2020-04273. Excepted Service

AGENCY:

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, 2019 to October 31, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Julia Alford, 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 2019.

Schedule B

No Schedule B Authorities to report during October 2019.

Schedule C

The following Schedule C appointing authorities were approved during October 2019.

Agency name	Organization name	Position title	Authorization No.	Effective date
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE	Office of the Secretary	White House Liaison	DA200005	10/22/2019
		Confidential Assistant	DA200010	10/29/2019
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations	Policy and Congressional Advisor	DA200008	10/25/2019
	Rural Housing Service	State Director—Louisiana	DA200007	10/25/2019
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE	Minority Business Development Agency	Special Assistant	DC190170	10/04/2019
		Senior Advisor	DC200005	10/25/2019
	Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs	Associate Director for Legislative Affairs	DC190155	10/10/2019
		Intergovernmental Affairs Specialist	DC190156	10/10/2019
		Legislative Affairs Specialist	DC190154	10/11/2019
	Office of the Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary for Administration	Confidential Assistant	DC190171	10/17/2019
	Office of the General Counsel	Counsel	DC190166	10/11/2019
		Director of Operations for Special Projects	DC190159	10/24/2019
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE	Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Legislative Affairs)	Special Assistant	DD190210	10/16/2019
	Office of the Deputy Under Secretary for Policy	Special Assistant	DD200011	10/18/2019
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE	Office of Assistant Secretary Air Force for Acquisition	Personal and Confidential Assistant	DF200001	10/24/2019
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION	Office of the General Counsel	Attorney Adviser (Deputy Special Counsel)	DB190132	10/02/2019
	Office for Civil Rights	Attorney Adviser (Special Counsel)	DB190133	10/02/2019
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs	Deputy Assistant Secretary for Senate Affairs	DE200006	10/07/2019
		Legislative Affairs Advisor	DE200008	10/28/2019
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy	Special Advisor	DE200004	10/08/2019
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management	Chief of Staff	DE190207	10/07/2019
	Office of Economic Impact and Diversity	Chief of Staff	DE200003	10/09/2019
	Office of Management	Director of Operations	DE200009	10/28/2019
	Office of Public Affairs	Senior Content Creator	DE190208	10/08/2019
	Office of Scheduling and Advance	Director of Scheduling	DE190203	10/07/2019
	Office of the Secretary	Special Assistant	DE200002	10/07/2019
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY	Office of the Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation	Executive Assistant for the Office of Air and Radiation	EP200009	10/22/2019
	Office of the Associate Administrator for Policy	Senior Advisor for Science and Policy	EP190128	10/01/2019
		Associate Chief of Staff for the Office of Policy	EP200004	10/07/2019
		Policy Assistant	EP200001	10/17/2019
	Office of the Executive Secretariat	Special Advisor	EP200005	10/24/2019
	Office of the General Counsel	Attorney-Advisor (General)	EP190143	10/04/2019
EXPORT-IMPORT BANK	Office of the Chairman	Assistant	EB200002	10/10/2019
		Special Advisor and Deputy Scheduler (2)	EB200004	10/25/2019
			EB200006	10/29/2019
	Office of Communications	Deputy Press Secretary	EB200005	10/31/2019
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health	Advisor	DH190255	10/02/2019
	Office of Administration for Children and Families	Policy Advisor	DH190266	10/09/2019
		Advisor	DH190120	10/31/2019
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Legislation	Senior Advisor	DH200008	10/31/2019
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY	Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)	Special Assistant	DM200022	10/25/2019
		Policy Advisor	DM200011	10/29/2019
	Federal Emergency Management Agency	Deputy Press Secretary	DM190315	10/29/2019
	Office of Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD)	Senior Advisor	DM200019	10/25/2019
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy	Confidential Assistant	DM200002	10/17/2019
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs	Assistant Press Secretary	DM190319	10/03/2019
	Office of the Chief of Staff	Advance Representative (2)	DM190301	10/01/2019
