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Federal Register: September 26, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 187)
Notice
Page 49221-49238
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]


OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

Excepted Service; Consolidated Listing of Schedules A, B, and C Exceptions

AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management.

ACTION: Notice.


SUMMARY: This gives a consolidated notice of all positions excepted under Schedules A, B, and C as of June 30, 2001, as required by Civil Service Rule VI, Exceptions from the Competitive Service.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Civil Service Rule VI (5 CFR 6.1) requires the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to publish notice of all exceptions granted under Schedules A, B, and C. Title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, Sec. 213.103(c), further requires that a consolidated listing, current as of June 30 of each year, be published annually as a notice in the Federal Register. That notice follows. OPM maintains continuing information on the status of all Schedule A, B, and C excepted appointing authorities. Interested parties needing information about specific authorities during the year may obtain information by writing to the Office of Employment Policy, Staffing and Restructuring Policy Division, Room 6500, Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street, NW., Washington, DC 20415, or by calling  (202) 606-0960.
    The following exceptions were current on June 30, 2001:

Schedule A

Section 213.3102  Entire Executive Civil Service

    (a) Positions of Chaplain and Chaplain's Assistant.
    (b) (Reserved).
    (c) Positions to which appointments are made by the President without confirmation by the Senate.
    (d) Attorneys.
    (e) Law clerk trainee positions. Appointments under this paragraph shall be confined to graduates of recognized law schools or persons having equivalent experience and shall be for periods not to exceed 14 months pending admission to the bar. No person shall be given more than one appointment under this paragraph. However, an appointment that was initially made for less than 14 months may be extended for not to exceed 14 months in total duration.
    (f) Chinese, Japanese, and Hindu interpreters.
    (g) Any nontemporary position the duties of which are part-time or intermittent in which the appointee will receive compensation during his or her service year that aggregates not more than 40 percent of the annual salary rate for the first step of grade GS-3. This limited compensation includes any premium pay such as for overtime, night, Sunday, or holiday work. It does not, however, include any mandatory within-grade salary increases to which the employee becomes entitled subsequent to appointment under this authority. Appointments under this authority may not be for temporary project employment.
    (h) Reserved.
    (i) Temporary and less-than-full time positions for which examining is impracticable. These are:
    (1) Positions in remote/isolated locations where examination is impracticable. A remote/isolated location is outside of the local commuting area of a population center from which an employee can reasonably be expected to travel on short notice under adverse weather and/or road conditions which are normal for the area. For this purpose, a population center is a town with housing, schools, health care, stores and other businesses in which the servicing examining office can schedule tests and/or reasonably expect to attract applicants. An individual appointed under this authority may not be employed in the same agency under a combination of this and any other appointment to positions involving related duties and requiring the same qualifications for more than 1,040 working hours in a service year. Temporary appointments under this authority may be extended in 1-year increments, with no limit on the number of such extensions, as an exception to the service limits in Sec. 213.104.
    (2) Positions for which a critical hiring needs exists. This includes both short-term positions and continuing positions that an agency must fill on an interim basis pending completion of competitive examining, clearances, or other procedures required for a longer appointment. Appointments under this authority may not exceed 30 days and may be extended up to an additional 30 days if continued employment is essential to the agency's operations. The appointments may not be used to extend the service limit of any other appointing authority. An agency may not employ the same individual under this authority for more than 60 days in any 12-month period.
    (3) Other positions for which OPM determines that examining is impracticable.
    (j) Positions filled by current or former Federal employees eligible for placement under special statutory provisions. Appointments under this authority are subject to the following conditions:
    (1) Eligible employees. (i) Persons previously employed as National Guard Technicians under 32 U.S.C. 709(a) who are entitled to placement under Sec. 353.110 of this chapter, or who are applying for or receiving an annuity under the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 8337(h) or 5 U.S.C. 8456 by reason of a disability that disqualifies them from membership in the National Guard or from holding the military grade required as a condition of their National Guard employment;
    (ii) Executive branch employees (other than employees of intelligence agencies) who are entitled to placement under Sec. 353.110 but who are not eligible for reinstatement or noncompetitive appointment under the provisions of part 315 of this chapter.
    (iii) Legislative and judicial branch employees and employees of the intelligence agencies defined in 5 U.S.C. 2302(a)(2)(C)(ii) who are entitled to placement assistance under Sec. 353.110.
    (2) Employees excluded. Employees who were last employed in Schedule C or under a statutory authority that specified the employee served at the discretion, will, or pleasure of the agency are not eligible for appointment under this authority.
    (3) Position to which appointed. Employees who are entitled to placement under Sec. 353.110 will be appointed to a position that OPM determines is equivalent in pay and grade to the one the individual left, unless the individual elects to be placed in a position of lower grade or pay. National Guard Technicians whose eligibility is based upon a disability may be appointed at the same grade, or equivalent, as their National Guard Technician position or at any lower grade for which they are available.
    (4) Conditions of appointment. (i) Individuals whose placement eligibility is based on an appointment without time limit will receive appointments without time limit under this authority. These appointees may be reassigned, promoted, or demoted to any position within the same agency for which they qualify.
    (ii) Individuals who are eligible for placement under Sec. 353.110 based on a time-limited appointment will be given appointments for a time period equal to the unexpired portion of their previous appointment.
    (k) Positions without compensation provided appointments thereto meet the requirements of applicable laws relating to compensation.    (l) Positions requiring the temporary or intermittent employment of professional, scientific, and technical experts for consultation purposes.
    (m) (Reserved).
    (n) Any local physician, surgeon, or dentist employed under contract or on a part-time or fee basis.
    (o) Positions of a scientific, professional or analytical nature when filled by bona fide members of the faculty of an accredited college or university who have special qualifications for the positions to which appointed. Employment under this provision shall not exceed 130 working days a year.
    (p)-(q) (Reserved).
    (r) Positions established in support of fellowship and similar programs that are filled from limited applicant pools and operate under specific criteria developed by the employing agency and/or a non-Federal organization. These programs may include: internship or fellowship programs that provide developmental or professional experiences to individuals who have completed their formal education; training and associateship programs designed to increase the pool of qualified candidates in a particular occupational specialty; professional/industry exchange programs that provide for a cross-fertilization between the agency and the private sector to foster mutual understanding, an exchange of ideas, or to bring experienced practitioners to the agency; residency programs through which participants gain experience in a Federal clinical environment; and programs that require a period of Government service in exchange for educational, financial or other assistance. Appointment under this authority may not exceed 4 years.
    (s) Positions with compensation fixed under 5 U.S.C. 5351-5356 when filled by student-employees assigned or attached to Government hospitals, clinics or medical or dental laboratories. Employment under this authority may not exceed 4 years.
    (t) Positions when filled by mentally retarded persons in accordance with the guidance in Federal Personnel Manual chapter 306. Upon completion of 2 years of satisfactory service under this authority, the employee may qualify for conversion to competitive status under the provisions of Executive Order 12125 and implementing regulations issued by OPM.
    (u) Positions when filled by severely physically handicapped persons who: (1) under a temporary appointment have demonstrated their ability to perform the duties satisfactorily; or (2) have been certified by counselors of State vocational rehabilitation agencies or the Veterans Administration as likely to succeed in the performance of the duties. Upon completion of 2 years of satisfactory service under this authority, the employee may qualify for conversion to competitive status under the provisions of Executive Order 12125 and implementing regulations issued by OPM.
    (v)-(w) (Reserved).
    (x) Positions for which a local recruiting shortage exists when filled by inmates of Federal, District of Columbia, and State (including the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands) penal and correctional institutions under work-release programs authorized by the Prisoner Rehabilitation Act of 1965, the District of Columbia Work Release Act, or under work-release programs authorized by the States. Initial appointments under this authority may not exceed 1 year. An initial appointment may be extended for one or more periods not to exceed 1 additional year each upon a finding that the inmate is still in a work-release status and that a local recruiting shortage still exists. No person may serve under this authority longer than 1 year beyond the date of that person's release from custody.
    (y) (Reserved).
    (z) Not to exceed 30 positions of assistants to top-level Federal officials when filled by persons designated by the President as White House Fellows.
    (aa) Scientific and professional research associate positions at GS-11 and above when filled on a temporary basis by persons having a doctoral degree in an appropriate field of study for research activities of mutual interest to appointees and their agencies. Appointments are limited to persons referred by the National Research Council under its post-doctoral research associate program, may not exceed 2 years, and are subject to satisfactory outcome of evaluation of the associate's research during the first year.
    (bb) Positions when filled by aliens in the absence of qualified citizens. Appointments under this authority are subject to prior approval of OPM except when the authority is specifically included in a delegated examining agreement with OPM.
    (cc)-(ee) (Reserved).
    (ff) Not to exceed 25 positions when filled in accordance with an agreement between OPM and the Department of Justice by persons in programs administered by the Attorney General of the United States under Public Law 91-452 and related statutes. A person appointed under this authority may continue to be employed under it after he/she ceases to be in a qualifying program only as long as he/she remains in the same agency without a break in service.
    (gg) Positions when filled by persons with psychiatric disabilities who have demonstrated their ability to perform satisfactorily under a temporary appointment [such as one authorized in 213.3102(i)(3)] or who are certified as likely to be able to perform the essential functions of the job, with or without reasonable accommodation, by a State vocational rehabilitation counselor, a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Benefits Administration, or Veterans Health Administration psychologist, vocational rehabilitation counselor, or psychiatrist. Upon completion of 2 years of satisfactory service under this authority, the employee can be converted, at the discretion of the agency, to competitive status under the provisions of Executive Order 12125 as amended by Executive Order 13124.
    (hh) (Reserved).
    (ii) Positions of Presidential Intern, GS-9 and 11, in the Presidential Management Intern Program. Initial appointments must be made at the GS-9 level. No one may serve under this authority for more than 2 years, unless extended with OPM approval for up to 1 additional year. Upon completion of 2 years of satisfactory service under this authority, the employee may qualify for conversion to competitive appointment under the provisions of Executive order 12364, in accordance with requirements published in the Federal Personnel Manual.
    (jj)-(kk) (Reserved).
    (ll) Positions as needed of readers for blind employees, interpreters for deaf employees and personal assistants for handicapped employees, filled on a full time, part-time, or intermittent basis.

