2013-18606. 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 May 1, 2013, to May 31, 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 http://www.gpo.gov/​fdsys/​browse/​collection.action?​collectionCode=​FR. 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 May 2013.

Schedule B

No Schedule B authorities to report during May 2013.

Schedule C

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

Agency name	Organization name	Position title	Authorization No.	Effective date
Department of Agriculture	Office of the Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services	Senior Advisor	DA130063	5/3/2013
	Office of the Under Secretary for Rural Development	State Executive Director, Montana	DA130064	5/3/2013
	Office of Communications	Director of Risk Management	DA130069	5/17/2013
	Farm Service Agency	State Executive Director, Colorado	DA130067	5/17/2013
		State Executive Director, Massachusetts	DA130048	5/21/2013
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights	Special Assistant	DA130054	5/30/2013
	Office of the Secretary	White House Liaison	DA130077	5/31/2013
	Farm Service Agency	State Executive Director, Texas	DA130068	5/31/2013
Department of Commerce	Office of Public Affairs	Press Assistant	DC130044	5/9/2013
	Office of the Under Secretary	Special Assistant	DC130047	5/29/2013
Department of Defense	Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs)	Speech Writer	DD130058	5/15/2013
		Research Assistant	DD130070	5/16/2013
	Office of the Secretary	Protocol Officer	DD130068	5/15/2013
	Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Legislative Affairs)	Special Assistant	DD130075	5/22/2013
	Office of the Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Policy	Special Assistant for Strategy, Plans and Forces	DD130074	5/30/2013
	Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Homeland Defense and America's Security Affairs)	Special Assistant (Western Hemisphere Affairs)	DD130076	5/30/2013
	Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Reserve Affairs)	Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Manpower and Personnel)	DD130072	5/31/2013
Department of the Air Force	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Management and Comptroller	Special Assistant, Financial Administration and Programs	DF130017	5/15/2013
Department of Education	Office of Communications and Outreach	Confidential Assistant	DB130028	5/6/2013
	Office of the Secretary	Special Assistant	DB130042	5/8/2013
	Office of the Under Secretary	Chief of Staff	DB130043	5/8/2013
		Confidential Assistant (2)	DB130039	5/22/2013
			DB130037	5/30/2013
	Office of the Deputy Secretary	Confidential Assistant	DB130044	5/15/2013
	Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development	Special Assistant (2)	DB130035	5/21/2013
			DB130030	5/17/2013
	Office for Civil Rights	Confidential Assistant	DB130033	5/17/2013
	Office of the General Counsel	Special Assistant	DB130038	5/30/2013
	Office of Elementary and Secondary Education	Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Strategic Initiatives	DB130029	5/17/2013
	Office of Postsecondary Education	Confidential Assistant	DB130045	5/31/2013
	Office of Vocational and Adult Education	Confidential Assistant	DB130036	5/17/2013
Department of Energy	Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy	Chief of Staff	DE130037	5/15/2013
	Office of the Secretary	Special Assistant	DE130042	5/15/2013
	Office of the Deputy Secretary	Special Assistant	DE130038	5/17/2013
	Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs	Senior Legislative Advisor	DE130033	5/21/2013
	Office of Science	Special Advisor	DE130041	5/21/2013
Environmental Protection Agency	Office of the Associate Administrator for Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations	Senior Advisor	EP130019	5/1/2013
		Deputy Associate Administrator for Intergovernmental Relations	EP130024	5/29/2013
Export-Import Bank	Office of the Chairman	Chief of Staff	EB130003	5/6/2013
Federal Communications Commission	Office of the Chairwoman	Special Assistant	FC130004	5/22/2013
General Services Administration	Office of the Administrator	Deputy Chief of Staff	GS130005	5/1/2013
	Public Buildings Service	Chief of Staff	GS130010	5/16/2013
Department of Health and Human Services	Office of the Secretary	Deputy Director for Scheduling and Advance	DH130071	5/31/2013
	Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs	Director of Consumer Outreach	DH130066	5/17/2013
Department of Homeland Security	Office of the Under Secretary for National Protection and Programs Directorate	Cyber Security Strategist	DM130098	5/3/2013
		Confidential Assistant	DM130107	5/16/2013
	Office of the Under Secretary for Science and Technology	Special Assistant for Science and Technology	DM130110	5/30/2013
Department of Housing and Urban Development	Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer	Director, Office of Executive Scheduling and Operations	DU130014	5/16/2013
	Office of Housing	Policy Advisor	DU130013	5/17/2013
	Office of Policy Development and Research	Senior Advisor for Housing Finance	DU130015	5/30/2013
	Office of the Secretary	Senior Advisor for Housing Finance	DU130017	5/31/2013
Department of the Interior	Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget	Special Assistant for Policy, Management and Budget	DI130023	5/9/2013
	Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs	Senior Counsel	DI130031	5/22/2013
Department of Justice	Criminal Division	Senior Counsel	DJ130051	5/1/2013
	Office of the Attorney General	Special Assistant	DJ130054	5/16/2013
Department of Labor	Office of the Secretary	Special Assistant	DL130019	5/1/2013
		White House Liaison	DL130029	5/7/2013
	Office of the Solicitor	Senior Counselor	DL130015	5/17/2013
	Office of Disability Employment Policy	Chief of Staff	DL130024	5/21/2013
	Occupational Safety and Health Administration	Senior Policy Advisor	DL130030	5/21/2013
		Chief of Staff	DL130032	5/21/2013
National Endowment for the Arts	National Endowment for the Arts	Confidential Assistant	NA130001	5/31/2013
Office of Management and Budget	Office of the Director	Assistant	BO130016	5/9/2013
Small Business Administration	Office of Field Operations	Regional Administrator (Region VIII), Denver, Colorado	SB130012	5/2/2013
		Regional Administrator (Region I), Boston, Massachusetts	SB130013	5/17/2013
	Office of the Administrator	Special Assistant	SB130011	5/3/2013
	Office of Investment	Special Assistant for the Associate Administrator for Investment and Innovation	SB130004	5/6/2013
Department of State	Office of the Secretary	Special Assistant	DS130052	5/2/2013
		Staff Assistant (3)	DS130062	5/2/2013
			DS130063	5/2/2013
			DS130066	5/7/2013
		Senior Advisor	DS130074	5/23/2013
	Foreign Policy Planning Staff	Chief Speechwriter	DS130064	5/2/2013
	Office of the Chief of Protocol	Assistant Chief of Protocol (Visits)	DS130065	5/9/2013
		Protocol Officer (Visits)	DS130073	5/21/2013
		Assistant Chief for Diplomatic Partnerships	DS130046	5/9/2013
		Special Advisor	DS130043	5/9/2013
		Senior Protocol Officer	DS130070	5/17/2013
	Department of State	Senior Advisor	DS130075	5/30/2013
	Office of the Under Secretary for Management	White House Liaison	DS130076	5/31/2013
Trade and Development Agency	Office of the Director	Public Affairs Specialist	TD130003	5/1/2013
Department of Transportation	Public Affairs	Deputy Director of Public Affairs	DT130017	5/7/2013
	Administrator	Director of Communications	DT130020	5/7/2013
	Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs	Director of Governmental Affairs	DT130021	5/10/2013
Department of the Treasury	Secretary of the Treasury	Associate Director, Scheduling and Advance	DY130041	5/24/2013
United States International Trade Commission	Office of Commissioner Broadbent	Attorney-Advisor	TC130002	5/7/2013
Department of Veterans Affairs	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Legislative Affairs	Special Assistant	DV130030	5/14/2013

