2018-19495. Excepted Service

AGENCY:

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 April 1, 2018 to April 30, 2018.

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 April 2018.

Schedule B

91. The Office of Personnel Management (Sch. B, 213.3291)

(b) Center for Leadership Development—No more than 72 positions of faculty members at grades GS-13 through GS-15. Initial appointments under this authority may be made for any period up to 3 years and may be extended in 1, 2, or 3 year increments.

Schedule C

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

Agency name	Organization name	Position title	Authorization No.	Effective date
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE	Office of Farm Service Agency Office of Communications	State Executive Director—Rhode Island Press Assistant	DA180170 DA180165	04/20/2018 04/27/2018
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations	Confidential Assistant Staff Assistant Associate Director	DA180149 DA180157 DA180159	04/13/2018 04/13/2018 04/20/2018
	Office of Rural Business Service	Senior Advisor State Director—Puerto Rico	DA180166 DA180168	04/27/2018 04/16/2018
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE	Office of the General Counsel	Senior Counsel (2)	DC180130 DC180131	04/20/2018 04/20/2018
COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS	Office of Commission on Civil Rights	Special Assistant	CC180001	04/20/2018
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE	Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness)	Director of Communications for Personnel and Readiness Special Assistant	DD180080 DD180083	04/06/2018 04/20/2018
	Office of the Chief Management Officer	Special Assistant	DD180078	04/11/2018
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY	Office Assistant Secretary Army (Civil Works)	Special Assistant (Civil Works)	DW180021	04/06/2018
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION	Office of the Secretary	Confidential Assistant (Protocol)	DB180041	04/09/2018
	Office of the General Counsel	Attorney Advisor	DB180039	04/27/2018
	Office of Communications and Outreach	Confidential Assistant	DB180042	04/27/2018
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY	Office of National Nuclear Security Administration	Senior Advisor	DE180066	04/06/2018
	Office of the Secretary	Executive Support Specialist Special Assistant	DE180070 DE180071	04/10/2018 04/27/2018
	Office of the Chief Financial Officer	Special Assistant	DE180067	04/20/2018
	Office of Management	Senior Congressional Correspondence Advisor	DE180068	04/20/2018
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION	Office of Northwest/Arctic Region Office of General Counsel	Senior Advisor for Technology and to the Regional Administrator Counsel	GS180026 GS180025	04/06/2018 04/16/2018
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES	Office of Administration for Children and Families Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs	Policy Advisor Senior Advisor and National Spokesperson	DH180053 DH180108	04/04/2018 04/04/2018
	Office of Administration for Community Living	Policy Advisor	DH180063	04/06/2018
	Office of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services	Director of Strategic Communications	DH180106	04/06/2018
	Office of Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration	Director of Communications	DH180112	04/06/2018
	Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs	Senior Advisor	DH180092	04/16/2018
	Office of the Secretary	Advisor Policy Advisor Special Assistant	DH180104 DH180123 DH180132	04/17/2018 04/20/2018 04/23/2018
		Deputy Director of Scheduling	DH180128	04/30/2018
	Office of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	Deputy Chief of Staff	DH180114	04/27/2018
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources	Director of Strategic Projects and Policy Initiatives	DH180124	04/27/2018
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY	Office of Federal Emergency Management Agency	Special Assistant Director, Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships	DM180147 DM180111	04/06/2018 04/10/2018
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs	Director of Digital Strategy	DM180150	04/06/2018
	Office of United States Customs and Border Protection	Staff Assistant	DM180153	04/11/2018
	Office of the Chief of Staff	Confidential Assistant	DM180159	04/11/2018
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT	Office of Housing	Advisor (2)	DU180061 DU180050	04/06/2018 04/16/2018
	Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations	Congressional Relations Specialist	DU180062	04/06/2018
	Office of the Chief Information Officer	Senior Advisor	DU180065	04/24/2018
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR	Secretary's Immediate Office	Director of Scheduling and Advance Senior Advance Representative	DI180038 DI180048	04/06/2018 04/20/2018
	Office of the Solicitor	Attorney Advisor	DI180033	04/17/2018
	Office of Assistant Secretary—Fish and Wildlife and Parks	Senior Advisor	DI180050	04/17/2018
	Office of Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs	Senior Advisor	DI180058	04/24/2018
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR	Office of Employment and Training Administration	Special Assistant	DL180062	04/06/2018
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy	Senior Counsel and Policy Advisor	DL180064	04/16/2018
	Office of the Deputy Secretary	Counselor Confidential Assistant and Director of Scheduling	DL180070 DL180077	04/16/2018 04/20/2018
	Office of Mine Safety and Health Administration	Chief of Staff	DL180061	04/27/2018
	Office of the Secretary	Special Assistant	DL180079	04/27/2018
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION	Office of Communications	Senior Advisor/Press Secretary Executive Assistant	NN180018 NN180019	04/27/2018 04/27/2018
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES	National Endowment for the Humanities	Executive Assistant	NH180002	04/16/2018
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET	Office of General Government Programs Office of Legislative Affairs	Confidential Assistant Deputy for Legislative Affairs (Appropriations)	BO180013 BO180014	04/13/2018 04/13/2018
OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY	Office of the Director	Senior Policy Advisor and White House Liaison	QQ180005	04/24/2018
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT	Office of the General Counsel	Attorney-Advisor (General) Senior Counsel and Advisor	PM180022 PM180020	04/06/2018 04/20/2018
OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT	Official Residence of the Vice President	Deputy Residence Manager	RV180001	04/06/2018
PRESIDENTS COMMISSION ON WHITE HOUSE FELLOWSHIPS	Presidents Commission on White House Fellowships	Assistant Director for Operations and Recruitment	WH180001	04/12/2018
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION	Office of the Administrator Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs	Senior Advisor Legislative Assistant (2)	SB180024 SB180025 SB180022	04/02/2018 04/02/2018 04/17/2018
	Office of Administration	Special Assistant White House Liaison	SB180026 SB180023	04/20/2018 04/30/2018
	Office of Capital Access	Special Advisor	SB180027	04/27/2018
DEPARTMENT OF STATE	Office of Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor	Special Assistant	DS180042	04/06/2018
	Office of Bureau for Education and Cultural Affairs	Special Advisor	DS180041	04/16/2018
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION	Office of Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs	Senior Governmental Affairs Officer	DT180016	04/13/2018
	Office of the Secretary	Special Assistant Deputy Director of Scheduling and Advance	DT180033 DT180027	04/13/2018 04/24/2018
	Office of the Executive Secretariat	Special Assistant	DT180039	04/16/2018
	Office of Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs	Special Assistant	DT180042	04/27/2018
	Office of Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy	Speechwriter	DT180046	04/27/2018
	Office of Public Affairs	Director of Public Affairs	DT180047	04/27/2018
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY	Department of the Treasury	Personal Aide Senior Advisor	DY180057 DY180058	04/05/2018 04/16/2018