Section 213.3103  Executive Office of the President

    (a) Office of Administration. (1) Not to exceed 75 positions to provide administrative services and support to the White House office.
    (b) Office of Management and Budget. (1) Not to exceed 15 positions at grades GS-5/15.
    (c) Council on Environmental Quality. (1) Professional and technical positions in grades GS-9 through 15 on the staff of the Council.
    (d)-(f) (Reserved).
    (g) National Security Council. (1) All positions on the staff of the Council.
    (h) Office of Science and Technology Policy. (1) Thirty positions of Senior Policy Analyst, GS-15; Policy Analyst, GS-11/14; and Policy Research Assistant, GS-9, for employment of anyone not to exceed 5 years on projects of a high priority nature.
    (i) Office of National Drug Control Policy. (1) Not to exceed 15 positions, GS-15 and below, of senior policy analysts and other personnel with expertise in drug-related issues and/or technical knowledge to aid in anti-drug abuse efforts.

Section 213.3104  Department of State

    (a) Office of the Secretary. (1) All positions, GS-15 and below, on the staff of the Family Liaison Office, Director General of the Foreign Service and the Director of Personnel, Office of the Under Secretary for Management.
    (2) One position of Museum Curator (Arts), in the Office of the Under Secretary for Management, whose incumbent will serve as Director, Diplomatic Reception Rooms. No new appointments may be made after February 28, 1997.
    (b) American Embassy, Paris, France. (1) Chief, Travel and Visitor Unit. No new appointments may be made under this authority after August 10, 1981.
    (c)-(f) (Reserved).
    (g) Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration. (1) Not to exceed 10 positions at grades GS-5 through 11 on the staff of the Bureau.
    (h) Bureau of Administration. (1) One Presidential Travel Officer. No new appointments may be made under this authority after June 11, 1981.
    (2) One position of the Director, Art in Embassies Program, GM-1001-15.

Section 213.3105  Department of the Treasury

    Office of the Secretary. (1) Not to exceed 20 positions at the equivalent of GS-13 through GS-17 to supplement permanent staff in the study of complex problems relating to international financial, economic, trade, and energy policies and programs of the Government, when filled by individuals with special qualifications for the particular study being undertaken. Employment under this authority may not exceed 4 years.
    (2) Not to exceed 20 positions, which will supplement permanent staff involved in the study and analysis of complex problems in the area of domestic economic and financial policy. Employment under this authority may not exceed 4 years.
    (3) 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.
    (b) U.S. Customs Service. (1) Positions in foreign countries designated as ``interpreter-translator'' and ``special employees,'' when filled by appointment of persons who are not citizens of the United States; and positions in foreign countries of messenger and janitor.
    (2)-(5) (Reserved).
    (6) Three hundred positions of Criminal Investigator for special assignments and 10 positions for oversight policy and direction of sensitive law enforcement activities.
    (7)-(8) (Reserved).
    (9) Not to exceed 25 positions of Customs Patrol Officers in the Papago Indian Agency in the State of Arizona when filled by the appointment of persons of one-fourth or more Indian blood.
    (c) (Reserved).
    (d) Office of Thrift Supervision. (1) All positions in the supervision policy and supervision operations functions of OTS. No new appointments may be made under this authority after December 31, 1993.
    (e) Internal Revenue Service. (1) Twenty positions of investigator for special assignments.
    (f) (Reserved).
    (g) Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms. (1) One hundred positions of criminal investigator for special assignments.
    (2) One non-permanent Senior Level (SL) Criminal Investigator to serve as a senior advisor to the Assistant Director (Firearms, Explosives, and Arson).

Section 213.3106  Department of Defense

    (a) Office of the Secretary. (1)-(5) (Reserved).
    (6) One Executive Secretary, US-USSR Standing Consultative 
Commission and Staff Analyst (SALT), Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (International Security Affairs).
    (b) Entire Department (including the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force). (1) Professional positions in Military Dependent School Systems overseas.    (2) Positions in attache 1 systems overseas, including all professional and scientific positions in the Naval Research Branch Office in London.
    (3) Positions of clerk-translator, translator, and interpreter overseas.
    (4) Positions of Educational Specialist the incumbents of which will serve as Director of Religious Education on the staffs of the chaplains in the military services.
    (5) Positions under the program for utilization of alien scientists, approved under pertinent directives administered by the Director of Defense Research and Engineering of the Department of Defense, when occupied by alien scientists initially employed under the program including those who have acquired United States citizenship during such employment.
    (6) Positions in overseas installations of the Department of Defense when filled by dependents of military or civilian employees of the U.S. Government residing in the area. Employment under this authority may not extend longer than 2 months following the transfer from the area or separation of a dependent's sponsor: Provided, that (i) a school employee may be permitted to complete the school year; and (ii) an employee other than a school employee may be permitted to serve up to 1 additional year when the military department concerned finds that the additional employment is in the interest of management.
    (7) Twenty secretarial and staff support positions at GS-12 or below on the White House Support Group.
    (8) Positions in DOD research and development activities occupied by participants in the DOD Science and Engineering Apprenticeship Program for High School Students. Persons employed under this authority shall be bona fide high school students, at least 14 years old, pursuing courses related to the position occupied and limited to 1,040 working hours a year. Children of DOD employees may be appointed to these positions, notwithstanding the sons and daughters restriction, if the positions are in field activities at remote locations. Appointments under this authority may be made only to positions for which qualification standards established under 5 CFR Part 302 are consistent with the education and experience standards established for comparable positions in the competitive service. Appointments under this authority may not be used to extend the service limits contained in any other appointing authority.
    (c) (Reserved).
    (d) General. (1) Positions concerned with advising, administering, supervising, or performing work in the collection, processing, analysis, production, evaluation, interpretation, dissemination, and estimation of intelligence information, including scientific and technical positions in the intelligence function; and positions involved in the planning, programming, and management of intelligence resources when, in the opinion of OPM, it is impracticable to examine. This authority does not apply to positions assigned to cryptologic and communications intelligence activities/functions.
    (2) Positions involved in intelligence-related work of the cryptologic intelligence activities of the military departments. This includes all positions of intelligence research specialist, and similar positions in the intelligence classification series; all scientific and technical positions involving the applications of engineering, physical or technical sciences to intelligence work; and professional as well as intelligence technician positions in which a majority of the incumbent's time is spent in advising, administering, supervising, or performing work in the collection, processing, analysis, production, evaluation, interpretation, dissemination, and estimation of intelligence information or in the planning, programming, and management of intelligence resources.
    (e) Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. (1) Positions of President, Vice Presidents, Assistant Vice Presidents, Deans, Deputy Deans, Associate Deans, Assistant Deans, Assistants to the President, Assistants to the Vice Presidents, Assistants to the Deans, Professors, Associate Professors, Assistant Professors, Instructors, Visiting Scientists, Research Associates, Senior Research Associates, and Postdoctoral Fellows.
    (2) Positions established to perform work on projects funded from grants.
    (f) National Defense University. (1) Not to exceed 16 positions of senior policy analyst, GS-15, at the Strategic Concepts Development Center. Initial appointments to these positions may not exceed 6 years, but may be extended thereafter in 1-, 2-, or 3-year increments, indefinitely.
    (g) Defense Communications Agency. (1) Not to exceed 10 positions at grades GS-10/15 to staff and support the Crisis Management Center at the White House.
    (h) Defense Systems Management College, Fort Belvoir, Va. (1) The Provost and professors in grades GS-13 through 15.
    (i) George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, Garmisch, Germany. (1) The Director, Deputy Director, and positions of professor, instructor, and lecturer at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, Garmisch, Germany, for initial employment not to exceed 3 years, which may be renewed in increments from 1 to 2 years thereafter.
    (j) Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, Honolulu, Hawaii. (1) The Director, Deputy Director, Dean of Academics, Director of College, deputy department chairs, and senior positions of professor, associate professor, and research fellow within the Asia Pacific Center. Appointments may be made not to exceed 3 years and may be extended for periods not to exceed 3 years.

Section 213.3107  Department of the Army

    (a)-(c) (Reserved).
    (d) U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York. (1) Civilian professors, instructors, teachers (except teachers at the Children's School), Cadet Social Activities Coordinator, Chapel Organist and Choir-Master, Director of Intercollegiate Athletics, Associate Director of Intercollegiate Athletics, coaches, Facility Manager, Building Manager, three Physical Therapists (Athletic Trainers), Associate Director of Admissions for Plans and Programs, Deputy Director of Alumni Affairs; and librarian when filled by an officer of the Regular Army retired from active service, and the military secretary to the Superintendent when filled by a U.S. Military Academy graduate retired as a regular commissioned officer for disability.
    (e)-(f) (Reserved).
    (g) Defense Language Institute. (1) All positions (professors, instructors, lecturers) which require proficiency in a foreign language or a knowledge of foreign language teaching methods.
    (h) Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, PA. (1) Positions of professor, instructor, or lecturer associated with courses of instruction of at least 10 months duration for employment not to exceed 5 years, which may be renewed in 1-, 2-, 3-, 4-, or 5-year increments indefinitely thereafter.
    (i) (Reserved).
    (j) U.S. Military Academy Preparatory School, Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. (1) Positions of Academic Director, Department Head, and Instructor.
    (k) U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. (1) Positions of professor, associate professor, assistant professor, and instructor associated with courses of instruction of at least 10 months duration, for employment not to exceed up to 5 years, which may be renewed in 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5-year increments indefinitely thereafter.

Section 213.3108  Department of the Navy

    (a) General. (1)-(14) (Reserved).
    (15) Marine positions assigned to a coastal or seagoing vessel operated by a naval activity for research or training purposes.
    (16) All positions necessary for the administration and maintenance of the official residence of the Vice President.
    (b) Naval Academy, Naval Postgraduate School, and Naval War College. (1) Professors, instructors, and teachers; the Director of Academic Planning, Naval Postgraduate School; and the Librarian, Organist-Choirmaster, Registrar, the Dean of Admissions, and social counselors at the Naval Academy.
    (c) Chief of Naval Operations. (1) One position at grade GS-12 or above that will provide technical, managerial, or administrative support on highly classified functions to the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Plans, Policy, and Operations).
    (d) Military Sealift Command. (1) All positions on vessels operated by the Military Sealift Command.
    (e) Pacific Missile Range Facility, Barking Sands, Hawaii. (1) All positions. This authority applies only to positions that must be filled pending final decision on contracting of Facility operations. No new appointments may be made under this authority after  July 29, 1988.
    (f) (Reserved).
    (g) Office of Naval Research. (1) Scientific and technical positions, GS/GM-13/15, in the Office of Naval Research Asian Office in Tokyo, Japan, which covers East Asia, New Zealand and Australia. Positions are to be filled by personnel having specialized experience in scientific and/or technical disciplines of current interest to the Department of the Navy.

