2020-22008. Excepted Service

AGENCY:

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 February 1, 2020 to February 29, 2020.

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 February 2020.

Schedule B

No Schedule B Authorities to report during February 2020.

Schedule C

The following Schedule C appointing authorities were approved during February 2020.

Agency name	Organization name	Position title	Authorization number	Effective date
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE	Rural Business Service	Confidential Assistant	DA200047	02/12/2020
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE	Office of Business Liaison	Deputy Director, Office of Business Liaison	DC200016	02/03/2020
	Office of Policy and Strategic Planning	Strategic Advisor	DC200077	02/26/2020
	Office of the Chief of Staff	Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Initiatives	DC200062	02/11/2020
	Confidential Assistant\		DC200007	02/19/2020
	Office of the General Counsel	Confidential Assistant	DC200046	02/12/2020
	Office of Under Secretary	Senior Advisor	DC200058	02/25/2020
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE	Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Legislative Affairs)	Special Assistant	DD200075	02/12/2020
	Office of the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs)	Special Assistant	DD200117	02/26/2020
	Office of the Chief Management Officer	Special Assistant	DD200105	02/14/2020
	Office of the Deputy Under Secretary for Policy	Special Assistant	DD200121	02/28/2020
	Office of the Secretary of Defense	Defense Fellow	DD200074	02/12/2020
	Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness)	Special Assistant	DD200078	02/06/2020
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION	Office of Postsecondary Education	Special Assistant	DB200035	02/05/2020
	Office for Civil Rights	Confidential Assistant	DB200037	02/06/2020
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs	Legislative Affairs Advisor	DE200075	02/10/2020
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY	Office of the Associate Administrator for Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations	Principal Deputy Associate Administrator for the Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations	EP200037	02/10/2020
		Assistant Deputy Associate Administrator for Intergovernmental Affairs	EP200045	02/27/2020
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION	Rocky Mountain Region	Regional Administrator	GS200028	02/25/2020
	Northwest/Arctic Region	Regional Administrator	GS200029	02/25/2020
	Office of the Administrator	Special Assistant	GS200031	02/28/2020
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs	Director of Communication Strategy and Campaigns	DH200019	02/05/2020
	Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality	Advisor	DH200071	02/07/2020
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health	Executive Director, Presidents Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition	DH200079	02/25/2020
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY	Office of the Chief of Staff	Deputy White House Liaison	DM200142	02/05/2020
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE	Office of Legal Policy	Counsel	DJ200070	02/05/2020
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR	Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs	Case Officer	DL200057	02/10/2020
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy	Senior Counselor for Compliance Initiatives	DL200072	02/12/2020
	Office of the Secretary	Special Assistant (2)	DL200055	02/06/2020
			DL200075	02/10/2020
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION	Office of the Administrator	Executive Assistant	NN200028	02/06/2020
OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY	Office of Public Affairs	Public Affairs Specialist	QQ200002	02/11/2020
	Office of the Director	Special Advisor	QQ200003	02/28/2020
OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION	Overseas Private Investment Corporation	Confidential Assistant	PQ200008	02/04/2020
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION	Office of Communications and Public Liaison	Speechwriter	SB200008	02/14/2020
DEPARTMENT OF STATE	Bureau of African Affairs	Special Envoy for the Sahel Region of Africa	DS200044	02/25/2020
	Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs	Special Advisor	DS200047	02/14/2020
	Office of the Counselor	Special Assistant	DS200053	02/26/2020
	Office of the Secretary	Senior Advisor	DS200048	02/14/2020
		Staff Assistant	DS200050	02/25/2020
		Special Advisor	DS200040	02/28/2020
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION	Office of the Administrator	Governmental and Legislative Affairs Officer	DT200076	02/11/2020
		Senior Policy Advisor	DT200080	02/27/2020
	Office of Government and Industry	Governmental Affairs and External Outreach Advisor	DT200078	02/12/2020
	Office of the Secretary	Special Assistant for Advance Operations	DT200074	02/11/2020

The following Schedule C appointing authorities were revoked during February 2020.

