2013-18605. 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 June 1, 2013, to June 30, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

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 June 2013.

Schedule B

No Schedule B authorities to report during June 2013.

Schedule C

The following Schedule C appointing authorities were approved during June 2013.

Agency name	Organization name	Position title	Authorization No.	Effective date
Commission on Civil Rights	Commissioners	Special Assistant	CC130002	6/3/2013
Department of the Air Force	Office of the Assistant Secretary, Installations, Environment, and Logistics	Special Assistant	DF130020	6/6/2013
Department of Agriculture	Office of the Under Secretary for Rural Development	National Coordinator, Local and Regional Food Systems	DA130073	6/3/2013
	Farm Service Agency	State Executive Director (2)	DA130074	6/13/2013
			DA130098	6/25/2013
	Natural Resources Conservation Service	Special Assistant	DA130093	6/13/2013
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations	Staff Assistant (Legislative Analyst)	DA130095	6/13/2013
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration	Senior Advisor	DA130104	6/28/2013
	Office of the Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment	Senior Advisor	DA130108	6/28/2013
	Rural Business Service	Chief of Staff	DA130111	6/28/2013
Department of Commerce	Deputy Assistant Secretary for Domestic Operations	Special Assistant	DC130061	6/14/2013
	Assistant Secretary for Market Access and Compliance	Special Advisor	DC130057	6/7/2013
Department of Defense	Washington Headquarters Services	Defense Fellow	DD130080	6/13/2013
	Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs)	Speechwriter	DD130081	6/21/2013
Department of Education	Office of Vocational and Adult Education	Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Colleges	DB130048	6/6/2013
	Office for Civil Rights	Senior Counsel	DB130034	6/28/2013
	Office of the Under Secretary	Confidential Assistant	DB130052	6/24/2013
		Deputy Under Secretary	DB130047	6/28/2013
Department of Energy	Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy	Special Assistant for Clean Energy Manufacturing and Commercialization	DE130039	6/18/2013
		Director of Legislative Affairs	DE130053	6/18/2013
		Senior Advisor	DE130070	6/25/2013
	Associate Administrator for External Affairs	Congressional Affairs Specialist	DE130062	6/18/2013
		Deputy Director of Congressional Affairs	DE130063	6/28/2013
	Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs	Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Policy	DE130066	6/19/2013
	Office of the Secretary	Special Assistant	DE130067	6/28/2013
	Office of Management	Deputy Director, Office of Scheduling and Advance	DE130071	6/28/2013
	Office of Public Affairs	Managing Editor	DE130073	6/28/2013
Environmental Protection Agency	Office of the Administrator	White House Liaison	EP130029	6/14/2013
	Office of the Associate Administrator for External Affairs and Environmental Education	Director for Internal Communications	EP130030	6/19/2013
Farm Credit Administration	Office of Congressional and Public Affairs	Associate Director of Congressional Affairs	FL130003	6/11/2013
General Services Administration	Office of Communications and Marketing	Deputy Associate Administrator for Media Affairs	GS130007	6/10/2013
		Press Secretary	GS130008	6/10/2013
	Office of the Administrator	Senior Advisor	GS130012	6/17/2013
		White House Liaison	GS130011	6/10/2013
	Public Buildings Service	Special Assistant	GS130013	6/17/2013
Department of Health and Human Services	Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs	Special Assistant	DH130069	6/3/2013
		Director of Provider Outreach	DH130089	6/17/2013
	Office of the Secretary	White House Liaison for Political Personnel, Boards and Commissions	DH130091	6/13/2013
Department of Homeland Security	Office of the Chief of Staff	Special Assistant (2)	DM130115	6/3/2013
			DM130137	6/25/2013
Department of Housing and Urban Development	Office of the General Counsel	Senior Counsel	DU130027	6/27/2013
	Office of Public Affairs	Senior Speechwriter	DU130028	6/27/2013
Department of the Interior	Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs	Senior Advisor- Indian Affairs	DI130024	6/4/2013
	Secretary's Immediate Office	Special Assistant (2)	DI130035	6/7/2013
			DI130037	6/11/2013
		Director of Scheduling and Advance	DI130042	6/26/2013
	Assistant Secretary—Water and Science	Counselor	DI130036	6/7/2013
	Assistant Secretary—Fish and Wildlife/Parks	Senior Advisor for Fish and Wildlife/Parks	DI130041	6/26/2013
Department of Justice	Office of Public Affairs	Deputy Speechwriter	DJ130058	6/4/2013
	Antitrust Division	Senior Counsel	DJ130066	6/13/2013
	Office of the Attorney General	Director of Advance	DJ130069	6/21/2013
Department of Labor	Office of the Solicitor	Special Counsel	DL130036	6/14/2013
	Veterans Employment and Training Service	Chief of Staff	DL130035	6/21/2013
Office of Management and Budget	Office of the Director	Special Assistant	BO130022	6/24/2013
Office of National Drug Control Policy	Office of Legislative Affairs	Associate Director (Legislative Affairs)	QQ130003	6/19/2013
Office of the United States Trade Representative	Office of the Ambassador	Confidential Assistant	TN130003	6/3/2013
		Deputy Chief of Staff	TN130004	6/18/2013
Small Business Administration	Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs	Special Advisor	SB130015	6/26/2013
Department of State	Bureau of Public Affairs	Deputy Spokesperson	DS130089	6/13/2013
	Bureau of Legislative Affairs	Legislative Management Officer	DS130091	6/14/2013
	Foreign Policy Planning Staff	Speechwriter (3)	DS130094	6/28/2013
			DS130095	6/28/2013
			DS130096	6/28/2013
Department of Transportation	Administrator	Director of Communications	DT130025	6/25/2013
	Office of Congressional Affairs	Director of Congressional Affairs	DT130027	6/25/2013
Department of the Treasury	Assistant Secretary (Tax Policy)	Senior Advisor	DY130061	6/17/2013
	Assistant Secretary (Public Affairs)	Media Affairs Specialist	DY130062	6/25/2013

