2015-19215. 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, 2015, to May 31, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Senior Executive Resources Services, Senior Executive Services and Performance Management, Employee Services, [phone].

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 May 2015.

Schedule B

No Schedule B Authorities to report during May 2015.

Schedule C

The following Schedule C appointing authorities were approved during May 2015.

Agency name	Organization name	Position title	Authorization No.	Effective date
Department of Agriculture	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations	Senior Legislative Analyst Legislative Analyst	DA150131 DA150141	5/1/2015 5/14/2015
	Foreign Agricultural Service	Special Assistant Policy Advisor	DA150133 DA150144	5/1/2015 5/14/2015
	Office of the Secretary	White House Liaison	DA150134	5/1/2015
	Office of Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment	Chief of Staff Senior Advisor	DA150145 DA150142	5/14/2015 5/14/2015
	Natural Resources Conservation Service	Special Assistant for Public and Private Partnerships	DA150142	5/15/2015
Department of Commerce	Office of Director General of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service and Assistant Secretary for Global Markets	Special Advisor	DC150102	5/12/2015
	Office of the Under Secretary	Special Advisor Special Assistant	DC150095 DC150107	5/14/2015 5/15/2015
	Office of the Deputy Secretary	Special Assistant	DC150104	5/14/2015
	Office of White House Liaison	Deputy Director, Office of White House Liaison	DC150098	5/21/2015
	Office of the Chief of Staff	Confidential Assistant Deputy Director of Advance and Special Assistant	DC150105 DC150106	5/21/2015 5/21/2015
	Office of Scheduling and Advance	Advance Specialist	DC150110	5/21/2015
Department of Defense	Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)	Personal and Confidential Assistant (Comptroller)	DD150123	5/11/2015
	Office of Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Policy	Special Assistant for Strategy, Plans and Forces	DD150134	5/14/2015
	Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (International Security Affairs)	Special Assistant for Middle East	DD150126 DD150128	5/20/2015 5/20/2015
Department of the Air Force	Office of Assistant Secretary Air Force, Installations, Environment, and Logistics	Special Assistant for Installations, Environment, and Energy	DF150049	5/14/2015
Department of Education	Office of the General Counsel	Chief of Staff Senior Counsel	DB150076 DB150080	5/1/2015 5/15/2015
	Office of the Under Secretary	Deputy Director, White House Initiative on Asian American Pacific Islanders	DB150078	5/1/2015
	Office of Legislation and Congressional Affairs	Special Assistant	DB150079	5/1/2015
	Office of the Secretary	Senior Advisor Director of Strategic Partnerships, Special Advisor	DB150082 DB150083	5/14/2015 5/20/2015
	Office for Civil Rights	Senior Counsel	DB150086	5/28/2015
	Office of Communications and Outreach	Strategic Advisor, Communications	DB150087	5/29/2015
	Office of the Deputy Secretary	Director for Strategic Communications and Scheduling	DB150088	5/29/2015
Department of Energy	Office of the Chief Information Officer	Special Assistant	DE150084	5/15/2015
	Office of Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy	Chief of Staff	DE150087	5/15/2015
	Office of the Secretary	Special Advisor	DE150079	5/21/2015
Environmental Protection Agency	Office of Public Affairs	Press Secretary	EP150036	5/20/2015
Export-Import Bank	Office of the Chairman	Deputy Chief of Staff	EB150003	5/5/2015
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission	Office of the Chairman	Confidential Assistant	DR150015	5/18/2015
General Services Administration	Office of the Administrator	Senior Advisor Deputy Chief of Staff	GS150032 GS150033	5/6/2015 5/14/2015
	Office of Communications and Marketing	Press Secretary	GS150034	5/22/2015
Government Printing Office	Office of the Public Printer	Executive Assistant	GP150001	5/19/2015
Department of Health and Human Services	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs	Deputy Director of Speechwriting Confidential Assistant	DH150131 DH150140	5/7/2015 5/14/2015
	Office of the Secretary	Policy Advisor	DH150141	5/29/2015
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Children and Families	Senior Policy Advisor	DH150149	5/29/2015
	Office of the Deputy Secretary	Confidential Assistant	DH150150	5/29/2015
Department of Homeland Security	Office of the Chief of Staff	Special Assistant	DM150158	5/13/2015
	Office of the Under Secretary for National Protection and Programs Directorate	Confidential Assistant	DM150162	5/15/2015
	Office of Privacy Officer	Special Assistant	DM150170	5/28/2015
	Office of the Executive Secretariat	Director of Trips and Advance	DM150171	5/28/2015
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy	Senior Advisor for Cyber Policy	DM150172	5/28/2015
	Office of the General Counsel	Confidential Assistant	DM150173	5/28/2015
Department of the Interior	Secretary's Immediate Office	Deputy Communications Director Senior Advisor and Press Secretary	DI150086 DI150092	5/29/2015 5/29/2015
		Advance Representative	DI150093	5/29/2015
Department of Justice	Office of Legislative Affairs	Attorney Advisor	DJ150080	5/26/2015
	Office of Justice Programs	Senior Counsel	DJ150084	5/28/2015
Department of Labor	Office of Public Affairs	Press Secretary	DL150057	5/1/2015
	Office of the Deputy Secretary	Senior Policy Advisor	DL150059	5/13/2015
	Office of the Secretary	Special Assistant	DL150060	5/18/2015
	Wage and Hour Division	Special Assistant	DL150061	5/21/2015
National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Office of Communications	Deputy Press Secretary and Strategic Communications Coordinator	NN150058	5/20/2015
		Social Media Specialist	NN150059	5/20/2015
National Transportation Safety Board	Office of Board Members	Special Assistant	TB150004	5/1/2015
Office of Management and Budget	Office of the General Counsel	Confidential Assistant	BO150027	5/5/2015
	Office of the Director	Assistant to the Deputy Director for Management	BO150028	5/5/2015
		Assistant for Management	BO150031	5/20/2015
		Assistant to the Deputy Director for Management	BO150030	5/20/2015
	Office of Legislative Affairs	Confidential Assistant	BO150029	5/20/2015
Small Business Administration	Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs	Deputy Assistant Administrator for Congressional and Legislative Affairs	SB150031	5/1/2015
	Office of the Administrator	Special Advisor	SB150029	5/5/2015
	Office of Communications and Public Liaison	Associate Administrator for Communications and Public Liaison	SB150033	5/14/2015
	Office of Entrepreneurial Development	Senior Advisor	SB150030	5/29/2015
Department of State	Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation	Staff Assistant	DS150082	5/14/2015
	Office of the Secretary	Staff Assistant	DS150075	5/20/2015
	Bureau of Legislative Affairs	Deputy Assistant Secretary	DS150081	5/20/2015
	Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor	Deputy Assistant Secretary	DS150078	5/26/2015
	Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs	Deputy Assistant Secretary	DS150084	5/21/2015
Department of Transportation	Office of Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy	Policy Advisor	DT150060	5/20/2015
	Office of Public Affairs	Director of Public Affairs	DT150062	5/20/2015
	Office of the Secretary	Director of Advance	DT150065	5/28/2015
	Office of Communications and Legislative Affairs	Director of Communications	DT150067	5/29/2015
Department of Veterans Affairs	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Intergovernmental Affairs	Special Assistant	DV150037	5/26/2015

