2013-28664. 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 September 1, 2013, to September 30, 2013.

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

11. Department of Homeland Security (Sch. A, 213.3111)

(d) General—

(1) Not to exceed 1,000 positions to perform cyber risk and strategic analysis, incident handling and malware/vulnerability analysis, program management, distributed control systems security, cyber incident response, cyber exercise facilitation and management, cyber vulnerability detection and assessment, network and systems engineering, enterprise architecture, intelligence analysis, investigation, investigative analysis and cyber-related infrastructure interdependency analysis requiring unique qualifications currently not established by OPM. Positions will be at the General Schedule (GS) grade levels 09-15. No new appointments may be made under this authority after December 31, 2014.

Schedule B

No schedule B authorities to report during September 2013.

Schedule C

The following Schedule C appointing authorities were approved during September 2013.

Agency name	Organization name	Position title	Authorization number	Effective date
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE	Rural Housing Service	State Director—Hawaii	DA130150	9/19/2013
	Farm Service Agency	State Executive Director—West Virginia	DA130190	9/19/2013
		State Executive Director—Pennsylvania	DA130194	9/19/2013
		State Executive Director—New Jersey	DA130202	9/19/2013
	Office of the Under Secretary for Rural Development	Special assistant	DA130218	9/5/2013
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations	Confidential Assistant	DA130217	9/6/2013
	Office of Communications	Deputy Director	DA130220	9/19/2013
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE	Office of the Director	Director, Office of Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships	DC130090	9/4/2013
	Office of the Chief of Staff	Director of Scheduling and Advance	DC130093	9/4/2013
	Office of the Deputy Secretary	Special Assistant	DC130094	9/4/2013
	Office of the General Counsel	Special Assistant	DC130091	9/9/2013
COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS	Commissioners	Special Assistant	CC130006	9/11/2013
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE	Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (International Security Affairs)	Special Assistant for Europe and NATO	DD130120	9/6/2013
	Office of the Secretary	Advance Officer	DD130123	9/25/2013
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION	Office of the General Counsel	Confidential Assistant	DB130065	9/4/2013
	Office of the Under Secretary	Special Assistant	DB130059	9/11/2013
		Executive Director	DB130067	9/12/2013
		Deputy Director, White House Initiative on Historically Black College	DB130068	9/12/2013
	Office of Elementary and Secondary Education	Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Programs	DB130069	9/13/2013
	Office of the Deputy Secretary	Special Counsel	DB130071	9/20/2013
	Office of the Under Secretary	Associate Assistant Deputy Secretary	DB130072	9/20/2013
	Office of Vocational and Adult Education	Confidential Assistant	DB130073	9/23/2013
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY	Office of Nuclear Energy	Special Advisor	DE130101	9/4/2013
	Office of Public Affairs	Speechwriter	DE130102	9/4/2013
	Office of Management	Special Assistant	DE130097	9/11/2013
	Loan Programs Office	Special Advisor	DE130117	9/24/2013
	Office of Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs	Director of External Affairs	DE130118	9/30/2013
	Office of Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs	Senior Advisor	DE130122	9/30/2013
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY	Office of the Associate Administrator for Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations	Deputy Associate Administrator for Office of Congressional Affairs	EP130031	9/11/2013
	Office of the Associate Administrator for External Affairs and Environmental Education	Senior Speech Writer	EP130049	9/19/2013
FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION	Office of the Chairman	Program Analyst	DR130007	9/6/2013
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION	Office of Communications and Marketing	Director of Public Engagement	GS130025	9/27/2013
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES	Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs	Regional Director, Chicago, Illinois— Region V	DH130119	9/5/2013
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation	Director of Public Health Policy (Office of Health Reform)	DH130122	9/5/2013
	Administration for Community Living	Confidential Assistant	DH130121	9/5/2013
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health	Associate Director	DH130117	9/12/2013
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs	Confidential Assistant	DH130120	9/5/2013
		Digital Communications Coordinator	DH130129	9/27/2013
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs	Press Secretary	DM130168	9/13/2013
	Office of the Under Secretary for National Protection and Programs Directorate	Advisor	DM130166	9/16/2013
	Office of the Chief of Staff	White House Liaison	DM130171	9/24/2013
	Federal Emergency Management Agency	Associate Director for Public Affairs/Press Secretary	DM130178	9/30/2013
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT	Office of the Secretary	Special Assistant (2)	DU130038	9/4/2013
			DU130041	9/11/2013
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE	Office of Legislative Affairs	Chief of Staff and Attorney Advisor	DJ130089	9/4/2013
	Office of Public Affairs	Speechwriter	DJ130093	9/5/2013
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR	Office of Public Affairs	Director of External Partnership	DL130056	9/5/2013
		Special Assistant	DL130059	9/19/2013
	Office of the Secretary	Director of Public Engagement	DL130058	9/13/2013
		Special Assistant	DL130063	9/26/2013
OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY	Intergovernmental Public Liaison	Public Engagement Specialist	QQ130004	9/16/2013
	Office of the Director	Policy and Administrative Coordinator	QQ130005	9/18/2013
OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY	Office of Science and Technology Policy	Executive Assistant	TS130003	9/16/2013
OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION	Office of the President	Deputy Chief of Staff	PQ130004	9/27/2013
PRESIDENT'S COMMISSION ON WHITE HOUSE FELLOWSHIPS	President's Commission on White House Fellowships	Public Relations Associate	WH130003	9/11/2013
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION	Office of the Chairman	IT Specialist	SE130006	9/19/2013
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION	Office of the Administrator	Deputy Scheduler	SB130023	9/5/2013
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION	Office of the Commissioner	Senior Advisor	SZ130016	9/20/2013
DEPARTMENT OF STATE	Office of the Secretary	Senior Advisor	DS130122	9/6/2013
		Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy	DS130116	9/11/2013
	Bureau of Consular Affairs	Supervisory Public Affairs Specialist	DS130060	9/11/2013
	Office of the Under Secretary for Management	Staff Assistant	DS130124	9/18/2013
	Office of the Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Affairs	Special Assistant	DS130120	9/19/2013
TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY	Office of the Director	Chief of Staff	TD130004	9/26/2013
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION	Office of the Secretary	White House Liaison	DT130041	9/9/2013

