[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 99 (Wednesday, May 22, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30307-30312]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-12044]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of
Authority
Part C (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) of the
Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority of
the Department of Health and Human Services (45 FR 67772-76, dated
October 14, 1980, and corrected at 45 FR 69296, October 20, 1980, as
amended most recently at 78 FR 27398-27399,
[[Page 30308]]
dated May 10, 2013) is amended to reorganize the Procurement and Grants
Office, Office of the Chief Operating Officer, Office of the Director,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Section C-B, Organization and Functions, is hereby amended as
follows: Delete in its entirety the titles and functional statements
for Procurement and Grants Office (CAJH) insert the following:
Procurement and Grants Office (CAJH). (1) Advises the Director,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Administrator,
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), and their
staff, and provides leadership and direction for CDC acquisition and
assistance activities to improve the public's health; (2) plans and
develops CDC-wide policies, procedures, and practices in acquisition
and assistance areas to support public health science and programs; (3)
obtains research and development, services, equipment, supplies, and
construction in support of CDC's public health mission through
acquisition processes; (4) awards, administers, and terminates
contracts, purchase orders, grants, and cooperative agreements
essential to improve public health; (5) maintains a continuing program
of reviews, evaluations, inquiries, and oversight activities of CDC-
wide acquisitions and assistance to ensure adherence to laws, policies,
procedures, regulations, and alignment to CDC's public health goals;
and (6) maintains liaison with the Department of Health and Human
Services (DHHS), General Services Administration (GSA), Government
Accountability Office (GAO), and other federal agencies on acquisition
and assistance policies, procedures, and operating matters.
Office of the Director (CAJH1). (1) Provides overall leadership,
guidance and coordination in all areas of acquisitions and grants
activities on behalf of the CDC; (2) provides overall leadership,
guidance and coordination in all areas of the Procurement and Grants
Office (PGO) activities in order to support CDC's public health
mission; (3) provides leadership, supervision, and management of staff
necessary to fully manage the performance of PGO; (4) ensures PGO's
policies, processes, requests for information and procedures adhere to
all rules and regulations and are in alignment with CDC's public health
goals; (5) develops and implements organizational strategic planning
goals and objectives that support CDC's public health goals; (6)
provides overall budgetary and human resource management, and
administrative support; (7) directs and coordinates activities in
support of the department's Equal Employment Opportunity Program and
employee development; (8) develops, implements, and manages
professional development strategy and plan for PGO; (9) develops,
implements, and manages recruiting, hiring, retention, and succession
strategies; (10) coordinates creation and implementation of operating
standards/procedures and processes, and monitors compliance; (11)
provides and oversees the delivery of PGO-wide administrative
management and support services in the areas of fiscal management,
personnel, travel, records management, internal controls, and other
administrative services; (12) develops and implements administrative
policies, procedures, and operations, as appropriate, for PGO, and
prepares special reports and studies, as required, in the
administrative management areas; (13) serves as PGO's point of contact
on all matters concerning facilities management and space utilization;
(14) serves as PGO's coordinator of continuity of operations
activities; (15) prepares annual budget formulation and budget
justifications; (16) manages PGO's internal acquisition processes; (17)
maintains liaison with DIMS, GSA, GAO, and other federal agencies on
acquisition and assistance compliance activities; (18) maintains a
continuing program of evaluation of PGO-wide internal procedures to
ensure adherence to laws, policies, procedures, and regulations and
make recommendations for ongoing improvement; (19) coordinates
Inspector General and General Accounting Office audit activities; (20)
coordinates financial audits and reviews and prioritizes resolution
using risk-based approaches; (21) provides professional advice on
accounting and cost principles in resolving audit exceptions as they
relate to the acquisition and assistance processes; (22) develops an
Annual Quality Assurance Plan; (23) provides technical and managerial
direction for the development, implementation, and maintenance of
grants and contracts systems; (24) manages HHS grants and
administrative systems; (25) manages activities related to information
security; and (26) ensures implementation of data standards across PGO.
