2016-18945. 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, 2016 to May 31, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Senior Executive Resources Services, Senior Executive Service 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 2016.

Schedule B

No schedule B authorities to report during May 2016.

Schedule C

The following Schedule C appointing authorities were approved during May 2016.

Agency name	Organization name	Position title	Authorization No.	Effective date
Department of Agriculture	Office of the Secretary	Special Assistant (2)	DA160122 DA160123	5/12/2016 5/12/2016
	Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization	Director	DA160125	5/13/2016
	Office of the Under Secretary Farm and Foreign Agricultural Service	Deputy Chief of Staff	DA160126	5/13/2016
	Foreign Agricultural Service	Deputy Chief of Staff	DA160132	5/24/2016
	Office of Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment	Chief of Staff	DA160133	5/24/2016
Department of Commerce	Office of Public Affairs	Speechwriter and Press Assistant	DC160141	5/6/2016
	Bureau of Industry and Security	Special Advisor	DC160150	5/10/2016
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Economic Development	Director of External Affairs	DC160151	5/10/2016
Department of Defense	Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Asian and Pacific Security Affairs)	Special Assistant for East Asia	DD160137	5/10/2016
	Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (International Security Affairs)	Special Assistant for the Middle East	DD160145	5/18/2016
	Office of the Secretary	Special Assistant Director, Travel Operations	DD160147 DD160146	5/20/2016 5/23/2016
	Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Special Operations/Low Intensity Conflict and Interdependent Capabilities)	Chief of Staff for Stability and Humanitarian Affairs	DD160148	5/25/2016
Department of the Air Force	Office of Assistant Secretary Air Force for Acquisition	Director of Private Sector Engagement	DF160035	5/10/2016
Department of Education	Office of Postsecondary Education	Special Assistant	DB160084	5/5/2016
	Office of the Secretary	Change Management Director	DB160086	5/12/2016
		Leadership Development Director	DB160087	5/12/2016
		Deputy Director of Scheduling and Advance	DB160089	5/13/2016
	Office of the Under Secretary	Chief of Staff, White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics	DB160091	5/18/2016
		Deputy Director, White House Initiative on Asian American and Pacific Islanders	DB160085	5/19/2016
	Office of Elementary and Secondary Education	Confidential Assistant, Special Projects	DB160088	5/19/2016
	Office for Civil Rights	Confidential Assistant (2)	DB160092 DB160093	5/19/2016 5/25/2016
	Office of Communications and Outreach	Director of Strategic Media Initiatives	DB160094	5/25/2016
Department of Energy	Assistant Secretary for Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability	Senior Advisor for External Affairs	DE160112	5/5/2016
	Office of Public Affairs	Deputy Press Secretary	DE160113	5/5/2016
	Office of Energy Policy and Systems Analysis	Senior Analyst for Energy Security	DE160116	5/10/2016
	Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy	Deputy Chief of Staff	DE160117	5/13/2016
	Office of the Deputy Secretary	Special Advisor	DE160114	5/16/2016
Environmental Protection Agency	Office of Public Engagement and Environmental Education	Deputy Associate Administrator for Public Engagement and Environmental Education	EP160037	5/12/2016
Export-Import Bank	Office of the Chairman	Confidential Assistant	EB160003	5/2/2016
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission	Office of the Chairman	Confidential Assistant	DR160002	5/31/2016
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service	Office of the Director	Senior Advisor	FM160002	5/3/2016
General Services Administration	Office of the Administrator	Deputy Chief of Staff	GS160025	5/16/2016
Department of Health and Human Services	Office of the Deputy Secretary	Special Assistant	DH160120	5/23/2016
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Children and Families	Special Assistant	DH160136	5/25/2016
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs	Deputy Assistant Secretary	DH160122	5/5/2016
	Office of the Secretary	Deputy Scheduler Special Advisor	DH160135 DH160138	5/24/2016 5/24/2016
Department of Homeland Security	Office of the Chief of Staff	Director of Trips of Advance (2)	DM160238 DM160242	5/3/2016 5/5/2016
	Office of the Secretary	Senior Counselor	DM160250	5/25/2016
	Office of the Under Secretary for National Protection and Programs Directorate	Confidential Assistant	DM160243	5/5/2016
	Office of the General Counsel	Special Assistant	DM160244	5/5/2016
	United States Customs and Border Protection	Special Assistant	DM160254	5/24/2016
	United States Citizenship and Immigration Services	Advisor	DM160255	5/24/2016
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy	Special Assistant, Office of Policy	DM160248	5/25/2016
Department of Housing and Urban Development	Office of the Deputy Secretary	Special Assistant (2)	DU160031 DU160036	5/6/2016 5/23/2016
	Office of Housing	Advisor for Single Family Asset Management	DU160333	5/10/2016
	Office of the Secretary	Senior Policy Advisor	DU160032	5/23/2016
Department of the Interior	Office of Assistant Secretary—Land and Minerals Management	Counselor	DI160067	5/16/2016
Department of Justice	Office on Violence Against Women	Confidential Assistant	DJ160091	5/6/2016
	Office of Legal Policy	Senior Policy Advisor	DJ160109	5/20/2016
	Office of Public Affairs	Deputy Director Press Secretary and Senior Advisor	DJ160103 DJ160111	5/23/2016 5/27/2016
	Civil Rights Division	Special Assistant	DJ160110	5/24/2016
Department of Labor	Office of Workers Compensation Programs	Chief of Staff	DL160086	5/13/2016
	Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs	Chief of Staff	DL160090	5/13/2016
	Employment and Training Administration	Policy Advisor	DL160089	5/13/2016
	Office of the Secretary	Special Assistant	DL160092	5/16/2016
Office of Management and Budget	Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs	Counselor	BO160037	5/5/2016
		Confidential Assistant	BO160036	5/10/2016
Office of Personnel Management	Office of the Director	Project Manager	PM160027	5/25/2016
Office of Science and Technology Policy	Office of Science and Technology Policy	Confidential Assistant	TS160005	5/12/2016
Small Business Administration	Office of Communications and Public Liaison	Assistant Administrator for Public Engagement	SB160028	5/13/2016
	Office of Government Contracting and Business Development	Special Advisor	SB160029	5/13/2016
Department of State	Office of the Chief of Protocol	Protocol Officer	DS160090	5/5/2016
	Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism	Deputy Coordinator	DS160093	5/9/2016
	Office of the Global Women's Issues	Special Assistant	DS160098	5/19/2016
	Office of the Special Representative for Global Partnership Initiative	Senior Advisor	DS160100	5/23/2016
	Bureau of Public Affairs	Deputy Assistant Secretary	DS160101	5/23/2016
	Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs	Staff Assistant	DS160096	5/26/2016
	Office of the Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Affairs	Staff Assistant	DS160103	5/26/2016
	Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs	Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs	DS160104	5/27/2016
Trade and Development Agency	Office of the Director	Senior Advisor Chief of Staff	TD160002 TD160003	5/5/2016 5/24/2016
United States International Trade Commission	Office of Commissioner Schmidtlein	Confidential Assistant	TC160004	5/3/2016

