2023-13636. Excepted Service; March 2023

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, modified or revoked from March 1, 2023 to March 31, 2023.

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, modified, 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

09. Department of the Air Force (Schedule A, 213.3109)

(d) U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado—

(2) Positions of Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, and Instructor, in the Dean of Faculty, Commandant of Cadets, Director of Athletics, and Preparatory School of the United States Air Force Academy. Permanent or time limited appointments may be made using this authority.

11. Department of Commerce (Schedule A, 213.3114)

(m) National Institute of Standards and Technology

(1) Not to exceed 50 positions in support of implementation of the CHIPS Act. Positions will be in the following occupations of Management and Program Analyst (ZA–343 Pay Bands III, IV), Program Manager (ZA–340 Pay Bands IV, V), Public Affairs Specialist (ZA–1035 Pay Bands III, IV, V). Permanent, temporary or time limited appointments may be made when using this authority.

68. U.S. Agency for International Development (Schedule A, 213.3168)

(a) Up to 350 positions for Crisis Operations Staffing needed to respond to urgent humanitarian, political, health and/or other crises of significant U.S. foreign policy interest. The authority may be used for temporary or time limited positions at the GS–9 through 15 grade levels for positions in the GS–0130 Foreign Affairs series, GS–089 Emergency Management series, and GS–301 Miscellaneous and Program series or other positions directly related to responding to urgent humanitarian political, health and/or other crises of significant U.S. foreign policy interest.

Schedule B

No Schedule B Authorities to report during March 2023.

Schedule C

The following Schedule C appointing authorities were approved during March 2023.

