2018-16927. 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, 2018 to March 31, 2018.

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 U.S. 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 March 2018.

Schedule B

No schedule B Authorities to report during March 2018.

Schedule C

The following Schedule C appointing authorities were approved during March 2018.

Agency name	Organization name	Position title	Authorization No.	Effective date
Department of Agriculture	Office of Forest Service	Senior Advisor	DA180127	03/08/2018
	Office of Farm Service Agency	State Executive Director—Delaware	DA180140	03/23/2018
	Office of Rural Housing Service	Confidential Assistant	DA180150	03/28/2018
	Office of the Secretary	Director of Advance	DA180151	03/28/2018
		Staff Assistant	DA180143	03/29/2018
	Office of Communications	Advance Lead	DA180152	03/29/2018
Department of Commerce	Office of the Director	Chief of Congressional Affairs	DC180090	03/12/2018
	Office of the Chief of Staff	Confidential Assistant	DC180104	03/19/2018
	Office of Patent and Trademark	Chief Communications Officer	DC180114	03/20/2018
	Office of the Under Secretary	Senior Advisor	DC180100	03/29/2018
Department of Defense	Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Legislative Affairs)	Director of Strategic Communications for Legislative Affairs	DD180067	03/16/2018
		Special Assistant (Legislative Affairs)	DD180074	03/22/2018
	Office of the Secretary	Director of Communications	DD180072	03/29/2018
	Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics) Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Policy)	Director of Operations for Research and Engineering Special Assistant for Homeland Defense and Defense Support of Civil Authorities	DD180065 DD180066	03/16/2018 03/19/2018
	Office of Washington Headquarters Services	Defense Fellow (2)	DD180060 DD180076	03/16/2018 03/28/2018
Department of the Air Force	Office of the Secretary	Special Assistant and Speechwriter	DF180016	03/29/2018
Department of the Navy	Office of the Under Secretary of the Navy	Special Assistant for Financial Management and Comptroller	DN180014	03/16/2018
Department of Energy	Office of Public Affairs	Associate Deputy Press Secretary	DE170191	03/01/2018
	Office of Economic Impact and Diversity	Special Advisor	DE180033	03/12/2018
	Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy	Senior Advisor	DE180060	03/23/2018
Environmental Protection Agency	Office of the Associate Administrator for Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations	Special Advisor	EP180026	03/01/2018
Federal Trade Commission	Office of the Chairman	Director, Office of Policy Planning	FT180001	03/29/2018
		Director, Office of Public Affairs	FT180002	03/29/2018
General Services Administration	Office of the Administrator	Confidential Assistant	GS180023	03/13/2018
Department of Health and Human Services	Office of Administration for Children and Families	Policy Advisor	DH180059	03/06/2018
	Office of Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight	Policy Advisor	DH180082	03/08/2018
	Office of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services	Senior Advisor for Medicare Special Assistant	DH180064 DH180088	03/06/2018 03/23/2018
	Office of Indian Health Service	Senior Advisor	DH180054	03/06/2018
	Office for Civil Rights	Senior Advisor for Conscience Protection	DH180065	03/06/2018
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health	Executive Director, President's Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition	DH180057	03/06/2018
		Advisor	DH180086	03/08/2018
		Senior Policy Advisor	DH180103	03/29/2018
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Legislation	Senior Advisor	DH180084	03/22/2018
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs	Director of Communications Assistant Speechwriter	DH180072 DH180078	03/19/2018 03/27/2018
	Office of the Secretary	Advisor	DH180095	03/29/2018
Department of Homeland Security	Office of the Under Secretary for National Protection and Programs Directorate	Director of Public Affairs	DM180097	03/06/2018
	Office of the Chief of Staff	Deputy White House Liaison	DM180109	03/13/2018
	Office of Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction	Director for Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Policy and Plans	DM180119	03/16/2018
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs	Press Assistant	DM180124	03/16/2018
Department of Housing and Urban Development	Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations	Advisor for Intergovernmental Relations	DU180042	03/13/2018
		Deputy Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations	DU180051	03/19/2018
	Office of Public Affairs	Director of Speechwriting for Program and Policy	DU180043	03/27/2018
Department of the Interior	Secretary's Immediate Office	Speechwriter	DI180034	03/01/2018
	Secretary's Immediate Office	Deputy White House Liaison	DI180035	03/08/2018
	Office of Bureau of Ocean Energy Management	Advisor	DI180032	03/23/2018
Department of Justice	Office of Legislative Affairs	General Attorney (2)	DJ180058	03/08/2018
			DJ180059	03/08/2018
	Office of the Attorney General	Senior Policy Advisor	DJ180071	03/22/2018
	Office of Justice Programs	Senior Advisor	DJ180042	03/23/2018
	Office of Public Affairs	Program Event Press Specialist	DJ180061	03/28/2018
Department of Labor	Office of Public Affairs	Senior Advisor for Digital Strategy	DL180054	03/22/2018
		Press Assistant	DL180057	03/27/2018
	Office of Public Liaison	Special Assistant	DL180053	03/27/2018
Office of Management and Budget	Office of General Counsel	Confidential Assistant	BO180011	03/19/2018
Office of National Drug Control Policy	Office of Public Affairs	Public Affairs Specialist (Program Support)	QQ180004	03/22/2018
Office of Personnel Management	Office of the Director	Special Assistant	PM180017	03/22/2018
	Congressional, Legislative, and Intergovernmental Affairs	Legislative Director	PM180015	03/27/2018
Small Business Administration	Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs	Special Advisor	SB180021	03/16/2018
Social Security Administration	Office of the Commissioner	Confidential Assistant	SZ180022	03/01/2018
Department of State	Office of the Chief of Protocol	Assistant Chief of Protocol for Ceremonials	DS180025	03/01/2018
		Chief of Staff	DS180034	03/01/2018
	Bureau of International Organizational Affairs	Senior Advisor	DS180035	03/06/2018
	Office of Policy Planning	Senior Advisor	DS180031	03/08/2018
	Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs	Special Assistant	DS180033	03/20/2018
	Office of Global Women's Issues	Special Assistant	DS180039	03/27/2018
Department of Transportation	Office of Chief Information Officer	Special Assistant	DT180037	03/15/2018
	Office of the Administrator	Director of Governmental Affairs	DT180009	03/23/2018
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs	Special Assistant	DT180032	03/23/2018
	Office of the Secretary	Special Assistant	DT180034	03/23/2018
		Special Assistant for Advance (2)	DT180035	03/23/2018
			DT180036	03/23/2018
Department of Veterans Affairs	Office of the Secretary and Deputy	Senior Advisor for Investigations	DV180022	03/05/2018

