2012-30124. 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 October 1, 2012, to October 31, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Senior Executive Resources Services, Executive Resources and Employee Development, 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 annually a consolidated listing of all Schedule A, B, and C appointing authorities current as of June 30 as a notice in the Federal Register.

Schedule A

The following Schedule A authority was approved in October:

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, 2013.

Schedule B

No schedule B authorities to report during October 2012.

Schedule C

The following Schedule C appointing authorities were approved during October 2012.

Agency name	Organization name	Position title	Authorization No.	Effective date
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Economic Development	Special Advisor	DC120158	10/2/2012
	Office of the General Counsel	Deputy General Counsel for Strategic Initiatives	DC130001	10/3/2012
	Assistant Secretary for Market Access and Compliance	Deputy Director, Office of Advisory Committees	DC130002	10/12/2012
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE	Office of the Under Secretary of Defense	Special Assistant for Personnel and Readiness	DD120126	10/17/2012
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION	Office of Innovation and Improvement	Confidential Assistant	DB120102	10/2/2012
	Office of the Secretary	Chief of Staff	DB120090	10/12/2012
	Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development	Confidential Assistant	DB120103	10/12/2012
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY	Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy	Director of Legislative Affairs	DE120145	10/2/2012
	Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs	Legislative Affairs Specialist	DE120143	10/11/2012
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES	Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs	Senior Advisor	DH120143	10/2/2012
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Intergovernmental Affairs	Confidential Assistant	DM130009	10/17/2012
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy	Chief of Staff	DM130011	10/17/2012
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE	Civil Division	Counsel	DJ120102	10/2/2012
	Office of Public Affairs	Public Affairs Specialist	DJ120103	10/2/2012
	Office of Public Affairs	Public Affairs Specialist	DJ130004	10/19/2012
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR	Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs	Senior Counselor	DL120087	10/2/2012
DEPARTMENT OF STATE	Bureau for Education and Cultural Affairs	Special Assistant	DS120121	10/4/2012
	Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs	Staff Assistant	DS120122	10/11/2012
	Bureau of Legislative Affairs	Legislative Management Officer	DS120118	10/14/2012
	Bureau of Legislative Affairs	Legislative Management Officer	DS130002	10/15/2012
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS	Office of the Secretary and Deputy	Special Assistant	DV130007	10/12/2012

The following Schedule C appointing authorities were revoked during October 2012.

Agency	Organization	Position title	Authorization No.	Vacate date
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE	Office of Executive Secretariat	Special Assistant	DC110074	10/6/12
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION	Office of Innovation and Improvement	Confidential Assistant	DB110104	10/6/12
	Office of Elementary and Secondary Education	Confidential Assistant	DB110107	10/6/12
	Office of Elementary and Secondary Education	Special Assistant	DB120061	10/6/12
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY	Office of the Deputy Secretary	Special Assistant	DE110108	10/14/12
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy	Senior Advisor to the Assistant Secretary for Policy	DM100123	10/20/12
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE	Office of Public Affairs	Press Assistant	DJ110121	10/20/12
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE	Office of the Under Secretary	Special Assistant	DF100056	10/20/12
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY	Office of the Associate Administrator for External Affairs and Environmental Education	Special Assistant to the Associate Administrator	EP110019	10/7/12
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET	Communications	Specialist for Strategic Planning and Communications	BO110032	10/20/12
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE	Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Asian And Pacific Security Affairs)	Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Defense	DD090243	10/20/12
	Office of Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Policy	Special Assistant to the Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense	DD090213	10/21/12

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

U.S. Office of Personnel Management.

John Berry,

Director.