2024-11365. 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 was established, modified, or revoked from October 1, 2023, to October 31, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Julia Alford, Agency Operations and Services, Executive Services and Workforce Development, Workforce Policy and Innovation, 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 was established, modified, or revoked from October 1, 2023, to October 31, 2023.

Schedule A

No Schedule A Authorities to report during October 2023.

Schedule B

No Schedule B Authorities to report during October 2023.

Schedule C

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

Agency name	Organization name	Position title	Authorization No.	Effective date
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE	Office of the Secretary	Advance Lead	DA240005	10/26/2023
UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR GLOBAL MEDIA	United States Agency for Global Media	Senior Advisor	IB230002	10/25/2023
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE	Office of the Deputy Secretary	Senior Advisor	DC240002	10/06/2023
	Office of Executive Secretariat	Special Assistant	DC240005	10/19/2023
COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION	Office of the Chairperson	Confidential Assistant	CT230004	10/17/2023
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE	Washington Headquarters Services	Special Assistant	DD240003	10/17/2023
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY	Office of the Assistant Secretary of Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs)	Special Assistant	DN230053	10/20/2023
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY	Office of Public Affairs	Chief Speechwriter	DE230157	10/06/2023
	Office of the Secretary	Special Assistant to the White House Liaison	DE240005	10/18/2023
	National Nuclear Security Administration	Special Assistant	DE240006	10/18/2023
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY	Office of Public Affairs	Public Affairs Specialist	EP240006	10/19/2023
	Office of Public Engagement and Environmental Education	Public Engagement Specialist	EP240007	10/19/2023
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION	Office of Media Relations	Director, Office of Media Relations	FC230008	10/26/2023
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION	Pacific Rim Region	Special Assistant to the Regional Administrator	GS240001	10/24/2023
	Southeast Sunbelt Region	Special Assistant to the Regional Administrator	GS240002	10/24/2023
	Rocky Mountain Region	Special Assistant to the Regional Administrator	GS240003	10/24/2023
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs	Online Communications Manager	DH230271	10/04/2023
	Office of the Secretary	Senior Advisor	DH230275	10/04/2023
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health	Executive Director, Presidents Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition	DH230276	10/04/2023
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Legislation	Policy Advisor	DH240002	10/06/2023
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY	Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans	Policy Advisor	DM230364	10/16/2023
	United States Customs and Border Protection	Senior Advisor	DM240002	10/16/2023
	Office of Public Affairs	Special Assistant	DM240004	10/16/2023
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT	Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity	Special Policy Advisor	DU240004	10/18/2023
		Special Advisor	DU230073	10/20/2023
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR	Office of the Assistant Secretary—Fish and Wildlife and Parks	Senior Advisor	DI230089	10/11/2023
	Secretary's Immediate Office	Scheduler Deputy Director, Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs	DI230090 DI230097	10/11/2023 10/20/2023
		Advisor	DI240004	10/23/2023
	Office of the Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs	Advisor	DI230091	10/11/2023
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR	Office of Public Affairs	Chief of Speechwriting	DL240002	10/10/2023
	Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs	Chief of Staff	DL240001	10/13/2023
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS	National Endowment for the Arts	Speechwriter and Communications Specialist	NA240001	10/06/2023
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET	Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs	Counselor	BO230045	10/05/2023
UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCE CORPORATION	Overseas Private Investment Corporation	Special Assistant	PQ230017	10/12/2023
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION	Office of Public Affairs	Supervisory Public Affairs Specialist	SE240001	10/04/2023
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION	Office of the Administrator	Director of Policy Policy Advisor	SB230039 SB230040	10/04/2023 10/05/2023
		Deputy Director of Scheduling and Advance	SB240003	10/12/2023
		Special Assistant Special Advisor	SB240002 SB240001	10/20/2023 10/25/2023
DEPARTMENT OF STATE	Bureau of Legislative Affairs	Senate Director	DS240001	10/11/2023
	Office of Global Women's Issues	Congressional Advisor	DS240003	10/12/2023
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION	Office of the Secretary	Director of Advance and Trip Operations	DT240002	10/18/2023
	Office of Public Affairs and Public Engagement	Media Advisor	DT240004	10/18/2023
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY	Department of the Treasury	Special Assistant Digital Content Specialist	DY230159 DY240001	10/03/2023 10/03/2023
		Policy Advisor (2)	DY240006 DY230161	10/19/2023 10/26/2023
		Special Advisor Senior Advisor	DY230160 DY240010	10/23/2023 10/25/2023
	Office of the Under Secretary for International Affairs	Special Advisor	DY240003	10/11/2023

