research and Technology Senior Advisor	DT190068 DT190083	05/10/2019 05/23/2019
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy	Public Liaison Officer	DT190084	05/10/2019
	Office of the Chief Information Officer	Special Assistant	DT190080	05/07/2019
	Office of Government and Industry	Special Assistant for Governmental Affairs	DT190069	05/14/2019
	Office of the Secretary	Senior Advisor	DT190078	05/06/2019
	Office of Public Affairs	Deputy Press Secretary	DT190073	05/06/2019
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY	Office of the Assistant Secretary (Economic Policy)	Special Assistant	DY190062	05/15/2019
	Secretary of the Treasury	Deputy Chief of Staff (2)	DY190067 DY190068	05/14/2019 05/14/2019
		Special Assistant (3)	DY190065 DY190066 DY190055	05/15/2019 05/15/2019 05/22/2019
	Office of the Under Secretary for International Affairs	Special Assistant for International Affairs	DY190072	05/30/2019
	Office of the Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence	Special Assistant	DY190061	05/14/2019
UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION	Office of Commissioner Kearns	Staff Assistant	TC190002	05/03/2019
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS	Board of Veterans' Appeals	Attorney (Advisor)	DV190059	05/06/2019

The following Schedule C appointing authorities were revoked during May 2019.

Agency name	Organization name	Position title	Request No.	Date vacated
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE	Office of Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment	Staff Assistant	DA190041	05/03/2019
	Foreign Agricultural Service	Senior Policy Advisor	DA180190	05/25/2019
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations	Associate Director	DA180159	05/25/2019
	Office of the Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation	Confidential Assistant	DA190013	05/24/2019
	Rural Housing Service	State Director—Arizona State Director—North Carolina	DA180052 DA180072	05/03/2019 05/24/2019
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance	Senior Advisor	DC190009	05/11/2019
	Bureau of Industry and Security	Senior Advisor	DC170129	05/24/2019
	Office of Policy and Strategic Planning	Policy Assistant	DC190036	05/25/2019
	Office of the Chief of Staff	Confidential Assistant	DC180104	05/24/2019
	Office of the General Counsel	Senior Counsel to the General Counsel	DC180130	05/25/2019
	Office of the Under Secretary	Senior Advisor	DC180100	05/03/2019
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE	Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Legislative Affairs)	Special Assistant for Legislative Affairs	DD180091	05/25/2019
	Office of the Secretary of Defense	Special Assistant to the White House Liaison	DD180115	05/18/2019
	Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)	Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)	DD180039	05/25/2019
	Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Policy)	Special Assistant	DD190030	05/11/2019
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION	Office of Career Technical and Adult Education	Confidential Assistant	DB180064	05/11/2019
	Office of Communications and Outreach	Confidential Assistant (3)	DB180042 DB180046 DB190064	05/11/2019 05/11/2019 05/11/2019
		Special Assistant	DB180014	05/11/2019
	Office of Legislation and Congressional Affairs	Confidential Assistant Special Assistant Special Assistant (Supervisory)	DB180054 DB180062 DB180063	05/11/2019 05/11/2019 05/11/2019
	Office of Postsecondary Education	Confidential Assistant	DB180055	05/11/2019
	Office of the Under Secretary	Confidential Assistant	DB180069	05/11/2019
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY	Office of the Deputy Secretary	Senior Advisor	DE190014	05/29/2019
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES	Office of the Intergovernmental and External Affairs	Regional Director, Denver, Colorado, Region VIII	DH170247	05/03/2019
	Office of Refugee Resettlement/Office of the Director	Policy Advisor	DH180193	05/11/2019
	Office of the Secretary	Trip Coordinator	DH170271	05/11/2019
	Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services	Senior Advisor	DH180180	05/30/2019
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs	Deputy Assistant Secretary	DM180112	05/11/2019
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT	Office of Public and Indian Housing Office of the Secretary	Senior Advisor Senior Advisor	DU180031 DU170100	05/04/2019 05/11/2019
DEPARTMENT OF STATE	Bureau of Public Affairs	Deputy Assistant Secretary for Strategic Communication	DS180012	05/11/2019
	Office of the Chief of Protocol	Protocol Officer	DS180023	05/11/2019
	Office of the Secretary	Special Assistant	DS170192	05/11/2019
	Office of the Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Affairs	Special Assistant	DS170133	05/11/2019
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION	Immediate Office of the Administrator	Director of Governmental, International and Public Affairs	DT180048	05/11/2019
NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD	Office of the Board Members	Congressional Liaison Specialist	NL150007	05/23/2019
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION	Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission	Confidential Assistant to the Chairman	SH170006	05/31/2019
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT	Office of Communications	Speech Writer	PM180061	05/25/2019

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

Office of Personnel Management.

Stephen Hickman,

Regulatory Affairs Analyst.