			DM200024	10/25/2019
		Special Assistant	DM200028	10/29/2019
	Office of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services	Special Assistant	DM190314	10/03/2019
	Office of the United States Customs and Border Protection	Special Assistant	DM200016	10/29/2019
	Office of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement	Special Advisor	DM200021	10/29/2019
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT	Office of Public Affairs	Director of Strategic Communications	DU190128	10/01/2019
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR	Office of the Assistant Secretary—Land and Minerals Management	Counselor—Land and Minerals Management	DI200005	10/29/2019
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE	Office of Civil Rights Division	Counsel (2)	DJ190214	10/09/2019
			DJ190228	10/22/2019
	Office of Legal Policy	Senior Counsel	DJ190245	10/17/2019
	Office of the Attorney General	Director of Scheduling	DJ190238	10/24/2019
	Office of the Deputy Attorney General	Counsel	DJ190244	10/24/2019
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR	Office of Employee Benefits Security Administration	Senior Policy Advisor	DL190184	10/11/2019
	Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs	Regional Representative (3)	DL190157	10/01/2019
			DL200010	10/11/2019
			DL200011	10/11/2019
	Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs	Senior Policy Advisor	DL200013	10/11/2019
	Office of the Secretary	Executive Secretary	DL200014	10/24/2019
		Special Assistant	DL200018	10/31/2019
NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION	Office of the Board	Director, Office of External Affairs and Communications/Deputy Chief of Staff	CU200002	10/15/2019
	Office of Public and Congressional Affairs	Senior Advisor for Communications and Engagement	CU200003	10/24/2019
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD	Office of Board Members	Confidential Assistant	TB200001	10/18/2019
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET	Office of Health Division	Confidential Assistant	BO200003	10/17/2019
	Natural Resource Programs	Confidential Assistant	BO200004	10/25/2019
OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY	Office of Legislative Affairs	Public Affairs Specialist (Program Support)	QQ190015	10/07/2019
		Deputy Assistant Director, Office of Legislative Affairs	QQ200001	10/07/2019
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT	Office of the Director	Director of Advance and Speechwriter	PM200005	10/25/2019
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION	Office of Investment and Innovation	Special Assistant	SB190032	10/04/2019
DEPARTMENT OF STATE	Bureau of Administration	Special Assistant	DS200013	10/31/2019
	Bureau of Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance	Senior Advisor	DS200014	10/31/2019
	Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs	Special Advisor	DS200001	10/08/2019
	Bureau of Legislative Affairs	Legislative Management Officer	DS190129	10/09/2019
	Office of Policy Planning	Writer-Editor (Speechwriter)	DS200007	10/31/2019
	Office of the Chief of Protocol	Protocol Officer (Ceremonials)	DS200005	10/10/2019
	Office of the Secretary	Senior Advisor (2)	DS200002	10/08/2019
			DS200003	10/08/2019
		Special Advisor	DS200011	10/31/2019
	Office of the Under Secretary for Management	Special Assistant	DS200009	10/29/2019
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION	Office of the Administrator	Special Assistant	DT190126	10/10/2019
		Senior Governmental Affairs Officer	DT200019	10/28/2019
	Office of the Associate Administrator for Highway Policy and Governmental Affairs	Associate Administrator for Policy and Governmental Affairs	DT200003	10/16/2019
	Office of the Executive Secretariat	Special Assistant	DT190125	10/07/2019
	Immediate Office of the Administrator	Director of Governmental, International and Public Affairs	DT200005	10/29/2019
	Office of Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration	Senior Policy Advisor	DT200008	10/16/2019
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY	Office of the Under Secretary for International Affairs	Special Advisor	DY190120	10/01/2019
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Markets	Special Advisor	DY200005	10/29/2019
UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION	Office of Commissioner Stayin	Staff Assistant (Legal)	TC200001	10/22/2019
	Office of Commissioner Schmidtlein	Staff Assistant (Legal)	TC200003	10/22/2019
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS	Office of the General Counsel	Special Assistant (Attorney Advisor)	DV200003	10/11/2019

