[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 29 (Tuesday, February 12, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9951-9952]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-03144]


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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 December 1, 2012, to December 31, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Senior Executive Resources Services, 
Senior Executive Resources 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 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.

Schedule A

    The following Schedule A authority was approved in December.

Section 213.3106 Department of Defense

    (b) Entire Department (including the Office of the Secretary of 
Defense and the Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force)--
    (11) Not to exceed 3000 positions that require unique cyber 
security skills and knowledge 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 
inter-dependency analysis. This authority may be used to make 
permanent, time-limited and temporary appointments in the following 
occupational series: Security (GS-0080), intelligence analysts (GS-
0132), computer engineers (GS-0854), electronic engineers (GS-0855), 
computer scientists (GS-1550), operations research (GS-1515), criminal 
investigators (GS-1811), telecommunications (GS-0391), and IT 
specialists (GS-2210). Within the scope of this authority, the U.S. 
Cyber Command is also authorized to hire miscellaneous administrative 
and program (GS-0301) series when those positions require unique cyber 
security skills and knowledge. All positions will be at the General 
Schedule (GS) grade levels 09-15 or equivalent. No new appointments may 
be made under this authority after December 31, 2013.

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Schedule B

    No Schedule B authorities were approved in December 2012.

Schedule C

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

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           Agency name             Organization name     Position title      Authorization No.    Effective date
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE..........  Assistant Secretary  Special Assistant.  DC130015.............      12/13/2012
                                   and Director
                                   General for United
                                   States and Foreign
                                   Commercial Service.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE...........  Office of Assistant  Special Assistant   DD130022.............      12/12/2012
                                   Secretary of         (Reserve Affairs).
                                   Defense (Reserve
                                   Affairs).
                                  Office of the        Special Assistant.  DD130023.............      12/12/2012
                                   Assistant
                                   Secretary of
                                   Defense (Asian and
                                   Pacific Security
                                   Affairs).
                                  Office of the        Special Assistant   DD130027.............      12/18/2012
                                   Assistant            for International
                                   Secretary of         Security Affairs.
                                   Defense
                                   (International
                                   Security Affairs).
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY.  U.S. Customs and     Special Advisor...  DM130024.............      12/12/2012
                                   Border Protection.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE.............  Office of the Chief  Public Affairs      DS130020.............       12/3/2012
                                   of Protocol.         Specialist.
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION....  Secretary..........  Special Assistant   DT130008.............      12/10/2012
                                                        for Scheduling
                                                        and Advance.
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    The following Schedule C appointing authorities were revoked during 
December 2012.

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             Agency                   Organization       Position title      Authorization No.      Vacate date
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE..........  Office of the Under  Deputy Chief of     DC110109.............         12/7/12
                                   Secretary.           Staff For USPTO.
                                  Office of            Legislative         DC120015.............        12/15/12
                                   Legislative and      Assistant.
                                   Intergovernmental
                                   Affairs.
                                  Office of Public     Confidential        DC120082.............        12/29/12
                                   Affairs.             Assistant.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.........  Office for Civil     Special Assistant.  DB100012.............         12/1/12
                                   Rights.
                                  Office of            Deputy Assistant    DB120060.............         12/7/12
                                   Elementary and       Secretary for
                                   Secondary            Policy and Early
                                   Education.           Learning.
                                  Office of the        Special Assistant.  DB090169.............        12/31/12
                                   Secretary.
                                  Office of the Under  Director, White     DB120027.............        12/31/12
                                   Secretary.           House Initiative
                                                        on Educational
                                                        Excellence for
                                                        Hispanic
                                                        Americans.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY............  Office of the Under  Senior Advisor....  DE110034.............         12/3/12
                                   Secretary.
                                  Office of Public     Press Secretary...  DE120022.............         12/3/12
                                   Affairs.
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY.  Office of the        Executive           DM120066.............        12/31/12
                                   Assistant            Assistant.
                                   Secretary for
                                   Policy.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE...........  Civil Rights         Counsel...........  DJ110103.............         12/1/12
                                   Division.
                                  Office of the        Counsel...........  DJ110025.............         12/2/12
                                   Deputy Attorney
                                   General.
                                  Antitrust Division.  Counsel...........  DJ100105.............         12/3/12
DEPARTMENT OF STATE.............  Office of the Chief  Protocol Officer    DS110100.............        12/14/12
                                   of Protocol.         (Visits).
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION....  Assistant Secretary  Associate Director  DT110046.............        12/14/12
                                   for Governmental     for Governmental
                                   Affairs.             Affairs.
                                  Secretary..........  Advance Specialist  DT120027.............        12/15/12
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY.  Office of the        Policy Analyst....  EP110022.............         12/1/12
                                   Administrator.
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF        Office of the        Special Assistant.  DD090172.............         12/1/12
 DEFENSE.                          Assistant
                                   Secretary of
                                   Defense (Special
                                   Operations/Low
                                   Intensity Conflict
                                   and Interdependent
                                   Capabilities).
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    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 3301 and 3302; E.O. 10577, 3 CFR, 1954-1958 
Comp., p. 218.

John Berry,
Director, U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
[FR Doc. 2013-03144 Filed 2-11-13; 8:45 am]
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