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

Agency name	Organization name	Position title	Request No.	Date vacated
COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION	Office of the Chairperson	Senior Advisor	CT170012	04/28/2018
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE	Office of Public Affairs	Senior Speechwriter and Press Assistant	DC170071	04/18/2018
	Office of Assistant Secretary Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs	Associate Director for Intergovernmental Affairs	DC170073	04/28/2018
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES	Office for Civil Rights	Chief of Staff	DH170211	04/05/2018
	Office of Administration for Children and Families	Policy Advisor Special Assistant	DH170138 DH170127	04/03/2018 04/06/2018
	Office of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services	Senior Advisor to the Administrator	DH170309	04/15/2018
	Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs	Director of External Affairs	DH170136	04/05/2018
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs	Communications Advisor	DH170087	04/03/2018
	Office of the Secretary	Director of Boards and Commissions	DH170177	04/08/2018
		Special Assistant to the Secretary for Advance	DH180034	04/20/2018
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY	Office of the Chief of Staff	Deputy White House Liaison	DM170183	04/13/2018
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT	Office of Government National Mortgage Association	Special Assistant	DU180036	04/14/2018
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE	Office of Legal Policy	Counsel	DJ170090	04/07/2018
	Office of the Attorney General	White House Liaison	DJ170172	04/30/2018
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR	Office of Public Affairs	Speech Writer	DL170063	04/17/2018
DEPARTMENT OF STATE	Office of the Secretary	Special Advisor	DS170165	04/13/2018
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY	Office of the Chief of Staff	Personal Aide to the Secretary	DY170073	04/07/2018
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION	Office of the Secretary	Special Assistant	DT170052	04/14/2018
		Special Assistant for Scheduling and Advance	DT170106	04/28/2018
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION	Office of Federal Acquisition Service	Executive Director	GS170045	04/14/2018
	Office of Strategic Communications	Associate Administrator for Strategic Communications	GS170023	04/21/2018
	Office of the Administrator	Senior Advisor for Technology	GS170021	04/21/2018
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE	Office of Washington Headquarters Services	Defense Fellow	DD170125	04/14/2018
PRESIDENTS COMMISSION ON WHITE HOUSE FELLOWSHIPS	Presidents Commission on White House Fellowships	Confidential Assistant	WH170007	04/14/2018
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION	Office of the Chairman	Confidential Assistant	SE140003	04/05/2018
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION	Office of the Administrator	Assistant Administrator for Intergovernmental Affairs	SB170012	04/12/2018
	Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs	Legislative Assistant	SB170027	04/14/2018

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

Office of Personnel Management.

Alexys Stanley,

Regulatory Affairs.