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Agency name Organization name Position title Authorization No. Vacate date 

Office of the Assistant Secretary 

for Policy.

Policy Advisor ............................... DM140227 ......... 12/13/2014 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT.

Office of Public and Indian Housing.

Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations.

Special Assistant ...........................

General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations.

DU090110 .........

DU130050 .........

12/27/2014 

12/27/2014 

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY ...... Office of the Under Secretary of 

the Navy.

Special Assistant ........................... DN120047 ......... 12/13/2014 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION.

Office of General Counsel ............ Special Assistant ........................... NN120002 ......... 12/13/2014 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 3301 and 3302; E.O. 

10577, 3 CFR, 1954–1958 Comp., p. 218. 

U.S. Office of Personnel Management. 

Katherine Archuleta, 

Director. 

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BILLING CODE 6325–39–P 

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL 

MANAGEMENT 

January 2015 Pay Schedules 

AGENCY: U.S. Office of Personnel 

Management (OPM). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The President has signed an 

Executive order containing the 2015 pay 

schedules for certain Federal civilian 

employees. Pursuant to the President’s 

alternative plan issued under 5 U.S.C. 

5303(b) and 5304a on August 29, 2014, 

the Executive order authorizes a 1- 

percent across-the-board increase for 

statutory pay systems and provides that 

locality percentages remain at 2014 

levels. This notice serves as 

documentation for the public record. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa 

Dismond, Pay and Leave, Employee 

Services, U.S. Office of Personnel 

Management; (202) 606–2858 or payleave-policy@opm.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

December 19, 2014, the President signed 

Executive Order 13686 (79 FR 77361), 

which implemented the January 2015 

pay adjustments. The Executive order 

provides an across-the-board increase of 

1 percent in the rates of basic pay for the 

statutory pay systems. 

The publication of this notice satisfies 

the requirement in section 5(b) of 

Executive Order 13686 that the U.S. 

Office of Personnel Management (OPM) 

publish appropriate notice of the 2015 

locality payments in the Federal 

Register. 

Schedule 1 of Executive Order 13686 

provides the rates for the 2015 General 

Schedule (GS) and reflects a 1-percent 

increase from 2014. Executive Order 

13686 also includes the percentage 

amounts of the 2015 locality payments, 

which remain at 2014 levels. (See 

Section 5 and Schedule 9 of Executive 

Order 13686.) 

GS employees receive locality 

payments under 5 U.S.C. 5304. Locality 

payments apply in the United States (as 

defined in 5 U.S.C. 5921(4)) and its 

territories and possessions. In 2015, 

locality payments ranging from 14.16 

percent to 35.15 percent apply to GS 

employees in the 34 locality pay areas. 

The 2015 locality pay area definitions 

can be found at: http://www.opm.gov/

policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/

salaries-wages/2015/locality-pay-areadefinitions/. 

The 2015 locality pay percentages 

became effective on the first day of the 

first pay period beginning on or after 

January 1, 2015 (January 11, 2015). An 

employee’s locality rate of pay is 

computed by increasing his or her 

scheduled annual rate of pay (as defined 

in 5 CFR 531.602) by the applicable 

locality pay percentage. (See 5 CFR 

531.604 and 531.609.) 

Executive Order 13686 establishes the 

new Executive Schedule (EX), which 

incorporates a 1-percent increase 

required under 5 U.S.C. 5318 (rounded 

to the nearest $100). By law, Executive 

Schedule officials are not authorized to 

receive locality payments. 

Executive Order 13686 establishes the 

2015 range of rates of basic pay for 

members of the Senior Executive 

Service (SES) under 5 U.S.C. 5382. The 

minimum rate of basic pay for the SES 

is $121,956 in 2015. The maximum rate 

of the SES rate range is $183,300 (level 

II of the Executive Schedule) for SES 

members who are covered by a certified 

SES performance appraisal system and 

$168,700 (level III of the Executive 

Schedule) for SES members who are not 

covered by a certified SES performance 

appraisal system. 