The following Schedule C appointing authorities were revoked during October 2019.

Agency name	Organization name	Position title	Request No.	Date vacated
COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION	Office of the Chief Economist	Senior Advisor	CT190007	10/18/2019
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE	Office of the Secretary	Senior Advisor to the Secretary	DA180222	10/04/2019
	Farm Service Agency	State Executive Director	DA180230	10/15/2019
	Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety	Confidential Assistant	DA180148	10/31/2019
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE	Office of Advance, Scheduling and Protocol	Director of Advance, Scheduling and Protocol	DC190060	10/25/2019
	Bureau of Industry and Security	Senior Advisor	DC190055	10/26/2019
	Office of the General Counsel	Special Advisor	DC190072	10/27/2019
	Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs	Confidential Assistant	DC180165	10/31/2019
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE	Office of the Secretary of Defense	Advance Officer	DD180134	10/12/2019
	Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Policy)	Special Assistant	DD180140	10/26/2019
	Washington Headquarters Services	Defense Fellow (2)	DD190058	10/19/2019
			DD180114	10/05/2019
	Office of the Deputy Under Secretary for Policy	Special Assistant	DD190171	10/05/2019
	Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Legislative Affairs)	Special Assistant (2)	DD180118	10/26/2019
			DD190070	10/26/2019
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY	Office of the Assistant Secretary of Army (Installations, Energy and Environment)	Special Assistant	DW180003	10/31/2019
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION	Department of Education	Special Assistant (Supervisory)	DB190063	10/12/2019
	Office for Civil Rights	Attorney Advisor	DB190073	10/12/2019
	Office of the General Counsel	Attorney Advisor	DB190099	10/12/2019
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy	Special Assistant	DE180160	10/12/2019
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy	Senior Advisor for Regional Economic Development	DE180098	10/12/2019
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for International Affairs	Special Assistant	DE190041	10/12/2019
	Office of Science	Senior Advisor	DE180129	10/12/2019
	Office of the Secretary	Special Assistant to the Staff Secretary	DE190057	10/12/2019
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources	Director of Congressional Relations	DH190037	10/12/2019
		Special Assistant	DH190069	10/26/2019
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Legislation	Director of Congressional Liaison	DH190034	10/17/2019
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs	Advisor—Strategic Communications	DH190068	10/11/2019
		Director of Communication Strategy and Campaigns	DH180236	10/17/2019
	Office of the Secretary	Briefing Book Coordinator and Policy Advisor	DH190098	10/12/2019
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT	Office of the Administration	Advance Coordinator	DU190020	10/26/2019
	Office of Public Affairs	Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs	DU180094	10/31/2019
		Director of Strategic Communications	DU180064	10/31/2019
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE	Office of Antitrust Division	Counsel	DJ180049	10/15/2019
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR	Office of Public Affairs	Chief of Staff	DL190069	10/12/2019
		Press Assistant	DL180057	10/12/2019
DEPARTMENT OF STATE	Bureau of Legislative Affairs	Special Assistant	DS180070	10/12/2019
	Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs	Special Assistant	DS180071	10/22/2019
	Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs	Special Assistant	DS180056	10/26/2019
	Office of the Under Secretary for Management	Staff Assistant	DS190084	10/26/2019
	Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs	Senior Advisor	DS190023	10/31/2019
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY	Department of the Treasury	Assistant Executive Secretary	DY180012	10/13/2019
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs	Governmental Affairs Officer	DT180089	10/26/2019
		Special Assistant	DT180042	10/26/2019
	Office of the Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy	Senior Policy Advisor	DT190104	10/26/2019
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Intergovernmental Affairs	Special Assistant/Deputy Press Secretary	DV180065	10/07/2019
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY	Office of the General Counsel	Attorney Advisor (General) (2)	EP190038	10/12/2019
			EP180080	10/13/2019
	Office of Public Affairs	Writer (Speeches)	EP190068	10/31/2019
EXPORT-IMPORT BANK	Office of the Chief of Staff	Executive Secretary	EB190007	10/12/2019
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION	National Capital Region	Special Assistant to the Regional Administrator	GS190027	10/12/2019
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET	Natural Resource Programs	Confidential Assistant	BO190004	10/12/2019
	Office of Health Division	Confidential Assistant	BO190014	10/26/2019
	Office of the Director	Confidential Assistant	BO180028	10/26/2019
OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY	Office of Legislative Affairs	Legislative Analyst	QQ190008	10/12/2019
	Office of Public Affairs	Public Affairs Specialist (Program Support)	QQ180004	10/12/2019
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT	President's Commission on White House Fellowships	Confidential Assistant to the Director	PM190038	10/26/2019

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

Alexys Stanley,

Regulatory Affairs Analyst, Office of Personnel Management.