2016-27900. 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 March 1, 2016, to March 31, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

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 March 2016.

Schedule B

No Schedule B Authorities to report during March 2016.

Schedule C

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

Agency name	Organization name	Position title	Authorization No.	Effective date
Department of Agriculture	Farm Service Agency	State Executive Director—Rhode Island	DA160077	3/4/2016
		State Executive Director	DA160091	3/30/2016
	Rural Housing Service	Senior Advisor State Director	DA160081 DA160090	3/17/2016 3/30/2016
	Office of Communications	Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications	DA160083	3/17/2016
	Office of the Under Secretary for Rural Development	Confidential Assistant Chief of Staff	DA160087 DA160084	3/17/2016 3/28/2016
	Office of Communications	Deputy Press Secretary	DA160080	3/18/2016
	Office of the Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics	Senior Advisor	DA160085	3/18/2016
	Office of the Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs	Chief of Staff	DA160082	3/30/2016
	Rural Business Service	Senior Advisor	DA160089	3/30/2016
Department of Commerce	Office of the Under Secretary	Deputy Chief Communications Officer for Strategic Communications	DC160095	3/2/2016
		Special Assistant	DC160103	3/17/2016
		Senior Advisor	DC160111	3/18/2016
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Industry and Analysis	Senior Director	DC160101	3/7/2016
	Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs	Confidential Assistant Associate Director	DC160105 DC160108	3/14/2016 3/17/2016
	Office of Public Affairs	Deputy Director of Public Affairs and Director of Speechwriting	DC160106	3/14/2016
		Deputy Director of Speechwriting	DC160107	3/18/2016
	Office of Business Liaison	Associate Director Special Assistant	DC160102 DC160110	3/7/2016 3/21/2016
	Office of the Director	Senior Advisor	DC160117	3/21/2016
	Economic Development Administration	Special Advisor	DC160116	3/30/2016
Department of Defense	Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Legislative Affairs)	Special Assistant(Legislative Affairs) (Chief, Policy)	DD160068	3/1/2016
	Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Homeland Defense and America's Security Affairs)	Special Assistant for Cyber Policy	DD160077	3/2/2016
	Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Special Operations/Low Intensity Conflict and Interdependent Capabilities)	Special Assistant (Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict)	DD160071	3/3/2016
	Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (International Security Affairs)	Senior Advisor (Europe/North Atlantic Treaty Organization)	DD160002	3/4/2016
	Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Legislative Affairs)	Special Assistant (Policy)	DD160080	3/4/2016
	Office of the Secretary	Special Assistant (2)	DD160067 DD160084	3/17/2016 3/18/2016
		Director of Operations	DD160085	3/18/2016
	Office of Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs)	Speechwriter (2)	DD160078 DD160089	3/17/2016 3/23/2016
	Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness)	Special Assistant for Personnel and Readiness	DD160083	3/17/2016
Department of the Navy	Office of the Under Secretary of the Navy	Senior Advisor	DN160012	3/18/2016
Department of Education	Office of the Under Secretary	Assistant Director, White House—Educational Excellence for African Americans	DB160041	3/2/2016
	Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development	Special Assistant	DB160048	3/2/2016
	Office of the Secretary	Special Advisor	DB160038	3/9/2016
		Director, White House Liaison	DB160053	3/17/2016
		Deputy Director, White House Liaison	DB160060	3/21/2016
		Deputy Director of Advance	DB160059	3/24/2016
	Office of Communications and Outreach	Assistant Press Secretary	DB160055	3/17/2016
	Office of the General Counsel	Deputy Chief of Staff	DB160056	3/17/2016
	Office of Career Technical and Adult Education	Chief of Staff	DB160063	3/24/2016
	Office of Elementary and Secondary Education	Special Assistant	DB160064	3/29/2016
	Office of the Deputy Secretary	Senior Policy Advisor	DB160065	3/29/2016
Department of Energy	Office of the Secretary	Special Advisor for Finance and Clean Energy Investment	DE160072	3/1/2016
	Office of Public Affairs	Special Advisor for Digital Communications	DE160075	3/8/2016
	Office of Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy	Special Advisor for External Affairs	DE160076	3/8/2016
	Office of Technology Transition	Chief of Staff	DE160078	3/9/2016
	Office of Energy Policy and Systems Analysis	Special Advisor	DE160079	3/9/2016
	Office of Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs	Legislative Affairs Advisor Advisor for Intergovernmental and External Affairs	DE160070 DE160082	3/4/2016 3/23/2016
	Office of Science	Special Advisor	DE160086	3/30/2016
Environmental Protection Agency	Scheduling Staff	Scheduler	EP160018	3/1/2016
	Office of Public Affairs	Deputy Press Secretary	EP160027	3/30/2016
Executive Office of the President	Council on Environmental Quality	Special Assistant, Climate Preparedness	OP160003	3/17/2016
Department of Health and Human Services	Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology	Director of Communications	DH160056	3/3/2016