The minimum rate of basic pay for the 

senior-level (SL) and scientific and 

professional (ST) rate range was 

increased by 1 percent ($121,956 in 

2015), which is the amount of the 

across-the-board GS increase. The 

applicable maximum rate of the SL/ST 

rate range is $183,300 (level II of the 

Executive Schedule) for SL or ST 

employees who are covered by a 

certified SL/ST performance appraisal 

system and $168,700 (level III of the 

Executive Schedule) for SL or ST 

employees who are not covered by a 

certified SL/ST performance appraisal 

system. Agencies with certified 

performance appraisal systems for SES 

members and employees in SL and ST 

positions must also apply a higher 

aggregate limitation on pay—up to the 

Vice President’s salary ($235,300 in 

2015.) 

Note: Section 738 of title VII of 

Division E of the Consolidated and 

Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 

2015 (Public Law 113–235, December 

16, 2014), continues the freeze on the 

payable pay rates for the Vice President 

and certain senior political appointees 

at 2013 levels during calendar year 

2015. The section 738 pay freeze does 

not affect the 2015 rates (or ranges) of 

pay officially established by Executive 

Order 13686. Rather, it temporarily bars 

covered officials from receiving pay 

increases based on the 2015 increases in 

those officially established rates (or 

ranges). 

Executive Order 13686 provides that 

the rates of basic pay for administrative 

law judges (ALJs) under 5 U.S.C. 5372 

are increased by 1 percent, rounded to 

the nearest $100 in 2015. The rate of 

basic pay for AL–1 is $158,700 

(equivalent to the rate for level IV of the 

Executive Schedule). The rate of basic 

pay for AL–2 is $154,800. The rates of 

basic pay for AL–3/A through 3/F range 

from $105,900 to $146,600. 

The rates of basic pay for members of 

Contract Appeals Boards are calculated 

as a percentage of the rate for level IV 

of the Executive Schedule. (See 5 U.S.C. 

5372a.) Therefore, these rates of basic 

pay are increased by 1 percent in 2015. 

On November 24, 2014, OPM issued 

a memorandum on behalf of the 

President’s Pay Agent (the Secretary of 

Labor and the Directors of the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) and 

OPM) that continues GS locality 

payments for ALJs and certain other 

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12048 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 43 / Thursday, March 5, 2015 / Notices 

1Notice of United States Postal Service of Filing 

a Functionally Equivalent Global Expedited 

Package Services 3 Negotiated Service Agreement 

and Application for Non-Public Treatment of 

Materials Filed Under Seal, February 26, 2015 

(Notice). 

1The descriptions set forth in this notice 

regarding the structure and operations of BSTP have 

been largely derived from information contained in 

BSTP’s amended Form CA–1 application and 

publicly available sources. The application and 

non-confidential exhibits thereto are available on 

the Commission’s Web site. 

non-GS employee categories in 2015. By 

law, EX officials, SES members, 

employees in SL/ST positions, and 

employees in certain other equivalent 

pay systems are not authorized to 

receive locality payments. (Note: An 

exception applies to certain 

grandfathered SES, SL, and ST 

employees stationed in a nonforeign 

area on January 2, 2010.) The locality 

pay percentages continued for non-GS 

employees have not been increased in 

2015. The memo is available at: http:// 

www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/

pay-leave/salaries-wages/2014/

continuation-of-locality-payments-fornon-general-schedule-employeesnovember-24-2014.pdf. 

On December 19, 2014, OPM issued a 

memorandum (CPM 2014–17) on the 

January 2015 pay adjustments. (See 

http://www.chcoc.gov/transmittals/

TransmittalDetails.aspx?TransmittalID=

6604.) The memorandum transmitted 

Executive Order 13686 and provided the 

2015 salary tables, locality pay areas 

and percentages, and information on 

general pay administration matters and 

other related information. The ‘‘2015 

Salary Tables’’ posted on OPM’s Web 

site at http://www.opm.gov/policy-dataoversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/ are 

the official rates of pay for affected 

employees and are hereby incorporated 

as part of this notice. 

U.S. Office of Personnel Management. 

Katherine Archuleta, 

Director. 

