2012-9758. Excepted Service

AGENCY:

U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM).

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

This gives notice of OPM decisions granting authority to make appointments under Schedules A, B, and C in the excepted service as required by 5 CFR 213.103.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Senior Executive Resource Services, Executive Resources and Employee Development, Employee Services, 202-606-2246.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Appearing in the listing below are the individual authorities established under Schedules A, B, and C between December 1, 2011, and December 31, 2011. These notices are published monthly in the Federal Register at www.gpoaccess.gov/​fr/​. A consolidated listing of all authorities as of September 30 is also published each year. The following Schedules are not codified in the Code of Federal Regulations. These are agency-specific exceptions.

Schedule A

No Schedule A authorities to report during December 2011.

Schedule B

No Schedule B authorities to report during December 2011.

Schedule C

The following Schedule C appointments were approved during December 2011.

Agency name	Organization name	Position title	Authorization No.	Effective date
Department of Agriculture	Farm Service Agency	Special Assistant (Deputy Chief of Staff)	DA120017	12/1/2011
Department of Commerce	Office of the Chief of Staff	Senior Advisor	DC120018	12/2/2011
	Office of the Chief of Staff	Confidential Assistant	DC120022	12/6/2011
	Office of the Deputy Secretary	Special Assistant	DC120023	12/6/2011
	Office of the Under Secretary	Senior Advisor	DC120024	12/12/2011
	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration	Special Assistant	DC120029	12/21/2011
	Import Administration	Special Advisor	DC120034	12/21/2011
	Office of the Deputy Secretary	Special Advisor	DC120035	12/22/2011
Commodity Futures Trading Commission	Office of the Chairperson	Administrative Assistant	CT120003	12/1/2011
Department of Defense	Office of Assistant Secretary of Defense (Legislative Affairs)	Special Assistant	DD120002	12/11/2011
	Office of Assistant Secretary of Defense (Legislative Affairs)	Special Assistant	DD120003	12/11/2011
	Office of Assistant Secretary of Defense (Legislative Affairs)	Special Assistant	DD120015	12/8/2011
Department of Education	Office of Communications and Outreach	Special Assistant	DB110101	12/12/2011
	Office for Civil Rights	Senior Counsel	DB120022	12/12/2011
	Office for Civil Rights	Senior Counsel	DB120023	12/5/2011
	Office of Innovation and Improvement	Associate Assistant Deputy Secretary	DB120024	12/12/2011
	Office of Communications and Outreach	Deputy Assistant Secretary, Intergovernmental Affairs	DB120025	12/19/2011
	Office of Postsecondary Education	Confidential Assistant	DB120026	12/12/2011
	Office of the General Counsel	Special Assistant	DB120028	12/27/2011
	Office of the Under Secretary	Executive Director, Whiainae	DB120031	12/27/2011
	Office of the Secretary	Confidential Assistant	DB120033	12/30/2011
Department of Energy	Office of Public Affairs	Special Assistant	DE120019	12/12/2011
	Office of Public Affairs	Deputy Director	DE120021	12/1/2011
	Office of Public Affairs	Press Secretary	DE120022	12/1/2011
Environmental Protection Agency	Operations Staff	Special Representative	EP120005	12/2/2011
	Operations Staff	Trip Coordinator	EP120010	12/1/2011
Federal Communications Commission	Office Strategic Planning and Policy Analysis	Special Advisor, Osp	FC120005	12/16/2011
General Services Administration	Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs	Legislative Policy Advisor	GS120003	12/12/2011
Department of Homeland Security	Office of the Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis	Liaison for Community Partnership and Strategic Engagement	DM120013	12/16/2011
Department of Housing and Urban Development	Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer	Director of Scheduling	DU120013	12/23/2011
	Office of Housing	Senior Policy Advisor	DU120015	12/23/2011
Department of the Interior	Secretary's Immediate Office	Special Assistant	DI120017	12/30/2011
	Secretary's Immediate Office	Special Assistant	DI120018	12/30/2011
	Secretary's Immediate Office	Deputy Director	DI120019	12/30/2011
Department of Justice	Executive Office for United States Attorneys	Counsel	DJ120015	12/6/2011
Department of Labor	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy	Senior Policy Advisor	DL120020	12/16/2011
National Endowment for the Arts	National Endowment for the Arts	Scheduler	NA120001	12/8/2011
National Transportation Safety Board	Office of Board Members	Special Assistant	TB120002	12/19/2011
Office of Management and Budget	Communications	Deputy Associate Director for Communications, Management	BO120003	12/7/2011
	Office of the Director	Special Assistant	BO120004	12/23/2011
	Office of the Director	Confidential Assistant	BO120008	12/16/2011
Office of Personnel Management	Office of the Director	Director of Advance	PM120005	12/19/2011
	Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs	Senior Advisor for Learning and Mentoring	PM120006	12/19/2011
	Office of the Director	Senior Advisor for Innovation	PM120007	12/19/2011
	Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs	Congressional Relations Officer	PM120008	12/22/2011
	Office of Communications and Public Liaison	Communications Specialist	PM120009	12/21/2011
Securities and Exchange Commission	Division of Corporation Finance	Confidential Assistant	SE120001	12/21/2011
Department of State	Office of the Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources	Staff Assistant	DS120016	12/12/2011
	Bureau of Public Affairs	Staff Assistant	DS120019	12/16/2011
Department of Transportation	Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs	Associate Director for Governmental Affairs	DT120013	12/2/2011
	General Counsel	Associate General Counsel	DT120015	12/2/2011
Department of the Treasury	Under Secretary for Domestic Finance	Senior Advisor	DY120029	12/5/2011
	Assistant Secretary (Public Affairs)	Special Assistant	DY120030	12/23/2011
	Assistant Secretary (Public Affairs)	Media Affairs Specialist	DY120031	12/7/2011
	Assistant Secretary (Public Affairs)	Spokesperson	DY120032	12/12/2011

