2015-28567. 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 August 1, 2015, to August 31, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Senior Executive Resources Services, Senior Executive Services and Performance Management, Employee Services, [phone].

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 August 2015.

Schedule B

No Schedule B Authorities to report during August 2015.

Schedule C

The following Schedule C appointing authorities were approved during August 2015.

Agency name	Organization name	Position title	Authorization No.	Effective date
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations	Legislative Analyst	DA150167	8/4/2015
	Rural Housing Service	State Director—North Dakota	DA150169	8/7/2015
	Farm Service Agency	Chief of Staff	DA150168	8/11/2015
	Office of the Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs	Chief of Staff	DA150186	8/31/2015
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE	Office of Deputy Assistant Secretary for Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs	Associate Director for Oversight	DC150145	8/5/2015
	Minority Business Development Agency	Senior Advisor	DC150139	8/7/2015
	Office of the Deputy Secretary	Deputy Chief Data Officer	DC150144	8/11/2015
	Office of the Chief of Staff	Advance Assistant	DC150146	8/11/2015
	Office of Policy and Strategic Planning	Senior Policy Advisor	DC150147	8/11/2015
	Assistant Secretary and Director General for United States and Foreign Commercial Service	Special Advisor	DC150149	8/19/2015
	Office of Public Affairs	Deputy Speechwriter	DC150153	8/25/2015
		Press Assistant	DC150156	8/25/2015
	Office of Scheduling and Advance	Scheduler	DC150157	8/25/2015
	Office of Executive Secretariat	Deputy Director	DC150163	8/25/2015
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE	Washington Headquarters Services	Defense Fellow	DD150173	8/20/2015
	Office of the Director of Defense Research and Engineering	Special Assistant (Research and Engineering)	DD150178	8/21/2015
	Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Asian and Pacific Security Affairs)	Special Assistant for Afghanistan, Pakistan and Central Asia	DD150172	8/24/2015
	Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (International Security Affairs)	Special Assistant for Middle East Policy	DD150175	8/24/2015
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY	Office Assistant Secretary Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology)	Senior Advisor (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology)	DW150055	8/26/2015
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION	Office of the Under Secretary	Special Assistant	DB150113	8/5/2015
	Office of Legislation and Congressional Affairs	Confidential Assistant	DB150114	8/5/2015
	Office of the Deputy Secretary	Confidential Assistant	DB150115	8/10/2015
	Office of Communications and Outreach	Deputy Chief of Staff Senior Writer	DB150117 DB150119	8/19/2015 8/24/2015
	Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development	Deputy Assistant Secretary for P-12 Education	DB150121	8/27/2015
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY	Office of the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board	Principal Deputy Director	DE150112	8/5/2015
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy	Senior Advisor	DE150129	8/5/2015
		Senior Communications Advisor	DE150126	8/20/2015
	Office of the Deputy Secretary	Special Assistant (2)	DE150124	8/17/2015
			DE150125	8/17/2015
	Loan Programs Office	Director of Strategic Initiatives	DE150108	8/20/2015
	Office of Energy Policy and Systems Analysis	Special Advisor	DE150127	8/20/2015
	Office of Management	Senior Advisor	DE150136	8/20/2015
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY	Office of Public Affairs	Deputy Press Secretary	EP150048	8/11/2015
EXPORT-IMPORT BANK	Office of Communications	Director of Media Relations	EB150005	8/26/2015
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION	Office of Public Affairs	Public Affairs Specialist	FT150009	8/13/2015
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION	Office of the Regional Administrators	Special Assistant (National Capital Region)	GS150047	8/4/2015
	Great Lakes Region	Special Assistant	GS150048	8/10/2015
	Mid-Atlantic Region	Special Assistant	GS150050	8/14/2015
	Office of the Administrator	Special Assistant	GS150051	8/21/2015
	Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs	Deputy Associate Administrator for Policy	GS150052	8/21/2015
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES	Office of the Secretary	Senior Advisor	DH150175	8/7/2015
		Confidential Assistant	DH150179	8/7/2015
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs	Confidential Assistant	DH150178	8/25/2015
		Press Secretary	DH150184	8/26/2015
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health	Speechwriter	DH150185	8/26/2015
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs	Press Assistant Deputy Press Secretary	DM150223 DM150222	8/3/2015 8/4/2015
		Press Secretary	DM150225	8/11/2015
		Communications Director	DM150244	8/21/2015
	Office of the Chief of Staff	Special Assistant	DM150229	8/4/2015
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT	Office of Public Affairs	Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs	DU150072	8/12/2015
		Special Advisor for Public Engagement	DU150071	8/20/2015
		Director of Strategic Communications	DU150073	8/28/2015
	Office of the Secretary	Senior Policy Advisor	DU150069	8/27/2015
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE	Office of Legal Policy	Counsel	DJ150101	8/5/2015
	Office of the Deputy Attorney General	Senior Counsel Special Assistant	DJ150100 DJ150126	8/14/2015 8/27/2015
	Antitrust Division	Chief of Staff	DJ150112	8/14/2015
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR	Office of the Secretary	Advisor for Private Sector Engagement	DL150078	8/4/2015
		Special Assistant	DL150080	8/13/2015
	Office of Public Affairs	Special Assistant	DL150079	8/27/2015
	Employment and Training Administration	Senior Policy Advisor	DL150084	8/27/2015
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION	Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs	Legislative Affairs Specialist	NN150068	8/3/2015
	Office of the Administrator	White House Liaison	NN150073	8/25/2015
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS	Office of the Chief of Staff	Special Assistant for Congressional Affairs/Council Operations	NA150006	8/17/2015
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD	Office of the Managing Director	Confidential Assistant	TB150007	8/12/2015
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET	Health Division	Confidential Assistant	BO150037	8/20/2015
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION	Office of the Ombudsman Office of Capital Access	Senior Advisor Special Advisor	SB150048 SB150051	8/3/2015 8/5/2015
DEPARTMENT OF STATE	Office of the Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment	Special Envoy and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs	DS150116	8/14/2015
	Bureau of Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance	Public Affairs Specialist	DS150117	8/21/2015
	Office of the Global Women's Issues	Staff Assistant	DS150114	8/26/2015
	Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs	Deputy Assistant Secretary	DS150120	8/26/2015
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION	Office of Public Affairs Office of the Chief Information Officer	Press Secretary Special Advisor	DT150076 DT150077	8/3/2015 8/17/2015
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs	Deputy Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs	DT150078	8/17/2015
	Office of the Secretary	Deputy White House Liaison	DT150081	8/24/2015
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY	Office of the Secretary of the Treasury	Deputy Executive Secretary	DY150133	8/20/2015
	Office of the Assistant Secretary (Public Affairs)	Confidential Assistant	DY150134	8/27/2015
UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION	Office of the Chairman	Confidential Assistant Staff Assistant (Economics)	TC150005 TC150006	8/25/2015 8/25/2015