The following Schedule C appointing authorities were revoked during March 2018.

Agency name	Organization name	Title	Request No.	Date vacated
Department of Agriculture	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations	Confidential Assistant	DA180019	03/03/2018
Department of Commerce	Office of Assistant Secretary for Global Markets	Special Advisor for Select United States of America	DC170147	03/17/2018
	Office of International Trade Administration	Confidential Assistant	DC170118	03/03/2018
	Office of Scheduling and Advance	Deputy Director of Advance	DC170079	03/02/2018
	Office of the Chief of Staff	Scheduler	DC170146	03/03/2018
		Scheduling Assistant	DC170139	03/03/2018
		Confidential Assistant	DC170062	03/31/2018
	Office of the General Counsel	Senior Counsel to the General Counsel	DC170095	03/31/2018
	Office of the Under Secretary	Senior Advisor for Advance	DC180004	03/17/2018
	Office of Patent and Trademark Office	Deputy Chief Communications Officer for Strategic Communications	DC170077	03/31/2018
		Senior Advisor	DC170088	03/31/2018
Office of the Secretary of Defense	Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Legislative Affairs)	Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Legislative Affairs) for Installations, Environment, and Energy	DD170153	03/03/2018
Department of Education	Office of Communications and Outreach	Communications Director	DB170122	03/03/2018
Department of Energy	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability	Senior Advisor	DE170090	03/02/2018
	Office of Public Affairs	Press Assistant	DE170125	03/03/2018
Department of Health and Human Services	Office of the Assistant Secretary of Health	Liaison to the Veterans Administration	DH170137	03/16/2018
		Special Advisor	DH170277	03/17/2018
	Office of Indian Health Service	Senior Advisor to the Director, Indian Health Service	DH170299	03/17/2018
	Office of the General Counsel	Advisor and Legal Counsel	DH170334	03/17/2018
	Office of the Secretary	Policy Advisor for Health Policy	DH170262	03/17/2018
		Special Assistant	DH170244	03/17/2018
	Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services	Director of Strategic Communications	DH180025	03/18/2018
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Legislation	Advisor	DH180007	03/30/2018
Department of State	Office of the Chief of Protocol	Senior Protocol Officer	DS170177	03/03/2018
Department of the Treasury	Department of the Treasury	Speechwriter	DY170067	03/03/2018
Environmental Protection Agency	Office of the Administrator	Senior Advisor to the Administrator for Agriculture Policy	EP180001	03/04/2018
	Office of the Associate Administrator for Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations	Special Assistant to the Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations	EP170078	03/17/2018
General Services Administration	Office of the Administrator	Senior Advisor for Administrative Services	GS170025	03/30/2018
National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Office of Communications	Social Media Specialist	NN180004	03/17/2018
Small Business Administration	Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs	Legislative Assistant	SB170011	03/17/2018

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

U.S. Office of Personnel Management.

Jeff T.H. Pon,

Director.