2015-06407. 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 January 1, 2015, to January 31, 2015.

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 U.S. 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 January 2015.

Schedule B

No Schedule B authorities to report during January 2015.

Schedule C

The following Schedule C appointing authorities were approved during January 2015.

Agency name	Organization name	Position title	Authorization No.	Effective date
Department of Agriculture	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations	Senior Legislative Analyst	DA150035	1/15/2015
	Office of Communications	Deputy Director	DA150041	1/20/2015
Department of Commerce	Office of the Chief of Staff	Director of Advance and Protocol	DC150043	1/15/2015
Consumer Product Safety Commission	Office of Commissioners	Special Assistant (Legal)	PS150002	1/22/2015
Department of Defense	Washington Headquarters Services	Defense Fellow	DD150035	1/7/2015
	Office of Assistant Secretary of Defense (Legislative Affairs)	Special Assistant (Legislative Affairs) (Chief Policy)	DD150045	1/23/2015
Department of the Army	Office of the Under Secretary	Special Assistant	DW150012	1/28/2015
Export-Import Bank	Office of the Chairman	Director of Scheduling	EB150001	1/23/2015
Department of Homeland Security	Federal Emergency Management Agency	Special Assistant	DM150049	1/7/2015
	Office of the Chief of Staff	Special Assistant	DM150050	1/20/2015
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy	Special Assistant In Information Sharing Policy	DM150051	1/20/2015
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy	Special Assistant (3)	DM150052 DM150053 DM150056	1/20/2015 1/20/2015 1/23/2015
Department of Housing and Urban Development	Office of Public Affairs	Deputy Speechwriter Deputy Press Secretary	DU150020 DU150015	1/23/2015 1/2/2015
Department of Justice	Office of Legislative Affairs	Attorney Advisor and Intergovernmental Liaison	DJ150011	1/6/2015
	Office of the Associate Attorney General	Senior Counsel Deputy Director (Civil)	DJ140130 DJ150034	1/16/2015 1/21/2015
	Community Relations Service	Senior Counsel	DJ150032	1/16/2015
	Office of the Attorney General	Confidential Assistant	DJ150033	1/16/2015
Department of Labor	Wage and Hour Division	Senior Policy Advisor	DL150025	1/23/2015
Office of National Drug Control Policy	Office of the Director	Policy and Administrative Coordinator	QQ150002	1/20/2015
Office of Science and Technology Policy	Office of Science and Technology Policy	Confidential Assistant	TS150004	1/6/2015
Office of the United States Trade Representative	Office of the Ambassador	Special Assistant (2)	TN150002 TN150003	1/20/2015 1/6/2015
	Office of Congressional Affairs	Senior Advisor	TN150008	1/20/2015
	Office of Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Liaison	Director for Private Sector Engagement	TN150004	1/27/2015
Small Business Administration	Office of the Administrator	Confidential Assistant	SB150012	1/23/2015
Department of State	Office of the Chief of Protocol	Protocol Officer (Ceremonials)	DS150020	1/23/2015
	Office of the Deputy Secretary	Senior Advisor Staff Assistant	DS150021 DS150022	1/23/2015 1/23/2015
	Office of the Secretary	Staff Assistant	DS150032	1/23/2015
Department of Transportation	Office of the Secretary (Public Affairs)	Deputy Press Secretary Director of Strategic Communications	DT150017 DT150021	1/2/2015 1/6/2015
		Chief Speechwriter	DT150019	1/7/2015
		Press Secretary and Senior Media Advisor	DT150025	1/23/2015
	National Highway Traffic Safety Administration	Director of Communications	DT150018	1/2/2015
Department of the Treasury	Office of Assistant Secretary (Management)	Special Assistant	DY150029	1/23/2015
	Office of Assistant Secretary (Legislative Affairs)	Special Assistant	DY150030	1/23/2015

The following Schedule C appointing authorities were revoked during January 2015.

Agency name	Organization name	Position title	Authorization No.	Vacate date
Department of Agriculture	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations	Legislative Director	DA150001	1/24/15
Department of the Army	Office of Assistant Secretary of the Army (Installations and Environment)	Special Advisor to the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Installations and Environments)	DW120035	1/3/15
Department of Education	Office of Innovation and Improvement	Senior Advisor for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math	DB140056	1/2/15
	Office of Communications and Outreach	Deputy Assistant Secretary for External Affairs and Outreach Services	DB090074	1/9/15
Department of Homeland Security	United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement	Congressional Relations Director	DM140099	1/23/15
	Office of the Under Secretary for Protection and Programs Directorate	Cyber Security Strategist	DM140216	1/31/15
Department of Justice	Office of Intergovernmental and Public Liaison	Associate Director	DJ110043	1/10/15
	Office of the Associate Attorney General	Counsel	DJ100169	1/24/15
	Office of the Attorney General	Confidential Assistant	DJ090123	1/31/15
	Bureau of Public Affairs	Supervisory Public Affairs Specialist	DS140062	1/19/15
Department of Transportation	Office of the Secretary (Public Affairs)	Speechwriter	DT140001	1/10/15

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.