Office of Policy, Performance, and Communications (CAJH13). (1)
Provides technical and managerial direction for the development of PGO
and CDC-wide policies in the acquisition and assistance areas to
support CDC's public health science and programs; (2) participates with
senior management in program planning, policy determinations,
evaluations, and decisions concerning escalation points for acquisition
and assistance; (3) provides leadership, coordination, and
collaboration on issues management and triaging, and ensures the
process of ongoing issues identification, management, and resolution;
(4) conducts policy analysis (including regulatory, legal, economic)
and identifies and tracks legislation; (5) provides policy review and
clearance of materials; (6) manages and responds to Congressional
inquiries (e.g., prepare briefings and hearings, facilitate reports to
Congress); (7) identifies and assesses policy best practices and helps
diffuse and replicate those practices; (8) identifies emerging or
cross-cutting policy issues and serves as a catalyst in advancing
action; (9) serves as the focal point for the policy analysis,
technical review and final clearance of executive correspondence and
policy documents that require approval from the CDC Director, CDC
Leadership Team, or officials within DHHS; (10) maintains relations
with key organizations and individuals working on grants and contract
policies or related legislation; (11) coordinates and manages PGO
annual planning activities with the Office of Acquisition Services and
the Office of Grants Services; (12) conducts continuing studies and
analysis of division activities and provides recommendations on
workload efficiency and resource utilization; (13) manages and analyzes
complex data, develops queries, reports, and analytic tools; (14)
develops and implements PGO organizational performance and provides
recommendations on performance improvement; (15) conducts ongoing
environmental scans of data systems to evaluate PGO performance; (16)
designs studies and conducts analysis to streamline grant and contract
business processes and improve data consistency, availability, and
accuracy; (17) creates PGO data standards; (18) manages activities and
reporting for the CDC Director's Quarterly Performance Review
initiative; (19) provides communications support to PGO Director and
Deputy Director (e.g., presentations, emails, All Hands meetings); (20)
manages the flow of any decision documents and correspondence for
signature by PGO and CDC Directors; (21) ensures accurate and
consistent information dissemination, including Freedom Of Information
Act requests and Executive Secretariat controlled correspondence; (22)
ensures consistent application of CDC correspondence standards and
[[Page 30309]]
styles; (23) designs, plans, organizes, develops, and implements
employee communications activities; (24) provides centralized access to
all tools and information held on the Intranet and provides leadership
in the development and branding of PGO's Intranet and Internet sites
and Web pages; (25) manages and responds to media requests for access
to subject matter experts, reports, and publications; and (26) provides
leadership, technical assistance, and consultation to PGO in
establishing best practices in internal and external business
communication and implements external communication strategies to
promote and protect the agency's brand.
Office of Acquisition Services (CAJHK). The Office of Acquisition
Services (OAS) provides leadership for operations and policies relating
to agency-level acquisition functions, directs OAS staff development,
and oversees acquisition activity analysis and business decision-making
processes in support of the agency's public health mission.
Office of the Director (CAJHK1). (1) Provides overall leadership,
guidance and coordination in all areas related to acquisitions; (2)
provides leadership, supervision, and management of acquisitions staff;
(3) ensures policies, processes, and procedures adhere to all rules and
regulations and are in alignment with CDC's public health goals; (4)
develops and implements organizational strategic planning goals and
objectives; (5) provides budgetary and human resource management and
administrative support; (6) develops procedures and guidance to
implement CDC or office policies, HHS policies, and rules and
regulations; (7) leads the development of contracts policy agendas with
federal agencies and organizations; (8) provides cost advisory support
to acquisitions activities with responsibility for initiating requests
for audits and evaluations and providing recommendations to contracting
officer, as required; (9) conducts continuing studies and analysis of
acquisition activities; (10) provides technical and managerial
direction for the development, implementation, and maintenance of
acquisition systems; (11) maintains a continuing program of reviews,
evaluations, inquiries and oversight activities of CDC-wide
acquisitions to ensure adherence to laws, policies, procedures and
regulations and alignment with CDC's public health goals; (12) provides
technical and managerial direction for functions related to interagency
agreement management and VISA purchase card management; (13) operates
CDC's Small and Disadvantaged Business Program, and provides direction
and support to various other socioeconomic programs encompassing
acquisition and assistance activities; (14) develops formal training in
procurement for awardees and CDC staff; (15) develops, implements and
manages professional development related to required certifications;
and (16) plans and directs all activities related to contract closeout.
Acquisition Branch 1 (CAJHKB). This branch supports one or more
centers, and/or offices by performing the following: (1) Plans,
directs, and conducts the acquisition of services, supplies, equipment,
research and development, studies, and data collection for CDC through
a variety of contractual mechanisms (competitive and noncompetitive) to
support CDC's national and international public health operations,
utilizing a wide variety of contract types and pricing arrangements;
(2) establishes branch goals, objectives, and priorities, and assures
their consistency and coordination with the overall objectives of PGO
and CDC; (3) participates with top program management in program
planning, policy determination, evaluation, and direction concerning
acquisition strategies and execution; (4) provides leadership and
guidance to CDC project officers and public health program officials;
(5) maintains a close working relationship with CDC program office
components in carrying out their public health missions; (6) provides
leadership, direction, procurement options, and approaches in
developing specifications/statements of work and contract awards; (7)
reviews statements of work from a management point of view for
conformity to laws, regulations, and policies and alignment to CDC's
public health goals, and negotiates and issues contracts; (8) directs
and controls acquisition planning activities to assure total program
needs are addressed and procurements are conducted in a logical,
appropriate, and timely sequence; (9) provides continuing surveillance
of financial and administrative aspects of acquisition-supported
activities to assure compliance with appropriate DHHS and CDC policies
and application to public health activities; (10) provides technical
assistance, where indicated, to improve the management of acquisition-
supported activities, and responds to requests for management
information from the Office of the Director, headquarters, regional
staffs, CDC program offices and the public; (11) performs contract and
purchasing administrative activities including coordination and
negotiation of contract modifications, reviewing and approving
contractor billings, resolving audit findings, and performing close-
out/termination activities; (12) assures that contractor performance is
in accordance with contractual commitments; (13) maintains branch's
official contract files; (14) identifies and mitigates risks associated
with contracts and purchase orders; and (15) provides innovative
problem-solving methods in the coordination of international
procurement for a wide range plan with public health partners in
virtually all major domestic and international health agencies dealing
with health priorities/issues, to include resolution of matters with
the Department of State.