The following Schedule C appointing authorities were revoked during August 2015.

Agency name	Organization name	Position title	Authorization No.	Vacate date
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE	Office of Scheduling and Advance	Director of Scheduling	DC150031	8/18/2015
	Office of Director General of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service and Assistant Secretary for Global Markets	Special Assistant	DC150011	8/22/2015
	Office of Executive Secretariat	Deputy Director, Executive Secretariat	DC140016	8/22/2015
	Office of the Under Secretary	Senior Advisor	DC140021	8/29/2015
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE	Office of Assistant Secretary of Defense (Reserve Affairs)	Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Reserve Affairs)	DD130022	8/8/2015
	Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Legislative Affairs)	Special Assistant	DD140065	8/8/2015
	Office of the Secretary	Confidential Assistant	DD140142	8/8/2015
		Protocol Officer	DD120017	8/8/2015
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY	Office of Public Affairs	Deputy Press Secretary	DE140043	8/22/2015
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY	Office of Public Affairs	Deputy Press Secretary	EP140023	8/15/2015
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION	Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs	Deputy Associate Administrator for Policy	GS130002	8/9/2015
	Office of the Regional Administrators	Special Assistant to the Regional Administrator	GS140049	8/9/2015
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs	Director of Public Health Initiatives	DH130060	8/7/2015
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Legislation	Special Assistant and Director of Special Projects	DH140123	8/8/2015
	Office of the Secretary	Special Advisor to the Secretary	DH140072	8/8/2015
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY	Office of the Under Secretary for National Protection and Programs Directorate	Special Assistant	DM120155	8/7/2015
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs	Press Assistant Press Secretary	DM140137 DM140231	8/8/2015 8/22/2015
		Strategic Planning and Coordination Advisor	DM140193	8/22/2015
	Office of the Executive Secretariat	Special Assistant	DM140140	8/8/2015
	Office of the Secretary	Special Assistant to the Senior Counselor	DM150181	8/8/2015
	Office of the Chief of Staff	Special Assistant to the White House Liaison	DM150158	8/22/2015
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT	Office of Public Affairs	Press Secretary	DU140021	8/22/2015
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE	Antitrust Division	Chief of Staff	DJ140114	8/22/2015
	Office of the Deputy Attorney General	Counsel	DJ130044	8/22/2015
DEPARTMENT OF STATE	Foreign Policy Planning Staff	Speechwriter (2)	DS130094	8/8/2015
			DS130096	8/9/2015
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs	Deputy Assistant Secretary for Finance and Budget	DT140006	8/22/2015
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs	Director of Governmental Affairs	DT150010	8/22/2015

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.