[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 240 (Thursday, December 13, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74226-74228]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-30124]


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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT


Excepted Service

AGENCY: U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice identifies Schedule A, B, and C appointing 
authorities applicable to a single agency that were established or 
revoked from October 1, 2012, to October 31, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Senior Executive Resources Services, 
Executive Resources and Employee Development, 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 annually a consolidated listing of all Schedule A, B, 
and C appointing authorities current as of June 30 as a notice in the 
Federal Register.

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Schedule A

    The following Schedule A authority was approved in October:

11. Department of Homeland Security (Sch. A, 213.3111)

    (d) General
    (1) Not to exceed 1,000 positions to perform cyber risk and 
strategic analysis, incident handling and malware/vulnerability 
analysis, program management, distributed control systems security, 
cyber incident response, cyber exercise facilitation and management, 
cyber vulnerability detection and assessment, network and systems 
engineering, enterprise architecture, intelligence analysis, 
investigation, investigative analysis and cyber-related infrastructure 
interdependency analysis requiring unique qualifications currently not 
established by OPM. Positions will be at the General Schedule (GS) 
grade levels 09-15. No new appointments may be made under this 
authority after December 31, 2013.

Schedule B

    No schedule B authorities to report during October 2012.

Schedule C

    The following Schedule C appointing authorities were approved 
during October 2012.

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                                                                                                      Effective
            Agency name              Organization name      Position title      Authorization No.        date
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE............  Office of the        Special Advisor....  DC120158.............    10/2/2012
                                     Assistant
                                     Secretary for
                                     Economic
                                     Development.
                                    Office of the        Deputy General       DC130001.............    10/3/2012
                                     General Counsel.     Counsel for
                                                          Strategic
                                                          Initiatives.
                                    Assistant Secretary  Deputy Director,     DC130002.............   10/12/2012
                                     for Market Access    Office of Advisory
                                     and Compliance.      Committees.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.............  Office of the Under  Special Assistant    DD120126.............   10/17/2012
                                     Secretary of         for Personnel and
                                     Defense.             Readiness.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION...........  Office of            Confidential         DB120102.............    10/2/2012
                                     Innovation and       Assistant.
                                     Improvement.
                                    Office of the        Chief of Staff.....  DB120090.............   10/12/2012
                                     Secretary.
                                    Office of Planning,  Confidential         DB120103.............   10/12/2012
                                     Evaluation and       Assistant.
                                     Policy Development.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY..............  Assistant Secretary  Director of          DE120145.............    10/2/2012
                                     for Energy           Legislative
                                     Efficiency and       Affairs.
                                     Renewable Energy.
                                    Assistant Secretary  Legislative Affairs  DE120143.............   10/11/2012
                                     for Congressional    Specialist.
                                     and
                                     Intergovernmental
                                     Affairs.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN      Office of            Senior Advisor.....  DH120143.............    10/2/2012
 SERVICES.                           Intergovernmental
                                     and External
                                     Affairs.
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY...  Office of the        Confidential         DM130009.............   10/17/2012
                                     Assistant            Assistant.
                                     Secretary for
                                     Intergovernmental
                                     Affairs.
                                    Office of the        Chief of Staff.....  DM130011.............   10/17/2012
                                     Assistant
                                     Secretary for
                                     Policy.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.............  Civil Division.....  Counsel............  DJ120102.............    10/2/2012
                                    Office of Public     Public Affairs       DJ120103.............    10/2/2012
                                     Affairs.             Specialist.
                                    Office of Public     Public Affairs       DJ130004.............   10/19/2012
                                     Affairs.             Specialist.
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR...............  Office of            Senior Counselor...  DL120087.............    10/2/2012
                                     Congressional and
                                     Intergovernmental
                                     Affairs.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE...............  Bureau for           Special Assistant..  DS120121.............    10/4/2012
                                     Education and
                                     Cultural Affairs.
                                    Bureau of Economic   Staff Assistant....  DS120122.............   10/11/2012
                                     and Business
                                     Affairs.
                                    Bureau of            Legislative          DS120118.............   10/14/2012
                                     Legislative          Management Officer.
                                     Affairs.
                                    Bureau of            Legislative          DS130002.............   10/15/2012
                                     Legislative          Management Officer.
                                     Affairs.
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS....  Office of the        Special Assistant..  DV130007.............   10/12/2012
                                     Secretary and
                                     Deputy.
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    The following Schedule C appointing authorities were revoked during 
October 2012.

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              Agency                    Organization        Position title      Authorization No.    Vacate date
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE............  Office of Executive  Special Assistant..  DC110074.............      10/6/12
                                     Secretariat.

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION...........  Office of            Confidential         DB110104.............      10/6/12
                                     Innovation and       Assistant.
                                     Improvement.
                                    Office of            Confidential         DB110107.............      10/6/12
                                     Elementary and       Assistant.
                                     Secondary
                                     Education.
                                    Office of            Special Assistant..  DB120061.............      10/6/12
                                     Elementary and
                                     Secondary
                                     Education.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY..............  Office of the        Special Assistant..  DE110108.............     10/14/12
                                     Deputy Secretary.
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY...  Office of the        Senior Advisor to    DM100123.............     10/20/12
                                     Assistant            the Assistant
                                     Secretary for        Secretary for
                                     Policy.              Policy.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.............  Office of Public     Press Assistant....  DJ110121.............     10/20/12
                                     Affairs.
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE.......  Office of the Under  Special Assistant..  DF100056.............     10/20/12
                                     Secretary.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY...  Office of the        Special Assistant    EP110019.............      10/7/12
                                     Associate            to the Associate
                                     Administrator for    Administrator.
                                     External Affairs
                                     and Environmental
                                     Education.
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET...  Communications.....  Specialist for       BO110032.............     10/20/12
                                                          Strategic Planning
                                                          and Communications.
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE  Office of the        Special Assistant    DD090243.............     10/20/12
                                     Assistant            to the Assistant
                                     Secretary of         Secretary of
                                     Defense (Asian And   Defense.
                                     Pacific Security
                                     Affairs).
                                    Office of Principal  Special Assistant    DD090213.............     10/21/12
                                     Deputy Under         to the Principal
                                     Secretary for        Deputy Under
                                     Policy.              Secretary of
                                                          Defense.
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    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 3301 and 3302; E.O. 10577, 3 CFR, 1954-1958 
Comp., p. 218.

U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
John Berry,
Director.
[FR Doc. 2012-30124 Filed 12-12-12; 8:45 am]
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