2017-25031. 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, 2017 to July 31, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Senior Executive Resources Services, Senior Executive Service 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 U.S. 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 2017.

Schedule B

No schedule B authorities to report during July 2017.

Schedule C

The following Schedule C appointing authorities were approved during July 2017.

Agency name	Organization name	Position title	Authorization No.	Effective date
Department of Agriculture	Office of Communications	Press Secretary	DA170169	07/21/2017
	Office of the Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics	Chief of Staff	DA170170	07/31/2017
Broadcasting Board of Governors	Broadcasting Board of Governors	Senior Advisor	IB170005	07/11/2017
Department of Commerce	Office of the Chief of Staff	Scheduler	DC170146	07/05/2017
Commodity Futures Trading Commission	Office of the Chief Economist	Chief Economist	CT170011	07/07/2017
Department of Defense	Washington Headquarters Services	Staff Assistant Defense Fellow	DD170185 DD170194	07/05/2017 07/14/2017
	Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Asian and Pacific Security Affairs)	Special Assistant (Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Central Asia)	DD170189	07/05/2017
	Office of the Secretary of Defense	Special Assistant	DD170168	07/06/2017
	Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Special Operations/Low Intensity Conflict)	Special Assistant (Stability and Humanitarian Affairs)	DD170191	07/07/2017
	Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Policy)	Special Assistant Special Assistant (East Asia)	DD170201 DD170202	07/21/2017 07/21/2017
	Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Homeland Defense and Global Security )	Special Assistant (Cyber)	DD170198	07/31/2017
Department of the Army	Office Deputy Under Secretary of Army	Personal and Confidential Assistant	DW170025	07/06/2017
Department of Education	Office of Communications and Outreach	Special Assistant	DB170118	07/05/2017
	Office of the Secretary	Confidential Assistant Special Assistant	DB170120 DB170125	07/07/2017 07/18/2017
	Office of Legislation and Congressional Affairs	Confidential Assistant	DB170126	07/21/2017
	Office of Career Technical and Adult Education	Special Assistant	DB170127	07/21/2017
Department of Energy	Office of Public Affairs	Deputy Press Secretary	DE170184	07/18/2017
	Office of the Deputy Secretary	Special Advisor	DE170179	07/21/2017
	Office of Scheduling and Advance	Scheduler Special Assistant	DE170185 DE170198	07/21/2017 07/26/2017
	Office of Technology Transition	Chief of Staff	DE170183	07/31/2017
	Office of Advanced Research Projects Agency—Energy	Senior Advisor and Chief of Staff	DE170187	07/31/2017
Environmental Protection Agency	Office of the Administrator	Senior Advisor for Water and Cross-Cutting Initiatives	EP170073	07/05/2017
		Director of Scheduling and Advance	EP170074	07/05/2017
		Special Assistant for Scheduling and Advance	EP170075	07/13/2017
		Special Assistant	EP170076	07/13/2017
	Office of the Associate Administrator for Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations	Special Assistant for Congressional Relations Special Assistant	EP170063 EP170078	07/06/2017 07/13/2017
Export-Import Bank	Office of the Chairman	Financial Advisor Senior Advisor Advisor	EB170015 EB170019 EB170005	07/21/2017 07/21/2017 07/25/2017
General Services Administration	Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs	Communications Advisor	GS170044	07/31/2017
Department of Health and Human Services	Office of the Secretary	Policy Advisor for Public Health and Science	DH170288	07/05/2017
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health	Director of Communications	DH170282	07/07/2017
	Office of Communications, Administration for Children and Families	Senior Director, Communications and Media	DH170289	07/07/2017
	Office of Indian Health Service	Senior Advisor, Indian Health Service	DH170299	07/20/2017
	Office of the General Counsel	Advisor and Legal Counsel	DH170300	07/28/2017
	Office of the Administrator	Senior Advisor (Substance Abuse)	DH170301	07/28/2017
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources	Senior Advisor	DH170298	07/31/2017
Department of Homeland Security	Office of the Secretary	Executive Director, Homeland Security Advisory Council and Campaigns	DM170247	07/27/2017
	Office of the Executive Secretariat	Briefing Book Coordinator	DM170249	07/27/2017