The following Schedule C appointing authorities were revoked during May 2016.

Agency name	Organization name	Position title	Request No.	Date vacated
Department of Agriculture	Natural Resources Conservation Service	Special Assistant to the Chief for Public and Private Partnerships	DA150142	05/08/2016
	Agricultural Marketing Service	Chief or Staff	DA120029	05/15/2016
	Office of the Secretary	Special Assistant	DA160031	05/15/2016
	Office of Under Secretary For Natural Resources and Environment	Chief of Staff	DA150145	05/15/2016
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Economic Development	Director of Public Affairs	DC140162	05/14/2016
	Office of the General Counsel	Counselor to the General Counsel	DC150071	05/14/2016
	Office of the Under Secretary	Special Assistant	DC150130	05/14/2016
	Advocacy Center	Policy Assistant	DC140123	05/15/2016
Department of Education	Office of the Secretary	Special Assistant for College Access	DB090068	05/03/2016
Department of Health and Human Services	Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs	Regional Director, Boston, Massachusetts, Region I	DH150106	05/09/2016
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Legislation	Special Assistant for Oversight	DH150048	05/13/2016
	Office of the Secretary	Policy Advisor	DH160039	05/14/2016
		Senior Advisor to the Secretary	DH150175	05/14/2016
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs	Director of Strategic Planning	DH150124	05/20/2016
	Office of Refugee Resettlement/Office of the Director	Special Advisor	DH150020	05/28/2016
		Chief of Staff	DH150073	05/31/2016
	Office of the Deputy Secretary	Confidential Assistant	DH150150	05/28/2016
Department of Homeland Security	Federal Emergency Management Agency	Press Secretary	DM150018	05/04/2016
	Office of the Under Secretary For National Protection and Programs Directorate	Senior Advisor	DM140122	05/08/2016
	Office of the General Counsel	Special Assistant to the General Counsel and Attorney Advisor	DM150188	05/14/2016
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy	Special Assistant	DM150056	05/28/2016
	Office of the Executive Secretariat	Director of Trips and Advance	DM150171	05/28/2016
Department of Housing and Urban Development	Office of the Deputy Secretary	Special Assistant	DU150067	05/14/2016
	Office of the General Counsel	Chief of Staff/Senior Counsel	DU150061	05/28/2016
Department of Justice	Office of Public Affairs	Media Affairs Coordinator	DJ160011	05/11/2016
		Deputy Director	DJ140023	05/13/2016
		Press Secretary and Senior Advisor	DJ160003	05/28/2016
	Office on Violence Against Women	Confidential Assistant	DJ160007	05/14/2016
	Office of Legal Policy	Senior Counsel	DJ140119	05/14/2016
	Office of the Deputy Attorney General	Senior Counsel	DJ130034	05/28/2016
Department of State	Office of the Chief of Protocol	Protocol Officer	DS150041	05/14/2016
	Bureau of Public Affairs	Senior Advisor	DS140126	05/28/2016
	Office of the Global Women's Issues	Staff Assistant	DS150064	05/28/2016
Office of Management and Budget	Office of E-Government and Information Technology	Confidential Assistant	BO150020	05/28/2016
Office of Personnel Management	Office of Congressional Relations	Intergovernmental Affairs Associate	PM150005	05/13/2016
Office of the Secretary of Defense	Office of the Secretary of Defense	Advance Officer	DD160047	05/14/2016
	Washington Headquarters Services	Defense Fellow	DD140102	05/14/2016
Small Business Administration	Office of Communications and Public Liaison	Senior Speechwriter	SB140012	05/14/2016
		Press Secretary	SB140024	05/28/2016
Trade and Development Agency	Office of the Director	Chief of Staff	TD130004	05/14/2016

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.