# Excepted Service
**AGENCY:**
U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM).
**ACTION:**
Notice.
**SUMMARY:**
This gives notice of OPM decisions granting authority to make appointments under Schedules A, B, and C in the excepted service as required by 5 CFR 213.103.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Roland Edwards, Senior Executive Resource Services, Employee Services, 202-606-2246.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
Appearing in the listing below are the individual authorities established under Schedules A, B, and C between December 1, 2010, and December 31, 2010. These notices are published monthly in the *Federal Register* at *http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/.* A consolidated listing of all authorities as of June 30 is also published each year. The following Schedules are not codified in the Code of Federal Regulations. These are agency-specific exceptions.
**Schedule A**
Schedule A authorities to report during December 2010:
Section 3105 Department of the Treasury.
(a) Office of the Secretary.
(4) Up to 35 temporary or time-limited positions at the GS-9 through 15 grade levels to support the organization, design and stand-up activities for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, as mandated by Public Law 111-203. This authority may be used for the following series: GS-201, GS-501, GS-560, GS-1035, GS-1102, GS-1150, GS-1720, GS-1801, and GS-2210. No new appointments may be made under this authority after July 21, 2011, the designated transfer date of the CFPB.
**Schedule B**
No Schedule B authorities to report during December 2010.
**Schedule C**
The following Schedule C appointments were approved during December 2010.
| Agency name | Organization name | Position title | Authorization No. | Effective date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE | Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights | Special Assistant | DA110011 | 12/01/2010 |
| | Office of Communications | Deputy Director, Operations | DA110016 | 12/01/2010 |
| | Office of the General Counsel | Senior Counselor | DA110009 | 12/10/2010 |
| | Office of the Under Secretary for Rural Development | Chief of Staff | DA110018 | 12/29/2010 |
| DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE | Office of the Deputy Secretary | Special Assistant | DC110021 | 12/14/2010 |
| COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS | Staff Members | Special Assistant | CC110001 | 12/14/2010 |
| COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION | Office of the Chairperson | Administrative Assistant | CT110001 | 12/29/2010 |
| COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY | Council on Environmental Quality | Special Assistant | EQ110002 | 12/13/2010 |
| DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE | Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Policy) | Senior Communications Advisor for Under Secretary of Defense | DD110019 | 12/03/2010 |
| | Office of Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) | Strategic Planner | DD110026 | 12/13/2010 |
| | Washington Headquarters Services | Defense Fellow | DD110030 | 12/22/2010 |
| | Washington Headquarters Services | Defense Fellow | DD110027 | 12/13/2010 |
| DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY | Office of the Secretary | Special Assistant | DN110007 | 12/21/2010 |
| | Office of the Secretary | Special Assistant | DN110008 | 12/21/2010 |
| DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION | Office of the Under Secretary | Confidential Assistant | DB110008 | 12/10/2010 |
| | Office of the Secretary | Confidential Assistant | DB110011 | 12/10/2010 |
| | Office of the Under Secretary | Director of the Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships | DB110012 | 12/10/2010 |
| DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY | Office of Public Affairs | Chief Speechwriter | DE110018 | 12/22/2010 |
| EXPORT-IMPORT BANK | Board of Directors | Executive Secretary | EB110004 | 12/06/2010 |
| | Office of the Executive Vice President | Senior Vice President of Congressional Affairs | EB110005 | 12/14/2010 |
| GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION | New England Region | Regional Administrator | GS110005 | 12/23/2010 |
| | Office of the Administrator | Senior Advisor of the Chief of Staff | GS110011 | 12/30/2010 |
| | Office of Communications and Marketing | Associate Administrator for Communications and Marketing | GS110010 | 12/29/2010 |
| DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES | Office of the Assistant Secretary for Legislation | Special Assistant | DH110014 | 12/10/2010 |
| | Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services | Confidential Assistant, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services | DH110013 | 12/10/2010 |
| DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY | Office of the Executive Secretary for Operations and Administration | Secretary Briefing Book Coordinator | DM110023 | 12/13/2010 |
| | Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs | Press Assistant | DM110026 | 12/13/2010 |
| | Office of the General Counsel | Special Assistant | DM110028 | 12/13/2010 |
| | Immediate Office of the Deputy Secretary | Special Assistant | DM110030 | 12/29/2010 |
| | Department of Homeland Security | Deputy Assistant Secretary for Strategic Communications | DM110031 | 12/22/2010 |
| DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT | Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer | Staff Assistant | DU110010 | 12/10/2010 |
| | Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities | Senior Advisor | DU110004 | 12/10/2010 |
| | Office of Policy Development and Research | Special Assistant | DU110011 | 12/21/2010 |
| DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR | Office of the Deputy Secretary | Special Assistant | DI110013 | 12/22/2010 |
| DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE | Office of Public Affairs | Press Assistant | DJ110023 | 12/29/2010 |
| | Office of the Deputy Attorney General | Counsel | DJ110025 | 12/30/2010 |
| | Office of the Deputy Attorney General | Senior Counsel | DJ100172 | 12/21/2010 |
| | Office of Legal Policy | Counsel | DJ110027 | 12/30/2010 |
| DEPARTMENT OF LABOR | Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs | Senior Legislative Officer | DL110008 | 12/17/2010 |
| SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION | Office of Communications and Public Liaison | Senior Communications Assistant | SB110005 | 12/08/2010 |
| | Office of Field Operations | Regional Administrator, Region III, Philadelphia, PA | SB110006 | 12/10/2010 |
| DEPARTMENT OF STATE | Foreign Policy Planning Staff | Speechwriter | DS110013 | 12/03/2010 |
| DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY | Secretary of the Treasury | Special Assistant | DY110023 | 12/20/2010 |
**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.