2022-15896. 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 August 1, 2019 to August 31, 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 August 2019.

Schedule B

No Schedule B Authorities to report during August 2019.

Schedule C

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

Agency name	Organization name	Position title	Authorization No.	Effective date
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE	Office of the Under Secretary for Rural Development	Confidential Assistant	DA190188	08/16/2019
	Office of the Secretary	Deputy Director of Scheduling	DA190186	08/16/2019
		Staff Assistant	DA190192	08/23/2019
		Director of Operations	DA190195	08/26/2019
		Deputy Director of Advance	DA190193	08/27/2019
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE	Office of the Director General of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service and Assistant Secretary for Global Markets	Senior Advisor	DC190143	08/15/2019
	Immediate Office	Special Advisor	DC190124	08/08/2019
	Office of Advance, Scheduling and Protocol	Special Assistant Advance Specialist	DC190132 DC190134	08/06/2019 08/06/2019
	Office of the Under Secretary	Deputy Director of Public Affairs	DC190117	08/06/2019
		Policy Advisor	DC190142	08/13/2019
	Office of Executive Secretariat	Confidential Assistant	DC190135	08/16/2019
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE	Office of the Secretary	Special Assistant	DD190168	08/06/2019
	Office of the Secretary of Defense	Speechwriter	DD190154	08/29/2019
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION	Office of the General Counsel	Attorney Adviser	DB190118	08/22/2019
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs	Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Senate Affairs Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for House Affairs	DE190163 DE190164	08/05/2019 08/05/2019
		Director of Intergovernmental and External Affairs	DE190168	08/05/2019
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability	Special Assistant	DE190179	08/29/2019
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy	Special Advisor	DE190178	08/29/2019
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management	Special Assistant	DE190188	08/29/2019
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for International Affairs	Senior Advisor	DE190173	08/21/2019
	Loan Programs Office	Senior Advisor	DE190145	08/07/2019
	Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security and Emergency Response	Senior Advisor	DE190161	08/05/2019
	Office of General Counsel	Attorney-Advisor	DE190159	08/01/2019
	Office of Management	Special Assistant (2)	DE190169 DE190174	08/07/2019 08/21/2019
	Office of Policy	Senior Advisor	DE190156	08/05/2019
	Office of Public Affairs	Deputy Director, Office of Public Affairs (2)	DE190170 DE190177	08/13/2019 08/29/2019
		Special Assistant	DE190175	08/21/2019
		Writer-Editor	DE190162	08/05/2019
	Office of Science	Special Advisor	DE190160	08/02/2019
	Office of Technology Transition	Special Advisor	DE190180	08/29/2019
	Office of the Deputy Secretary	Senior Advisor (2)	DE190183 DE190184	08/28/2019 08/28/2019
	Office of the Secretary	Senior Advisor for International Affairs	DE190181	08/26/2019
	Office of the Under Secretary for Science	Special Advisor	DE190167	08/05/2019
	Office of the Under Secretary of Energy	Scheduler Special Advisor	DE190176 DE190190	08/21/2019 08/28/2019
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY	Office of Public Affairs	Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications and Policy	EP190120	08/13/2019
		Special Assistant for Digital Media	EP190124	08/26/2019
	Office of Public Engagement and Environmental Education	Special Assistant	EP190109	08/06/2019
	Office of Public Engagement and Environmental Education	Special Advisor for Public Engagement	EP190114	08/06/2019
	Office of the Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation	Senior Policy Advisor for the Office of Air and Radiation	EP190127	08/28/2019
	Office of the Assistant Administrator for Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention	Special Advisor	EP190113	08/01/2019
	Office of the Assistant Administrator for Water	Attorney-Advisor (General)	EP190121	08/19/2019
	Office of the Chief Financial Officer	Senior Advisor for Budget and Accountability	EP190123	08/29/2019
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION	Office of the Administrator	White House Liaison and Senior Advisor	GS190038	08/19/2019
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES	Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services	Advisor for Medicare	DH190216	08/06/2019
	Office for Civil Rights	Special Advisor for Civil Rights	DH190238	08/20/2019
	Office of Communications	Speechwriter	DH190232	08/13/2019
	Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs	Special Assistant	DH190244	08/29/2019
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health	Director of External Affairs Chief of Staff	DH190218 DH190235	08/06/2019 08/27/2019
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Legislation	Chief of Staff Special Assistant	DH190227 DH190228	08/21/2019 08/21/2019
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs	Press Secretary Director, Speechwriting and Editorial Services	DH190223 DH190246	08/13/2019 08/27/2019
	Office of the Secretary	Briefing Book Coordinator	DH190233	08/13/2019
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs	Director of Strategic Outreach and Engagement	DM190267	08/13/2019
	Office of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services	Senior Advisor Deputy Chief of Staff	DM190275 DM190276	08/21/2019 08/21/2019
	Office of the Chief of Staff	Senior Advisor	DM190279	08/27/2019
	Office of the United States Customs and Border Protection	Policy Analyst	DM190280	08/27/2019
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT	Office of the Administration Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations	Senior Advisor Congressional Liaison	DU190108 DU190109	08/08/2019 08/13/2019
	Office of Public Affairs	Deputy Assistant Secretary for Strategic Communication	DU190111	08/21/2019
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE	Office of Public Affairs	Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications and Chief Speechwriter	DJ190185	08/08/2019
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR	Office of Employee Benefits Security Administration	Chief of Staff	DL190156	08/16/2019
	Office of Employment and Training Administration	Senior Policy Advisor	DL190146	08/06/2019
	Office of Mine Safety and Health Administration	Senior Policy Advisor	DL190145	08/19/2019
	Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs	Senior Legislative Officer	DL190143	08/06/2019
	Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs	Senior Policy Advisor	DL190149	08/06/2019
	Office of Public Affairs	Press Secretary	DL190147	08/06/2019
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management	Special Assistant	DL190068	08/15/2019
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy	Deputy Chief Economist	DL190162	08/22/2019
	Office of the Secretary	Senior Policy Advisor	DL190144	08/06/2019
		Director, Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives	DL190166	08/27/2019
	Office of the Solicitor	Senior Counsel (2)	DL190141 DL190160	08/01/2019 08/22/2019
	Office of Veterans Employment and Training Service	Senior Policy Advisor	DL190142	08/06/2019
	Office of the Board	Senior Policy Advisor	CU190002	08/12/2019
NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION	National Credit Union Administration	Staff Assistant	CU190005	08/12/2019
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET	Office of the General Counsel\ Office of Legislative Affairs	Special Counsel Deputy for Legislative Affairs (House)	BO190039 BO190036	08/06/2019 08/05/2019
	Office of the National Security Programs	Special Assistant	BO190044	08/29/2019
	Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs	Counselor	BO190037	08/20/2019
	Office of the Director	Special Assistant	BO190038	08/02/2019
		Senior Advisor for Management	BO190045	08/29/2019
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT	Office of Communications	Public Affairs Specialist	PM190053	08/28/2019
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION	Office of the Chairman	Confidential Assistant	SE190010	08/06/2019
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION	Office of Communications and Public Liaison	Senior Advisor	SB190029	08/08/2019
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION	Office of Information Security	Program Analyst	SZ190003	08/07/2019
DEPARTMENT OF STATE	Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs	Strategic Advisor	DS190130	08/26/2019
	Bureau of Legislative Affairs	Special Advisor	DS190131	08/26/2019
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION	Office of the Executive Secretariat Office of the Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy	Deputy Director Senior Director of Public Liaison	DT190119 DT190120	08/28/2019 08/28/2019
	Office of the Secretary	Senior Advisor	DT190123	08/28/2019
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY	Office of the Assistant Secretary (Public Affairs)	Senior Advisor Confidential Assistant	DY190100 DY190101	08/21/2019 08/26/2019
	Office of the Under Secretary for International Affairs	Special Assistant	DY190102	08/26/2019
UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION	Office of the Chairman Office of Commissioner Johanson	Confidential Assistant Staff Assistant	TC190006 TC190005	08/06/2019 08/07/2019

