2017-27073. Excepted Service

AGENCY:

Office of Personnel Management.

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

This notice identifies Schedule A, B, and C appointing authorities applicable to a single agency that were established or revoked from May 1, 2017 to May 31, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Senior Executive Resources Services, Senior Executive Service 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 May 2017.

Schedule B

No schedule B authorities to report during May 2017.

Schedule C

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

Agency name	Organization name	Position title	Authorization No.	Effective date
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE	Natural Resources Conservation Service	Confidential Assistant	DA170126	05/02/2017
	Office of the Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics	Confidential Assistant	DA170146	05/03/2017
	Office of Communications	Press Assistant	DA170153	05/03/2017
	Office of the Secretary	Confidential Assistant	DA170113	05/04/2017
	Foreign Agricultural Service	Confidential Assistant	DA170133	05/04/2017
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations	Deputy Director for Intergovernmental Affairs	DA170145	05/04/2017
	Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety	Staff Assistant	DA170147	05/05/2017
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations	Director of Intergovernmental Affairs	DA170151	05/16/2017
	Agricultural Marketing Service	Confidential Assistant	DA170154	05/17/2017
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE	International Trade Administration	Confidential Assistant (2)	DC170116 DC170118	05/02/2017 05/12/2017
		Senior Advisor	DC170111	05/04/2017
	Office of Policy and Strategic Planning	Senior Policy Advisor	DC170108	05/05/2017
	Office of the Secretary	Confidential Assistant	DC170126	05/08/2017
	Office of the Chief of Staff	Special Assistant	DC170124	05/12/2017
	Office of Director General of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service and Assistant Secretary for Global Markets	Director of Outreach	DC170100	05/17/2017
	Office of Assistant Secretary for Global Markets	Special Advisor for Select United States of America	DC170147	05/22/2017
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Export Administration	Senior Advisor	DC170129	05/23/2017
	Office of the General Counsel	Deputy General Counsel for Strategic Initiatives	DC170136	05/31/2017
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE	Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (International Security Affairs)	Special Assistant (Middle East Policy)	DD170134	05/04/2017
	Office of the Secretary of Defense	Special Assistant for White House Liaison	DD170117	05/05/2017
		Advance Officer	DD170136	05/17/2017
	Washington Headquarters Service	Defense Fellow (2)	DD170110 DD170124	05/12/2017 05/12/2017
	Office of the Director (Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation)	Special Assistant, Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation	DD170123	05/12/2017
	Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Strategy Plans and Capabilities)	Senior Advisor (Strategy, Plans, and Force Development)	DD170147	05/17/2017
		Special Assistant (Nuclear & Missile Defense)	DD170163	05/24/2017
	Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)	Special Assistant (Comptroller)	DD170151	05/17/2017
	Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Legislative Affairs)	Special Assistant (Chief, Policy) Special Assistant for Installations, Environment, and Energy	DD170130 DD170153	05/24/2017 05/30/2017
	Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Special Operations/Low Intensity Conflict)	Special Assistant for Special Operations/Low Intensity Conflict	DD170162	05/24/2017
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION	Office of Elementary and Secondary Education	Special Assistant	DB170110	05/12/2017
	Office of Postsecondary Education	Special Assistant	DB170109	05/16/2017
	Office of the Secretary	Special Assistant	DB170111	05/19/2017
	Office for Civil Rights	Confidential Assistant Special Assistant	DB170112 DB170115	05/19/2017 05/23/2017
	Office of Communications and Outreach	Special Assistant (Supervisory)	DB170116	05/26/2017
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY	Office of Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management	Senior Advisor	DE170131	05/02/2017
	Office of Assistant Secretary for Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability	Senior Advisor	DE170090	05/04/2017
	Office of Associate Under Secretary for Environment, Health, Safety and Security	Senior Advisor—Veterans Relations	DE170139	05/08/2017
	Office of Secretary of Energy Advisory Board	Deputy Director, Office of Secretarial Boards and Councils	DE170142	05/08/2017
	Office of Energy Policy and Systems Analysis	Senior Analyst for Energy Policy Special Advisor	DE170153 DE170166	05/08/2017 05/30/2017
	Office of Management	Senior Advisor for Special Projects	DE170151	05/11/2017
	Office of the Secretary	Deputy White House Liaison Policy Advisor and Special Assistant	DE170130 DE170163	05/12/2017 05/12/2017
	Office of Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs	Legislative Affairs Advisor	DE170145	05/17/2017
