2016-08080. 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 December 1, 2015, to December 31, 2015.

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

03. Executive Office of the President (Sch. A 213.3103)

(b) Office of Management and Budget

(2) Not to Exceed 85 positions that require unique technical skills needed for the re-designing and re-building of digital interfaces between citizens, businesses, and government as a part of Smarter Information Technology Delivery Initiative. This authority may be used to make permanent, time-limited and temporary appointments to Digital Services Expert positions (GS-301) directly related to the implementation of the Smarter Information Technology Delivery Initiative at the GS-14 to 15 level. No new appointments may be made under this authority after September 30, 2017.

06. Department of Defense (Sch. A 213.3106)

(b) Entire Department (Including the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force)

(11) Not to exceed 3,000 positions that require unique cyber security skills and knowledge to perform cyber risk and strategic analysis, incident handling and malware/vulnerability analysis, program management, distributed control systems security, cyber incident response, cyber exercise facilitation and management, cyber vulnerability detection and assessment, network and systems engineering, enterprise architecture, investigation, investigative analysis and cyber-related infrastructure inter-dependency analysis. This authority may be used to make permanent, time-limited and temporary appointments in the following occupational series: Security (GS-0080), computer engineers (GS-0854), electronic engineers (GS-0855), computer scientists (GS-1550), operations research (GS-1515), criminal investigators (GS-1811), telecommunications (GS-0391), and IT specialists (GS-2210). Within the scope of this authority, the U.S. Cyber Command, Army Cyber Command, Fleet [Navy] Cyber Command, Air Force Cyber Command, and Marine Forces Cyber.

Schedule B

No Schedule B Authorities to report during December 2015.

Schedule C

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

Agency name	Organization name	Position title	Authorization number	Effective date
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE	Office of Communications	Deputy Director of Scheduling	DA160014	12/1/2015
	Office of the Secretary	Confidential Assistant	DA160019	12/4/2015
	Rural Housing Service	State Director—California	DA160021	12/11/2015
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations	Director, Intergovernmental Affairs	DA160026	12/22/2015
	Office of the General Counsel	Senior Counselor	DA160027	12/22/2015
	Rural Utilities Service	Senior Advisor	DA160028	12/22/2015
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE	Assistant Secretary for Industry and Analysis	Director, Office of Advisory Committees and Industry Outreach	DC160041	12/4/2015
	Office of the Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary for Administration	Chief of Staff for Administration	DC160042	12/4/2015
	Office of the Under Secretary	Senior Advisor	DC160043	12/4/2015
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE	Office of the Secretary	Advance Officer	DD160022	12/9/2015
		Confidential Assistant	DD160026	12/14/2015
	Washington Headquarters Services	Defense Fellow	DD160024	12/9/2015
	Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Legislative Affairs)	Special Assistant	DD160027	12/15/2015
	Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness)	Special Assistant (Personnel and Readiness)	DD160031	12/28/2015
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION	Office of the Under Secretary	Chief of Staff, White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges	DB160015	12/11/2015
	Office of Legislation and Congressional Affairs	Director of Budget and Appropriations	DB160014	12/14/2015
		Director of Outreach and Engagement	DB160018	12/22/2015
	Office of Career Technical and Adult Education	Confidential Assistant	DB160017	12/21/2015
	Office of Innovation and Improvement	Strategic Advisor	DB160019	12/22/2015
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy	Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Small Modular Reactors Commercialization	DE160027	12/2/2015
	Office of the Secretary	White House Liaison	DE160043	12/10/2015
	Office of Scheduling and Advance	Senior Advisor for Strategic Planning	DE160039	12/14/2015
	Office of the Deputy Secretary	Special Advisor for Communications	DE160040	12/14/2015
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy	Senior Advisor for External Affairs	DE160045	12/18/2015
	Office of Assistant Secretary for Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability	Special Advisor	DE160044	12/30/2015
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION	Northeast and Caribbean Region	Special Assistant	GS160004	12/2/2015
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs	Senior Communications Director	DH160034	12/18/2015
	Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs	Special Assistant	DH160036	12/22/2015
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY	Office of Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs	Legislative Affairs Specialist	DM160035	12/3/2015
	Office of the Under Secretary for National Protection and Programs Directorate	Advisor for Counterterrorism and Intelligence	DM160062	12/8/2015
		Special Advisor	DM160071	12/10/2015
	United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement	Special Assistant	DM160070	12/9/2015
	Office of the Secretary	Counselor	DM160036	12/10/2015
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Intergovernmental Affairs	Intergovernmental Affairs Coordinator	DM160076	12/15/2015
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT	Office of the Administration	Director of Scheduling	DU160003	12/2/2015
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR	Office of Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs	Advisor	DI160013	12/14/2015
	Secretary's Immediate Office	Special Assistant	DI160018	12/18/2015
		Advisor for Strategic Partnerships and Diversity Engagement	DI160020	12/18/2015
	National Park Service	Centennial Program Manager	DI160023	12/22/2015
		Advisor	DI160024	12/22/2015
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE	Office of the Attorney General	White House Liaison	DJ160026	12/4/2015
	Office of Justice Programs	Senior Policy Advisor	DJ160033	12/23/2015
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR	Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs	Chief of Staff	DL160020	12/16/2015
		Senior Counselor	DL160019	12/18/2015
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy	Associate Assistant Secretary	DL160024	12/28/2015
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION	Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs	Legislative Affairs Specialist	NN160006	12/10/2015
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET	Office of the Director	Confidential Assistant (2)	BO160008	12/9/2015
			BO160009	12/9/2015
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT	Office of Chief Information Officer	Special Assistant	PM160004	12/9/2015
	Office of Communications	Public Affairs Specialist	PM160009	12/9/2015
	Office of the Director	Executive Assistant	PM160010	12/18/2015
		Special Assistant	PM160011	12/18/2015
		Deputy Chief of Staff	PM160013	12/22/2015
SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM	Office of the Director	Chief of Staff	SS160001	12/16/2015
DEPARTMENT OF STATE	Office of the Secretary	Staff Assistant	DS160013	12/1/2015
	Bureau of African Affairs	Senior Advisor	DS160014	12/1/2015
	Bureau of Energy Resources	Deputy Assistant Secretary	DS160016	12/4/2015
	Foreign Policy Planning Staff	Staff Assistant	DS160019	12/15/2015
		Foreign Affairs Officer	DS160020	12/16/2015
	Office of the United States Aids Coordinator	Director of Public Affairs and Communications	DS160022	12/31/2015
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION	Office of Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy	Deputy Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy	DT160014	12/11/2015
	Office of General Counsel	Associate General Counsel	DT160017	12/17/2015
	Office of Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs	Director of Governmental Affairs, Budget and Programs	DT160018	12/21/2015
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY	Office of Under Secretary for Domestic Finance	Policy Advisor	DY160016	12/10/2015
	Office of Under Secretary for Domestic Finance	Special Advisor	DY160019	12/18/2015
	Office of Assistant Secretary (Public Affairs)	Senior Advisor	DY160017	12/10/2015
	Office of Assistant Secretary for Management	Special Assistant	DY160018	12/10/2015
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS	Office of the Secretary and Deputy	Senior Advisor for Management Initiatives and White House Liaison	DV160015	12/22/2015