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

Agency name	Organization name	Position title	Request No.	Vacate date
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE	Minority Business Development Agency	Senior Advisor	DC230061	10/07/2023
	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration	Senior Advisor and Speechwriter	DC220058	10/13/2023
	Office of the Chief of Staff	Special Advisor	DC230101	10/28/2023
	Office of the Deputy Secretary	Special Assistant to the Deputy Secretary	DC230087	10/21/2023
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION	Office for Civil Rights	Confidential Assistant	DB220011	10/07/2023
	Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services	Special Assistant	DB210137	10/07/2023
	Office of the Deputy Secretary	Confidential Assistant	DB220087	10/08/2023
	Office of the Secretary	Director of Advance	DB210129	10/21/2023
		Special Advisor	DB230041	10/07/2023
		Confidential Assistant	DB230067	10/21/2023
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy	Special Assistant	DE220117	10/21/2023
	Office of Management	International Trip Lead	DE220140	10/21/2023
	Office of Policy	Special Assistant	DE220139	10/21/2023
	Office of Public Affairs	Deputy Press Secretary	DE220115	10/07/2023
	Office of Science	Chief of Staff	DE220019	10/21/2023
	Office of the Secretary	White House Liaison	DE220114	10/21/2023
		Special Assistant to the Deputy Chief of Staff	DE220131	10/21/2023
		Deputy White House Liaison	DE220142	10/21/2023
	Office of the Under Secretary of Energy	Special Advisor	DE230016	10/07/2023
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources	Special Assistant	DH230171	10/27/2023
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Legislation	Special Assistant	DH220121	10/07/2023
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs	Senior Advisor—Public Health Communications	DH230262	10/27/2023
		Online Communications Manager	DH230172	10/07/2023
	Office of the Secretary	Special Assistant	DH230060	10/07/2023
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY	Federal Emergency Management Agency	Special Assistant	DM220186	10/08/2023
	Office of Public Affairs	Social Media Director	DM220240	10/08/2023
	Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans	Special Assistant Special Advisor	DM220229 DM220263	10/22/2023 10/08/2023
	Office of the Secretary	Special Assistant to the Secretary	DM220291	10/22/2023
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT	Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity	Policy Advisor	DU230003	10/21/2023
	Office of Field Policy and Management	Regional Administrator	DU220012	10/07/2023
	Office of Public and Indian Housing	Senior Advisor Special Assistant	DU220070 DU220036	10/07/2023 10/07/2023
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR	Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs	Senior Advisor	DL230011	10/07/2023
	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy	Chief of Staff	DL220084	10/06/2023
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR	Office of the Assistant Secretary—Fish and Wildlife and Parks	Senior Advisor	DI220063	10/21/2023
	Office of the Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs	Special Assistant	DI210138	10/21/2023
	Secretary's Immediate Office	Scheduler	DI220013	10/21/2023
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY	Office of the Assistant Secretary (Public Affairs)	Press Assistant	DY230016	10/07/2023
	Office of the Under Secretary for Domestic Finance	Special Assistant for the Financial Stability Oversight Council	DY220150	10/21/2023
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION	Office of Public Affairs	Director of Public Affairs	DT220081	10/05/2023
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY	Office of the Administrator	Special Assistant to the Executive Secretariat Deputy Director of Advance	EP230018   EP230063	10/07/2023   10/13/2023
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION	Office of the General Counsel	Chief of Staff	GS230024	10/18/2023
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION	Office of Communications	Press Secretary and Advisor	NN230013	10/29/2023
	Office of the Administrator	White House Liaison	NN220004	10/14/2023
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET	Office of Legislative Affairs	Deputy to the Associate Director	BO210023	10/11/2023
OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY	Office of Science and Technology Policy	Special Assistant	TS210003	10/06/2023
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE	Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Indo-Pacific Security Affairs)	Special Assistant	DD220182	10/21/2023
	Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Legislative Affairs)	Special Assistant	DD220173	10/21/2023
	Office of the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs)	Speechwriter Director of Digital Media	DD220097 DD230127	10/07/2023 10/01/2023
	Office of the Secretary of Defense	Senior Protocol Officer	DD230152	10/01/2023
	Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and Sustainment)	Special Assistant	DD220077	10/21/2023
	Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Research and Engineering)	Special Assistant	DD230104	10/21/2023
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION	Office of Public Affairs	Senior Advisor to the Chair (Director of Speechwriting)	SE230004	10/08/2023
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION	Office of the Administrator	Director of Policy Confidential Assistant Senior Advisor	SB220037 SB220031 SB220033	10/07/2023 10/21/2023 10/07/2023
UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCE CORPORATION	Overseas Private Investment Corporation	Deputy Chief of Staff	PQ210002	10/21/2023
		Special Assistant to the Chief Executive Officer and Front Office Manager	PQ210006	10/20/2023
		Special Assistant	PQ220002	10/21/2023
UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION	Office of Commissioner Schmidtlein	Staff Assistant (Legal)	TC210006	10/21/2023
	Office of Commissioner Stayin	Staff Assistant (Legal) (2)	TC120011 TC200001	10/21/2023 10/21/2023
	Office of the Chairman	Confidential Assistant	TC190007	10/03/2023

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.