Agency name	Organization name	Position title	Request number	Date vacated
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE	Office of Communications	Speechwriter	DA170174	02/01/2020
	Farm Service Agency	State Executive Director, North Carolina	DA180070	02/29/2020
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations	Associate Director	DA190061	02/15/2020
	Office of the Secretary	Advanced Lead	DA190187	02/01/2020
	Office of the Under Secretary for Rural Development	Confidential Assistant	DA190114	02/01/2020
	Rural Utilities Service	Confidential Assistant	DA190201	02/01/2020
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE	Bureau of Industry and Security	Special Advisor	DC170158	02/01/2020
	Office of International Trade Administration	Special Assistant	DC180189	02/01/2020
	Office of Business Liaison	Special Advisor (2)	DC180166	02/01/2020
			DC180183	02/01/2020
	Office of Executive Secretariat	Confidential Assistant	DC190101	02/29/2020
	Office of Policy and Strategic Planning	Deputy Director, Office of Policy and Strategic Planning	DC190073	02/29/2020
	Office of White House Liaison	Deputy Director, Office of White House Liaison	DC190069	02/01/2020
		Confidential Assistant	DC190104	02/29/2020
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE	Office of the Secretary of Defense	Defense Fellow	DD190027	02/21/2020
	Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)	Special Assistant	DD180055	02/29/2020
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION	Office for Civil Rights	Confidential Assistant for Policy	DB190040	02/28/2020
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs	Special Advisor	DE190013	02/15/2020
		Special Assistant	DE190053	02/15/2020
		Senior Advisor	DE190016	02/15/2020
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability	Senior Advisor	DE190085	02/28/2020
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy	Senior Advisor	DE180156	02/15/2020
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for International Affairs	Director for the Office of Global Energy Security	DE190166	02/15/2020
	Office of Policy	Principal Deputy Director	DE190118	02/01/2020
	Office of Public Affairs	Special Assistant	DE180104	02/12/2020
		Digital Director	DE190071	02/14/2020
		Special Advisor	DE190132	02/14/2020
	Office of the Under Secretary of Energy	Chief of Staff	DE180012	02/15/2020
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES	Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services	Senior Counselor	DH170220	02/01/2020
	Office for Civil Rights	Senior Advisor for Conscience Protection	DH180065	02/01/2020
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health	Chief of Staff	DH190235	02/29/2020
	Office of the Secretary	Special Assistant	DH190164	02/01/2020
		White House Liaison for Political Personnel, Boards and Commissions	DH190200	02/29/2020
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY	Office of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services	Special Assistant	DM190235	02/15/2020
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT	Office of the Deputy Secretary	Deputy White House Liaison	DU180088	02/03/2020
	Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations	Senior Advisor	DU190091	02/29/2020
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE	Office of Civil Division	Counsel	DJ170154	02/22/2020
	Office of Justice Programs	Counsel	DJ190157	02/25/2020
	Office of Public Affairs	Press Assistant	DJ180150	02/25/2020
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR	Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs	Case Officer	DL190094	02/01/2020
		Intergovernmental Officer	DL190096	02/15/2020
	Office of Public Liaison	Deputy Director, Office of Public Liaison	DL190029	02/29/2020
DEPARTMENT OF STATE	Office of the Chief of Protocol	Protocol Officer (Gifts)	DS190110	02/18/2020
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY	Office of the Deputy Secretary	Senior Advisor	DY180079	02/01/2020
	Secretary of the Treasury	Advance Representative	DY200009	02/01/2020
	Office of the Assistant Secretary (Economic Policy)	Special Advisor	DY200011	02/06/2020
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION	Office of the Administrator	Governmental Affairs Officer	DT190099	02/15/2020
		Director of Public Affairs	DT200023	02/17/2020
		Director of Governmental Affairs	DT190062	02/29/2020
		Director of Governmental Affairs	DT190090	02/15/2020
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy	Special Assistant	DT200065	02/22/2020
	Office of Government and Industry	Special Assistant for Governmental Affairs	DT190069	02/15/2020
	Office of the Associate Administrator for Highway Policy and Governmental Affairs	Associate Administrator	DT200003	02/01/2020
	Office of the Secretary	Special Assistant for Advance	DT190024	02/15/2020
		Deputy for Scheduling and Advance Operations	DT190124	02/28/2020
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY	Office of the Executive Secretariat	Attorney-Advisor (General)	EP190056	02/01/2020
		Special Advisor	EP180088	02/01/2020
	Office of the Assistant Administrator for Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention	Associate Deputy Assistant Administrator for New Chemicals	EP190115	02/15/2020
	Office of the Administrator	Senior Advisor for Strategic Initiatives	EP190005	02/29/2020
		Special Advisor to the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations	EP200028	02/29/2020
	Office of the Associate Administrator for Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations	Deputy Associate Administrator for the Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations	EP190070	02/29/2020
		Director of Intergovernmental Affairs	EP190012	02/29/2020
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION	Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs	Congressional Policy Analyst (3)	GS190014	02/01/2020
			GS190008	02/01/2020
			GS200025	02/28/2020
	Northwest/Artic Region	Senior Advisor to the Regional Administrator	GS190015	02/29/2020
	Office of the Administrator	White House Liaison and Senior to the Chief of Staff	GS190038	02/29/2020
		Special Assistant to the Regional Administrator	GS180006	02/29/2020
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET	Office of the Director	Special Assistant	BO200002	02/14/2020
	Office of Legislative Affairs	Legislative Analyst	BO180027	02/15/2020
OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY	Office of Public Affairs	Public Affairs Specialist (Press Secretary)	QQ190001	02/15/2020
	Office of the Director	Special Advisor to the Director and Director of Operations	QQ180006	02/29/2020
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT	Office of the Director	White House Liaison	PM190039	02/25/2020
	Office of the General Counsel	Attorney-Advisor (General)	PM190037	02/28/2020
	Office of Communications	Confidential Assistant	PM190047	02/29/2020
OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT	Official Residence of the Vice President	Deputy Social Secretary	RV190001	02/07/2020
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION	Office of Administration	Special Assistant	SB190028	02/01/2020
	Office of Investment and Innovation	Senior Advisor	SB180037	02/01/2020

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

Office of Personnel Management.

Stephen Hickman,

Deputy Executive Secretary.