The following Schedule C appointment authorities were revoked during December 2011.

Agency	Organization	Position title	Authorization No.	Vacate date
Commodity Futures Trading Commission	Office of the Chairperson	Special Assistant to the Commissioner	CT090011	12/3/2011
Department of Agriculture	Farm Service Agency	Confidential Assistant	DA100172	12/3/2011
Department of Agriculture	Office of the Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs	Chief of Staff	DA100166	12/30/2011
Department of Agriculture	Office of Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment	Confidential Assistant to the Under Secretary	DA090171	12/31/2011
Department of Commerce	Assistant Secretary for Market Access and Compliance	Senior Advisor	DC090169	12/2/2011
Department of Commerce	Immediate Office	Special Assistant	DC110021	12/5/2011
Department of Commerce	Office of the Deputy Secretary	Special Assistant to the Deputy Secretary	DC110107	12/30/2011
Department of Commerce	International Trade Administration	Special Advisor	DC100124	12/31/2011
Department of Education	Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development	Confidential Assistant	DB110073	12/2/2011
Department of Education	Office of Legislation and Congressional Affairs	Confidential Assistant	DB110068	12/17/2011
Department of Education	Office of the Secretary	Confidential Assistant	DB110056	12/29/2011
Department of Education	Office of Communications and Outreach	Director, Intergovernmental Affairs	DB090078	12/31/2011
Department of Education	Office of the Under Secretary	Deputy Director of the White House Initiative on Tribal Colleges and Universities	DB110022	12/31/2011
Department of Education	Office of Elementary and Secondary Education	Confidential Assistant	DB110046	12/31/2011
Department of Energy	Office of Public Affairs	Deputy Press Secretary	DE090126	12/3/2011
Department of Energy	Office of Public Affairs	Director, Public Affairs	DE090119	12/4/2011
Department of Energy	Office of the Secretary	Special Assistant	DE100116	12/17/2011
Department of Health and Human Services	Office of the Deputy Secretary	Regional Director, Kansas city, Missouri, Region VII	DH100018	12/16/2011
Department of Homeland Security	Office of the Chief of Staff	Liaison for Community Partnership and Strategic Engagement	DM110110	12/17/2011
Department of Homeland Security	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Intergovernmental Affairs	Advisor to the Assistant Secretary for intergovernmental Affairs	DM100196	12/30/2011
Department of Homeland Security	Office of the Chief of Staff	Advance Representative	DM090281	12/31/2011
Department of Housing and Urban Development	Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations	Congressional Relations Specialist	DU100102	12/3/2011
Department of Housing and Urban Development	Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations	Intergovernmental and Public Engagement Liaison	DU110007	12/3/2011
Department of Housing and Urban Development	Office of the Administration	Special Assistant	DU100104	12/9/2011
Department of Housing and Urban Development	Office of the Secretary	Director of Advance	DU100109	12/23/2011
Department of Justice	Office of the Deputy Attorney General	Senior Counsel	DJ110095	12/3/2011
Department of Justice	Office of the Attorney General	Counsel	DJ090163	12/17/2011
Department of Justice	Antitrust Division	Senior Counsel	DJ110093	12/17/2011
Department of Justice	Office of Public Affairs	Press Assistant	DJ100122	12/31/2011
Department of the Army	Office of the General Counsel	Special Assistant to the General Counsel	DW100026	12/17/2011
Department of the Interior	Secretary's Immediate Office	Special Assistant	DI120008	12/17/2011