Section 213.3109  Department of the Air Force

    (a) Office of the Secretary. (1) One Special Assistant in the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force. This position has advisory rather than operating duties except as operating or administrative responsibilities may be exercised in connection with the pilot studies.
   (b) General. (1) Professional, technical, managerial and administrative positions supporting space activities, when approved by the Secretary of the Air Force.
    (2) Ninety-five positions engaged in interdepartmental defense projects involving scientific and technical evaluations.
    (c) Not to exceed 20 professional positions, GS-11 through GS-15, in Detachments 6 and 51, SM-ALC, Norton and McClellan Air Force Bases, California, which will provide logistic support management to specialized research and development projects.
    (d) U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado. (1) (Reserved).
    (2) Positions of Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, and Instructor, in the Dean of Faculty, Commandant of Cadets, Director of Athletics, and Preparatory School of the United States Air Force Academy.
    (e) (Reserved).
    (f) Air Force Office of Special Investigations. (1) Not to exceed 350 positions of Criminal Investigators/Intelligence Research Specialists, GS-5 through GS-15.
    (g) Not to exceed eight positions, GS-12 through 15, in Headquarters Air Force Logistics Command, DCS Material Management, Office of Special Activities, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, which will provide logistic support management staff guidance to classified research and development projects.
    (h) Air University, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. (1) Positions of Professor, Instructor, or Lecturer.
    (i) Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. (1) Civilian deans and professors.
    (j) Air Force Logistics Command. (1) One Supervisory Logistics Management Specialist, GM-346-14, in Detachment 2, 2762 Logistics Management Squadron (Special), Greenville, Texas.
    (k) One position of Supervisory Logistics Management Specialist, GS-346-15, in the 2762nd Logistics Squadron (Special), at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.
    (l) One position of Commander, Air National Guard Readiness Center, Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland.

Section 213.3110  Department of Justice

    (a) General. (1) Deputy U.S. Marshals employed on an hourly basis for intermittent service.
    (4) Positions at GS-15 and below on the staff of an office of a special counsel.
    (3)-(5) (Reserved).
    (6) Positions of Program Manager and Assistant Program Manager supporting the International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program in foreign countries. Initial appointments under this authority may not exceed 2 years, but may be extended for an additional period not to exceed 2 years.
    (b) Immigration and Naturalization Service. (1) (Reserved).
    (2) Not to exceed 500 positions of interpreters and language specialists, GS-1040-5/9.
    (3) Not to exceed 25 positions, GS-15 and below, with proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing the Russian language and serving in the Soviet Refugee Processing Program with permanent duty location in Moscow, Russia.
    (c) Drug Enforcement Administration. (1) (Reserved).
    (2) Four hundred positions of Intelligence Research Agent and/or Intelligence Operation Specialist in the GS-132 series, grades GS-9 through GS-15.
    (3) Not to exceed 200 positions of Criminal Investigator (Special Agent). New appointments may be made under this authority only at grades GS-7/11.
    (d) National Drug Intelligence Center. All positions.

Section 213.3112  Department of the Interior

    (a) General. (1) Technical, maintenance, and clerical positions at or below grades GS-7, WG-10, or equivalent, in the field service of the Department of the Interior, when filled by the appointment of persons who are certified as maintaining a permanent and exclusive residence within, or contiguous to, a field activity or district, and as being dependent for livelihood primarily upon employment available within the field activity of the Department.
    (2) All positions on Government-owned ships or vessels operated by the Department of the Interior.
    (3) Temporary or seasonal caretakers at temporarily closed camps or improved areas to maintain grounds, buildings, or other structures and prevent damages or theft of Government property. Such appointments shall not extend beyond 130 working days a year without the prior approval of OPM.
    (4) Temporary, intermittent, or seasonal field assistants at GS-7, or its equivalent, and below in such areas as forestry, range management, soils, engineering, fishery and wildlife management, and with surveying parties. Employment under this authority may not exceed 180 working days a year.
    (5) Temporary positions established in the field service of the Department for emergency forest and range fire prevention or suppression and blister rust control for not to exceed 180 working days a year: Provided, that an employee may work as many as 220 working days a year when employment beyond 180 days is required to cope with extended fire seasons or sudden emergencies such as fire, flood, storm, or other unforeseen situations involving potential loss of life or property.
    (6) Persons employed in field positions, the work of which is financed jointly by the Department of the Interior and cooperating persons or organizations outside the Federal service.
    (7) All positions in the Bureau of Indian Affairs and other positions in the Department of the Interior directly and primarily related to providing services to Indians when filled by the appointment of Indians. The Secretary of the Interior is responsible for defining the term ``Indian.''
    (8) Temporary, intermittent, or seasonal positions at GS-7 or below in Alaska, as follows: Positions in nonprofessional mining activities, such as those of drillers, miners, caterpillar operators, and samplers. Employment under this authority shall not exceed 180 working days a year and shall be appropriate only when the activity is carried on in a remote or isolated area and there is a shortage of available candidates for the positions.
    (9) Temporary, part-time, or intermittent employment of mechanics, skilled laborers, equipment operators and tradesmen on construction, repair, or maintenance work not to exceed 180 working days a year in Alaska, when the activity is carried on in a remote or isolated area and there is a shortage of available candidates for the positions.
    (10) Seasonal airplane pilots and airplane mechanics in Alaska, not to exceed 180 working days a year.
    (11) Temporary staff positions in the Youth Conservation Corps Centers operated by the Department of the Interior. Employment under this authority shall not exceed 11 weeks a year except with prior approval of OPM.
    (12) Positions in the Youth Conservation Corps for which pay is fixed at the Federal minimum wage rate. Employment under this authority may not exceed 10 weeks.
    (b) (Reserved).
    (c) Indian Arts and Crafts Board. (1) The Executive Director.
    (d) (Reserved).
    (e) Office of the Assistant Secretary, Territorial and 
International Affairs. (1) (Reserved).
    (2) Not to exceed four positions of Territorial Management Interns, grades GS-5, GS-7, or GS-9, when filled by territorial residents who are U.S. citizens from the Virgin Islands or Guam; U.S. nationals from American Samoa; or in the case of the Northern Marianas, will become U.S. citizens upon termination of the U.S. trusteeship. Employment 
under this authority may not exceed 6 months.    (3) (Reserved).
    (4) Special Assistants to the Governor of American Samoa who perform specialized administrative, professional, technical, and scientific duties as members of his or her immediate staff.
    (f) National Park Service. (1) (Reserved).
    (2) Positions established for the administration of Kalaupapa National Historic Park, Molokai, Hawaii, when filled by appointment of qualified patients and Native Hawaiians, as provided by Public Law 95-565.
    (3) Seven full-time permanent and 31 temporary, part-time, or intermittent positions in the Redwood National Park, California, which are needed for rehabilitation of the park, as provided by Public Law 95-250.
    (4) One Special Representative of the Director.
    (5) All positions in the Grand Portage National Monument, Minnesota, when filled by the appointment of recognized members of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe.
    (g) Bureau of Reclamation. (1) Appraisers and examiners employed on a temporary, intermittent, or part-time basis on special valuation or prospective-entrymen-review projects where knowledge of local values on conditions or other specialized qualifications not possessed by regular Bureau employees are required for successful results. Employment under this provision shall not exceed 130 working days a year in any individual case: Provided, that such employment may, with prior approval of OPM, be extended for not to exceed an additional 50 working days in any single year.
    (h) Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Territorial Affairs. (1) Positions of Territorial Management Interns, GS-5, when filled by persons selected by the Government of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. No appointment may extend beyond 1 year.

Section 213.3113  Department of Agriculture

    (a) General. (1) Agents employed in field positions the work of which is financed jointly by the Department and cooperating persons, organizations, or governmental agencies outside the Federal service. Except for positions for which selection is jointly made by the Department and the cooperating organization, this authority is not applicable to positions in the Agricultural Research Service or the National Agricultural Statistics Service. This authority is not applicable to the following positions in the Agricultural Marketing Service: Agricultural commodity grader (grain) and (meat), (poultry), and (dairy), agricultural commodity aid (grain), and tobacco inspection positions.
    (2)-(4) (Reserved).
    (5) Temporary, intermittent, or seasonal employment in the field service of the Department in positions at and below GS-7 and WG-10 in the following types of positions: Field assistants for subprofessional services; agricultural helpers, helper-leaders, and workers in the Agricultural Research Service and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service; and subject to prior OPM approval granted in the calendar year in which the appointment is to be made, other clerical, trades, crafts, and manual labor positions. Total employment under this subparagraph may not exceed 180 working days in a service year: Provided, that an employee may work as many as 220 working days in a service year when employment beyond 180 days is required to cope with extended fire seasons or sudden emergencies such as fire, flood, storm, or other unforeseen situations involving potential loss of life or property. This paragraph does not cover trades, crafts, and manual labor positions covered by paragraph (i) of Sec. 213.3102 or positions within the Forest Service.
    (6) (Reserved).
    (7) Not to exceed 34 Program Assistants, whose experience acquired in positions excepted from the competitive civil service in the administration of agricultural programs at the State level is needed by the Department for the more efficient administration of its programs. No new appointment may be made under this authority after December 31, 
1985.    (b)-(c) (Reserved).
    (d) Farm Service Agency. (1) (Reserved).
    (2) Members of State Committees: Provided, that employment under this authority shall be limited to temporary intermittent (WAE) positions whose principal duties involve administering farm programs within the State consistent with legislative and Departmental requirements and reviewing national procedures and policies for adaptation at State and local levels within established parameters. Individual appointments under this authority are for 1 year and may be extended only by the Secretary of Agriculture or his designee. Members of State Committees serve at the pleasure of the Secretary.
    (e) Rural Development. (1) (Reserved).
    (2) County committeemen to consider, recommend, and advise with respect to the Rural Development program.
    (3) Temporary positions whose principal duties involve the making and servicing of natural disaster emergency loans pursuant to current statutes authorizing natural disaster emergency loans. Appointments under this provision shall not exceed 1 year unless extended for one additional period not to exceed 1 year, but may, with prior approval of OPM be further extended for additional periods not to exceed 1 year each.
    (4)-(5) (served).
    (6) Professional and clerical positions in the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands when occupied by indigenous residents of the Territory to provide financial assistance pursuant to current authorizing statutes.
    (f) Agricultural Marketing Service. (1) Positions of Agricultural Commodity Graders, Agricultural Commodity Technicians, and Agricultural Commodity Aids at grades GS-9 and below in the tobacco, dairy, and poultry commodities; Meat Acceptance Specialists, GS-11 and below; Clerks, Office Automation Clerks, and Computer Clerks at GS-5 and below; Clerk-Typists at grades GS-4 and below; and Laborers under the Wage System. Employment under this authority is limited to either 1,280 hours or 180 days in a service year.
    (2) Positions of Agricultural Commodity Graders, Agricultural Commodity Technicians, and Agricultural Commodity Aids at grades GS-11 and below in the cotton, raisin, and processed fruit and vegetable commodities and the following positions in support of these commodities: Clerks, Office Automation Clerks, and Computer Clerks and Operators at GS-5 and below; Clerk-Typists at grades GS-4 and below; and, under the Federal Wage System, High Volume Instrumentation (HVI) Operators and HVI Operator Leaders at WG/WL-2 and below, respectively, Instrument Mechanics/Workers/Helpers at WG-10 and below, and Laborers. Employment under this authority may not exceed 180 days in a service year. In unforeseen situations such as bad weather or crop conditions, unanticipated plant demands, or increased imports, employees may work up to 240 days in a service year. Cotton Agricultural Commodity Graders, GS-5, may be employed as trainees for the first appointment for an initial period of 6 months for training without regard to the service year limitation.
    (3) Milk Market Administrators.
    (4) All positions on the staffs of the Milk Market Administrators.
    (g)-(k) (Reserved).
    (l) Food Safety and Inspection Service. (1)-(2) (Reserved).
    (3) Positions of meat and poultry inspectors (veterinarians at GS-11 and below and nonveterinarians at appropriate grades below GS-11) for employment on a temporary, intermittent, or seasonal basis, not to exceed 1,280 hours a year.
    (m) Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration. (1) One hundred and fifty positions of Agricultural Commodity Aid (Grain), GS-2/4; 100 positions of Agricultural Commodity Technician (Grain), GS-4/7; and 60 positions of Agricultural Commodity Grader (Grain), GS-5/9, for temporary employment on a part-time, intermittent, or seasonal basis not to exceed 1,280 hours in a service year.
    (n) Alternative Agricultural Research and Commercialization Corporation. (1) Executive Director.

