2024-11363. 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, modified, or revoked from May 1, 2023, to May 31, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Julia Alford, Senior Executive Resources Services, Senior Executive Services and Performance Management, Employee Services, 202-936-3085.

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 OPM publishes a notice of agency-specific authorities established or revoked each month in the Federal Register at https://www.govinfo.gov/​. 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 .

Below are the Schedule A, B, and C appointing authorities applicable to a single agency that were established, modified, or revoked from May 1, 2023, to May 31, 2023.

Schedule A

No Schedule A Authorities to report during May 2023.

Schedule B

No Schedule B Authorities to report during May 2023.

Schedule C

The following Schedule C appointing authorities were approved during May 2023.

Agency name	Organization name	Position title	Authorization No.	Effective date
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE	Office of the Under Secretary for Rural Development	Confidential Assistant	DA230083	05/04/2023
		Special Assistant	DA230084	05/04/2023
	Office of Communications	Deputy Director of Communications	DA230082	05/22/2023
		Press Secretary	DA230108	05/22/2023
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations	Special Assistant	DA230085	05/05/2023
	Office of the General Counsel	Senior Advisor Special Assistant	DA230105 DA230107	05/22/2023 05/22/2023
	Office of the Secretary	Special Advisor Director of Scheduling and Advance	DA230086 DA230087	05/04/2023 05/22/2023
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE	Minority Business Development Agency	Senior Advisor	DC230131	05/04/2023
	Office of Business Liaison	Deputy Director	DC230129	05/04/2023
	Office of Policy and Strategic Planning	Special Advisor	DC230133	05/19/2023
	Office of the Secretary	Special Assistant	DC230139	05/19/2023
	Office of the Under Secretary	Special Assistant	DC230136	05/19/2023
COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY	Council on Environmental Quality	Staff Assistant for Environmental Justice	EQ230005	05/26/2023
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE	Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Legislative Affairs)	Special Assistant	DD230150 DD230151	05/16/2023 05/31/2023
	Office of the Secretary of Defense	Senior Advisor to the Deputy Secretary of Defense for Strategic Engagements	DD230153	05/19/2023
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION	Office of the Deputy Secretary	Deputy Chief of Staff	DB230079	05/04/2023
	Office of the Under Secretary	Policy Advisor	DB230073	05/15/2023
	Office of Communications and Outreach	Press Secretary, Higher Education	DB230085	05/15/2023
	Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services	Confidential Assistant	DB230087	05/18/2023
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs	Oversight Advisor Special Assistant	DE230113 DE230119	05/24/2023 05/26/2023
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy	Chief of Staff	DE230118	05/26/2023
	National Nuclear Security Administration	Director of Public Affairs	DE230099	05/09/2023
	Office of Management	Director of Advance	DE230110	05/22/2023
	Office of Public Affairs	Deputy Speechwriter	DE230114	05/24/2023
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY	Office of the Associate Administrator for Policy	Special Advisor	EP230087	05/22/2023
	Office of the Associate Administrator for Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations	Senior Advisor for Congressional Affairs	EP230092	05/25/2023
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION	Office of Strategic Communication	Press Secretary	GS230033	05/09/2023
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES	Office of the Administration for Children and Families	Director of Communications	DH230189	05/04/2023
	Office for Civil Rights	Senior Advisor	DH230190	05/04/2023
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY	Federal Emergency Management Agency	Special Assistant	DM230213	05/18/2023
	United States Customs and Border Protection	Deputy Chief of Staff	DM230214	05/18/2023
	Office of Public Affairs	Director of Strategic Communications and Speechwriting	DM230236	05/18/2023
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT	Office of the Secretary	Executive Assistant	DU230056	05/02/2023
	Office of Housing	Special Assistant	DU230053	05/04/2023
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR	Secretary's Immediate Office	White House Liaison	DI230070	05/25/2023
		Principal Deputy Communications Director	DI230071	05/25/2023
	Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs	Special Assistant	DI230072	05/25/2023
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE	Office of Justice Programs	Policy Advisor	DJ230091	05/05/2023
	Office of Legislative Affairs	Counsel	DJ230093	05/12/2023
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR	Department of Labor	Chief of Staff Advisor	DL230072 DL230067	05/26/2023 05/30/2023
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management	Special Assistant	DL230068	05/30/2023
	Office of the Secretary	Scheduler	DL230070	05/30/2023
	Office of Workers Compensation Programs	Chief of Staff	DL230064	05/25/2023
	Office of Veterans Employment and Training Service	Chief of Staff	DL230063	05/30/2023
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES	National Endowment for the Humanities	White House Liaison	NH230006	05/25/2023
OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY	Office of External and Legislative Affairs	Legislative Analyst Public Affairs Specialist (Press Secretary)	QQ230008 QQ230009	05/15/2023 05/15/2023
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT	Office of the Director	Deputy Chief of Staff	PM230041	05/12/2023
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION	Office of Communications and Public Liaison	Senior Advisor Digital Director	SB230025 SB230026	05/01/2023 05/11/2023
	Office of the Administrator	Special Assistant for Public Engagement	SB230028	05/02/2023
DEPARTMENT OF STATE	Office of International Organizations	Deputy Assistant Secretary	DS230129	05/04/2023
	Bureau of Global Public Affairs	Senior Advisor (Strategic Communications and Outreach)	DS230130	05/04/2023
	Office of Policy Planning	Special Advisor (Speechwriter)	DS230131	05/04/2023
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION	Office of the Secretary	Deputy Director of Advance	DT230089	05/18/2023
	Office of Civil Rights	Special Assistant for Civil Rights	DT230090	05/18/2023
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY	Department of the Treasury	Special Assistant Senior Advisor White House Liaison	DY230097 DY230105 DY230107	05/04/2023 05/04/2023 05/22/2023

