2019-13939. 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 February 1, 2019 to February 28, 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 February 2019.

Schedule B

No Schedule B Authorities to report during February 2019.

Schedule C

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

Agency name	Organization name	Position title	Authorization No.	Effective date
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations	Senior Congressional Advisor Special Assistant	DA190040 DA190058	02/05/2019 02/13/2019
	Food and Nutrition Service	Confidential Assistant	DA190046	02/06/2019
	Office of Communications	Press Assistant	DA190047	02/22/2019
	Office of Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment	Staff Assistant	DA190041	02/06/2019
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE	Bureau of Industry and Security	Policy Advisor	DC190050	02/22/2019
	Office of the Director General of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service and Assistant Secretary for Global Markets	Senior Advisor for United States and Foreign Commercial Service	DC190040	02/13/2019
	Office of Policy and Strategic Planning	Policy Assistant	DC190036	02/06/2019
	Office of Public Affairs	Speechwriter and Press Assistant	DC190048	02/22/2019
	Office of the Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary for Administration	Confidential Assistant	DC190027	02/01/2019
	Office of the General Counsel	Special Advisor	DC190038	02/14/2019
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE	Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Policy)	Special Assistant (2)	DD190057 DD190060	02/22/2019 02/22/2019
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION	Office of Legislation and Congressional Affairs	Confidential Assistant	DB190061	02/13/2019
	Office of Communications and Outreach	Special Assistant (Supervisory) Confidential Assistant	DB190063 DB190065	02/22/2019 02/22/2019
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs	Special Assistant	DE190053	02/04/2019
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for International Affairs	Special Assistant	DE190041	02/01/2019
	Office of National Nuclear Security Administration	Director of Congressional Affairs	DE190054	02/13/2019
	Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security and Emergency Response	Special Assistant	DE190062	02/27/2019
	Office of General Counsel	Special Assistant	DE190059	02/28/2019
	Office of Technology Transition	Senior Advisor	DE190060	02/28/2019
	Office of the Secretary	Special Assistant	DE190057	02/28/2019
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY	Office of Public Affairs	Deputy Associate Administrator for Regional Affairs	EP190022	02/04/2019
	Office of the Administrator	Senior Advisor	EP190029	02/11/2019
		Senior Advisor for Health and Human Safety	EP190016	02/26/2019
	Office of the Associate Administrator for Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations	Attorney-Advisor (General) Special Advisor for the Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs	EP190034 EP190042	02/22/2019 02/26/2019
	Office of the Chief Financial Officer	Associate Chief Financial Officer for Policy	EP190033	02/22/2019
	Office of the General Counsel	Attorney-Advisor (General) (2)	EP190035	02/22/2019
			EP190038	02/28/2019
	Region II—New York, New York	Senior Advisor	EP190040	02/28/2019
	Region V—Chicago, Illinois	Senior Advisor for Water	EP190025	02/11/2019
FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION	Office of Commissioner McNamee Office of the Chairman	Senior Technical Advisor Senior Public Affairs Specialist	DR190003 DR190004	02/22/2019 02/28/2019
FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION	Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission	Confidential Assistant	FR190002	02/26/2019
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION	Northwest/Arctic Region	Senior Advisor	GS190015	02/06/2019
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES	Office of Administration for Community Living	Advisor	DH190059	02/12/2019
	Office of Food and Drug Administration	Director of Communications	DH190063	02/22/2019
	Office of Administration for Children and Families	Senior Advisor for Communications Chief of Staff	DH190070 DH190075	02/11/2019 02/27/2019
	Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs	Senior Advisor	DH190025	02/27/2019
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response	Senior Policy Advisor	DH190054	02/28/2019
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs	Advisor—Strategic Communications	DH190068	02/15/2019
	Office of the Deputy Secretary	Assistant	DH190067	02/11/2019
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY	Office of Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs	Senior Advisor	DM190074	02/12/2019
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT	Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity	Senior Advisor	DU190023	02/06/2019
	Office of Field Policy and Management	Special Assistant	DU190024	02/06/2019
		Regional Administrator	DU190028	02/06/2019
	Office of the General Counsel	Senior Counsel (2)	DU190031	02/11/2019
			DU190035	02/22/2019
		Paralegal Specialist	DU190036	02/22/2019
	Office of the Secretary	Special Policy Assistant	DU190037	02/26/2019
	Office of Policy Development and Research	Special Policy Advisor	DU190038	02/26/2019
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR	Office of the Assistant Secretary—Land and Minerals Management	Advisor	DI190021	02/13/2019
	Office of the Assistant Secretary—Water and Science	Senior Advisor	DI190016	02/26/2019
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE	Office of Legal Policy	Counsel	DJ190029	02/11/2019
	Office of Public Affairs	Media Affairs Specialist	DJ190026	02/13/2019
	Executive Office for United States Attorneys	Secretary	DJ190016	02/27/2019
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR	Office of Workers Compensation Programs	Chief of Staff	DL190014	02/06/2019
	Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs	Senior Legislative Officer	DL190026	02/06/2019
	Office of Employment and Training Administration	Chief of Staff	DL190021	02/12/2019
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy	Counsel and Policy Advisor	DL190017	02/13/2019
MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD	Office of the General Counsel	Confidential Assistant Special Assistant	MP190004 MP190005	02/28/2019 02/28/2019
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION	Office of the Deputy Administrator	Special Assistant	NN190015	02/06/2019
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD	Office of Board Members	Special Assistant	TB190001	02/12/2019
OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE	Office of Congressional Affairs	Director of Congressional Affairs	TN190002	02/22/2019
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION	Office of the Administrator Office of Communications and Public Liaison	Director of Scheduling Digital Director	SB190006 SB190009	02/06/2019 02/13/2019
DEPARTMENT OF STATE	Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs	Senior Advisor Special Assistant	DS190025 DS190039	02/06/2019 02/27/2019
	Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs	Special Advisor	DS190030	02/04/2019
	Bureau of Public Affairs	Press Secretary	DS190033	02/13/2019
	Office of the Chief of Protocol	Protocol Officer	DS190028	02/11/2019
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs	Senior Governmental Affairs Officer	DT190033	02/01/2019
	Office of the Secretary	Special Assistant for Scheduling and Advance	DT190025	02/27/2019
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy	Special Assistant for Public Engagement	DT190037	02/27/2019
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs	Special Assistant for Budget and Programs	DT190043	02/28/2019
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS	Office of the General Counsel Office of the Secretary and Deputy	Counselor (Healthcare) White House Liaison	DV190032 DV190033	02/01/2019 02/14/2019