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

Agency name	Organization name	Position title	Authorization No.	Vacate date
Department of Agriculture	Office of the Secretary	Advisor to the Secretary for Special Projects	DA110037	5/4/2013
	Office of the Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Service	Chief of Staff	DA110040	5/4/2013
	Office of the Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics	Chief of Staff	DA120032	5/4/2013
Department of Commerce	Office of Public Affairs	Senior Advisor for Communications and Policy	DC120073	5/3/2013
	Office of the Chief of Staff	Confidential Assistant to the Deputy Chiefs of Staff	DC120022	5/4/2013
	Office of the Under Secretary	Senior Advisor	DC100102	5/10/2013
	Office of the General Counsel	Special Advisor to the General Counsel	DC110105	5/24/2013
	Office of Policy and Strategic Planning	Special Assistant	DC120148	5/25/2013
Department of Education	Office of the Under Secretary	Chief of Staff	DB090152	5/5/2013
	Office of the Deputy Secretary	Confidential Assistant (2)	DB110122	5/10/2013
			DB100097	5/18/2013
	Office of the Secretary	Executive Assistant	DB110057	5/18/2013
	Office of Planning, Evaluation, and Policy Development	Special Assistant	DB120077	5/28/2013
Department of Health and Human Services	Office of the Secretary	Deputy Director for Scheduling and Advance	DH110140	5/8/2013
Department of Homeland Security	Office of the Chief of Staff	Special Assistant to the Deputy Chief of Staff	DM110169	5/5/2013
	U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services	Counselor to the Director	DM100340	5/17/2013
	Office of the Under Secretary for National Protection and Programs Directorate	Cybersecurity Strategist	DM120050	5/18/2013
Department of Housing and Urban Development	Office of the Administration	Director, Office of Executive Scheduling and Operations	DU100075	5/18/2013
	Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer	Director of Scheduling	DU120013	5/18/2013
Department of Justice	Office of Public Affairs	Confidential Assistant	DJ120003	5/14/2013
	Office of the Attorney General	Special Assistant to the Attorney General	DJ120079	5/24/2013
	National Security Division	Counsel	DJ120024	5/25/2013
Department of Labor	Office of the Solicitor	Special Assistant	DL100025	5/18/2013
Department of State	Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations	Director of Overseas Operations	DS120069	5/3/2013
	Office of the Global Women's Issues	Staff Assistant	DS120117	5/9/2013
Department of Transportation	Public Affairs	Deputy Director of Public Affairs	DT120023	5/19/2013
Federal Communications Commission	Office of Strategic Planning and Policy Analysis	Advisor	FC120007	5/17/2013
National Endowment for the Arts	National Endowment for the Arts	Confidential Assistant to the Chief of Staff	NA110002	5/5/2013
Office of Management and Budget	Office of the Director	Senior Advisor	BO120001	5/3/2013
Office of the Secretary of Defense	Office of the Secretary	Protocol Officer	DD100137	5/18/2013
	Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (International Security Affairs)	Special Assistant to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Europe/NATO)	DD110001	5/24/2013
Small Business Administration	Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs	Deputy Assistant Administrator for Congressional and Legislative Affairs	SB100003	5/4/2013

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.