Agency name	Organization name	Position title	Authorization No.	Effective date
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE	Office of Communications	Special Advisor	DA230054	03/03/2023
	Farm Service Agency	Policy Advisor	DA230064	03/13/2023
	Natural Resources Conservation Service	Special Assistant Assistant Chief Special Advisor	DA230066 DA230063 DA230067	03/09/2023 03/20/2023 03/20/2023
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations	Director of Oversight	DA230065	03/20/2023
	Office of the General Counsel	Senior Counselor Senior Oversight Counselor	DA230055 DA230061	03/09/2023 03/10/2023
	Office of the Secretary	Deputy Director of Scheduling	DA230068	03/09/2023
	Office of the Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation	Confidential Assistant	DA230062	03/23/2023
	Office of the Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs	Chief of Staff	DA230051	03/09/2023
	Rural Utilities Service	Senior Advisor	DA230073	03/28/2023
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE	Bureau of Industry and Security	Deputy Director of Congressional Affairs	DC230102	03/23/2023
	National Institute of Standards and Technology	Public Engagement Specialist	DC230107	03/23/2023
	Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs	Special Assistant	DC230100	03/23/2023
	Office of Policy and Strategic Planning	Special Assistant	DC230104	03/23/2023
	Office of the Deputy Secretary	Special Assistant to the Deputy Secretary	DC230087	03/03/2023
	Office of the General Counsel	Counsel	DC230086	03/03/2023
	Office of White House Liaison	Deputy White House Liaison	DC230085	03/02/2023
COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS	Office of the Commissioners	Special Assistant to the Commissioner	CC230001	03/31/2023
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE	Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)	Special Assistant	DD230123	03/14/2023
	Office of the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs)	Director of Digital Media	DD230127	03/20/2023
	Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and Sustainment)	Special Assistant	DD230130	03/31/2023
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE	Office of the Secretary	Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Air Force	DF230009	03/14/2023
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY	Office of the Under Secretary	Speechwriter to the Under Secretary of the Army	DW230021	03/20/2023
	Office of the General Counsel	Attorney Advisor to the Army General Counsel	DW230022	03/20/2023
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION	Office of Communications and Outreach	Director, Rural Engagement	DB230050	03/08/2023
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Electricity	Special Assistant	DE230072	03/03/2023
	Office of Public Affairs	Deputy Press Secretary	DE230074	03/06/2023
		Digital Content Manager (2)	DE230075 DE230088	03/09/2023 03/22/2023
	Office of Management	Director, Office of Executive Secretariat	DE230091	03/29/2023
EXPORT-IMPORT BANK	Office of External Engagement	Senior Vice President for External Engagement	EB230008	03/02/2023
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION	Office of the Chair	Special Advisor to the Chair	FT230009	03/07/2023
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES	Office of Administration for Community Living	Advisor	DH230174	03/17/2023
	Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality	Senior Advisor	DH230157	03/09/2023
	Center for Medicaid and Chip Services	Senior Advisor	DH230173	03/08/2023
	Office of Indian Health Service	Senior Advisor to the Director	DH230175	03/17/2023
	Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs	Senior Advisor	DH230169	03/09/2023
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources	Senior Advisor Special Assistant	DH230158 DH230171	03/09/2023 03/10/2023
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs	Online Communications Director	DH230178	03/22/2023
	Office of the Deputy Secretary	Advisor (2)	DH230166 DH230168	03/02/2023 03/02/2023
	Office of the Secretary	Special Assistant (2)	DH230164 DH230159	03/01/2023 03/02/2023
		Deputy White House Liaison	DH230161	03/08/2023
		Scheduler	DH230179	03/23/2023
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY	Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency	Senior Advisor	DM230188	03/20/2023
	Office of Public Affairs	Press Assistant Social Media Specialist	DM230156 DM230178	03/03/2023 03/20/2023
	Office of the General Counsel	Special Assistant	DM230180	03/31/2023
	Office of the Secretary	Briefing Book Coordinator (Deputy Secretary)	DM230183	03/24/2023
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT	Office of the Administration Government National Mortgage Association	Senior Advisor Special Advisor	DU230041 DU230043	03/02/2023 03/08/2023
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR	Office of the Assistant Secretary—Policy, Management and Budget	Advisor	DI230054	03/01/2023
	Secretary's Immediate Office	Senior Advisor for Infrastructure Equity	DI230055	03/01/2023
	Office of the Assistant Secretary—Fish and Wildlife and Parks	Senior Advisor	DI230064	03/20/2023
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE	Office of Public Affairs	Senior Communications Advisor	DJ230063	03/10/2023
	Office of the Associate Attorney General	Confidential Assistant	DJ230065	03/01/2023
	Office of the Deputy Attorney General	Counsel Senior Counsel	DJ230068 DJ230072	03/22/2023 03/23/2023
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR	Office of Employee Benefits Security Administration	Special Assistant	DL230059	03/13/2023
	Office of Employment and Training Administration	Policy Advisor	DL230054	03/01/2023
	Office of Public Affairs	Digital Content Manager	DL230055	03/10/2023
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION	Office of the Administrator	Counselor for Interagency and International Operations	NN230028	03/13/2023
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET	Office of the Director Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs	Confidential Assistant Senior Counselor	BO230018 BO230019	03/10/2023 03/22/2023
	Staff Offices	Confidential Assistant	BO230020	03/23/2023
OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY	Office of National Drug Control Policy	Legislative Analyst	QQ230007	03/22/2023
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT	Office of the Director	Senior Advisor for Special Projects	PM230037	03/29/2023
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION	Office of Public Affairs	Senior Advisor to the Chair (Director of Speechwriting)	SE230004	03/15/2023
	Office of Commissioner Peirce	Confidential Assistant	SE230005	03/23/2023
	Office of Commissioner Uyeda	Confidential Assistant	SE230006	03/23/2023
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION	Office of the Administrator	Senior Advisor for Public Engagement Public Engagement Coordinator	SB230016   SB230020	03/03/2023   03/15/2023
	Office of Communications and Public Liaison	Press Assistant Speechwriter	SB230022 SB230023	03/21/2023 03/21/2023
	Office of Field Operations	Regional Administrator, Region 7	SB230019	03/22/2023
	Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs	Legislative Policy Advisor	SB230021	03/23/2023
DEPARTMENT OF STATE	Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs	Senior Advisor	DS230104	03/06/2023
	Bureau of Global Public Affairs	Deputy Assistant Secretary	DS230090	03/03/2023
	Bureau of Intelligence and Research	Senior Advisor (Speechwriter)	DS230116	03/29/2023
	Office of the Chief of Protocol	Protocol Officer (Visits) Protocol Officer	DS230098 DS230107	03/06/2023 03/09/2023
	Office of the Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources	Staff Assistant	DS230112	03/24/2023
	Office of the Secretary	Senior Advisor	DS230115	03/24/2023
	Office of the Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs	Special Assistant	DS230108	03/09/2023
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION	Office of the Secretary	Special Assistant to the Secretary of Transportation	DT230061	03/08/2023
		Deputy White House Liaison	DT230072	03/08/2023
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY	Department of the Treasury	Special Assistant Senior Spokesperson	DY230060 DY230061	03/09/2023 03/09/2023
		Senior Scheduling and Advance Associate	DY230065	03/09/2023

The following Schedule C appointing authorities were revoked during March 2023.