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

Agency name	Organization name	Position title	Request No.	Date vacated
COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION	Division of Enforcement	Director, Division of Enforcement	CT170005	08/17/2019
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations	Policy and Congressional Advisor Staff Assistant	DA180250 DA180255	08/03/2019 08/03/2019
	Office of the Secretary	Special Assistant	DA180258	08/19/2019
		Advanced Lead	DA190019	08/17/2019
	Office of the Under Secretary for Rural Development	Confidential Assistant	DA180224	08/17/2019
	Rural Housing Service	State Director—Louisiana	DA180126	08/31/2019
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE	Office of the Assistant Secretary Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs	Intergovernmental Affairs Specialist	DC180151	08/03/2019
	Office of the Director General of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service and Assistant Secretary for Global Markets	Senior Advisor for China	DC180063	08/06/2019
	Office of International Trade Administration	Press Secretary and Speechwriter Special Assistant to the Under Secretary	DC180206 DC180142	08/17/2019 08/17/2019
	Office of the Chief of Staff	Special Assistant	DC190056	08/17/2019
	Office of the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs	Special Advisor	DC190023	08/17/2019
	Office of Advance, Scheduling and Protocol	Scheduling Assistant	DC180081	08/17/2019
	Office of the Under Secretary	Special Assistant	DC180168	08/30/2019
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE	Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Legislative Affairs)	Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Legislative Affairs)	DD180117	08/31/2019
	Washington Headquarters Services	Defense Fellow	DD180125	08/31/2019
	Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness)	Special Assistant	DD180133	08/31/2019
	Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Policy)	Special Assistant	DD180098	08/31/2019
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION	Office of Communications and Outreach	Confidential Assistant (2)	DB190092 DB190055	08/02/2019 08/09/2019
	Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development	Confidential Assistant	DB190008	08/31/2019
	Office of the General Counsel	Attorney Advisor	DB190047	08/31/2019
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY	Office of the General Counsel	Attorney-Advisor (General)	DE180114	08/03/2019
	Office of the Secretary	Policy Advisor and Special Assistant to the Deputy Chiefs of Staff	DE170163	08/03/2019
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for International Affairs	Special Advisor	DE190147	08/31/2019
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs	Press Assistant	DH180157	08/03/2019
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs	Director, Speechwriting and Editorial Services	DH180153	08/22/2019
	Office of the Secretary	Advisor to the Secretary for Value-Based Reform	DH180246	08/09/2019
		Special Assistant	DH190024	08/03/2019
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health	Chief of Staff Deputy Chief of Staff	DH180212 DH180249	08/08/2019 08/31/2019
		Executive Director, President's Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition	DH180057	08/08/2019
	Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs	Senior Advisor	DH190025	08/17/2019
	Office of the Administration for Children and Families	Communications Director Advisor	DH190203 DH180145	08/23/2019 08/30/2019
	Office of Global Affairs	Advisor	DH170113	08/31/2019
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Legislation	Policy Advisor	DH180220	08/31/2019
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY	Office of the General Counsel	Oversight Counsel	DM190046	08/24/2019
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT	Office of Housing Office of Public and Indian Housing	Advisor Policy Advisor	DU180050 DU180107	08/04/2019 08/17/2019
		Special Advisor	DU170055	08/18/2019
		Senior Advisor for Single Family Housing	DU180087	08/31/2019
	Office of the Administration	Director of Scheduling and Advance	DU180099	08/03/2019
		Special Assistant	DU180106	08/17/2019
	Office of the General Counsel	Senior Counsel	DU190032	08/15/2019
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE	Office of Legislative Affairs	Attorney Advisor	DJ180129	08/24/2019
DEPARTMENT OF STATE	Office of Policy Planning	Senior Advisor	DS180062	08/30/2019
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR	Secretary's Immediate Office	Senior Advisor to the Secretary	DI180072	08/31/2019
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY	Office of the Assistant Secretary (Public Affairs)	Public Affairs Specialist	DY180061	08/02/2019
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy	Director of Public Engagement	DT190005	08/31/2019
	Office of the Executive Secretariat	Deputy Director	DT180070	08/23/2019
		Special Assistant to the Director	DT190054	08/31/2019
	Office of the Secretary	Senior Advisor to the Secretary	DT170051	08/17/2019
		Special Assistant for Scheduling and Advance	DT180058	08/31/2019
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY	Office of Public Affairs Office of Public Engagement and Environmental Education	Public Affairs Specialist Special Advisor for Agriculture Outreach	EP190019 EP190077	08/03/2019 08/17/2019
	Office of the Administrator	Special Assistant	EP180003	08/03/2019
		Senior Advisor for Health and Human Safety	EP190016	08/09/2019
		Deputy White House Liaison	EP180096	08/17/2019
	Office of the Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation	Policy Advisor	EP180095	08/31/2019
	Office of the Assistant Administrator for Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention	Environmental Engineer	EP180090	08/17/2019
	Office of the Assistant Administrator for Research and Development	Confidential Assistant	EP180082	08/03/2019
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION	Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs	Legislative Affairs Specialist	NN190002	08/31/2019
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET	Office of Communications	Deputy Press Secretary	BO180024	08/31/2019
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION	Office of the Chairman	Confidential Assistant	SE190002	08/16/2019
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION	Office of Field Operations	Regional Administrator, Region III	SB170065	08/31/2019

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

Office of Personnel Management.

Stephen Hickman,

Federal Register Liaison.