2023-13633. Excepted Service; December 2022

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 December 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Julia Alford, Senior Executive Resources Services, Senior Executive Services and Performance Management, Employee Services, 202–936–3085.

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 December 2022.

Schedule B

No Schedule B Authorities to report during December 2022.

Schedule C

The following Schedule C appointing authorities were approved during December 2022.

Agency name	Organization name	Position title	Authorization No.	Effective date
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE	Office of Communications	Deputy Director of Advance	DA230031	12/22/2022
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations	Legislative Advisor	DA230023	12/09/2022
	Office of the Chief Financial Officer	Chief of Staff	DA230024	12/17/2022
	Office of the Secretary	Scheduler	DA230011	12/01/2022
		Confidential Assistant	DA230034	12/30/2022
	Office of the Under Secretary for Rural Development	Senior Counselor for Rural Energy	DA230025	12/09/2022
	Office of the Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment	Special Assistant	DA230033	12/30/2022
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE	Office of Economic Development Administration	Chief of Staff	DC230041	12/29/2022
	Office of International Trade Administration	Director of Public Affairs	DC230044	12/29/2022
	Minority Business Development Agency	Special Assistant	DC230039	12/29/2022
	National Institute of Standards and Technology	Communications Director	DC230040	12/29/2022
	Office of Business Liaison	Special Assistant	DC230024	12/01/2022
		Public Engagement Advisor	DC230043	12/29/2022
	Office of Policy and Strategic Planning	Special Assistant	DC230025	12/01/2022
	Office of Public Affairs	Press Secretary	DC230035	12/15/2022
	Patent and Trademark Office	Senior Advisor	DC230026	12/01/2022
		Special Advisor	DC230027	12/01/2022
		Deputy Chief Communications Officer	DC230038	12/29/2022
FEDERAL PERMITTING IMPROVEMENT STEERING COUNCIL	Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council	Director of Tribal Affairs	FF230001	12/15/2022
CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU	Office of the Director Consumer Financial Protection Bureau	Management and Program Analyst Associate Director, Research, Monitoring, and Regulations	FP230002 FP230001	12/16/2022 12/23/2022
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE	Office of the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs)	Special Assistant	DD230033	12/21/2022
	Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness)	Special Assistant (2)	DD230035 DD230036	12/21/2022 12/21/2022
	Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Special Operations/Low Intensity Conflict)	Senior Advisor	DD230034	12/23/2022
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION	Office of the Secretary	Confidential Assistant	DB230005	12/13/2022
	Office for Civil Rights	Chief of Staff	DB230019	12/13/2022
	Office of the Under Secretary	Special Assistant	DB230020	12/13/2022
	Office of Communications and Outreach	Senior Advisor	DB230021	12/14/2022
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY	Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs	Special Assistant	DE230020	12/05/2022
	Office of the Secretary	Special Advisor to the Chief of Staff of the Secretary	DE230021	12/12/2022
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy	Chief of Staff	DE230024	12/13/2022
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY	Office of the Assistant Administrator for Water	Special Advisor	EP230013	12/05/2022
	Office of the Administrator	Advance Specialist	EP230012	12/06/2022
		Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff	EP230015	12/11/2022
		Special Assistant to the Executive Secretariat	EP230018	12/29/2022
EXPORT-IMPORT BANK	Office of Communications	Speechwriter	EB230002	12/01/2022
		Press Secretary	EB230003	12/01/2022
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION	Office of the Administrator	White House Liaison and Director of National Outreach	GS230006	12/08/2022
		Special Assistant (2)	GS230007 GS230013	12/14/2022 12/21/2022
		Director of Scheduling and Advance	GS230008	12/16/2022
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES	Office of Administration for Children and Families	Senior Advisor, Oversight Senior Advisor	DH230036 DH230051	12/08/2022 12/29/2022
	Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services	Advisor for External Affairs	DH230043	12/29/2022
	Office of Administration for Community Living	Special Advisor	DH230046	12/16/2022
	Office of Global Affairs	Special Assistant	DH230035	12/01/2022
	Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs	Special Assistant	DH230037	12/13/2022
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs	Press Secretary (Human Services) Senior Advisor for Broadcast and Specialty Media	DH230032 DH230033	12/01/2022 12/01/2022
		Principal Deputy Speechwriter	DH230034	12/01/2022
		Director of Speechwriting	DH230038	12/08/2022
	Office of the Deputy Secretary	Special Assistant	DH230040	12/15/2022
	Office of the Secretary	Senior Policy Advisor	DH230041	12/13/2022
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY	Office of Legislative Affairs	Director of Legislative Affairs, Oversight	DM230008	12/01/2022
	Office of United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement	Deputy Assistant Director of Public Affairs	DM230009	12/07/2022
	Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency	Senior Advisor for Public Affairs	DM230010	12/23/2022
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT	Office of the General Counsel	Senior Counsel for Oversight	DU230011	12/15/2022
	Office of the Administration	Advance Coordinator	DU230012	12/15/2022
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE	Office of Civil Division	Counsel (2)	DJ230036 DJ230035	12/23/2022 12/28/2022
	Office of Legal Policy	Senior Counsel	DJ230039	12/27/2022
		Counsel	DJ230042	12/27/2022
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR	Office of the Secretary	Senior Counselor to the Secretary	DL230010	12/29/2022
	Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs	Senior Advisor	DL230011	12/29/2022
		Chief of Staff	DL230013	12/29/2022
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET	Office of E-Government and Information Technology	Confidential Assistant	BO230003	12/01/2022
	Staff Offices	Confidential Assistant	BO230005	12/13/2022
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT	Presidents Commission on White House Fellowships	Associate Director	PM230008	12/15/2022
OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE	Office of the Ambassador	Director of Scheduling and Advance Coordinator	TN230007	12/08/2022
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION	Office of the Chairman	Chief of Staff	SE230002	12/07/2022
DEPARTMENT OF STATE	Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs	Deputy Assistant Secretary	DS230018	12/02/2022
	Office of the Secretary	Speechwriter	DS230026	12/23/2022
		Global Health Coordinator	DS230024	12/29/2022
	Office of the Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment	Senior Advisor	DS230017	12/02/2022
		Deputy Special Representative	DS230028	12/23/2022
	Office of the Under Secretary for Political Affairs	Foreign Affairs Officer	DS230019	12/02/2022
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY	Office of the Assistant Secretary (Legislative Affairs)	Special Advisor	DY230044	12/30/2022
	Office of the Assistant Secretary (Public Affairs)	Press Assistant	DY230016	12/09/2022
		Senior Spokesperson	DY230041	12/30/2022
	Secretary of the Treasury	Counselor	DY230029	12/02/2022
		Deputy White House Liaison	DY230037	12/21/2022
		Senior Advisor for the Inflation Reduction Act Implementation	DY230036	12/30/2022
		Policy Advisor (Inflation Reduction Act Implementation)	DY230038	12/30/2022
		Special Assistant	DY230043	12/30/2022
	Office of the Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence	Special Advisor	DY230039	12/30/2022
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS	Office of the Secretary and Deputy	Chief Speechwriter	DV230004	12/08/2022
		Policy Advisor	DV230011	12/21/2022