The following Schedule C appointing authorities were revoked during September 2013.

Agency name	Organization name	Position title	Authorization number	Vacate date
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION	Office of the General Counsel	Confidential Assistant	DB120017	9/7/2013
	Office of the Under Secretary	Special Assistant	DB120021	9/21/2013
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs	Senior Speechwriter	DH130040	9/6/2013
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs	Director of Strategic Communications	DM100106	9/7/2013
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy	Special Assistant	DM110195	9/7/2013
	Immediate Office of the Deputy Secretary	Confidential Assistant	DM090285	9/21/2013
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs	Deputy Press Secretary	DM110234	9/21/2013
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT	Northwest/Alaska (Seattle)	Regional Administrator	DU100045	9/7/2013
	Office of the General Counsel	Senior Counsel	DU110014	9/14/2013
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE	Office of Legislative Affairs	Attorney Advisor	DJ110034	9/7/2013
	Civil Rights Division	Counsel	DJ100176	9/21/2013
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR	Office of Public Affairs	Special Assistant	DL090126	9/7/2013
DEPARTMENT OF STATE	Office of the Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Affairs	Staff Assistant	DS120073	9/4/2013
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR	Secretary's Immediate Office	Special Assistant	DI120031	9/6/2013
	Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement	Senior Advisor	DI110089	9/27/2013
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION	Office of the Secretary	White House Liaison	DT090059	9/9/2013
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY	Office of the Associate Administrator for Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations	Senior Advisor	EP130019	9/14/2013
	Office of the Associate Administrator for External Affairs and Environmental Education	Director, Office of Public Engagement	EP110021	9/21/2013
EXPORT-IMPORT BANK	Export Finance	Senior Vice-President for Export Finance	EB060001	9/30/2013
OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY	Office of Science and Technology Policy	Executive Assistant	TS100005	9/6/2013
TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY	Office of the Director	Chief of Staff	TD120001	9/28/2013

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

U.S. Office of Personnel Management.

Katherine Archuleta,

Director.