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BILLING CODE 6325–39–P 

POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 

[Docket Nos. CP2015–44; Order No. 2374] 

New Postal Product 

AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commission is noticing a 

recent Postal Service filing concerning 

an additional Global Expedited Package 

Services 3 (GEPS 3) negotiated service 

agreement. This notice informs the 

public of the filing, invites public 

comment, and takes other 

administrative steps. 

DATES: Comments are due: March 9, 

2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments 

electronically via the Commission’s 

Filing Online system at http://

www.prc.gov. Those who cannot submit 

comments electronically should contact 

the person identified in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section by 

telephone for advice on filing 

alternatives. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David A. Trissell, General Counsel, at 

202–789–6820. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents 

I. Introduction 

II. Notice of Commission Action 

III. Ordering Paragraphs 

I. Introduction 

On February 26, 2015, the Postal 

Service filed notice that it has entered 

into an additional Global Expedited 

Package Services 3 (GEPS 3) negotiated 

service agreement (Agreement).1

To support its Notice, the Postal 

Service filed a copy of the Agreement, 

a copy of the Governors’ Decision 

authorizing the product, a certification 

of compliance with 39 U.S.C. 3633(a), 

and an application for non-public 

treatment of certain materials. It also 

filed supporting financial workpapers. 

II. Notice of Commission Action 

The Commission establishes Docket 

No. CP2015–44 for consideration of 

matters raised by the Notice. 

The Commission invites comments on 

whether the Postal Service’s filing is 

consistent with 39 U.S.C. 3632, 3633, or 

3642, 39 CFR part 3015, and 39 CFR 

part 3020, subpart B. Comments are due 

no later than March 9, 2015. The public 

portions of the filing can be accessed via 

the Commission’s Web site (http://

www.prc.gov). 

The Commission appoints Curtis E. 

Kidd to serve as Public Representative 

in this docket. 

III. Ordering Paragraphs 

It is ordered: 

1. The Commission establishes Docket 

No. CP2015–44 for consideration of the 

matters raised by the Postal Service’s 

Notice. 

2. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, Curtis E. 

Kidd is appointed to serve as an officer 

of the Commission to represent the 

interests of the general public in this 

proceeding (Public Representative). 

3. Comments are due no later than 

March 9, 2015. 

4. The Secretary shall arrange for 

publication of this order in the Federal 

Register. 

By the Commission. 

Shoshana M. Grove, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2015–05064 Filed 3–4–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7710–FW–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[Release No. 34–74394; File No. 600–33] 

Self-Regulatory Organizations; 

Bloomberg STP LLC; Notice of Filing 

of Application for Exemption From 

Registration as a Clearing Agency 

February 27, 2015. 

I. Introduction 

On March 15, 2013, Bloomberg STP 

LLC (‘‘BSTP’’) filed with the Securities 

and Exchange Commission 

(‘‘Commission’’) an application on Form 

CA–1 for exemption from registration as 

a clearing agency pursuant to section 

17A of the Securities Exchange Act of 

1934 (‘‘Exchange Act’’) and Rule 

17Ab2–1 thereunder. BSTP amended its 

application on May 7, 9, and 10, July 11, 

August 8, September 18, and November 

21, 2013, December 19, 2014, and 

January 22, 2015. BSTP is requesting an 

exemption from clearing agency 

registration in connection with its 

proposal to offer an electronic trade 

confirmation (‘‘ETC’’) service and a 

matching service. The Commission is 

publishing this notice in order to solicit 

comments from interested persons on 

the exemption request.1 The 

Commission will consider any 

comments it receives in making its 

determination whether to grant BSTP’s 

request for an exemption from clearing 

agency registration. 

II. Background 

A. BSTP Organization 

BSTP is a limited liability company 

organized under the laws of the State of 

Delaware, and is wholly-owned by 

Bloomberg L.P. (‘‘BLP’’). BLP is a global 

business and financial information and 

news company that is headquartered in 

New York, with offices around the 

world. BLP’s principal product is the 

Bloomberg Professional service, which 

provides financial market information, 

data, news and analytics to banks, 

broker-dealers, institutional investors, 

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