2014-30691. 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, 2014, to October 31, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Senior Executive Resources Services, Senior Executive Services 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 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, 2015.

Schedule B

No Schedule B authorities to report during October 2014.

Schedule C

The following Schedule C appointing authorities were approved during October 2014.

Agency name	Organization name	Position title	Authorization No.	Effective date
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE	Office of the Under Secretary for Rural Development	Special Assistant	DA140124	10/1/2014.
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations	Legislative Director	DA150001	10/3/2014
	Office of the Secretary	Confidential Assistant	DA150003	10/16/2014
	Farm Service Agency	State Executive Director, Idaho	DA150007	10/23/2014
		State Executive Director—Arizona	DA150008	10/23/2014
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE	Office of Policy and Strategic Planning	Senior Advisor for Manufacturing Policy	DC140166	10/7/2014
	Office of Deputy Assistant Secretary for Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs	Associate Director for Oversight	DC150003	10/9/2014
	Office of Public Affairs	Director of Digital Strategy	DC150008	10/23/2014
	Office of the Director General of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service and Assistant Secretary for Global Markets	Special Assistant	DC150011	10/27/2014
CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION	Office of Commissioners	Special Assistant (Legal)	PS140015	10/1/2014
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE	Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs	Special Assistant	DD140147	10/3/2014
	Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy	Special Assistant for Middle East	DD150002	10/21/2014
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION	Office of Postsecondary Education	Confidential Assistant Chief of Staff	DB150001 DB150005	10/10/2014 10/23/2014
	Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development	Special Assistant	DB150002	10/16/2014
	Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services	Confidential Assistant	DB150004	10/17/2014
	Office of the Under Secretary	Special Assistant	DB150006	10/21/2014
	Office of Communications and Outreach	Special Assistant for Digital and Visual Media	DB150008	10/30/2014
		Press Secretary	DB150012	10/30/2014
	Office of the Secretary	Special Advisor for Strategy and Planning	DB150010	10/30/2014
		Confidential Assistant	DB150015	10/31/2014
	Office of the Deputy Secretary	Special Advisor	DB150011	10/30/2014
	Office of the General Counsel	Confidential Assistant	DB150014	10/31/2014
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY	Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy	Director, Legislative Affairs	DE140113	10/2/2014
	Office of the Deputy Secretary	Special Assistant	DE150001	10/2/2014
	Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability	Senior Advisor for External Affairs	DE150002	10/22/2014
	Associate Administrator for External Affairs	Deputy Director of Congressional Affairs	DE150006	10/22/2014
	Office of Energy Policy and Systems Analysis	Special Assistant	DE150007	10/22/2014
	Office of Public Affairs	Deputy Press Secretary	DE150004	10/27/2014
	Office of Fossil Energy	Special Advisor for Emerging Markets	DE150005	10/29/2014
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY	Office of the Associate Administrator for Policy	Counsel for Policy	EP150002	10/20/2014
FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION	Office of the Chairman	Confidential Assistant	DR150002	10/16/2014
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION	Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs	Policy Advisor	GS150002	10/7/2014
	New England Region	Special Assistant	GS150003	10/7/2014
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES	Office of the Secretary Office of Communications	Special Assistant Senior Advisor	DH140139 DH150002	10/1/2014 10/3/2014
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Children and Families	Confidential Assistant	DH150003	10/17/2014
	Office of Refugee Resettlement/Office of the Director	Special Advisor	DH150020	10/30/2014
	Office of Health Reform	Director of Outreach (Office of Health Reform)	DH150024	10/30/2014
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Legislation	Confidential Assistant for Legislation, Discretionary Health	DH150014	10/31/2014
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs	Communications Director for Public Health	DH150019	10/31/2014
	Health Resources and Services Administration Office of the Administrator	Special Assistant and Policy Advisor	DH150021	10/31/2014
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY	United States. Immigration and Customs Enforcement	Special Assistant	DM150006	10/8/2014
	Office of Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs	Chief of Staff	DM150009	10/10/2014
	Office of Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs	Confidential Assistant for Public Affairs	DM150010	10/10/2014
		Assistant Press Secretary	DM150019	10/29/2014
	United States Citizenship and Immigration Services	Press Secretary and Advisor for Intergovernmental and External Affairs	DM150011	10/14/2014
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Intergovernmental Affairs	Intergovernmental Affairs Coordinator (2)	DM150012 DM150008	10/14/2014 10/23/2014
	Office of the Chief of Staff	Advance Officer	DM150017	10/30/2014
	Federal Emergency Management Agency	Press Secretary	DM150018	10/31/2014
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT	Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity	Chief of Staff/Senior Advisor	DU150003	10/17/2014
	Office of Administration	Director of Advance	DU150004	10/30/2014
	Office of the Secretary	Deputy White House Liaison	DU150006	10/30/2014
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR	Office of Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks	Advisor	DI140073	10/2/2014
	Secretary's Immediate Office	Special Assistant	DI140072	10/21/2014
	National Park Service	Centennial Campaign Public Affairs Specialist	DI150006	10/30/2014
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE	Civil Rights Division	Senior Counsel	DJ140135	10/1/2014
	Office of the Associate Attorney General	Deputy Chief of Staff and Counsel	DJ150002	10/3/2014
		Senior Counsel (2)	DJ140129 DJ150012	10/6/2014 10/30/2014
	Office of Public Affairs	Public Affairs Specialist (2)	DJ140123 DJ150010	10/7/2014 10/29/2014
	Office of Justice Programs	Senior Policy Advisor	DJ150009	10/22/2014
	Office on Violence Against Women	Deputy Director for Policy Development	DJ150013	10/30/2014
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR	Office of the Secretary	Special Assistant	DL150002	10/16/2014
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy	Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary	DL150004	10/23/2014
	Mine Safety and Health Administration	Special Assistant	DL150008	10/23/2014
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION	Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs	Management Analyst	NN150004	10/23/2014
	Office International and Interagency Relations	International Affairs Specialist	NN150005	10/23/2014
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET	Office of Communications	Press Secretary Deputy Press Secretary	BO150001 BO150002	10/6/2014 10/27/2014
OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY	Office of Science and Technology Policy	Confidential Assistant	TS150002	10/20/2014
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION	Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs	Special Advisor	SB150004	10/30/2014
	Office of Capital Access	Senior Advisor for Capital Access	SB150005	10/30/2014
DEPARTMENT OF STATE	Bureau of Political and Military Affairs	Staff Assistant	DS150002	10/3/2014
	Office of the Chief of Protocol	Protocol Officer (Visits)	DS150003	10/3/2014
		Public Affairs Specialist	DS150004	10/17/2014
	Office of the Counselor	Staff Assistant	DS140120	10/16/2014
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Intergovernmental Affairs	Special Assistant	DV140048	10/3/2014
	Office of the Secretary and Deputy	Special Assistant	DV140049	10/3/2014