Section 213.3114  Department of Commerce

    (a) General. (1)-(2) (Reserved).
    (3) Not to exceed 50 scientific and technical positions whose duties are performed primarily in the Antarctic. Incumbents of these positions may be stationed in the continental United States for periods of orientation, training, analysis of data, and report writing.
    (b)-(c) (Reserved).
    (d) Bureau of the Census. (1) Managers, supervisors, technicians, clerks, interviewers, and enumerators in the field service, for time-limited employment to conduct a census.
    (2) Current Program Interviewers employed in the field service.
    (e)-(h) (Reserved).
    (i) Office of the Under Secretary for International Trade. (1) Fifteen positions at GS-12 and above in specialized fields relating to international trade or commerce in units under the jurisdiction of the Under Secretary for International Trade. Incumbents will be assigned to advisory rather than to operating duties, except as operating and administrative responsibility may be required for the conduct of pilot studies or special projects. Employment under this authority will not exceed 2 years for an individual appointee.
    (2) (Reserved).
    (3) Not to exceed 15 positions in grades GS-12 through GS-15, to be 
filled by persons qualified as industrial or marketing specialists; who possess specialized knowledge and experience in industrial production, industrial operations and related problems, market structure and trends, retail and wholesale trade practices, distribution channels and costs, or business financing and credit procedures applicable to one or more of the current segments of U.S. industry served by the Under Secretary for International Trade, and the subordinate components of his organization which are involved in Domestic Business matters. Appointments under this authority may be made for a period of not to exceed 2 years and may, with prior approval of OPM, be extended for an additional period of 2 years.
    (j) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (1)-(2) (Reserved).
    (3) All civilian positions on vessels operated by the National 
Ocean Service.
    (4) Temporary positions required in connection with the surveying operations of the field service of the National Ocean Service. Appointment to such positions shall not exceed 8 months in any 1 calendar year.
    (k) (Reserved).
    (l) National Telecommunication and Information Administration. (1) Seventeen professional positions in grades GS-13 through GS-15.

Section 213.3115  Department of Labor

    (a) Office of the Secretary. (1) Chairman and five members, Employees' Compensation Appeals Board.
    (2) Chairman and eight members, Benefits Review Board.
    (b)-(c) (Reserved).
    (d) Employment and Training Administration. (1) Not to exceed 10 positions of Supervisory Manpower Development Specialist and Manpower Development Specialist, GS-7/15, in the Division of Indian and Native American Programs, when filled by the appointment of persons of one-fourth or more Indian blood. These positions require direct contact with Indian tribes and communities for the development and administration of comprehensive employment and training programs.

Section 213.3116  Department of Health and Human Services

    (a) General. (1) Intermittent positions, at GS-15 and below and WG-10 and below, on teams under the National Disaster Medical System including Disaster Medical Assistance Teams and specialty teams, to respond to disasters, emergencies, and incidents/events involving medical, mortuary and public health needs.
    (b) Public Health Service. (1) (Reserved).
    (2) Positions at Government sanatoria when filled by patients during treatment or convalescence.
    (3) (Reserved).
    (4) Positions concerned with problems in preventive medicine financed or participated in by the Department of Health and Human Services and a cooperating State, county, municipality, incorporated organization, or an individual in which at least one-half of the expense is contributed by the participating agency either in salaries, quarters, materials, equipment, or other necessary elements in the carrying on of the work.
    (5)-(6) (Reserved).
    (7) Not to exceed 50 positions associated with health screening programs for refugees.
    (8) All positions in the Public Health Service and other positions in the Department of Health and Human Services directly and primarily related to providing services to Indians when filled by the appointment of Indians. The Secretary of Health and Human Services is responsible for defining the term ``Indian.''
    (9) (Reserved).
    (10) Health care positions of the National Health Service Corps for employment of any one individual not to exceed 4 years of service in health manpower shortage areas.
    (11)-(14) (Reserved).
    (15) Not to exceed 200 staff positions, GS-15 and below, in the Immigration Health Service, for an emergency staff to provide health related services to foreign entrants.
    (c)-(e) (Reserved).
    (f) The President's Council on Physical Fitness. (1) Four staff assistants.

Section 213.3117  Department of Education

    (a) Positions concerned with problems in education financed and participated in by the Department of Education and a cooperating State educational agency, or university or college, in which there is joint responsibility for selection and supervision of employees, and at least one-half of the expense is contributed by the cooperating agency in salaries, quarters, materials, equipment, or other necessary elements in the carrying on of the work.

Section 213.3124  Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System

    (a) All positions.

Section 213.3127  Department of Veterans Affairs

    (a) Construction Division. (1) Temporary construction workers paid from ``purchase and hire'' funds and appointed for not to exceed the duration of a construction project.
    (b) Not to exceed 400 positions of rehabilitation counselors, GS-3 through GS-11, in Alcoholism Treatment Units and Drug Dependence Treatment Centers, when filled by former patients.
    (c) Board of Veterans' Appeals. (1) Positions, GS-15, when filled by a member of the Board. Except as provided by section 201(d) of Public Law 100-687, appointments under this authority shall be for a term of 9 years, and may be renewed.
    (2) Positions, GS-15, when filled by a non-member of the Board who is awaiting Presidential approval for appointment as a Board member.
    (d) Not to exceed 600 positions at grades GS-3 through GS-11, involved in the Department's Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Counseling Service.

Section 213.3132  Small Business Administration

    (a) When the President under 42 U.S.C. 1855-1855g, the Secretary of Agriculture under 7 U.S.C. 1961, or the Small Business Administration under 15 U.S.C. 636(b)(1) declares an area to be a disaster area, positions filled by time-limited appointment of employees to make and administer disaster loans in the area under the Small Business Act, as amended. Service under this authority may not exceed 4 years, and no more than 2 years may be spent on a single disaster. Exception to this time limit may only be made with prior Office approval. Appointments under this authority may not be used to extend the 2-year service limit contained in paragraph (b) below. No one may be appointed under this authority to positions engaged in long-term maintenance of loan portfolios.
    (b) When the President under 42 U.S.C. 1855-1855g, the Secretary of Agriculture under 7 U.S.C. 1961, or the Small Business Administration under 15 U.S.C. 636(b)(1) declares an area to be a disaster area, positions filled by time-limited appointment of employees to make and administer disaster loans in that area under the Small Business Act, as amended. No one may serve under this authority for more than an aggregate of 2 years without a break in service of at least 6 months. Persons who have had more than 2 years of service under paragraph (a) of this section must have a break in service of at least 8 months following such service before appointment under this authority. No one may be appointed under this authority to positions engaged in long-term maintenance of loan portfolios.

Section 213.3133  Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

    (a)-(b) (Reserved).
    (c) Temporary positions located at closed banks or savings and loan institutions that are concerned with liquidating the assets of the institutions, liquidating loans to the institutions, or paying the depositors of closed insured institutions. New appointments may be made under this authority only during the 60 days immediately following the institution's closing date. Such appointments may not exceed 1 year, but may be extended for not to exceed 1 additional year.

Section 213.3136  U.S. Soldiers' and Airmen's Home

    (a) (Reserved).
    (b) Positions when filled by member-residents of the Home.

Section 213.3138  Federal Communications Commission

    (a) Fifteen positions of Telecommunications Policy Analyst, GS-301-13/14/15. Initial appointment to these positions will be for a period of not to exceed 2 years with provision for two 1-year extensions. No new appointments may be made under this authority after May 31, 1998.

Section 213.3142  Export-Import Bank of the United States

    (a) One Special Assistant to the Board of Directors, grade GS-14 and above.

Section 213.3146  Selective Service System

    (a) State Directors.

Section 213.3148  National Aeronautics and Space Administration

    (a) One hundred and fifty alien scientists having special qualifications in the fields of aeronautical and space research where such employment is deemed by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to be necessary in the public interest.

Section 213.3155  Social Security Administration

    (a) Six positions of Social Insurance Representative in the district offices of the Social Security Administration in the State of Arizona when filled by the appointment of persons of one-fourth or more Indian blood.
    (b) Seven positions of Social Insurance Representative in the district offices of the Social Security Administration in the State of New Mexico when filled by the appointment of persons of one-fourth or more Indian blood.
    (c) Two positions of Social Insurance Representative in the district offices of the Social Security Administration in the State of Alaska when filled by the appointments of persons of one-fourth or more Alaskan Native blood (Eskimos, Indians, or Aleuts).

Section 213.3162  The President's Crime Prevention Council

    (a) Up to 7 positions established in the President's Crime Prevention Council office created by the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994. No new appointments may be made under this authority after March 31, 1998.

Section 213.3165  Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board

    (a) Up to 37 positions established to create the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board. No new appointments may be made under this authority after December 31, 2000.

Section 213.3166  Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency of the District of Columbia

    (a) All positions, except for the Director, established to create the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency of the District of Columbia. No new appointments may be made under this authority after September 30, 2001.

