2012-17128. 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 March 1, 2012, to March 31, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Senior Executive Resources Services, Executive Resources and Employee Development, 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 annually a consolidated listing of all Schedule A, B and C appointing authorities current as of June 30 as a notice in the Federal Register.

Schedule A

The following Schedule A authority is amended to read as follows.

10. Department of Justice (Sch. A, § 213.3110).

(a) General.

(7) Positions necessary throughout DOJ, for the excepted service transfer of NDIC employees hired under Schedule A, § 213.3110(d). Authority expires September 30, 2012.

(d) (Reserved, moved to Justice).

Schedule B

The Schedule B authority is amended to read as follows:

11. Department of Homeland Security (Sch. B, § 213.3211).

(a) Coast Guard.

Up to 35 permanent positions at the GS-9 through GS-15 grade levels and 1 senior level (SL) position classified above GS-15 pursuant to section 5108 of title 5, United States Code, that does not meet the definition of an SES position at section 3132 of title 5. This authority may be used to fill GS-080 (Security) and GS-132 (Intelligence) positions. No appointments may be made under this authority after April 30, 2012.

Schedule C

The following Schedule C appointing authorities were approved during March 2012.

Agency name	Organization name	Position title	Authorization No.	Effective date
Department of Agriculture	Office of the Secretary	Confidential Assistant	DA120041	03/23/2012
Department of Commerce	Office of the Chief of Staff	Director of Scheduling	DC120077	03/15/2012
	Assistant Secretary and Director General of United States and Foreign Commercial Service	Special Advisor	DC120083	03/23/2012
	Office of the Under Secretary	Special Advisor	DC120084	03/23/2012
Department of Defense	Office of the Secretary	Director, Travel Operations	DD120032	03/07/2012
	Washington Headquarters Services	Defense Fellow	DD120037	03/09/2012
	Office of the Director (Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation)	Special Assistant for Special Projects	DD120038	03/30/2012
Department of The Navy	Office of the Secretary	Special Advisor	DN120012	03/08/2012
Department of Education	Office for Civil Rights	Confidential Assistant	DB120030	03/30/2012
	Office of the Secretary	Confidential Assistant	DB120040	03/30/2012
	Office of the Secretary	Confidential Assistant	DB120041	03/30/2012
Department of Energy	Office of the Deputy Secretary	Special Assistant	DE120053	03/15/2012
	Office of the Secretary	Deputy White House Liaison	DE120054	03/20/2012
	Office of the Secretary	Special Assistant	DE120058	03/22/2012
	Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs	Legislative Affairs Specialist	DE120056	03/29/2012
	Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability	Special Assistant	DE120057	03/29/2012
	Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy	Senior Advisor	DE120068	03/29/2012
	Office of the Secretary	Special Advisor	DE120067	03/30/2012
Environmental Protection Agency	Office of the Administrator	Deputy Press Secretary	EP120016	03/02/2012
Federal Communications Commission	Office of Strategic Planning and Policy Analysis	Advisor	FC120007	03/20/2012
General Services Administration	Office of the Administrator	Communications Director	GS120012	03/30/2012
Department of Health And Human Services	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs	Special Assistant	DH120059	03/19/2012
Department of Homeland Security	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Intergovernmental Affairs	Local Affairs Coordinator	DM120073	03/13/2012
	Office of the Chief of Staff	Deputy White House Liaison	DM120075	03/13/2012
	Federal Emergency Management Agency	Director of Public Affairs	DM120076	03/13/2012
	U.S. Customs and Border Protection	Advisor	DM120078	03/15/2012
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy	Advisor for International Affairs and Chief Diplomatic Officer	DM120079	03/15/2012
	U.S. Customs and Border Protection	Senior Advisor	DM120085	03/23/2012
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs	Assistant Press Secretary	DM120084	03/29/2012
	Office of the Under Secretary for National Protection and Programs Directorate	Senior Advisor for Public Affairs	DM120086	03/29/2012
	Federal Emergency Management Agency	Associate Director of Public Affairs/Press Secretary	DM120089	03/30/2012
Department of Housing and Urban Development	Office of the Secretary	Financial Analyst for Housing Finance	DU120025	03/28/2012
Department of the Interior	Secretary's Immediate Office	Special Assistant	DI120028	03/12/2012
Department of Justice	Office on Violence Against Women	Special Assistant	DJ120030	03/02/2012
	Office of Public Affairs	Senior Public Affairs Specialist	DJ120031	03/08/2012
Department of Labor	Office of the Secretary	Special Assistant	DL120035	03/08/2012
	Employee Benefits Security Administration	Senior Advisor	DL120036	03/09/2012
	Office of Public Affairs	Special Assistant	DL120037	03/15/2012
	Wage and Hour Division	Chief of Staff	DL120039	03/23/2012
Office of Management and Budget	Natural Resource Programs	Confidential Assistant	BO120019	03/29/2012
	Health Division	Confidential Assistant	BO120021	03/30/2012
Office of Personnel Management	Planning and Policy Analysis	Deputy Performance Improvement Officer	PM120013	03/07/2012
President's Commission on White House Fellowships	President's Commission on White House Fellowships	Special Assistant	WH120002	03/05/2012
Small Business Administration	Office of Communications and Public Liaison	Senior Speechwriter	SB120016	03/07/2012
	Office of Communications and Public Liaison	Press Secretary	SB120017	03/19/2012
	Office of the Administrator	Special Advisor	SB120019	03/29/2012
	Office of Communications and Public Liaison	Deputy Press Secretary	SB120020	03/29/2012
Department of State	Office of the Chief of Protocol	Protocol Officer	DS120061	03/30/2012
Department of the Treasury	Under Secretary for International Affairs	Managing Director, China Operations	DY120068	03/22/2012

The following Schedule C appointing authorities were revoked during March 2012.

Agency name	Organization name	Position title	Authorization No.	Effective date
Department of Agriculture	Rural Housing Service	Special Assistant	DA120016	3/18/2012
Department of Commerce	Office of the Director	Associate Director for Business Development	DC100041	3/9/2012
	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration	Policy Advisor for the Under Secretary	DC110056	3/9/2012
	Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs	Legislative Assistant	DC100072	3/10/2012
Department of Energy	Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs	Deputy Assistant Secretary for Senate Affairs	DE100106	3/10/2012
Department of Homeland Security	Office of the Chief of Staff	Deputy White House Liaison	DM110161	3/10/2012
Department of the Navy	Office of the Secretary	Special Assistant	DN110008	3/11/2012
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission	Office of External Affairs	Deputy Director, Office of External Affairs	DR100017	3/18/2012
President's Commission on White House Fellowships	President's Commission on White House Fellowships	Special Assistant	WH110001	3/10/2012

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.