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY	Office of Public Engagement and Environmental Education	Deputy Associate Administrator for Public Engagement	EP170049	05/04/2017
	Office of the Administrator	Director of Scheduling and Advance	EP170055	05/10/2017
		Deputy White House Liaison	EP170047	05/11/2017
	Office of Public Affairs	Deputy Associate Administrator for Public Affairs (2)	EP170048 EP170051	05/11/2017 05/16/2017
	Office of the Associate Administrator for Policy	Senior Deputy Associate Administrator for Policy	EP170050	05/11/2017
		Deputy Associate Administrator for Policy (Environmental Management)	EP170039	05/12/2017
		Policy Assistant	EP170066	05/23/2017
	Office of the Associate Administrator for Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations	Deputy Associate Administrator for Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations (2)	EP170045 EP170054	05/12/2017 05/23/2017
		Deputy Associate Administrator for Congressional Relations	EP170053	05/12/2017
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION	Office of Media Relations	Special Assistant	FC170010	05/24/2017
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION	Office of the Administrator	Senior Advisor for Administrative Services	GS170025	05/02/2017
		Press Secretary	GS170028	05/11/2017
		Special Assistant	GS170039	05/25/2017
	Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs	Special Assistant	GS170027	05/04/2017
	Office of Strategic Communications	Senior Communications Advisor	GS170026	05/11/2017
	Office of Small Business Utilization	Senior Advisor	GS170038	05/30/2017
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES	Office of the Secretary	Director (Office of Documents and Regulations Management)	DH170241	05/01/2017
		Policy Advisor for Human Services Policy	DH170238	05/12/2017
		Advisor	DH170239	05/12/2017
		Special Assistant for Health Policy	DH170242	05/12/2017
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs	Chief Spokesperson Special Assistant	DH170216 DH170252	05/04/2017 05/22/2017
	Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services	Senior Counselor	DH170220	05/08/2017
	Office for Civil Rights	Special Advisor	DH170217	05/11/2017
	Administration for Children and Families	Principal Deputy Director for Office of Refugee Resettlement	DH170229	05/11/2017
	Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs	Regional Director, Dallas, Texas, Region VI	DH170233	05/11/2017
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY	Office of the Chief of Staff	Special Assistant Confidential Assistant (2)	DM170132 DM170139 DM170169	05/02/2017 05/04/2017 05/31/2017
		Briefing Book Coordinator	DM170155	05/10/2017
		Advance Representative	DM170133	05/11/2017
		Director of Scheduling and Advance and Chief of Protocol	DM170170	05/17/2017
		Deputy White House Liaison	DM170183	05/23/2017
	Office of the Secretary	Counselor	DM170142	05/02/2017
	Federal Emergency Management Agency	Director of Public Affairs Director of Intergovernmental Affairs	DM170136 DM170150	05/04/2017 05/25/2017
	Office of Partnership and Engagement	Senior Business Liaison	DM170137	05/04/2017
	United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement	Director of Communications	DM170144	05/08/2017
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy	Confidential Assistant	DM170166	05/10/2017
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs	Coordinator for Strategic Communications	DM170143	05/17/2017
		Director of Digital Media	DM170182	05/23/2017
	Office of Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs	Director	DM170159	05/17/2017
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT	Office of Housing	Advisor for Single Family Asset Management	DU170123	05/01/2017
	Office of Policy Development and Research	Senior Advisor	DU170122	05/04/2017
	Office of the General Counsel	Senior Counsel (2)	DU170117 DU170135	05/05/2017 05/30/2017
	Office of Field Policy and Management	Advisor Special Assistant	DU170124 DU170125	05/05/2017 05/12/2017
	Office of Public and Indian Housing	Special Policy Advisor	DU170113	05/22/2017
	Office of Community Planning and Development	Senior Advisor	DU170128	05/30/2017
	Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations	Senior Advisor	DU170118	05/31/2017
	Office of the Secretary	Executive Assistant	DU170127	05/31/2017
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR	Secretary's Immediate Office	Special Assistant (2)	DI170074 DI170076	05/02/2017 05/30/2017
		Advance Representative Deputy Director, Office of External Affairs	DI170066 DI170041	05/04/2017 05/09/2017
		Advisor, Intergovernmental Affairs	DI170082	05/11/2017
		Deputy Press Secretary	DI170075	05/12/2017
		Advisor	DI170080	05/12/2017
		Senior Advisor for Alaskan Affairs	DI170083	05/16/2017
	Office of Assistant Secretary—Fish, Wildlife and Parks	Advisor Special Assistant	DI170062 DI170077	05/03/2017 05/04/2017
	Office of the Solicitor	Advisor	DI170064	05/04/2017
	Office of Assistant Secretary—Land and Minerals Management	Special Assistant (2) Advisor	DI170067 DI170081 DI170065	05/04/2017 05/17/2017 05/30/2017
	Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs	Special Assistant	DI170073	05/12/2017