Section 213.3174  Smithsonian Institution

    (a) (Reserved).
    (b) All positions located in Panama which are part of or which support the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.
    (c) Positions at GS-15 and below in the National Museum of the American Indian requiring knowledge of, and experience in, tribal customs and culture. Such positions comprise approximately 10 percent of the Museum's positions and, generally, do not include secretarial, clerical, administrative, or program support positions.

Section 213.3175  Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

    (a) One Asian Studies Program Administrator, one International Security Studies Program Administrator, one Latin American Program Administrator, one Russian Studies Program Administrator, one West European Program Administrator, one Environmental Change & Security Studies Program Administrator, one United States Studies Program Administrator, and two Social Science Program Administrators.

Section 213.3178  Community Development Financial Institutions Fund

    (a) All positions in the Fund and positions created for the purpose of establishing the Fund's operations in accordance with the Community Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994, except for any positions required by the Act to be filled by competitive appointment. No new appointments may be made under this authority after September 23, 1998.

Section 213.3180  Utah Reclamation and Conservation Commission

    (a) Executive Director.

Section 213.3182  National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

    (a) National Endowment for the Arts. (1) Artistic and related positions at grades GS-13 through GS-15 engaged in the review, evaluation and administration of applications and grants supporting the arts, related research and assessment, policy and program development, arts education, access programs and advocacy or evaluation of critical arts projects and outreach programs. Duties require artistic stature, in-depth knowledge of arts disciplines and/or artistic-related leadership qualities.

Section 213.3190  African Development Foundation

    (a) One Enterprise Development Fund Manager. Appointment authority is limited to four years unless extended by the Office.

Section 213.3191  Office of Personnel Management

    (a)-(c) (Reserved).
    (d) Part-time and intermittent positions of test examiners at grades GS-8 and below.

Section 213.3194  Department of Transportation

    (a) U.S. Coast Guard. (1) (Reserved).
    (2) Lamplighters.
    (3) Professors, Associate Professors, Assistant Professors, Instructors, one Principal Librarian, one Cadet Hostess, and one Psychologist (Counseling) at the Coast Guard Academy, New London, Connecticut.
    (b)-(d) (Reserved).
    (e) Maritime Administration. (1)-(2) (Reserved).
    (3) All positions on Government-owned vessels or those bareboats chartered to the Government and operated by or for the Maritime Administration.
    (4)-(5) (Reserved).
    (6) U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, positions of: Professors, Instructors, and Teachers, including heads of Departments of Physical Education and Athletics, Humanities, Mathematics and Science, Maritime Law and Economics, Nautical Science, and Engineering; Coordinator of Shipboard Training; the Commandant of Midshipmen, the Assistant Commandant of Midshipmen; Director of Music; three Battalion Officers; three Regimental Affairs Officers; and one Training Administrator.
    (7) U.S. Merchant Marine Academy positions of: Associate Dean; Registrar; Director of Admissions; Assistant Director of Admissions; Director, Office of External Affairs; Placement Officer; Administrative Librarian; Shipboard Training Assistant; three Academy Training Representatives; and one Education Program Assistant.

Section 213.3195  Federal Emergency Management Agency

    (a) Field positions at grades GS-15 and below, or equivalent, which are engaged in work directly related to unique response efforts to environmental emergencies not covered by the Disaster Relief Act of 1974, Public Law 93-288, as amended. Employment under this authority may not exceed 36 months on any single emergency. Persons may not be employed under this authority for long-term duties or for work not directly necessitated by the emergency response effort.
    (b) Not to exceed 30 positions at grades GS-15 and below in the Offices of Executive Administration, General Counsel, Inspector General, Comptroller, Public Affairs, Personnel, Acquisition Management, and the State and Local Program and Support Directorate which are engaged in work directly related to unique response efforts to environmental emergencies not covered by the Disaster Relief Act of 1974, Public Law 93-288, as amended. Employment under this authority may not exceed 36 months on any single emergency, or for long-term duties or work not directly necessitated by the emergency response effort. No one may be reappointed under this authority for service in connection with a different emergency unless at least 6 months have elapsed since the individual's latest appointment under this authority.
    (c) Not to exceed 350 professional and technical positions at grades GS-5 through GS-15, or equivalent, in Mobile Emergency Response Support Detachments (MERS).

Section 213.3199  Temporary Organizations

    (a) Positions on the staffs of temporary boards and commissions which are established by law or Executive order for specified periods not to exceed 4 years to perform specific projects. A temporary board or commission originally established for less than 4 years and subsequently extended may continue to fill its staff positions under this authority as long as its total life, including extension(s), does not exceed 4 years. No board or commission may use this authority for more than 4 years to make appointments and position changes unless prior approval of the Office is obtained.
    (b) Positions on the staffs of temporary organizations established within continuing agencies when all of the following conditions are met: (1) The temporary organization is established by an authority outside the agency, usually by law or Executive order; (2) the temporary organization is established for an initial period of 4 years or less and, if subsequently extended, its total life including extension(s) will not exceed 4 years; (3) the work to be performed by the temporary organization is outside the agency's continuing responsibilities; and (4) the positions filled under this authority are those for which other staffing resources or authorities are not available within the agency. An agency may use this authority to fill positions in organizations which do not meet all of the above conditions or to make appointments and position changes in a single organization during a period longer than 4 years only with prior approval of the Office.

Schedule B

Section 213.3202  Entire Executive Civil Service

    (a) Student Educational Employment Program--Student Temporary Employment Program. (1) Students may be appointed to the Student Temporary Employment Program if they are pursuing any of the following educational programs:
    (i) High School Diploma or General Equivalency Diploma (GED);
    (ii) Vocational/Technical certificate;
    (iii) Associate degree;
    (iv) Baccalaureate degree;
    (v) Graduate degree; or
    (vi) Professional degree
* * * * *
    [The remaining text of provisions pertaining to the Student Temporary Employment Program can be found in 5 CFR 213.3202(a).]
    (b) Student Educational Employment Program--Student Career Experience Program. (1)(i) Students may be appointed to the Student Career Experience Program if they are pursuing any of the following educational programs:
    (A) High school diploma or General Equivalency Diploma (GED);
    (B) Vocational/Technical certificate;
    (C) Associate degree;
    (D) Baccalaureate degree;
    (E) Graduate degree; or
    (F) Professional degree.
    (ii) Student participants in the Harry S. Truman Foundation Scholarship Program under the provision of Public Law 93-842 are eligible for appointments under the Student Career Experience Program.
    [The remaining text of provisions pertaining to the Student Career Experience Program can be found in 5 CFR 213.3202(b).]
* * * * *
    (c)-(i) (Reserved).
    (j) Special executive development positions established in connection with Senior Executive Service candidate development programs which have been approved by OPM. A Federal agency may make new appointments under this authority for any period of employment not exceeding 3 years for one individual.
    (k)-(l) (Reserved).
    (m) Positions when filled under any of the following conditions: 
(1) Appointment at grades GS-15 and above, or equivalent, in the same or a different agency without a break in service from a career appointment in the Senior Executive Service (SES) of an individual who:
    (i) Has completed the SES probationary period;
    (ii) Has been removed from the SES because of less than fully successful executive performance or a reduction in force; and    (iii) Is entitled to be placed in another civil service position under 5 U.S.C. 3594(b).
    (2) Appointment in a different agency without a break in service of an individual originally appointed under paragraph (m)(1).
    (3) Reassignment, promotion, or demotion within the same agency of an individual appointed under this authority.
    (n) Positions when filled by preference eligibles or veterans who have been separated from the armed forces under honorable conditions after 3 years or more of continuous active service and who, in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 3304(f) (Pub. L. 105-339), applied for these positions under merit promotion procedures when applications were being accepted by the agency from individuals outside its own workforce. These veterans may be promoted, demoted, or reassigned, as appropriate, to other positions within the agency but would remain employed under this excepted authority as long as there is no break in service. No new appointments may be made under this authority after November 30, 1999.
    (o) The Federal Career Intern Program (1) Appointments. Appointments made under the Federal Career Intern Program may not exceed 2 years, except as described in paragraph (o)(2) of this section. Initial appointments shall be made to a position at the grades GS-5, 7, or 9 (and equivalent) or other trainee levels appropriate for the program. Agencies must request OPM approval to cover additional grades to meet unique or specialized needs. Agencies will use part 302 of this chapter when making appointments under this Program.
    (2) Extensions. (i) Agencies must request, in writing, OPM approval to extend internships for up to 1 additional year beyond the authorized 2 years for additional training and/or developmental activities.
    (ii) Agencies are delegated the authority to extend, without prior OPM approval, 2-year internships for up to an additional 120 days to cover rare or unusual circumstances, and where agencies have established criteria for approving extensions.
* * * * *
    [The remaining text of provisions pertaining to The Federal Career Intern Program can be found in 5 CFR 213.3202(o).]

Section 213.3203  Executive Office of the President

    (a) (Reserved).
    (b) Office of the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations. (1) Seventeen positions of economist at grades GS-12 through GS-15.

Section 213.3204  Department of State

    (a)-(c) (Reserved).
    (d) Fourteen positions on the household staff of the President's Guest House (Blair and Blair-Lee Houses).
    (e) (Reserved).
    (f) Scientific, professional, and technical positions at grades GS-12 to GS-15 when filled by persons having special qualifications in foreign policy matters. Total employment under this authority may not exceed 4 years.

Section 213.3205  Department of the Treasury

    (a) Positions of Deputy Comptroller of the Currency, Chief National Bank Examiner, Assistant Chief National Bank Examiner, Regional Administrator of National Banks, Deputy Regional Administrator of National Banks, Assistant to the Comptroller of the Currency, National Bank Examiner, Associate National Bank Examiner, and Assistant National Bank Examiner, whose salaries are paid from assessments against national banks and other financial institutions.
    (b)-(c) (Reserved).
    (d) Positions concerned with the protection of the life and safety of the President and members of his immediate family, or other persons for whom similar protective services are prescribed by law, when filled in accordance with special appointment procedures approved by OPM. Service under this authority may not exceed (1) a total of 4 years; or (2) 120 days following completion of the service required for conversion under Executive Order 11203, whichever comes first.
    (e) Positions, grades GS-5 through 12, of Treasury Enforcement Agent in the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms; and Treasury Enforcement Agent, Pilot, Marine Enforcement Officer, and Aviation Enforcement Officer in the U.S. Customs Service. Service under this authority may not exceed 3 years and 120 days.