The following Schedule C appointing authorities were revoked during May 2015.

Agency name	Organization name	Position title	Authorization No.	Vacate date
Department of Commerce	Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs	Confidential Assistant	DC140006	5/2/15
	Office of the Under Secretary	Special Assistant	DC140049	5/16/15
	International Trade Administration	Confidential Assistant	DC140125	5/16/15
	Office of the Deputy Secretary	Special Assistant	DC130094	5/23/15
	Office of the Chief Economist	Special Project Advisor	DC140076	5/29/15
Office of the Secretary of Defense	Office of the Secretary	Advance Officer	DD150021	5/10/15
Farm Credit Administration	Office of the Board	Executive Assistant to Chairman of the Board	FL130005	5/1/15
General Services Administration	Mid-Atlantic Region	Special Assistant to the Regional Administrator	GS140005	5/8/15
	Pacific Rim Region	Special Assistant to the Regional Administrator	GS140009	5/13/15
	Office of Communications and Marketing	Press Secretary	GS140023	5/15/15
	Office of the Administrator	White House Liaison Senior Advisor	GS130011 GS130012	5/16/15 5/16/15
Department of Health and Human Services	Office of Health Reform	Senior Policy Analyst	DH140065	5/2/15
Department of Housing and Urban Development	Office of the Secretary Mid-Atlantic (Philadelphia)	Senior Policy Advisor Regional Administrator	DU140052 DU110001	5/2/15 5/16/15
	Rocky Mountain (Denver)	Regional Administrator	DU100050	5/30/15
	Office of Field Policy and Management	Regional Administrator (Northwest/Alaska)	DU140002	5/30/15
	Great Plains (Kansas City)	Regional Administrator (Great Plains)	DU140006	5/30/15
Department of the Interior	Secretary's Immediate Office	Special Assistant for Scheduling	DI120064	5/1/15
		Deputy Director of Advance	DI140026	5/2/15
		Director of Digital Strategy	DI140066	5/15/15
Department of Justice	Office of Legislative Affairs	Attorney Advisor	DJ130073	5/2/15
Department of Labor	Office of the Secretary	Special Assistant to the Secretary Special Assistant	DL130043 DL100020	5/2/15 5/9/15
	Wage and Hour Division	Policy Advisor	DL140007	5/2/15
Small Business Administration	Office of Investment	Special Advisor	SB130025	5/2/15
Department of State	Office of the Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources	Senior Advisor	DS110135	5/2/15
	Office of the Under Secretary for Management	Staff Assistant	DS130124	5/2/15
Department of Transportation	Office of the Secretary	White House Liaison Deputy White House Liaison	DT130041 DT140050	5/2/15 5/2/15

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

U.S. Office of Personnel Management.

Beth F. Cobert,

Acting Director.