	Office of Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs	Confidential Assistant	DM170236	07/31/2017
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Intergovernmental Affairs	Confidential Assistant	DM170239 DM170240	07/31/2017 07/31/2017
Department of Housing and Urban Development	Office of Housing	Senior Advisor (3)	DU170148 DU170152 DU170132	07/05/2017 07/28/2017 07/11/2017
	Office of the Secretary	Special Policy Advisor Senior Advisor	DU170153 DU170150	07/19/2017 07/27/2017
Department of the Interior	Secretary's Immediate Office	Advisor Press Secretary Deputy Director of Communications	DI170087 DI170092 DI170086	07/06/2017 07/06/2017 07/14/2017
	Bureau of Land Management	Counselor	DI170097	07/06/2017
	Office of Assistant Secretary—Land and Minerals Management	Senior Advisor Advisor (2)	DI170100 DI170105 DI170106	07/21/2017 07/31/2017 07/31/2017
Department of Justice	Office of the Associate Attorney General	Counsel	DJ170129	07/06/2017
	Office of Civil Rights Division	Counsel (3)	DJ170130 DJ170128 DJ170153	07/07/2017 07/17/2017 07/21/2017
	Office of Antitrust Division	Counsel	DJ170152	07/31/2017
Department of Labor	Office of the Secretary	Staff Assistant Special Assistant	DL170070 DL170075	07/13/2017 07/21/2017
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy	Special Assistant	DL170073	07/21/2017
National Endowment for the Humanities	Office of the Chairman	White House Liaison and Chairman's Strategic Scheduler	NH170004	07/07/2017
Office of Management and Budget	Office of the Director	Advisor	BO170081	07/10/2017
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs	Confidential Assistant	BO170083	07/21/2017
Office of the United States Trade Representative	Office of Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Liaison	Deputy Assistant United States Trade Representative for Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Engagement	TN170016	07/10/2017
	Office of Congressional Affairs	Senior Director for Congressional Affairs	TN170017	07/31/2017
Presidents Commission on White House Fellowships	President's Commission on White House Fellowships	Associate Director	WH170010	07/07/2017
Department of State	Office of the United States. Global Aids Coordinator	Chief of Staff & Chief Policy Officer	DS170182	07/07/2017
	Office of the Under Secretary for Management	Advisor Special Advisor	DS170181 DS170186	07/14/2017 07/21/2017
	Office of Policy Planning	Special Advisor	DS170183	07/14/2017
	Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs	Special Assistant	DS170149	07/31/2017
Department of Transportation	Office of the Administrator	Director of Governmental Affairs	DT170120	07/07/2017
		Special Assistant	DT170126	07/31/2017
Department of the Treasury	Office of the Assistant Secretary (Public Affairs)	Senior Advisor	DY170141	07/14/2017
	Office of the Secretary	Advance Representative	DY170142	07/14/2017
United States International Trade Commission	Office of Commissioner Broadbent	Confidential Assistant	TC170001	07/21/2017
Department of Veterans Affairs	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Legislative Affairs	Special Assistant	DV170063	07/07/2017

The following Schedule C appointing authorities were revoked during July 2017.

Agency name	Organization name	Title	Request No.	Date vacated
Commodity Futures Trading Commission	Office of the Chief Economist	Chief Economist	CT140001	07/22/2017
Consumer Product Safety Commission	Office of Commissioners	Special Assistant	PS140009	07/08/2017
Department of Education	Office of the Secretary	Special Assistant	DB170095	07/22/2017
Department of Energy	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy	Senior Advisor and Chief of Staff	DE170095	07/22/2017
Department of Health and Human Services	Office of the Secretary	Advisor	DH170239	07/30/2017
Environmental Protection Agency	Office of the Administrator	Director of Scheduling and Advance	EP170055	07/15/2017
	Office of the Associate Administrator for Policy	Senior Deputy Associate Administrator for Policy	EP170050	07/15/2017
General Services Administration	Office of Public Building Service	Senior Advisor to the Public Buildings Services Commissioner	GS170029	07/07/2017
National Endowment for the Arts	Office of the Chairman	Press Secretary	NA160002	07/05/2017
National Endowment for the Humanities	Office of Congressional Affairs	Director of Congressional Affairs	NH150002	07/31/2017

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

U.S. Office of Personnel Management.

Kathleen M. McGettigan,

Acting Director.