2017-03868. 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 August 1, 2016 to August 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 August 2016.

Schedule B

No schedule B authorities to report during August 2016.

Schedule C

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

Agency name	Organization name	Position title	Request No.	Effective date
Department of Agriculture	Office of the Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics	Senior Advisor	DA160161	08/05/2016
	Farm Service Agency	Special Assistant	DA160164	08/13/2016
Department of Commerce	Office of Executive Secretariat	Associate Director, Office of the Executive Secretariat	DC160184	08/04/2016
	Office of Scheduling and Advance	Senior Advisor	DC160185	08/04/2016
		Director of Scheduling and Special Advisor	DC160196	08/17/2016
	Office of Business Liaison	Deputy Director	DC160186	08/04/2016
	Office of the Chief of Staff	Confidential Assistant	DC160190	08/04/2016
		Special Advisor	DC160191	08/05/2016
	Economic Development Administration	Senior Advisor	DC160195	08/17/2016
Department of Defense	Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (International Security Affairs)	Special Assistant for Middle East Policy	DD160165	08/01/2016
	Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Policy)	Correspondence Assistant, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy	DD170001	08/12/2016
		Special Assistant for Middle East Policy	DD160176	08/25/2016
	Washington Headquarters Services	Defense Fellow (5)	DD160170 DD160171 DD160179 DD160181	08/16/2016 08/16/2016 08/29/2016 08/29/2016
	Office of the Secretary	Special Assistant	DD160185	08/29/2016
Department of the Air Force	Office of Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Manpower and Reserve Affairs	Special Assistant	DF160041	08/11/2016
	Office of Assistant Secretary Air Force, Installations, Environment, and Energy	Special Assistant	DF160044	08/23/2016
Department of the Navy	Office Assistant Secretary of Navy (Energy, Installations and Environment)	Climate Change and Sustainability Project Manager	DN160051	08/12/2016
Department of Education	Office of the Secretary	Special Assistant	DB160125	08/31/2016
Department of Energy	Office of Public Affairs	Principal Deputy Press Secretary	DE160146	08/05/2016
		Press Secretary	DE160145	08/15/2016
	Office of the Secretary	Special Assistant (2)	DE160150	08/17/2016
			DE160157	08/31/2016
	Office of Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs	Special Assistant	DE160152	08/29/2016
Environmental Protection Agency	Office of Public Affairs	Strategic Communications Advisor	EP160051	08/15/2016
		Director of Speechwriting	EP160052	08/15/2016
	Office of Public Engagement and Environmental Education	Director of Public Engagement	EP160054	08/15/2016
General Services Administration	Office of Government Wide Policy	Senior Advisor	GS160029	08/17/2016
Department of Health and Human Services	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs	Director of Speechwriting	DH160163	08/01/2016
	Administration for Children and Families	Senior Policy Advisor	DH160176	08/16/2016
	Office of the Secretary	Special Assistant	DH160178	08/16/2016
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Legislation	Special Assistant	DH160179	08/25/2016
	Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs	Special Advisor	DH160182	08/30/2016
Department of Homeland Security	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy	Special Assistant (2)	DM160294 DM160300	08/17/2016 08/17/2016
	Office of the Under Secretary for Science and Technology	Counselor for Export Controls	DM160295	08/17/2016
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs	Press Assistant	DM160298	08/17/2016
Department of Housing and Urban Development	Office of Public Affairs	Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs	DU160041	08/05/2016
		Assistant Press Secretary	DU160046	08/25/2016
	Office of the General Counsel	Special Assistant	DU160045	08/22/2016
	Office of Public and Indian Housing	Senior Policy Advisor	DU160044	08/31/2016
Department of the Interior	Office of the Deputy Secretary	Advisor	DI160083	08/19/2016
Department of Labor	Office of the Secretary	Special Assistant	DL160118	08/01/2016
		Deputy Director, Scheduling and Advance	DL160114	08/09/2016
	Wage and Hour Division	Policy Advisor	DL160119	08/09/2016
	Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs	Senior Legislative Assistant	DL160122	08/15/2016
	Office of Public Affairs	Director of Speechwriting	DL160124	08/22/2016
	Office of the Deputy Secretary	Chief of Staff	DL160125	08/22/2016
National Endowment for the Arts	Office of Congressional Affairs	Director of Congressional Affairs	NA160008	08/17/2016
National Endowment for the Humanities	Office of the Chairman	White House Liaison and Chairman's Strategic Scheduler	NH170001	08/31/2016
Office of Management and Budget	Office of Legislative Affairs	Legislative Analyst	BO160046	08/10/2016
	Office of the Director	Confidential Assistant	BO160048	08/15/2016
President's Commission on White House Fellowships	Office of the Director	Associate Director	WH160003	08/04/2016
Department of State	Office of the United States Global Aids Coordinator	Foreign Affairs Officer	DS160091	08/09/2016
Department of Transportation	Office of the Secretary	Deputy White House Liaison	DT170017	08/19/2016

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

Agency name	Organization name	Position title	Request No.	Vacate date
Department of Agriculture	Office of the Communications	Press Assistant	DA140013	08/05/2016
		Deputy Press Secretary	DA150148	08/26/2016
Department of Commerce	Office of the Deputy Secretary	Deputy Chief Data Officer	DC150144	08/05/2016
	Office of the Chief of Staff	Director of Scheduling and Advance	DC150033	08/06/2016
	Scheduler	DC160029	08/20/2016
	Office of Policy and Strategic Planning	Special Assistant	DC160020	08/07/2016
	Office of the Director General of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service and Assistant Secretary for Global Markets	Senior Advisor	DC140155	08/25/2016
Office of the Secretary of Defense	Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (International Security Affairs)	Special Assistant to Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Middle East	DD150148	08/07/2016
Environmental Protection Agency	Office of Public Engagement and Environmental Education	Deputy Director for Public Engagement and Public Health Based Initiatives	EP150052	08/20/2016
	Office of the Administrator	Deputy White House Liaison	EP160001	08/20/2016
Federal Trade Commission	Office of the Chairman	Public Affairs Specialist	FT150009	08/20/2016
Department of Health and Human Services	Administration for Community Living	Special Assistant	DH140117	08/01/2016
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs	Deputy Director of Speechwriting	DH150131	08/06/2016
	Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs	Enrollment Coordinator	DH150160	08/12/2016
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health	Chief of Staff	DH150074	08/20/2016
		Senior Policy Advisor	DH150192	08/22/2016
Department of Homeland Security	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Intergovernmental Affairs	Intergovernmental Affairs Coordinator	DM150012	08/05/2016
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy	Special Assistant	DM160018	08/20/2016
	Office of the Chief of Staff	Special Assistant	DM150229	08/20/2016
		Senior Advance Officer	DM160223	08/31/2016
Department of the Interior	Office of the Deputy Secretary	Advisor	DI160014	08/20/2016
President's Commission on White House Fellowships	Office of the Director	Special Assistant to the Director	WH150001	08/14/2016
United States International Trade Commission	Office of the Vice Chairman	Confidential Assistant	TC160003	08/13/2016

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.