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs	Director of Speechwriting and Senior Advisor	DH160078	3/17/2016
		Director of Specialty Media Senior Advisor	DH160079 DH160080	3/18/2016 3/22/2016
Department of Homeland Security	Office of the Under Secretary for Science and Technology	Counselor for Export Controls	DM160107	3/1/2016
	Office of the Under Secretary for National Protection and Programs Directorate	External Engagement Coordinator	DM160140	3/4/2016
	Office of the Executive Secretariat	Senior Advisor	DM160148	3/4/2016
	United States Customs and Border Protection	Senior Advisor for Strategic Communication	DM160136	3/7/2016
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy	Special Assistant In Information Sharing Policy	DM160149	3/7/2016
	Office of the Chief of Staff	Deputy White House Liaison	DM160145	3/10/2016
	Office of Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs	Legislative Director	DM160164	3/17/2016
		Associate Director (2)	DM160165 DM160182	3/17/2016 3/30/2016
	Ombudsman, Citizenship and Immigration Services	Special Assistant	DM160172	3/23/2016
	Office of the Executive Secretariat	Deputy Secretary Briefing Book Coordinator	DM160169	3/24/2016
		Special Assistant	DM160170	3/24/2016
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Intergovernmental Affairs	Intergovernmental Affairs Coordinator	DM160171	3/29/2016
	United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement	Special Assistant	DM160181	3/30/2016
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs	Assistant Press Secretary	DM160183	3/30/2016
Department of Housing and Urban Development	Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations	Congressional Relations Specialist	DU160014	3/11/2016
	Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity	Special Policy Advisor	DU160021	3/29/2016
	Office of Public Affairs	Press Secretary	DU160019	3/30/2016
Department of Justice	Executive Office for United States Attorneys	Counsel	DJ160063	3/8/2016
	Office of Legislative Affairs	Confidential Assistant	DJ160066	3/10/2016
Department of Labor	Office of the Secretary	Advisor	DL160046	3/1/2016
	Office of the Deputy Secretary	Counselor	DL160050	3/8/2016
	Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs	Associate Counselor	DL160036	3/10/2016
	Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs	Legislative Officer	DL160054	3/18/2016
	Women's Bureau	Chief of Staff	DL160047	3/10/2016
	Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs	Senior Legislative Officer and Counselor	DL160035	3/17/2016
	Office of Public Affairs	Digital Engagement Director	DL160053	3/18/2016
National Endowment for the Humanities	Office of Communications	Digital Communications Strategist	NH160004	3/29/2016
Office of Management and Budget	Office of the Director	Confidential Assistant	BO160022	3/3/2016
	Office of Legislative Affairs	Deputy for Legislative Affairs	BO160025	3/14/2016
	National Security Programs	Confidential Assistant	BO160027	3/17/2016
	Office of the General Counsel	Confidential Assistant	BO160029	3/29/2016
	Office of the Director	Confidential Assistant	BO160030	3/29/2016
	Natural Resource Programs	Confidential Assistant	BO160031	3/29/2016
Office of National Drug Control Policy	Office of Intergovernmental Public Liaison	Digital Engagement Specialist	QQ160001	3/11/2016
Office of Personnel Management	Employee Services	Senior Advisor for Workforce Planning and Talent Development	PM160017	3/8/2016
	Office of Congressional, Legislative, and Intergovernmental Affairs	Senior Advisor	PM160018	3/8/2016
	Office of Communications	Deputy Director of Communication	PM160019	3/11/2016
Overseas Private Investment Corporation	Overseas Private Investment Corporation	Senior Advisor	PQ160007	3/1/2016
Small Business Administration	Office of the Administrator	Special Assistant to the Administrator Senior Advisor	SB160016   SB160018	3/4/2016   3/8/2016
	Office of Communications and Public Liaison	Speech Writer	SB160020	3/21/2016
Department of State	Office of the Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources	Senior Advisor	DS160056	3/3/2016
	Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs	Senior Advisor (Speechwriter)	DS160057	3/4/2016
	Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs	Deputy Assistant Secretary for Multilateral Affairs and Strategy	DS160054	3/4/2016
	Office of International Information Programs	Staff Assistant	DS160058	3/14/2016
	Bureau of Legislative Affairs	Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary	DS160060	3/18/2016
	Office of the Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs	Staff Assistant	DS160061	3/18/2016
	Foreign Policy Planning Staff	Senior Advisor	DS160064	3/30/2016
Department of Transportation	Office of Public Affairs	Chief Speechwriter	DT160038	3/4/2016
		Deputy Press Secretary	DT160045	3/11/2016
	Office of Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs	Director of Governmental Affairs	DT160041	3/11/2016
	Office of General Counsel	Special Counsel	DT160044	3/11/2016
	National Highway Traffic Safety Administration	Director of Communications	DT160043	3/18/2016
Department of the Treasury	Office of the Secretary of the Treasury	Senior Advisor (2)	DY160060 DY160062	3/1/2016 3/1/2016
	Office of Assistant Secretary (Public Affairs)	Spokesperson (2)	DY160061 DY160063	3/1/2016 3/25/2016
		Senior Speechwriter	DY160065	3/24/2016
Department of Veterans Affairs	Office of Intergovernmental Affairs	Special Assistant	DV160025	3/10/2016