Department of the Interior	Secretary's Immediate Office	Special Assistant	DI090145	12/19/2011
Department of the Interior	Assistant Secretary—Land and Minerals Management	Special Assistant	DI100030	12/30/2011
Department of Transportation	General Counsel	Counselor to the General Counsel	DT100047	12/3/2011
Department of Transportation	Administrator	Director for Governmental Affairs	DT100025	12/20/2011
Environmental Protection Agency	Operations Staff	Director, Operations Staff	EP100088	12/24/2011
General Services Administration	Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs	Congressional Relations Specialist	GS100034	12/17/2011
General Services Administration	Office of the Administrator	Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff	GS100050	12/31/2011
National Endowment for the Humanities	National Endowment for the Humanities	Confidential Assistant	NH100003	12/31/2011
National Transportation Safety Board	Office of Board Members	Special Assistant	TB100013	12/3/2011
Office of Personnel Management	Office of Personnel Management	Deputy Chief of Staff	PM090014	12/31/2011
Office of Personnel Management	Office of the Director	Deputy Chief of Staff	PM090018	12/31/2011
Office of Personnel Management	Office of the Director	Special Assistant	PM090026	12/31/2011
Office of Personnel Management	Office of the General Counsel	Attorney-Advisor	PM090025	12/31/2011
Office of Personnel Management	Office of Congressional Relations	Congressional Relations Officer	PM090031	12/31/2011
Office of Personnel Management	Office of Congressional Relations	Constituent Services Representative	PM090035	12/31/2011
Office of the Secretary of Defense	Office of the secretary	Advance officer	DD090291	12/9/2011
Office of the Secretary of Defense	Office of Assistant Secretary of Defense (Legislative Affairs)	Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Legislative Affairs)	DD090235	12/17/2011
Office of the Secretary of Defense	Office of Assistant Secretary of Defense (Legislative Affairs)	Special Assistant	DD100012	12/17/2011
Securities and Exchange Commission	Office of the Chairman	Confidential Assistant	SE060005	12/31/2011
Securities and Exchange Commission	Office of the Chairman	Confidential Assistant	SE100007	12/31/2011
Small Business Administration	Office of Communications and Public Liaison	Deputy Associate Administrator for Communications and Public Liaison	SB090044	12/9/2011
Small Business Administration	Office of Government Contracting and Business Development	Senior Advisor to the Associate Administrator for Government Contracting and Business Development	SB110001	12/17/2011
Small Business Administration	Office of Policy and Strategic Planning	Policy Associate	SB100031	12/28/2011
United States International Trade Commission	Office of the Chairman	Staff Assistant	TC040001	12/3/2011
National Endowment for the Humanities		Scheduler	NA100002	12/23/2011
Office of the Secretary of Defense		Advance Officer	DD090291	12/9/2011
General Services Administration		Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff	GS100050	12/31/2011
Small Business Administration	Office of Communications and Public Liaison	Deputy Associate Administration for Communication & Public Liaison	SB090044	12/9/2011
State	Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs	Deputy Assistant Secretary	DS090276	12/27/2011
Office of the United States Trade Representative	Office of the United States Trade Representative	Personal Assistant to the United States Trade Representative		12/22/2011
Department of the Treasury	Assistant Secretary	Press Assistant	DY100100	12/9/2011
Department of the Treasury	Assistant Secretary	Spokesperson	DY090156	12/9/2011

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

U.S. Office of Personnel Management.

John Berry,

Director.