Section 213.3206  Department of Defense

    (a) Office of the Secretary. (1) (Reserved).
    (2) Professional positions at GS-11 through GS-15 involving systems, costs, and economic analysis functions in the Office of the Assistant Secretary (Program Analysis and Evaluation); and in the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary (Systems Policy and Information) in the Office of the Assistant Secretary (Comptroller).
    (3)-(4) (Reserved).
    (5) Four Net Assessment Analysts.
    (b) Interdepartmental activities. (1) Six positions to provide general administration, general art and information, photography, and/or visual information support to the White House Photographic Service.    (2) Eight positions, GS-15 or below, in the White House Military Office, providing support for airlift operations, special events, security, and/or administrative services to the Office of the President.
    (c) National Defense University. (1) Sixty-one positions of Professor, GS-13/15, for employment of any one individual on an initial appointment not to exceed 3 years, which may be renewed in any increment from 1 to 6 years indefinitely thereafter.
    (d) General. (1) One position of Law Enforcement Liaison Officer (Drugs), GS-301-15, U.S. European Command.
    (2) Acquisition positions at grades GS-5 through GS-11, whose incumbents have successfully completed the required course of education as participants in the Department of Defense scholarship program authorized under 10 U.S.C. 1744.
    (e) Office of the Inspector General. (1) Positions of Criminal Investigator, GS-1811-5/15.
    (f) Department of Defense Polygraph Institute, Fort McClellan, Alabama. (1) One Director, GM-15.
    (g) Defense Security Assistance Agency. All faculty members with instructor and research duties at the Defense Institute of Security Assistance Management, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio. Individual appointments under this authority will be for an initial 3-year period, which may be followed by an appointment of indefinite duration.

Section 213.3207  Department of the Army

    (a) U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. (1) Seven positions of professors, instructors, and education specialists. Total employment of any individual under this authority may not exceed 4 years.

Section 213.3208  Department of the Navy

    (a) Naval Underwater Systems Center, New London, Connecticut. (1) One position of Oceanographer, grade GS-14, to function as project director and manager for research in the weapons systems applications of ocean eddies.
    (b) All civilian faculty positions of professors, instructors, and teachers on the staff of the Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Virginia.
    (c) One Director and four Research Psychologists at the professor or GS-15 level in the Defense Personnel Security Research and Education Center.

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    (d) All civilian professor positions at the Marine Corps Command and Staff College.
    (e) One position of Staff Assistant, GS-301-15, whose incumbent will manage the Navy's Executive Dining facilities at the Pentagon.
    (f) One position of Housing Management Specialist, GM-1173-14, involved with the Bachelor Quarters Management Study. No new appointments may be made under this authority after February 29, 1992.

Section 213.3209  Department of the Air Force

    (a) Not to exceed six interdisciplinary positions for the Airpower Research Institute at the Air University, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, for employment to complete studies proposed by candidates and acceptable to the Air Force. Initial appointments are made not to exceed 3 years, with an option to renew or extend the appointments in increments of 1, 2, or 3 years indefinitely thereafter.
    (b)-(c) (Reserved).
    (d) Positions of Instructor or professional academic staff at the Air University, associated with courses of instruction of varying durations, for employment not to exceed 3 years, which may be renewed for an indefinite period thereafter.
    (e) One position of Director of Development and Alumni Programs, GS-301-13, with the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado.

Section 213.3210  Department of Justice

    (a) Criminal Investigator (Special Agent) positions in the Drug Enforcement Administration. New appointments may be made under this authority only at grades GS-5 through 11. Service under the authority may not exceed 4 years. Appointments made under this authority may be converted to career or career-conditional appointments under the provisions of Executive Order 12230, subject to conditions agreed upon between the Department and OPM.
    (b) (Reserved).
    (c) Not to exceed 400 positions at grades GS-5 through 15 assigned to regional task forces established to conduct special investigations to combat drug trafficking and organized crime.
    (d) (Reserved).
    (e) Positions, other than secretarial, GS-6 through GS-15, requiring knowledge of the bankruptcy process, on the staff of the offices of United States Trustees or the Executive Office for U.S. Trustees.

Section 213.3213  Department of Agriculture

    (a) Foreign Agricultural Service. (1) Positions of a project nature involved in international technical assistance activities. Service under this authority may not exceed 5 years on a single project for any individual unless delayed completion of a project justifies an extension up to but not exceeding 2 years.
    (b) General. (1) Temporary positions of professional Research Scientists, GS-15 or below, in the Agricultural Research Service and the Forest Service, when such positions are established to support the Research Associateship Program and are filled by persons having a doctoral degree in an appropriate field of study for research activities of mutual interest to appointees and the agency. Appointments are limited to proposals approved by the appropriate Administrator. Appointments may be made for initial periods not to exceed 2 years and may be extended for up to 2 additional years. Extensions beyond 4 years, up to a maximum of 2 additional years, may be granted, but only in very rare and unusual circumstances, as determined by the Personnel Officer, Agricultural Research Service, or the Personnel Officer, Forest Service.
    (2) Not to exceed 55 Executive Director positions, GM-301-14/15, with the State Rural Development Councils in support of the Presidential Rural Development Initiative.

Section 213.3214  Department of Commerce

    (a) Bureau of the Census. (1) (Reserved).
    (2) Not to exceed 50 Community Services Specialist positions at the equivalent of GS-5 through GS-12.
    (3) Not to exceed 300 Community Awareness Specialist positions at the equivalent of GS-7 through GS-12. Employment under this authority may not exceed December 31, 1992. (b)-(c) (Reserved).
    (d) National Telecommunications and Information Administration. (1) Not to exceed 10 positions of Telecommunications Policy Analysts, grades GS-11 through 15. Employment under this authority may not exceed 2 years.

Section 213.3215  Department of Labor

    (a) Chairman, two Members, and one Alternate Member, Administrative Review Board.
    (b) (Reserved).
    (c) Bureau of International Labor Affairs. (1) Positions in the Office of Foreign Relations, which are paid by outside funding sources under contracts for specific international labor market technical assistance projects. Appointments under this authority may not be extended beyond the expiration date of the project.

Section 213.3217  Department of Education

    (a) Seventy-five positions, not in excess of GS-13, of a professional or analytical nature when filled by persons, other than college faculty members or candidates working toward college degrees, who are participating in midcareer development programs authorized by Federal statute or regulation, or sponsored by private nonprofit organizations, when a period of work experience is a requirement for completion of an organized study program. Employment under this authority shall not exceed 1 year.
    (b) Fifty positions, GS-7 through GS-11, concerned with advising on education policies, practices, and procedures under unusual and abnormal conditions. Persons employed under this provision must be bona fide elementary school and high school teachers. Appointments under this authority may be made for a period of not to exceed 1 year, and may, with the prior approval of the Office of Personnel Management, be extended for an additional period of 1 year.

Section 213.3227  Department of Veterans Affairs

    (a) Not to exceed 800 principal investigatory, scientific, professional, and technical positions at grades GS-11 and above in the medical research program.
    (b) Not to exceed 25 Criminal Investigator (Undercover) positions, GS-1811, in grades 5 through 12, conducting undercover investigations in the Veterans Health Administration supervised by the VA, Office of Inspector General. Initial appointments shall be greater than 1 year, but not to exceed 4 years and may be extended indefinitely in 1-year increments.

Section 213.3236  U.S. Soldiers' and Airmen's Home

    (a) (Reserved).
    (b) Director, Health Care Services; Director, Member Services; Director, Logistics; and Director, Plans and Programs.

Section 213.3240  National Archives and Records Administration

    (a) Executive Director, National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

Section 213.3248  National Aeronautics and Space Administration

    (a) Not to exceed 40 positions of Command Pilot, Pilot, and Mission Specialist candidates at grades GS-7 through 15 in the Space Shuttle Astronaut program. Employment under this authority may not exceed 3 years.

Section 213.3274  Smithsonian Institution

    (a) (Reserved).
    (b) Freer Gallery of Art. (1) Not to exceed four positions of Oriental Art Restoration Specialist at grades GS-9 through GS-15.

Section 213.3276  Appalachian Regional Commission

    (a) Two Program Coordinators.

Section 213.3278  Armed Forces Retirement Home

    (a) Naval Home, Gulfport, Mississippi. (1) One Resource Management Officer position and one Public Works Officer position, GS/GM-15 and below.

Section 213.3282  National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

    (a) (Reserved).
    (b) National Endowment for the Humanities. (1) Professional positions at grades GS-11 through GS-15 engaged in the review, evaluation, and administration of grants supporting scholarship, education, and public programs in the humanities, the duties of which require indepth knowledge of a discipline of the humanities.

Section 213.3285  Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation

    (a) One position of Civil Engineer (Construction Manager).

Section 213.3291  Office of Personnel Management

    (a) Not to exceed eight positions of Associate Director at the Executive Seminar Centers at grades GS-13 and GS-14. Appointments may be made for any period up to 3 years and may be extended without prior approval for any individual. Not more than half of the authorized faculty positions at any one Executive Seminar Center may be filled under this authority.
    (b) Twelve positions of faculty members at grades GS-13 through 15, at the Federal Executive Institute. Initial appointments under this authority may be made for any period up to 3 years and may be extended in 1-, 2-, or 3-year increments indefinitely thereafter.

Schedule C

Section 213.3303  Executive Office of the President

Council of Economic Advisers

CEA 1  Confidential Assistant to the Chairman
CEA 4  Confidential Assistant to the Chairman
CEA 5  Administrative Operations Assistant to a Member
CEA 6  Administrative Operations Assistant to a Member

Office of Management and Budget

OMB 139  Confidential Assistant to the Executive Associate Director
OMB 140  Deputy to the Associate Director for Legislative Affairs (House)
OMB 143  Public Affairs Specialist to the Associate Director for Communications
OMB 147  Executive Assistant to the Director, Office of Management and Budget

Office of National Drug Control Policy

ONDCP 83  Chief, Press Relations to the Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy
ONDCP 87  Confidential Administrative Assistant to the Deputy Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy

Office of the United States Trade Representative

USTR 70  Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Congressional Affairs to the Assistant U.S. Trade Representative
USTR 72  Confidential Assistant to the U.S. Trade Representative
USTR 74  Special Assistant to the U.S. Trade Representative

Official Residence of the Vice President

ORVP 1  Residence Manager and Social Secretary to the Assistant to the Vice President and Chief of Staff to Mrs. Cheney

Section 213.3304  Department of State

ST 104  Special Assistant to the Under Secretary (Director)
ST 115  Staff Director, Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Fund to the Assistant Secretary, Education and Cultural Affairs
ST 399  Confidential Assistant to the Secretary of State
ST 516  Foreign Affairs Officer to the Deputy Director

Section 213.3305  Department of the Treasury

TREA 250  Director, Public Affairs to the Deputy Assistant Secretary (Public Affairs)
TREA 317  Public Affairs Specialist to the Director, Public Affairs
TREA 380  Deputy to the Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs
TREA 391  Deputy Director to the Director of Scheduling
TREA 411  Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs
TREA 423  Special Assistant to the Director of Scheduling
TREA 428  Deputy Assistant Secretary (Public Liaison) to the Assistant Secretary (Public Affairs)