Agency name	Organization name	Position title	Request No.	Vacate date
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE	Office of the Secretary	White House Liaison	DA220154	03/12/2023
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE	Immediate Office	Special Assistant to the Senior Advisors	DC220167	03/25/2023
	Minority Business Development Agency	Senior Advisor	DC220017	03/24/2023
	Office of National Telecommunications and Information Administration	Deputy Director of Congressional Affairs	DC220134	03/08/2023
	Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs	Special Assistant	DC220013	03/25/2023
	Office of Policy and Strategic Planning	Special Assistant	DC220152	03/25/2023
	Office of Public Affairs	Deputy Director of Public Affairs and Press Secretary	DC220032	03/24/2023
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Economic Development	Special Policy Advisor to the Assistant Secretary	DC220088	03/12/2023
	Office of the Chief of Staff	Senior Advisor	DC220046	03/11/2023
	Office of the Deputy Secretary	Special Assistant	DC220096	03/25/2023
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION	Office of Communications and Outreach	Special Assistant Deputy Press Secretary	DB210046 DB220032	03/12/2023 03/11/2023
	Office of Elementary and Secondary Education	Confidential Assistant	DB210115	03/25/2023
	Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development	Special Assistant	DB220004	03/11/2023
	Office of the Deputy Secretary	Chief of Staff	DB220074	03/25/2023
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY	Office of Public Affairs	Speechwriter	DE220088	03/03/2023
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES	Center for Medicaid and Chip Services	Policy Advisor	DH210228	03/11/2023
	Office for Civil Rights	Senior Advisor Special Advisor	DH220067 DH230057	03/12/2023 03/25/2023
	Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs	Confidential Assistant External Affairs Specialist	DH220151 DH220041	03/25/2023 03/11/2023
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs	Online Communications Director	DH220044	03/25/2023
	Office of the Deputy Secretary	Special Assistant (2)	DH220030 DH230040	03/11/2023 03/11/2023
	Office of the Secretary	Scheduler	DH230130	03/10/2023
		Senior Advisor to the Executive Secretary	DH210109	03/03/2023
		Senior Advisor, Boards and Commissions	DH220068	03/11/2023
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT	Government National Mortgage Association	Senior Advisor	DU220026	03/25/2023
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE	Office of Civil Rights Division	Chief of Staff and Senior Counsel	DJ210170	03/05/2023
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY	Office of Public Affairs Office of the Administrator	Communications Advisor Advance Specialist	EP220051 EP210076	03/29/2023 03/25/2023
		Director of Scheduling and Advance	EP220042	03/11/2023
		Senior Advisor to the Administrator	EP220078	03/11/2023
	Office of the Assistant Administrator for Land and Emergency Management	Senior Advisor for Implementation	EP220073	03/25/2023
	Office of the Assistant Administrator for Water	Senior Advisor for Implementation	EP220038	03/10/2023
EXPORT-IMPORT BANK	Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs	Senior Vice President Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs	EB220004	03/11/2023
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION	Office of the Administrator	White House Liaison and Director of National Outreach	GS230006	03/26/2023
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES	National Endowment for the Humanities	Supervisory Public Affairs Specialist	NH210004	03/17/2023
		White House Liaison and Senior Advisor to the Chief of Staff	NH210008	03/25/2023
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET	Office of General Government Programs	Confidential Assistant	BO210025	03/31/2023
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE	Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness)	Special Assistant	DD220036	03/25/2023
	Washington Headquarters Services	Defense Fellow (5)	DD220016 DD220025	03/11/2023 03/11/2023
			DD220033	03/11/2023
			DD220170	03/11/2023
			DD220171	03/11/2023
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION	Office of Commissioner Uyeda	Confidential Assistant	SE220015	03/09/2023
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION	Office of Communications and Public Liaison	Director of Communications	SB210031	03/31/2023

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.