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

Agency name	Organization name	Position title	Request number	Date vacated
Department of Agriculture	Office of the Secretary	Special Advisor	DA150118	03/11/2016
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations	Senior Legislative Analyst	DA150035	03/19/2016
	Office of the Chief Financial Officer	Chief of Staff	DA150031	03/19/2016
	Office of the Under Secretary for Rural Development	Special Assistant	DA150150	03/19/2016
Department of Commerce	Office of Public Affairs	Deputy Director of Public Affairs and Director of Speechwriting	DC160015	03/05/2016
Office of the Secretary of Defense	Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (International Security Affairs)	Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs	DD150037	03/05/2016
	Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Legislative Affairs)	Special Assistant (2)	DD150141 DD150034	03/06/2016 03/19/2016
	Washington Headquarters Services	Defense Fellow	DD140024	03/06/2016
	Office of Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs)	Research Assistant	DD150012	03/19/2016
	Office of the Secretary	Special Assistant to the Secretary of Defense	DD150155	03/19/2016
Department of the Air Force	Office of the Under Secretary	Special Assistant	DF140031	03/05/2016
	Office of the Secretary	Executive Speechwriter	DF110016	03/19/2016
Department of Education	Office of the Secretary	Director, White House Liaison	DB110105	03/04/2016
		Deputy White House Liaison	DB150050	03/19/2016
	Office of Communications and Outreach	Strategic Advisor to the Secretary, Communications	DB150087	03/05/2016
	Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development	Special Assistant	DB150002	03/05/2016
	Office of the Deputy Secretary	Director for Strategic Communications and Scheduling	DB150088	03/05/2016
	Office of the Under Secretary	Special Assistant	DB150113	03/05/2016
Department of Energy	Office of the Secretary	Special Advisor for Finance	DE140003	03/05/2016
Department of Health and Human Services	Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs	Confidential Assistant	DH140050	03/05/2016
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs	Director of Speechwriting	DH150128	03/19/2016
Department of Homeland Security	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs	Deputy Press Secretary	DM150222	03/04/2016
		Deputy Director of Speechwriting	DM140142	03/19/2016
		Press Secretary	DM150225	03/19/2016
	Office of the Executive Secretariat	Special Projects Coordinator	DM150265	03/05/2016
	Office of the Under Secretary for National Protection and Programs Directorate	Confidential Assistant	DM150063	03/05/2016
	Office of the Under Secretary for Science and Technology	Special Assistant to the Under Secretary and Deputy Secretary for Science and Technology	DM150193	03/05/2016
	United States Customs and Border Protection	Advisor to the commissioner	DM140213	03/05/2016
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Intergovernmental Affairs	External Engagement Coordinator	DM150035	03/11/2016
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy	Special Assistant in Information Sharing Policy	DM150051	03/19/2016
	Office of the Chief of Staff	Deputy White House Liaison	DM160001	03/19/2016
Department of Justice	Office of Legislative Affairs	Confidential Assistant	DJ140110	03/05/2016
	Office of Public Affairs	Chief Speechwriter	DJ150093	03/05/2016
	Office on Violence Against Women	Special Assistant	DJ150071	03/05/2016
	Executive Office for United States Attorneys	Counsel	DJ150016	03/19/2016
	Office of the Associate Attorney General	Senior Counsel	DJ150012	03/19/2016
Office of Personnel Management	Office of the Director	Director of Scheduling and Advance	PM140032	03/19/2016
Department of Transportation	Office of the General Counsel	Associate General Counsel	DT160017	03/04/2016
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs	Deputy Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs	DT140029	03/05/2016
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs	Associate Director for State and Local Governmental Affairs	DT150013	03/19/2016
	Office of Public Affairs	Deputy Director for Public Affairs	DT150042	03/05/2016
		Assistant Press Secretary	DT150048	03/19/2016
	Office of the Administrator	Director of Communications	DT150018	03/19/2016
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs	Special Assistant	DT140039	03/19/2016
Department of the Treasury	Office of the Assistant Secretary (Public Affairs)	Senior Speechwriter	DY160012	03/26/2016

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.