The following Schedule C appointing authorities were revoked during May 2023.

Agency name	Organization name	Position title	Request No.	Vacate date
COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY	Council on Environmental Quality	Scheduler and Communications Assistant	EQ220001	05/21/2023
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations	Special Assistant	DA220046	05/20/2023
	Rural Housing Service	Chief of Staff	DA210067	05/06/2023
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE	National Telecommunications and Information Administration	Advisor for Intergovernmental Affairs	DC220080	05/24/2023
	Office of Advance, Scheduling and Protocol	Chief Protocol Officer and Senior Advisor	DC210181	05/06/2023
	Office of Business Liaison	Director, Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships and Advisor for Inclusive Partnerships	DC220092	05/20/2023
	Office of Executive Secretariat	Special Assistant	DC220121	05/20/2023
	Office of the Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary for Administration	Senior Advisor and Deputy Chief of Staff	DC220137	05/20/2023
	Office of the General Counsel	Counsel	DC210187	05/13/2023
	Patent and Trademark Office	Chief Communications Officer	DC220164	05/06/2023
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION	Office of Communications and Outreach	Confidential Assistant	DB220045	05/06/2023
	Office of the Under Secretary	Confidential Assistant	DB210059	05/06/2023
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs	Regional Intergovernmental and External Affairs for the Northeast	DE210189	05/27/2023
	Office of Scheduling and Advance	Deputy Director for Scheduling and Advance	DE220099	05/06/2023
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES	Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs	Regional Director Philadelphia Region III	DH220072	05/02/2023
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY	Federal Emergency Management Agency	Legislative Correspondent	DM210292	05/09/2023
	Office of Strategy, Policy and Plans	Senior Counselor to the Under Secretary	DM210472	05/03/2023
		Senior Advisor	DM220181	05/20/2023
	Transportation Security Administration	Senior Counselor	DM210398	05/05/2023
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT	Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations	Congressional Relations Specialist	DU210031	05/06/2023
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR	Office of Public Affairs	Chief of Staff	DL230004	05/11/2023
DEPARTMENT OF STATE	Office of Policy Planning	Special Assistant (Speechwriter)	DS210285	05/06/2023
	Office of the Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy and Human Rights	Senior Advisor	DS210257	05/06/2023
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY	Office of Public Affairs	Deputy Associate Administrator for Public Affairs	EP220058	05/27/2023
	Office of the Administrator	Scheduler	EP220037	05/26/2023
		Deputy White House Liaison	EP220047	05/20/2023
		Senior Advisor for Internal Operations	EP230061	05/06/2023
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION	Office of the Administrator	Special Assistant	GS220002	05/07/2023
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE	Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs)	Special Assistant	DD230029	05/20/2023
	Office of the Secretary of Defense	Special Assistant Protocol Officer	DD220093 DD230039	05/06/2023 05/20/2023
	Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Intelligence and Security)	Special Assistant	DD210106	05/20/2023
	Washington Headquarters Services	Special Assistant	DD220185	05/20/2023

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

Office of Personnel Management.

Kayyonne Marston,

Federal Register Liaison.