Section 213.3306  Department of Defense

DOD 22  Defense Fellow to the Special Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for White House Liaison
DOD 33  Personal Secretary to the Deputy Secretary of Defense
DOD 271  Private Secretary to the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Reserve Affairs)
DOD 279  Personal and Confidential Assistant to the Director Operational Test and Evaluation
DOD 300  Confidential Assistant to the Under Secretary (Acquisition and Technology)
DOD 312  Director, Cooperative Threat Reduction to the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Strategy and Threat Reduction)
DOD 319  Confidential Assistant to the Secretary of Defense
DOD 332  Personal and Confidential Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Regional Security)
DOD 368  Personal and Confidential Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs
DOD 459  Public Affairs Specialist to the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs
DOD 473  Personal and Confidential Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict
DOD 480  Executive Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Defense 
(Strategy Requirements and Resources)DOD 488  Personal and Confidential Assistant to the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)
DOD 519  Private Secretary to the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Regional Security Affairs)
DOD 578  Personal and Confidential Assistant to the Under Secretary of Defense (Policy)
DOD 609  Private Secretary to the Deputy Secretary of Defense
DOD 611  Personal and Confidential Assistant to the Secretary of Defense
DOD 613  Staff Assistant to the Secretary of Defense

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DOD 636  Civilian Executive Assistant to the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
DOD 649  Confidential Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs
DOD 663  Public Affairs Specialist to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Communications
DOD 671  Confidential Assistant to the Director, Defense Research and Engineering
DOD 680  Confidential Assistant to the Deputy Secretary of Defense
DOD 682  Confidential Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs

Section 213.3307 Department of the Army (DOD)

ARMY 1  Executive Staff Assistant to the Secretary
ARMY 17  Secretary (Office Automation) to the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works)
ARMY 21  Secretary (Office Automation) to the General Counsel of the Army
ARMY 55  Secretary (Office Automation) to the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management)
ARMY 77  Secretary (Office Automation) to the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Research and Development and Acquisition

Section 213.3308 Department of the Navy (DOD)

NAV 56  Staff Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management)
NAV 69  Staff Assistant to the Under Secretary of the Navy
NAV 71  Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Navy

Section 213.3309 Department of the Air Force (DOD)

AF 6  Secretary (Steno) to the Assistant Secretary (Manpower and Reserve Affairs,Installation and Environment)
AF 8  Secretary (Steno/OA) to the General Counsel of the Air Force

Section 213.3310 Department of Justice

JUS 144  Special Assistant to the Solicitor General
JUS 184  Special Assistant to the Deputy Attorney General
JUS 190  Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General, Office of Policy Development
JUS 211  Secretary (Office Automation) to the United States Attorney, Nevada
JUS 217  Attorney Advisor to the Assistant Attorney General, Office of Justice Programs
JUS 242  Attorney Advisor to the Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division
JUS 277  Assistant for Scheduling to the Attorney General
JUS 282  Policy Advisor to the Assistant Attorney General, Office of Policy Development
JUS 343  Assistant to the Attorney General to the Attorney General
JUS 367  Confidential Assistant to the Attorney General
JUS 418  Secretary (OA) to the U.S. Attorney, District of Nebraska
JUS 448  Secretary (OA) to the U.S. Attorney, Oklahoma City

Section 213.3312 Department of the Interior

INT 375  Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary for Fish, Wildlife and Parks
INT 467  Special Assistant to the Director, Office of External Affairs
INT 479  Special Assistant to the Director of Minerals Management Service
INT 490  Special Assistant (Advance) to the Deputy Chief of Staff
INT 538  Special Executive Assistant to the Secretary of the Interior
INT 547  Press Secretary to the Director of Communications
INT 549  Special Assistant to the Deputy Chief of Staff
INT 551  Special Assistant for Scheduling and Advance to the Deputy Chief of Staff
INT 553  Special Assistant to the Director, Intergovernmental Affairs
INT 557  Director of Scheduling and Advance to the Deputy Chief of Staff
INT 559  Special Assistant for Scheduling and Advance to the Deputy Chief of Staff
INT 560  Associate Director to the Deputy Chief of Staff
INT 561  Special Assistant to the Secretary for Alaska to the Chief of Staff
INT 565  White House Liaison to the Deputy Chief of Staff

Section 213.3313 Department of Agriculture

AGR 100  Special Assistant to the Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment
AGR 103  Special Assistant to the Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Service
AGR 275  Confidential Assistant to the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations
AGR 285  Confidential Assistant to the Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services
AGR 313  Special Assistant to the Administrator, Rural Housing Service
AGR 427  Confidential Assistant to the Deputy Secretary
AGR 556  Confidential Assistant to the Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
AGR 564  Confidential Assistant to the Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics
AGR 566  Confidential Assistant to the Director, Legislative Affairs and Public Affairs Staff

Section 213.3314 Department of Commerce

COM 5  Special Assistant to the Director, Office of White House Liaison
COM 289  Intergovernmental Affairs Specialist to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Intergovernmental Affairs
COM 393  Legislative Specialist for Technology and Telecommunications to the Assistant Secretary for Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs
COM 394  Deputy Director, to the Director, Office of Public Affairs
COM 443  Director, Office of External Affairs to the Secretary of Commerce
COM 490  Director of Scheduling to the Director, Office of External Affairs
COM 550  Legislative Specialist for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Environment to the Assistant Secretary for Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs
COM 648  Press Secretary to the Director of Public Affairs
COM 662  Special Assistant to the Under Secretary for International Trade Administration
COM 664  Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Commerce, Director General of the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

Section 213.3315 Department of Labor

LAB 55  Research Assistant to the Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs
LAB 93  Special Assistant for Scheduling to the Chief of Staff
LAB 94  Special Assistant to the Director of Scheduling
LAB 150  Staff Assistant to the Secretary of Labor
LAB 160  Director of Scheduling and Advance to the Secretary of Labor
LAB 170  Confidential Assistant to the Executive Secretariat
LAB 174  Staff Assistant to the Secretary of Labor
LAB 177  Special Assistant to the Director of Faith Based and Community Initiatives
LAB 182  Special Assistant to the Deputy Secretary of Labor
LAB 205  Senior Legislative Officer to the Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs
LAB 211  Staff Assistant to the Executive Secretary
LAB 218  Staff Assistant to the Assistant Secretary, Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs
LAB 222  Staff Assistant to the White House Liaison
LAB 230  Special Assistant to the Secretary of Labor
LAB 231  Staff Assistant to the Chief of Staff
LAB 239  White House Liaison to the Secretary of Labor
LAB 241  Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs
LAB 247  Research Assistant to the Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs
LAB 248  Special Assistant to the Director of Scheduling and Advance
LAB 252  Speech Writer to the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs
LAB 253  Deputy Chief of Staff to the Chief of Staff
LAB 260 Special Assistant to the Director of Scheduling and Advance

Section 213.3316 Department of Health and Human Services

HHS 315  Special Assistant to the Director, Office of Intergovernmental Affairs
HHS 320  Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Education
HHS 419  Special Assistant to the Secretary of Health and Human Services
HHS 527  Confidential Assistant (Scheduling) to the Director of Scheduling
HHS 534  Confidential Assistant to the Executive Secretary
HHS 632  Special Outreach Coordinator to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Affair (Policy and Strategy)

Section 213.3317 Department of Education

EDU 1  Confidential Assistant to the Chief of Staff
EDU 2  Deputy Assistant Secretary to the Assistant Secretary, Office of Legislation and Congressional Affairs
EDU 3  Special Assistant (White House Liaison) to the Chief of Staff
EDU 4  Confidential Assistant to the Special Assistant (White House Liaison)
EDU 5  Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff
EDU 6  Confidential Assistant to the Chief of Staff
EDU 7  Confidential Assistant to the Director, Scheduling and Briefing Staff
EDU 9  Confidential Assistant to the Director, Office of Public Affairs
EDU 10  Staff Assistant to the Director, Office of Public Affairs
EDU 11  Steward to the Chief of Staff
EDU 12  Confidential Assistant to the Director, Scheduling and Briefing Staff
EDU 14  Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary for Intergovernmental and Interagency Affairs
EDU 15  Confidential Assistant to the Director, Office of Public Affairs
EDU 16  Confidential Assistant to the Chief of Staff

Section 213.3318  Environmental Protection Agency

EPA 5  Director, Office of Communications to the Associate Administrator for Communications, Education and Media Relations
EPA 10  Special Assistant to the Associate Administrator for Communications, Education and Media Relations
EPA 14  Special Assistant to the Associate Administrator for Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations
EPA 18  Special Assistant to the Administrator
EPA 19  Special Assistant to the Administrator

Section 213.3323  Federal Communications Commission

FCC 1  Chief, Consumer Information Bureau to the Chairman, Federal Communications Commission

Section 213.3325  United States Tax Court

TCOUS 42  Secretary and Confidential Assistant to a Judge
TCOUS 43  Secretary and Confidential Assistant to a Judge
TCOUS 44  Secretary and Confidential Assistant to a Judge
TCOUS 45  Secretary and Confidential Assistant to a Judge
TCOUS 46  Secretary and Confidential Assistant to a Judge
TCOUS 47  Secretary and Confidential Assistant to a Judge
TCOUS 49  Secretary and Confidential Assistant to a Judge
TCOUS 50  Secretary and Confidential Assistant to a Judge
TCOUS 51  Secretary and Confidential Assistant to a Judge
TCOUS 52  Secretary and Confidential Assistant to a Judge
TCOUS 53  Secretary and Confidential Assistant to a Judge
TCOUS 56  Secretary and Confidential Assistant to a Judge
TCOUS 59  Secretary and Confidential Assistant to a Judge
TCOUS 60  Secretary and Confidential Assistant to a Judge
TCOUS 61  Secretary and Confidential Assistant to a Judge
TCOUS 62  Secretary and Confidential Assistant to a Judge
TCOUS 63  Secretary and Confidential Assistant to a Judge
TCOUS 64  Secretary and Confidential Assistant to a Judge
TCOUS 65  Secretary and Confidential Assistant to a Judge
TCOUS 66  Trial Clerk to a Judge
TCOUS 67  Trial Clerk to a Judge
TCOUS 69  Trial Clerk to a Judge
TCOUS 71  Trial Clerk to a Judge
TCOUS 72  Trial Clerk to a Judge
TCOUS 73  Trial Clerk to a Judge
TCOUS 74  Trial Clerk to a Judge
TCOUS 75  Trial Clerk to a Judge
TCOUS 78  Trial Clerk to a Judge
TCOUS 79  Trial Clerk to a Judge
TCOUS 82  Secretary and Confidential Assistant to a Judge