The following Schedule C appointing authorities were revoked during December 2022.

Agency name	Organization name	Position title	Request No.	Vacate date
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE	Office of the Chief of Staff	Special Assistant (2)	DC220114 DC220109	12/17/2022 12/12/2022
	Office of the General Counsel	Special Assistant	DC220002	12/17/2022
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION	Office of the Secretary	Deputy Director of Scheduling	DB220079	12/17/2022
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY	Grid Deployment Office	Special Assistant	DE220134	12/04/2022
	Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations	Special Assistant	DE220063	12/17/2022
	Office of the Chief Financial Officer	Special Advisor	DE210173	12/17/2022
	Office of the Under Secretary of Energy	Special Assistant	DE220075	12/17/2022
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES	Office of the Administration for Community Living	Special Assistant	DH220005	12/17/2022
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration	Senior Advisor for Strategic Initiatives	DH220017	12/31/2022
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs	Press Secretary (Human Services) Press Assistant	DH210252 DH220006	12/03/2022 12/03/2022
		Deputy Speechwriter	DH210139	12/03/2022
	Office of the Deputy Secretary	Special Assistant	DH210226	12/17/2022
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY	United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement	Assistant Director of Congressional Relations	DM210351	12/09/2022
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT	Government National Mortgage Association	Special Assistant	DU220043	12/21/2022
	Office of Public Affairs	Deputy Assistant Secretary for Intergovernmental Relations	DU210041	12/15/2022
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR	Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs	Chief of Staff	DL220066	12/03/2022
DEPARTMENT OF STATE	Office of Policy Planning	Special Advisor	DS210280	12/03/2022
	Office of the Under Secretary for Management	Staff Assistant	DS220044	12/17/2022
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION	Office of the Chair	Writer-Editor (Speeches)	EE220001	12/31/2022
FEDERAL PERMITTING IMPROVEMENT STEERING COUNCIL	Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council	Associate Director for Public Engagement	FF220003	12/15/2022
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE	Office of the Secretary of Defense Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness)	Advance Officer Special Assistant	DD220155 DD220118	12/03/2022 12/17/2022

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

Office of Personnel Management.

Kayyonne Marston,

Federal Register Liaison.