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE	Office of the Deputy Attorney General	Counsel (6)	DJ170062 DJ170072 DJ170073 DJ170089 DJ170056 DJ170092	05/02/2017 05/02/2017 05/02/2017 05/04/2017 05/22/2017 05/22/2017
	Environment and Natural Resources Division	Counsel Special Assistant and Counsel	DJ170069 DJ170106	05/02/2017 05/22/2017
	Office of Legislative Affairs	Confidential Assistant Attorney Advisor	DJ170074 DJ170055	05/02/2017 05/22/2017
	Office of the Attorney General	White House Liaison Director of Scheduling Confidential Assistant	DJ170084 DJ170024 DJ170083	05/02/2017 05/22/2017 05/22/2017
		Counselor (2)	DJ170088 DJ170094	05/26/2017 05/31/2017
		Director of Advance	DJ170103	05/31/2017
	Office of Public Affairs	Press Assistant (2)	DJ170051 DJ170107	05/08/2017 05/31/2017
		Media Affairs Coordinator	DJ170093	05/08/2017
		Chief Speechwriter	DJ170109	05/31/2017
		Deputy Speechwriter	DJ170111	05/31/2017
	Office of the Legal Counsel	Counsel	DJ170086	05/08/2017
	Office of Legal Policy	Counsel (2)	DJ170090 DJ170087	05/22/2017 05/24/2017
	Office of the Associate Attorney General	Chief of Staff and Counsel	DJ170091	05/22/2017
	Antitrust Division	Counsel	DJ170081	05/31/2017
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR	Office of the Secretary	Counsel Deputy Chief of Staff Deputy Director of Advance	DL170059 DL170062 DL170061	05/25/2017 05/30/2017 05/31/2017
	Employment and Training Administration	Senior Advisor	DL170058	05/30/2017
	Office of Public Affairs	Speech Writer	DL170063	05/31/2017
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET	Office of Legislative Affairs	Special Assistant for Legislative Affairs	BO170072	05/04/2017
		Deputy for Legislative Affairs	BO170070	05/12/2017
	Office of the Director	Confidential Assistant	BO170067	05/05/2017
	Office of Education, Income Maintenance and Labor Programs	Confidential Assistant	BO170073	05/16/2017
	Office of Communications	Deputy Associate Director for Communications	BO170074	05/19/2017
	Office of National Security Programs	Confidential Assistant	BO170068	05/22/2017
	Office of the General Counsel	Confidential Assistant	BO170076	05/25/2017
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT	Office of Communications Office of the Director	Speech Writer Special Assistant	PM170028 PM170032	05/04/2017 05/12/2017
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION	Office of Administration Office of Communications and Public Liaison	Senior Advisor Deputy Press Secretary	SB170036 SB170038	05/05/2017 05/10/2017
	Office of Field Operations	Senior Advisor	SB170033	05/12/2017
	Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives	Director of Faith Based and Community Initiatives	SB170034	05/16/2017
	Office of Entrepreneurial Development	Special Advisor	SB170041	05/22/2017
	Office of Investment and Innovation	Special Assistant	SB170043	05/31/2017
DEPARTMENT OF STATE	Office of the Chief of Protocol	Senior Protocol Officer (2)	DS170141 DS170152	05/11/2017 05/25/2017
	Office of the Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights	Senior Advisor Staff Assistant	DS170148 DS170146	05/11/2017 05/12/2017
	Office of the Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Affairs	Special Assistant	DS170133	05/12/2017
	Office of Policy Planning	Senior Advisor Speechwriter (2) Special Assistant	DS170144 DS170145 DS170143 DS170151	05/16/2017 05/16/2017 05/19/2017 05/23/2017
	Office of the Secretary	Senior Advisor Special Advisor	DS170138 DS170147	05/17/2017 05/23/2017
	Office of the Under Secretary for Management	Special Assistant	DS170140	05/22/2017
	Bureau of Energy Resources	Senior Advisor	DS170154	05/31/2017
TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY	Office of the Director	Public Affairs Specialist	TD170006	05/26/2017
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION	Office of Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy	Senior Advisor	DT170096	05/09/2017
	Office of Public Affairs	Deputy Press Secretary	DT170105	05/12/2017
	Office of the Secretary	Special Assistant for Scheduling and Advance	DT170106	05/12/2017
	Office of the Administrator	Director of Communications	DT170101	05/16/2017
	Office of Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs	Senior Governmental Affairs Officer	DT170110	05/30/2017
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY	Office of Assistant Secretary (Public Affairs)	Press Assistant	DY170115	05/12/2017
	Office of the Deputy Secretary	Special Assistant	DY170119	05/12/2017
	Office of the Under Secretary (Terrorism and Financial Intelligence)	Senior Advisor/s for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence	DY170125	05/23/2017
	Office of Tax Policy	Senior Advisor	DY170126	05/23/2017
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Intergovernmental Affairs	Special Assistant	DV170051	05/01/2017

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

Agency	Organization name	Position title	Request No.	Date vacated
EXPORT-IMPORT BANK	Office of Communications	Director of Media Relations Vice President of External Relations and Outreach	EB150005 EB140005	05/26/2017 05/26/2017
	Office of the Chairman	Deputy Chief of Staff Director of Scheduling	EB170002 EB150001	05/26/2017 05/26/2017
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION	Office of the Administrator	Senior Advisor	SB170022	05/13/2017

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.