The following Schedule C appointing authorities were revoked during June 2013.

Agency name	Organization name	Position title	Authorization No.	Vacate date
Commission on Civil Rights	Commissioners	Special Assistant to the Chairman	CC110008	6/10/2013
Department of Agriculture	Natural Resources Conservation Service	Assistant Chief	DA120007	6/1/2013
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration	Chief of Staff	DA110063	6/1/2013
	Office of Communications	Deputy Director, Operations	DA110016	6/1/2013
	Office of the Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services	Senior Advisor	DA130063	6/1/2013
	Office of the Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment	Special Assistant	DA090139	6/1/2013
Department of Commerce	Office of the White House Liaison	Special Advisor	DC130025	6/1/2013
Department of Education	Office of Innovation and Improvement	Confidential Assistant	DB120102	6/1/2013
	Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development	Special Assistant Confidential Assistant	DB120006 DB110110	6/7/2013 6/11/2013
	Office of the General Counsel	Deputy General Counsel for Accountability	DB100055	6/14/2013
	Office of the Deputy Secretary	Confidential Assistant	DB130015	6/15/2013
Department of Energy	Office of Science	Special Assistant	DE110106	6/1/2013
Department of Homeland Security	Office of the Under Secretary for Science and Technology	Special Assistant to the Under Secretary for Science and Technology	DM120027	6/1/2013
	Office of the Chief of Staff	Special Assistant to the Deputy Chief of Staff	DM120126	6/15/2013
Department of Housing and Urban Development	Office of Public Affairs	Chief External Affairs Officer/General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs	DU120048	6/1/2013
	Office of Strategic Planning and Management	Deputy Director	DU100061	6/1/2013
	Office of the Secretary	Special Assistant	DU120037	6/21/2013
Department of Justice	Civil Division	Counsel and Chief of Staff	DJ120073	6/1/2013
	Criminal Division	Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General	DJ100175	6/1/2013
	Office of the Attorney General	White House Liaison	DJ120008	6/1/2013
	Office on Violence Against Women	Deputy Director for Policy Development	DJ100086	6/14/2013
	Civil Rights Division	Senior Counsel	DJ110102	6/15/2013
	Office of Justice Programs	Chief of Staff	DJ100118	6/21/2013
Department of Labor	Office of Disability Employment Policy	Advisor	DL110020	6/1/2013
	Occupational Safety and Health Administration	Chief of Staff	DL090117	6/1/2013
	Office of the Secretary	Special Assistant	DL100057	6/1/2013
	Bureau of International Labor Affairs	Special Assistant	DL100008	6/1/2013
Department of the Interior	Secretary's Immediate Office	Special Assistant	DI090141	6/2/2013
	Assistant Secretary—Policy, Management and Budget	Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary—Policy, Management and Budget	DI120050	6/28/2013
Farm Credit Administration	Office of Congressional and Public Affairs	Associate Director of Congressional Affairs	FL090003	6/1/2013
General Services Administration	Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs	Deputy Associate Administrator for Legislative Affairs	GS110026	6/1/2013
	Office of the Administrator	Communications Director	GS120012	6/15/2013
		Press Secretary (2)	GS110029	6/15/2013
			GS120023	6/15/2013
Office of the Secretary of Defense	Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Homeland Defense and America's Security Affairs)	Special Assistant to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Western Hemisphere Affairs)	DD090245	6/1/2013

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

U.S. Office of Personnel Management.

Elaine Kaplan,

Acting Director.