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

Agency name	Organization name	Position title	Authorization number	Vacate date
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE	Office of Assistant Secretary for Industry and Analysis	Deputy Director, Office of Advisory Committees, Industry and Analysis	DC150112	12/12/2015
	Office of the Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary for Administration	Chief of Staff to the Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary for Administration	DC150097	12/12/2015
	Office of the Under Secretary	Deputy Chief of Staff for the United States Patent and Trademark Office	DC140013	12/12/2015
COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION	Office of the Chairperson	Attorney Advisor (General)	CT140003	12/12/2015
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION	Office of the Secretary	Director of Scheduling and Advance	DB150100	12/09/2015
	Office of the Deputy Secretary	Special Assistant	DB140080	12/12/2015
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY	Office of Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy	Chief of Staff	DE150087	12/04/2015
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY	Office of Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs	Legislative Affairs Specialist	DM110173	12/12/2015
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy	Policy Advisor	DM150040	12/12/2015
	Office of the Under Secretary for National Protection and Programs Directorate	Program Analyst	DM100071	12/18/2015
	Federal Emergency Management Agency	Counselor to the Administrator	DM140147	12/26/2015
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Intergovernmental Affairs	Intergovernmental Affairs Coordinator	DM140228	12/26/2015
	United States Citizenship and Immigration Services	Counselor to the Director	DM140185	12/26/2015
	United States Customs and Border Protection	Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications	DM120145	12/26/2015
	United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement	Director of Communications	DM140181	12/26/2015
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT	Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations	Associate Director of Intergovernmental Relations	DU130049	12/11/2015
	Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer	Director of Scheduling	DU140043	12/11/2015
	Office of the Administration	Advance Coordinator	DU140047	12/12/2015
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE	Civil Rights Division	Senior Counsel	DJ140089	12/12/2015
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT	Office of Communications	Social Media Director	PM140012	12/11/2015
DEPARTMENT OF STATE	Bureau for Education and Cultural Affairs	Special Assistant	DS120121	12/12/2015
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION	Office of Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy	Senior Policy Advisor	DT140015	12/26/2015
	Office of the Secretary	Special Assistant	DT150046	12/26/2015
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY	Office of the Secretary	Senior Advisor	DY150112	12/12/2015

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

U.S. Office of Personnel Management.

Beth F. Cobert,

Acting Director.