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

Agency name	Organization name	Position title	Request No.	Date vacated
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE	Farm Service Agency	State Executive Director—Washington	DA170190	02/02/2019
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations	Policy Advisor	DA170167	02/02/2019
	Office of the Secretary	Confidential Assistant	DA180115	02/08/2019
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE	Office of the Chief of Staff	Confidential Assistant	DC180210	02/15/2019
	Immediate Office	Special Advisor to the Secretary and Director of the Immediate Office of the Secretary	DC180001	02/16/2019
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Economic Development	Legislative Affairs Specialist	DC190010	02/16/2019
	Office of Director General of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service and Assistant Secretary for Global Markets	Senior Advisor	DC170134	02/27/2019
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE	Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Homeland Defense and Global Security)	Special Assistant to Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Cyber)	DD170198	02/02/2019
	Office of the Secretary of Defense	Advance Officer	DD180027	02/02/2019
		Protocol Officer	DD180018	02/02/2019
	Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Policy)	Special Assistant to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Europe and North Atlantic Treaty Organization)	DD180024	02/02/2019
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION	Office for Civil Rights	Confidential Assistant	DB170112	02/02/2019
	Office of Elementary and Secondary Education	Senior Advisor	DB190006	02/02/2019
	Office of the Secretary	Confidential Assistant (Protocol)	DB180041	02/02/2019
	Office of the Under Secretary	Executive Director	DB180029	02/02/2019
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY	Office of Assistant Secretary for Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability	Senior Advisor for External Affairs	DE180024	02/02/2019
	Office of Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy	Special Advisor	DE170169	02/02/2019
	Office of Management	Director of Scheduling	DE170124	02/02/2019
	Office of Assistant for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs	Special Assistant	DE180144	02/16/2019
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy	Senior Advisor	DE180060	02/16/2019
	Office of the Secretary	Special Assistant	DE180118	02/16/2019
	Office of the Under Secretary for Science	Senior Advisor	DE180048	02/16/2019
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources	Deputy Assistant Secretary, Congressional Relations	DH180168	02/02/2019
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health	Senior Policy Advisor	DH180103	02/02/2019
	Office of the General Counsel	Associate Deputy General Counsel	DH180049	02/02/2019
	Office of the Secretary	Special Assistant	DH180160	02/02/2019
	Office of Administration for Children and Families	Chief of Staff	DH180218	02/03/2019
	Office of Health Resources and Services Administration, Office of the Administrator	Policy Advisor	DH170346	02/16/2019
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT	Office of Community Planning and Development	Special Policy Advisor	DU180037	02/17/2019
	Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations	Advisor for Intergovernmental Relations	DU180042	02/02/2019
		Senior Advisor	DU170118	02/16/2019
	Office of Field Policy and Management	Special Assistant	DU180033	02/16/2019
	Office of Housing	Chief of Staff	DU180055	02/02/2019
	Office of Public Affairs	Press Secretary	DU180021	02/16/2019
	Office of the Deputy Secretary	Senior Executive Officer	DU190015	02/04/2019
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE	Office of Antitrust Division	Counsel	DJ170152	02/02/2019
	Office of the Associate Attorney General	Senior Counsel	DJ180139	02/08/2019
	Office of the Attorney General	Confidential Assistant	DJ180114	02/07/2019
		Special Assistant	DJ180101	02/28/2019
	Office of the Environment and Natural Resources Division	Chief of Staff and Counsel	DJ180032	02/12/2019
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR	Office of the Secretary	Counsel to the Secretary	DL170059	02/16/2019
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY	Office of Public Affairs	Press Secretary Deputy Associate Administrator for State and Regional Affairs	EP180006 EP170085	02/02/2019 02/16/2019
	Office of the Assistant Administrator for Land and Emergency Management	Senior Advisor to the Administrator for Land and Emergency Management	EP170067	02/16/2019
	Office of the Associate Administrator for Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations	Deputy Associate Administrator for Congressional Relations	EP170053	02/15/2019
FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION	Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission	Confidential Assistant	FR180002	02/22/2019
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION	Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs	Communications Advisor	GS170044	02/02/2019
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION	Office of the Administrator	White House Liaison	SB180038	02/23/2019

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

Office of Personnel Management.

Alexys Stanley,

Regulatory Affairs Analyst.