The following Schedule C appointing authorities were revoked during October 2014.

Agency name	Organization name	Position title	Authorization No.	Vacate date
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE	Deputy Assistant Secretary for Domestic Operations	Special Assistant	DC130061	10/4/2014
	Assistant Secretary for Industry and Analysis	Deputy Director, Office of Advisory Committees	DC130002	10/15/2014
CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION	Office of Commissioners	Special Assistant (Legal)	PS100003	10/18/2014
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE	Office of Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs)	Senior Public Affairs Advisor Speechwriter	DD140003 DD130012	10/1/2014 10/17/2014
	Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Homeland Defense and America's Security Affairs)	Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and America's Security Affairs	DD130050	10/4/2014
	Office of Assistant Secretary of Defense (Legislative Affairs)	Special Assistant	DD130129	10/20/2014
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE	Office of Assistant Secretary Air Force, Installations, Environment, and Logistics	Special Assistant	DF100073	10/4/2014
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION	Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services	Confidential Assistant	DB110015	10/19/2014
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY	Advance Staff	Deputy Director for Advance	EP110032	10/11/2014
	Office of Public Affairs	Deputy Associate Administrator for External Affairs and Environmental Education	EP140013	10/11/2014
	The Deputy Administrator	Special Assistant to the Deputy Administrator for Policy and Operations	EP130033	10/18/2014
		Policy Advisor to the Deputy Administrator	EP130034	10/25/2014
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES	Office of the Secretary	Advance Lead Special Assistant	DH130106 DH140125	10/4/2014 10/4/2014
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY	Office of the Under Secretary for National Protection and Programs Directorate	Special Assistant to the Under Secretary, National Protection and Programs Directorate	DM100338	10/4/2014
	Federal Emergency Management Agency	Director of Individual and Community Preparedness	DM130059	10/18/2014
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT	Office of the Secretary	Special Policy Advisor	DU130044	10/4/2014
	Office of Public Affairs	Deputy Press Secretary	DU130051	10/28/2014
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE	Office of Public Affairs	Public Affairs Specialist	DJ120103	10/18/2014
	Office of the Associate Attorney General	Counsel and Deputy Chief of Staff	DJ140046	10/18/2014
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR	Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs	Deputy Director of Intergovernmental Affairs	DL130009	10/4/2014
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION	Office of Communications and Public Liaison	Press Secretary Special Assistant	SB120017 SB120038	10/18/2014 10/26/2014
	Office of Capital Access	Deputy Associate Administrator for Capital Access	SB120034	10/19/2014
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Intergovernmental Affairs	Special Assistant	DV120061	10/4/2014
	Office of the Secretary and Deputy	Special Assistant	DV130049	10/4/2014

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.