2019-04544. 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 October 1, 2018 to October 31, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Senior Executive Resources Services, Senior Executive Services 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 2018.

Schedule B

No Schedule B Authorities to report during October 2018.

Schedule C

The following Schedule C appointing authorities were approved during October 2018.

Agency name	Organization name	Position title	Authorization No.	Effective date
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE	Farm Service Agency	State Executive Director (Oregon)	DA180231	10/02/2018
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations	Policy and Congressional Advisor	DA180250	10/04/2018
	Office of the Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services	Confidential Assistant	DA180257	10/12/2018
	Office of the Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics	Policy Advisor	DA180258	10/12/2018
	Office of the Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs	Policy Advisor	DA180261	10/17/2018
	Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety	Senior Advisor	DA180249	10/29/2018
	Office of Rural Utilities Service	Policy Coordinator	DA190001	10/31/2018
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE	Office of International Trade Administration	Press Secretary and Speechwriter Director, Office of Legislative Affairs	DC180206 DC180207	10/04/2018 10/11/2018
	Minority Business Development Agency	Confidential Assistant	DC190003	10/31/2018
	Office of Public Affairs	Press Assistant	DC190008	10/31/2018
	Office of the Chief of Staff	Confidential Assistant	DC180210	10/04/2018
		Director, Center for Faith and Opportunity Initiatives	DC190001	10/24/2018
	Office of the Deputy Secretary	Special Assistant	DC190012	10/31/2018
	Office of Under Secretary	Senior Advisor	DC180208	10/16/2018
	Office of White House Liaison	Special Assistant	DC180199	10/18/2018
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE	Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Intelligence)	Special Assistant	DD180130	10/04/2018
	Office of the Director (Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation)	Special Assistant	DD180131	10/04/2018
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION	Office of Elementary and Secondary Education	Senior Advisor	DB190006	10/25/2018
	Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development	Confidential Assistant	DB190008	10/31/2018
	Office of Postsecondary Education	Special Assistant	DB190005	10/31/2018
	Office of the General Counsel	Attorney Adviser (2)	DB190001 DB190009	10/12/2018 10/31/2018
	Office of the Secretary	Confidential Assistant (2)	DB180072 DB190003	10/12/2018 10/24/2018
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs	Legislative Affairs Advisor	DE180147	10/12/2018
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY	Office of the Chief Financial Officer	Senior Advisor for Financial Management	EP180099	10/22/2018
	Office of the Administrator	Deputy White House Liaison	EP180096	10/31/2018
	Office of the Executive Secretariat	Attorney-Advisor (General)	EP190002	10/31/2018
FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION	Office of the Chairman	Senior Advisor for Markets and Reliability	DR180005	10/29/2018
	Office of the Commissioner	Executive Assistant	DR190002	10/31/2018
FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION	Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission	Confidential Assistant	FR180002	10/01/2018
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION	Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs	Policy Advisor	GS180047	10/29/2018
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES	Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs	Senior Advisor for External Affairs	DH190011	10/31/2018
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health	Deputy Chief of Staff	DH180249	10/12/2018
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Legislation	Senior Deputy Director of Oversight and Investigations	DH180253	10/15/2018
		Policy Advisor	DH180220	10/31/2018
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs	Director of Communication Strategy and Campaigns	DH180236	10/23/2018
	Office of the Secretary	Advisor for Value-Based Reform	DH180246	10/04/2018
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY	Office of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services	Advisor to the Chief of Public Affairs	DM180309	10/04/2018
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy	Advisor to the Chief of Staff Advisor for Immigration Policy	DM180294 DM190005	10/09/2018 10/22/2018
	Office of Partnership and Engagement	Special Assistant (2)	DM190011 DM190007	10/23/2018 10/29/2018
	Federal Emergency Management Agency	Press Secretary	DM190010	10/29/2018
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT	Office of Public Affairs Office of Field Policy and Management	Deputy Director of Speechwriting Special Assistant	DU190008 DU190009	10/31/2018 10/31/2018
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE	Office of the Associate Attorney General	Senior Counsel	DJ180139	10/17/2018
	Office of Public Affairs	Press Assistant	DJ180150	10/22/2018
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy	Senior Counsel and Policy Advisor	DL180130	10/04/2018
	Office of the Solicitor	Counsel	DL190001	10/29/2018
	Office of Public Affairs	Speechwriter	DL190004	10/29/2018
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES	National Endowment for the Humanities	Staff Assistant	NH190001	10/12/2018
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD	Office of Board Members	Confidential Assistant	TB180006	10/16/2018
OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY	Office of Public Affairs	Public Affairs Specialist (Speechwriter)	QQ190002	10/22/2018
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION	Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives	Director of Faith Based and Community Initiatives	SB180047	10/04/2018
	Office of Administration	Assistant to the Chief of Staff	SB190001	10/22/2018
	Office of Communications and Public Liaison	Director of Strategic Communications	SB190002	10/22/2018
	Office of Field Operations	Regional Administrator, Region VI	SB180046	10/29/2018
DEPARTMENT OF STATE	Office of Policy Planning	Writer—Editor (Speechwriter)	DS190001	10/22/2018
	Bureau of African Affairs	Special Assistant	DS190003	10/29/2018
	Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs	Communications Director	DS190007	10/29/2018
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION	Office of Public Affairs	Special Assistant for Media Strategy	DT180093	10/03/2018
	Office of the Administrator	Director of Communications	DT190003	10/12/2018
	Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization	Public Liaison Officer	DT190004	10/31/2018
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY	Office of the Assistant Secretary (Public Affairs)	Senior Advisor and Speechwriter	DY180128	10/03/2018
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Legislative Affairs	Special Assistant	DV180069	10/22/2018
	Office of the Secretary and Deputy	Director, Office of Support and Mission Operations	DV190009	10/31/2018

