2017-03225. 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, 2016 to October 31, 2016.

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 October 2016.

Schedule B

No schedule B authorities to report during October 2016.

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

Agency name	Organization name	Position title	Authorization No.	Effective date
Department of Agriculture	Office of Communications	Advance Associate	DA160178	10/07/2016
	Risk Management Agency	Senior Advisor	DA160179	10/07/2016
Department of Commerce	Office of Director General of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service and Assistant Secretary for Global Markets	Special Advisor	DC160209	10/04/2016
	Office of the Under Secretary	Special Assistant	DC160207	10/06/2016
	Office of Executive Secretariat	Deputy Director	DC170001	10/12/2016
	Office of Assistant Secretary and Director General for United States and Foreign Commercial Service	Senior Advisor	DC160210	10/13/2016
	Bureau of Industry and Security	Chief of Staff	DC170007	10/27/2016
	Office of Assistant Secretary for Industry and Analysis	Senior Advisor	DC170006	10/28/2016
		Director, Office of Advisory Committees and Industry Outreach	DC170008	10/28/2016
Department of Defense	Washington Headquarters Services	Defense Fellow (2)	DD160194	10/14/2016
			DD160195	10/14/2016
	Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Policy)	Special Assistant for Afghanistan, Pakistan and Central Asia	DD160192	10/31/2016
	Office of the Secretary of Defense	Special Assistant (Personnel & Readiness)	DD170006	10/31/2016
Department of Energy	Office of Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs	Special Advisor (2)	DE160165	10/04/2016
			DE170012	10/31/2016
	Office of Management	Special Assistant	DE160167	10/04/2016
	Office of Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy	Special Advisor for Stakeholder Engagement	DE170001	10/07/2016
	Office of Energy Policy and Systems Analysis	Director of the Quadrennial Energy Review Secretariat	DE160166	10/12/2016
	Office of the Secretary	White House Liaison and Senior Advisor	DE160169	10/14/2016
	Office of Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy	Special Advisor	DE170003	10/26/2016
Environmental Protection Agency	Office of the Associate Administrator for Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations	Senior Advisor for Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations	EP170001	10/26/2016
Department of Health and Human Services	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs	Director of Specialty Communications and Spokesperson	DH170002	10/13/2016
		Press Assistant	DH170011	10/27/2016
		Press Secretary and Special Advisor	DH170004	10/14/2016
	Office for Civil Rights	Special Advisor	DH170006	10/14/2016
		Senior Advisor for Operations	DH170010	10/27/2016
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response	Senior Advisor	DH170009	10/18/2016
Department of Housing and Urban Development	Office of Public and Indian Housing	Special Advisor	DU170001	10/06/2016
	Office of the Secretary	Deputy White House Liaison	DU170002	10/18/2016
Department of the Interior	Bureau of Ocean Energy Management	Advisor	DI160095	10/03/2016
	Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs	Special Assistant	DI160096	10/14/2016
	Secretary's Immediate Office	Special Assistant	DI170001	10/14/2016
Department of Labor	Veterans Employment and Training Service	Special Assistant	DL160133	10/04/2016
	Office of Public Affairs	Special Assistant	DL160128	10/07/2016
	Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs	Legislative Officer	DL170001	10/21/2016
Office of Management and Budget	Office of E-Government and Information Technology	Program Analyst	BO170001	10/07/2016
Department of Transportation	Immediate Office of the Administrator	Director of Governmental, International and Public Affairs	DT170011	10/28/2016
	Office of Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs	Special Assistant	DT170008	10/31/2016
Department of the Treasury	Office of Assistant Secretary (Legislative Affairs)	Special Advisor	DY170001	10/06/2016

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

Agency name	Organization name	Position title	Request No.	Date vacated
Department of Agriculture	Farm Service Agency	State Executive Director—Oklahoma	DA160015	10/01/2016
Department of Commerce	Office of Deputy Assistant Secretary for Domestic Operations	Special Advisor	DC150167	10/15/2016
	Office of Director General of the United States and Foreign Commercial service and Assistant Secretary for Global Markets	Special Advisor (2)	DC150149	10/15/2016
			DC140119	10/29/2016
	Office of Public Affairs	Deputy Director of Public Affairs and Director of Digital Strategy and Engagement	DC160007	10/21/2016
	Office of Assistant Secretary for Industry and Analysis	Deputy Director, Office of Advisory Committees and Industry Outreach	DC160053	10/29/2016
		Director, Office of Advisory Committees and Industry Outreach	DC160041	10/29/2016
	Office of the Secretary	Senior Advisor	DC160111	10/29/2016
Department of Education	Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development	Policy Advisor	DB160100	10/07/2016
Department of Energy	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy	Senior Advisor	DE150129	10/14/2016
	Office of the Secretary	White House Liaison	DE160043	10/15/2016
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for International Affairs	Chief of Staff	DE160004	10/22/2016
Department of Health and Human Services	Administration for Children and Families	Confidential Assistant	DH150172	10/03/2016
Department of Housing and Urban Development	Office of Housing	Special Assistant	DU160007	10/15/2016
Department of Justice	Executive Office for United States Attorneys	Counsel	DJ160063	10/31/2016
National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs	Legislative Affairs Specialist	NN150068	10/15/2016
National Endowment for the Arts	Office of Congressional Affairs	Special Assistant for Congressional Affairs/Council Operations	NA150006	10/24/2016
Department of Transportation	Immediate Office of the Administrator	Director of Governmental, International and Public Affairs	DT150041	10/15/2016
		Special Assistant to the Administrator	DT160007	10/29/2016
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy	Deputy Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy	DT160014	10/29/2016
	Office of the Secretary	Director of Scheduling	DT160008	10/29/2016

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

U.S. Office of Personnel Management.

Kathleen M. McGettigan,

Acting Director.