Section 213.3327  Department of Veterans Affairs

VA 5  Special Assistant to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs
VA 8  Special Assistant to the Dean, Veterans Affairs Learning University
VA 106  Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Legislative Affairs

Section 213.3328  Broadcasting Board of Governors

BBG 1  Staff Director to the Chairman, Advisory Board for Cuba Broadcasting
BBG 3  Confidential Assistant to the Director, Office of Cuba Broadcasting
BBG 4  Public Affairs Officer to the Director, Voice of America
BBG 7  Confidential Assistant to the Director, Voice of America

Section 213.3330  Securities and Exchange Commission

SEC 2  Confidential Assistant to a Commissioner

SEC 3  Confidential Assistant to a Commissioner
SEC 4  Confidential Assistant to the Chief of Staff
SEC 5  Confidential Assistant to a Commissioner
SEC 8  Secretary (OA) to the Chief Accountant
SEC 9  Secretary to the General Counsel
SEC 11  Confidential Assistant to the Chairman
SEC 14  Secretary to the Director, Market Regulation
SEC 16  Secretary to the Director of Enforcement Division
SEC 18  Secretary to the Director, Division of Investment Management
SEC 19  Secretary to the Director, Corporation Finance
SEC 28  Confidential Assistant to the Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC 29  Secretary to the Deputy Director of Market Regulation
SEC 31  Special Assistant to the Director, Office of Investor Education and Assistance

Section 213.3331  Department of Energy

DOE 87  Staff Assistant to the Secretary of Energy
DOE 95  Staff Assistant to the Director, Office of Scheduling and Advance
DOE 102  Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs
DOE 103  Special Assistant to the Director, Civilian Radioactive Waste Management
DOE 104  Special Assistant to the Director, Office of Public Affairs
DOE 106  Special Assistant to the Director, Office of Scheduling and Advance
DOE 107  Special Assistant to the General Counsel
DOE 108  Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary, Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs
DOE 109  Special Assistant to the Director, Office of Scheduling and Advance
DOE 110  Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs
DOE 111  Deputy Director, Scheduling and Advance to the Director, Office of Management and Administration
DOE 112  Special Assistant to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Intergovernmental and External Affairs
DOE 114  Special Assistant to the Director, Office of Public Affairs
DOE 115  Special Advisor to the Chief of Staff
DOE 116  Special Assistant to the Administrator, Energy Information Administration
DOE 171  Special Assistant to the Director, Office of Worker and Community Transition
DOE 172  Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary for Environment, Safety and Health
DOE 175  Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Energy
DOE 178  Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs
DOE 179  Special Assistant to the Director of Scheduling and Advance
DOE 180  Deputy Director, Public Affairs to the Director, Office of Public Affairs

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

FERC 2  Confidential Assistant to a Member
FERC 3  Confidential Assistant to a Member
FERC 13  Technical Advisor to a Member

Section 213.3333  Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

FDIC 11  Secretary to the Chairman
FDIC 17  Special Assistant to the Deputy to the Chairman

Section 213.3334  Federal Trade Commission

FTC 1  Director, Office of Public Affairs to the Chairman
FTC 3  Secretary to the Director, Bureau of Competition
FTC 14  Congressional Liaison Specialist to the Director of Congressional Relations
FTC 23  Special Assistant to a Commissioner
FTC 26  Confidential Assistant to a Commissioner
FTC 27  Confidential Assistant to a Commissioner

Section 213.3337  General Services Administration

GSA 44  Senior Policy Advisor to the Administrator
GSA 94  Congressional Relations Officer to the Associate Administrator for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs

Section 213.3339  U.S. International Trade Commission

ITC 5  Executive Assistant to a Commissioner
ITC 6  Staff Assistant (Economics) to a Commissioner
ITC 15  Executive Assistant to a Commissioner
ITC 18  Staff Assistant (Legal) to a Commissioner
ITC 19  Staff Economist to a Commissioner
ITC 22  Staff Assistant to a Commissioner
ITC 25  Staff Assistant (Economics) to the Chairman
ITC 30  Confidential Assistant to a Commissioner
ITC 31  Executive Assistant to a Commissioner
ITC 36  Executive Assistant to a Commissioner

Section 213.3340  National Archives and Records Administration

NARA 3  Presidential Diarist to the Archivist of the United States

Section 213.3342  Export-Import Bank of the United States

EXIM 30  Administrative Assistant to the Director
EXIM 44  Personal and Confidential Assistant to the First Vice President and Vice Chairman
EXIM 45  Administrative Assistant to a Member, Bank Board of Directors
EXIM 46  Special Assistant to the First Vice President and Vice Chairman
EXIM 50  Special Assistant to the President and Chairman
EXIM 53  Special Assistant to the President and Chairman
EXIM 57  Special Assistant to the President and Chairman

Section 213.3343  Farm Credit Administration

FCA 4  Secretary to the Chairman and CEO
FCA 12  Congressional and Public Affairs Specialist to the Director, Office of Congressional and Public Affairs
FCA 13  Executive Assistant to a Board Member
FCA 15  Public Affairs Specialist to the Director, Office of Congressional and Public Affairs
FCA 16  Executive Assistant to the Chairman

Section 213.3344  Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission

OSHRC 2  Confidential Assistant to the Chairman
OSHRC 3  Confidential Assistant to a Member

Section 213.3351  Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission

FM 17  Confidential Assistant to the Chairman
FM 26  Attorney-Advisor (General) to the Chairman

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FM 29  Attorney-Advisor to a Commissioner
FM 30  Confidential Assistant to a Commissioner

Section 213.3356  Commission on Civil Rights

CCR 10  Special Assistant to the Staff Director
CCR 11  Special Assistant to a Commissioner
CCR 12  Special Assistant to a Commissioner
CCR 13  Special Assistant to a Commissioner
CCR 23  Special Assistant to a Commissioner
CCR 28   Assistant to a Commissioner
CCR 30  Special Assistant to a Commissioner
CCR 33  Special Assistant to a Commissioner

Section 213.3357  National Credit Union Administration

NCUA 21  Confidential Assistant to a Board Member
NCUA 26  Special Assistant to the Chairman

Section 213.3360  Consumer Product Safety Commission

CPSC 49  Special Assistant to a Commissioner
CPSC 50  Staff Assistant to a Commissioner
CPSC 53  Special Assistant to the Chairman
CPSC 55  Executive Assistant to the Chairman
CPSC 60  Special Assistant to the Chairman
CPSC 61  Staff Assistant to a Commissioner
CPSC 62  Special Assistant to a Commissioner
CPSC 63  Special Assistant to a Commissioner
CPSC 64  Special Assistant (Legal) to a Commissioner
CPSC 66  Supervisory Public Affairs Specialist to the Executive Director

Section 213.3365  U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board

CSHIB 1  Special Assistant to a Board Member

Section 213.3367  Federal Maritime Commission

FMC 42  Counsel to a Commissioner
FMC 43  Counsel to a Commissioner
FMC 44  Special Assistant to a Commissioner
FMC 45  Counsel to a Commissioner

Section 213.3376  Appalachian Regional Commission

ARC 12  Senior Policy Advisor to the Federal Co-Chairman
ARC 13  Policy Advisor to the Federal Co-Chairman

Section 213.3377  Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

EEOC 2  Special Assistant to the Chairwoman
EEOC 10  Attorney-Advisor (Civil Rights) to the Chairwoman
EEOC 13  Assistant to the Chairwoman
EEOC 32  Senior Advisor to a Commissioner

Section 213.3379  Commodity Futures Trading Commission

CFTC 1  Administrative Assistant to the Chairman
CFTC 3  Administrative Assistant to a Commissioner
CFTC 5  Administrative Assistant to a Commissioner
CFTC 12  Special Assistant to a Commissioner
CFTC 31  Special Assistant to a Commissioner
CFTC 32  Special Assistant to a Commissioner

Section 213.3382  National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities

National Endowment for the Arts

NEA 79  Staff Assistant to the Chairman
NEA 80  Special Assistant to the Director, Office of Congressional and White House Liaison

National Endowment for the Humanities

NEH 72  Enterprise/Development Officer to the Chief of Staff
NEH 73  Director, Office of Public Affairs to the Chief of Staff

Section 213.3384  Department of Housing and Urban Development

HUD 2  Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and Programs to the Chief of Staff
HUD 3  Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Intergovernmental Relations to the Chief of Staff
HUD 429  Staff Assistant to the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs
HUD 436  Advance Coordinator to the Director of Executive Scheduling
HUD 555  Staff Assistant to the Assistant Secretary for Administration
HUD 558  Special Assistant to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations

Section 213.3389  National Mediation Board

NMB 53  Confidential Assistant to a Board Member
NMB 54  Confidential Assistant to a Board Member
NMB 56  Confidential Assistant to the Chairman

Section 213.3394  Department of Transportation

DOT 20  Congressional Liaison Officer to the Director, Office of Congressional Affairs
DOT 54  Congressional Liaison Officer to the Director, Office of Congressional Affairs
DOT 151  Special Assistant to the Secretary
DOT 324  Director for Scheduling and Advance to the Chief of Staff
DOT 358  Special Assistant for Scheduling and Advance to the Secretary

Section 213.3396  National Transportation Safety Board

NTSB 32  Special Assistant to a Member
NTSB 102  Special Assistant to a Member

Section 213.3397  Federal Housing Finance Board

FHFB 2  Special Assistant to the Chairman
FHFB 6  Counselor to the Chairman

Senior Pay Level Positions (Above GS-15)

Section 213.3333  Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Chief of Staff to the Chairman
General Counsel to the Chairman
Deputy to the Chairman
Special Assistant to a Member of the Board

Section 213.3343  Farm Credit Administration

Executive Assistant to the Chairman
Executive Assistant to a Member
Executive Assistant to a Member
Director, Congressional and Public Affairs to the Chairman
Chief Operating Officer to the Chairman
Director, Office of Policy and Analysis to the Chief Operating Officer

Section 213.3353  Merit Systems Protection Board

Attorney Advisor (General) to a Board Member

Section 213.3357  National Credit Union Administration

Executive Assistant to a Member

Section 213.3390  Export-Import Bank of the United States

Vice President--Office of Communications to the President and Chairman
Special Counselor to the President and Chairman
General Counsel to the President and Chairman

    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 3301 and 3302; E.O. 10577, 3 CFR 1954-1958 Comp., P.218

Office of Personnel Management.
Kay Coles James,
Director.
[FR Doc. 01-24076 Filed 9-25-01; 8:45 am]
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