The following Schedule C appointing authorities were revoked during October 2018.

Agency name	Organization name	Position title	Request No.	Date vacated
COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION	Office of the Chairperson	Senior Advisor	CT170010	10/31/2018
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE	Rural Housing Service	Senior Advisor for External Affairs	DA180163	10/13/2018
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE	Office of the General Counsel	Senior Counsel to the General Counsel	DC180131	10/13/2018
	Office of the Chief of Staff	Program Manager, Office of Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships	DC170097	10/27/2018
	Office of Under Secretary	Special Advisor	DC180052	10/27/2018
	Office of White House Liaison	Confidential Assistant	DC180087	10/27/2018
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE	Office of the Secretary of Defense	Advance Officer Director, Travel Operations	DD170222 DD170203	10/13/2018 10/13/2018
	Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Asian and Pacific Security Affairs)	Special Assistant to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for East Asia	DD170236	10/27/2018
	Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Manpower and Reserve Affairs)	Confidential Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower and Reserve Affairs	DD170210	10/27/2018
	Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Special Operations/Low Intensity Conflict)	Special Assistant to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Counternarcotic and Global Threats)	DD180003	10/27/2018
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION	Office of Elementary and Secondary Education	Special Assistant	DB170110	10/18/2018
	Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development	Confidential Assistant	DB170146	10/22/2018
	Office for Civil Rights	Attorney Adviser	DB170140	10/23/2018
	Office of the Secretary	Confidential Assistant	DB180011	10/26/2018
		Executive Director, White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders	DB180009	10/30/2018
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY	Office of Policy	Senior Advisor	DE170171	10/13/2018
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES	Office of Administration for Community Living	Policy Advisor to the Commissioner of the Administration on Disabilities	DH180063	10/26/2018
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Legislation	Deputy Director of Oversight and Investigations	DH180191	10/13/2018
		Director of Oversight and Investigations	DH180189	10/26/2018
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs	Press Secretary	DH180154	10/15/2018
	Office of the Secretary	Deputy Director of Scheduling	DH180128	10/27/2018
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs	Coordinator for Strategic Communications	DM170143	10/12/2018
	Office of the General Counsel	Oversight Counsel	DM170260	10/19/2018
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT	Office of Public Affairs	Director of Speechwriting for Program and Policy	DU180043	10/15/2018
	Office of Housing	Special Assistant	DU180002	10/27/2018
	Office of Community Planning and Development	Senior Advisor	DU180101	10/27/2018
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE	Office of Public Affairs	Chief Speechwriter	DJ180112	10/16/2018
	Office of the Associate Attorney General	Counsel	DJ170129	10/27/2018
DEPARTMENT OF STATE	Office of Planning	Staff Assistant	DS170174	10/27/2018
EXPORT-IMPORT BANK	Office of the General Counsel	Senior Vice President and General Counsel	EB180004	10/13/2018
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES	National Endowment for the Humanities	Special Assistant to the Chairman	NH180001	10/12/2018
OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE	Office of the Ambassador	Executive Secretary and Policy Coordinator	TN180002	10/12/2018

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

Office of Personnel Management.

Alexys Stanley,

Regulatory Affairs Analyst.