[Federal Register: September 5, 1997 (Volume 62, Number 172)] [Notices] [Page 47071-47073] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT Excepted Service AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This gives notice of positions placed or revoked under Schedules A and B, and placed under Schedule C in the excepted service, as required by Civil Service Rule VI, Exceptions from the Competitive Service. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patricia H. Paige, Staffing Reinvention Office, Employment Service (202) 606-0830. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office of Personnel Management published its last monthly notice updating appointing authorities established or revoked under the Excepted Service provisions of 5 CFR part 213 on July 25, 1997 (62 FR 40124). Individual authorities established or revoked under Schedules A and B and established under Schedule C between July 1, 1997, and July 31, 1997, appear in the listing below. Future notices will be published on the fourth Tuesday of each month, or as soon as possible thereafter. A consolidated listing of all authorities as of June 30 will also be published. [[Page 47072]] Schedule A The following Schedule A authorities were established during July 1997. Department of the Treasury Not to exceed 20 positions in the Office of the Under Secretary (Enforcement). Employment under this authority may not exceed 4 years, and no new appointments may be made after July 31, 2001. Effective July 17, 1997. Department of Defense Positions at grades GS-3 through GS-12 within any Department of Defense agency or office with National Security responsibilities when filled by National Security Education Program scholarship and fellowship recipients. Appointments under this authority may not exceed 4 years. Effective July 28, 1997. The following Schedule A authorities were revoked during July 1997. Department of Commerce One position of Administrative Assistant, GS-301-8, in the Office of Economic Affairs. New appointments may not be made after March 30, 1979. Effective July 21, 1997. Not to exceed 20 professional and scientific positions at grades GS-9 through GS-12 filled by participants in the ASA research trainee program. Employment of any individual under this authority may not exceed 2 years. Effective July 21, 1997. Subject to prior approval of OPM, which shall not be contingent upon a showing of inadequate housing facilities, meteorological aid positions at the following stations in Alaska: Barrow, Bethal, Kotzebue, McGrath, Northway, and St. Paul Island. Effective July 21, 1997. Schedule B No Schedule B authorities were established or revoked during July 1997. Schedule C The following Schedule C authorities were established during July 1997. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Special Assistant to the Commissioner. Effective July 24, 1997. Department of Agriculture Confidential Assistant to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Planning. Effective July 7, 1997. Confidential Assistant to the Director, Civil Rights. Effective July 18, 1997. Director for Public Outreach to the Director, Office of Communications. Effective July 30, 1997. Staff Assistant to the Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff. Effective July 30, 1997. Department of the Army (DOD) Special Assistant to the Deputy Under Secretary of the Army (International Affairs). Effective July 30, 1997. Department of Defense International Counterdrug Specialist to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Drug Enforcement Policy and Support). Effective July 2, 1997. Nine positions of Defense Fellow to the Special Assistant for White House Liaison. Effective July 7, 1997. Defense Fellow to the Special Assistant for White House Liaison. Effective July 25, 1997. Department of Education Confidential Assistant to the Assistant Secretary (Office of Postsecondary Education). Effective July 3, 1997. Confidential Assistant to the Special Advisor to the Secretary. Effective July 10, 1997. Confidential Assistant to the Director, Intergovernmental and Interagency Coordination. Effective July 17, 1997. Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services. Effective July 24, 1997. Director, White House Initiative on Hispanic Education to the Assistant Secretary, Office of Intergovernmental and Interagency Affairs. Effective July 24, 1997. Confidential Assistant to the Chief of Staff. Effective July 24, 1997. Special Assistant to the Counselor to the Secretary. Effective July 25, 1997. Special Assistant to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Regional Services. Effective July 28, 1997. Department of Energy Director, Office of Scheduling and Logistics to the Assistant Secretary for Human Resources and Management. Effective July 2, 1997. Deputy Director, Scheduling and Logistics to the Director, Scheduling and Logistics. Effective July 2, 1997. Confidential Assistant to the Director, Scheduling and Logistics. Effective July 2, 1997. Briefing Book Coordinator to the Director, Scheduling and Logistics. Effective July 2, 1997. Confidential Assistant to the Director, Scheduling and Logistics. Effective July 2, 1997. Intergovernmental Specialist to the Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Planning, Budget and Policy, Effective July 11, 1997. Director of Communications to the Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. Effective July 17, 1997. Special Projects Officer to the Director, Office of Public Relations. Effective July 18, 1997. Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. Effective July 28, 1997. Department of Housing and Urban Development Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Housing Investments to the Assistant Secretary, Public and Indian Housing. Effective July 7, 1997. Executive Assistant to the Assistant Secretary for Housing, Federal Housing Commissioner. Effective July 14, 1997. Special Assistant to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Empowerment. Effective July 24, 1997. Secretary's Representative (Great Plains) to the Deputy Secretary. Effective July 31, 1997. Legal Issues Coordinator to the Deputy General Counsel for Program and Regulations. Effective July 31, 1997. Associate General Deputy Secretary to the Assistant Secretary for Housing. Effective July 31, 1997. Department of the Interior Special Assistant to the Director, National Park Service. Effective July 2, 1997. Special Assistant to the Director, National Park Service. Effective July 2, 1997. Special Assistant to the Deputy Chief of Staff. Effective July 18, 1997. Staff Assistant to the Director, Office of Surface of Mining. Effective July 24, 1997. Department of Justice Special Assistant to the Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division. Effective July 3, 1997. Assistant to the Commissioner. Effective July 11, 1997. Assistant to the Attorney General. Effective July 18, 1997. Special Assistant to the Chairman, United States Postal Commission. Effective July 21, 1997. Department of Labor Special Assistant to the Deputy Secretary of Labor. Effective July 1, 1997. Director of Scheduling and Advance to the Chief of Staff. Effective July 8, 1997. Counselor to the Deputy Secretary of Labor. Effective July 11, 1997. Confidential Assistant to the Secretary of Labor. Effective July 21, 1997. [[Page 47073]] Press Secretary to the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs. Effective July 22, 1997. Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs. Effective July 28, 1997. Department of State Deputy Assistant Secretary to the Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Organizations Affairs. Effective July 11, 1997. Deputy Assistant Secretary to the Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Organization Affairs. Effective July 11, 1997. Special Assistant to the Ambassador-at-Large. Effective July 14, 1997. Special Assistant to the Director, Foreign Service Institute. Effective July 29, 1997. Department of the Treasury Economist to the Deputy Secretary of the Treasury. Effective July 10, 1997. Public Affairs Specialist to the Director, Office of Public Affairs. Effective July 31, 1997. Department of Veterans Affairs Executive Assistant to the Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Effective July 28, 1997. Special Assistant to the Director, National Cemetery System. Effective July 28, 1997. Environmental Protection Agency Deputy Associate Administrator for State and Local Relations to the Associate Administrator. Effective July 15, 1997. Export-Import Bank of the United States Personal and Confidential Assistant to the Chairman. Effective July 22, 1997. Special Assistant to the President and Chairman, Export Import Bank of the United States. Effective July 29, 1997. Federal Communications Commission Special Advisor to the Bureau Chief, Cable Services Bureau. Effective July 3, 1997. Special Assistant for Legislative Affairs to the Chairman. Effective July 11, 1997. Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission Confidential Assistant to the Commissioner. Effective July 18, 1997. General Services Administration Special Assistant to the Regional Administrator (Boston, MA). Effective July 24, 1997. Office of National Drug Control Policy Events Assistant to the Director. Effective July 10, 1997. Staff Assistant to the Chief of Staff. Effective July 22, 1997. Small Business Administration Deputy to the Associate Deputy Administrator, Office of Economic Development. Effective July 22, 1997. United States Information Agency Special Assistant to the Director, Office of International Visitors. Effective July 17, 1997. Confidential Assistant to the Director, Voice of America. Effective July 24, 1997. United States Tax Court Six positions of Trial Clerk to a Judge. Effective July 17, 1997. United States Trade and Development Agency Special Assistant for the Public Affairs and Marketing to the Director, Trade and Development Agency. Effective July 17, 1997. Authority: 5 U.S.C. 3301 and 3302; E.O. 10577, 3 CFR 1943-1958 Comp., P.218. Office of Personnel Management. James B. King, Director. [FR Doc. 97-23539 Filed 9-4-97; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6325-01-M