Acquisition Branch 2 (CAJHKC). This branch supports one or more
centers, and/or offices by performing the following: (1) Plans,
directs, and conducts the acquisition of services, supplies, equipment,
research and development, studies, and data collection for CDC through
a variety of contractual mechanisms (competitive and noncompetitive) to
support CDC's national and international public health operations,
utilizing a wide variety of contract types and pricing arrangements;
(2) establishes branch goals, objectives, and priorities, and assures
their consistency and coordination with the overall objectives of PGO
and CDC; (3) participates with top program management in program
planning, policy determination, evaluation, and directions concerning
acquisition strategies and execution; (4) provides leadership and
guidance to CDC project officers and public health program officials;
(5) maintains a close working relationship with CDC program office
components in carrying out their public health missions; (6) provides
leadership, direction, procurement options, and approaches in
developing specifications/statements of work and contract awards; (7)
reviews statements of work from a management point of view for
conformity to laws, regulations, and policies and alignment to CDC's
public health goals and negotiates and issues contracts; (8) directs
and controls acquisition planning activities to assure total program
needs are addressed and procurements are conducted in a logical,
appropriate, and timely sequence; (9) provides continuing surveillance
of financial and administrative aspects of acquisition-supported
activities to assure compliance with appropriate DHHS and CDC policies
and application to public
[[Page 30310]]
health activities; (10) gives technical assistance, where indicated, to
improve the management of acquisition-supported activities, and
responds to requests for management information from the Office of the
Director, headquarters, regional staffs, CDC program offices and the
public; (11) performs contract and purchasing administrative activities
including coordination and negotiation of contract modifications,
reviewing and approving contractor billings, resolving audit findings,
and performing close-out/termination activities; (12) assures that
contractor performance is in accordance with contractual commitments;
(13) maintains branch's official contract files; and (14) identifies
and mitigates risks associated with contracts and purchase orders.
Acquisition Branch 3 (CAJHKD). This branch supports one or more
centers, and/or offices by performing the following: (1) Plans,
directs, and conducts the acquisition of services, supplies, equipment,
research and development, studies, and data collection for CDC through
a variety of contractual mechanisms (competitive and noncompetitive) to
support CDC's national and international public health operations,
utilizing a wide variety of contract types and pricing arrangements;
(2) establishes branch goals, objectives, and priorities, and assures
their consistency and coordination with the overall objectives of PGO
and CDC; (3) participates with top program management in program
planning, policy determination, evaluation, and directions concerning
acquisition strategies and execution; (4) provides leadership and
guidance to CDC project officers and public health program officials;
(5) maintains a close working relationship with CDC program office
components in carrying out their public health missions; (6) provides
leadership, direction, procurement options, and approaches in
developing specifications/statements of work and contract awards; (7)
reviews statements of work from a management point of view for
conformity to laws, regulations, and policies and alignment to CDC's
public health goals, and negotiates and issues contracts; (8) directs
and controls acquisition planning activities to assure total program
needs are addressed and procurements are conducted in a logical,
appropriate, and timely sequence; (9) provides continuing surveillance
of financial and administrative aspects of acquisition-supported
activities to assure compliance with appropriate DHHS and CDC policies
and application to public health activities; (10) gives technical
assistance, where indicated, to improve the management of acquisition-
supported activities, and responds to requests for management
information from the Office of the Director, headquarters, regional
staffs, CDC program offices and the public; (11) performs contract and
purchasing administrative activities including coordination and
negotiation of contract modifications, reviewing and approving
contractor billings, resolving audit findings, and performing close-
out/termination activities; (12) assures that contractor performance is
in accordance with contractual commitments; (13) maintains branch's
official contract files; (14) identifies and mitigates risks associated
with contracts and purchase orders; and (15) plans, directs, and
conducts the acquisition of services, institutional support services,
architect-engineering services, construction of new buildings,
alterations, renovations, commodities, and equipment in support of CDC/
ATSDR facilities, utilizing a wide variety of contract types and
pricing arrangements.
Acquisition Branch 4 (CAJHKE). This branch supports one or more
centers, and/or offices by performing the following: (1) Plans,
directs, and conducts the acquisition of services, supplies, equipment,
research and development, studies, and data collection for CDC through
a variety of contractual mechanisms (competitive and non-competitive)
to support CDC's national and international public health operations,
utilizing a wide variety of contract types and pricing arrangements;
(2) establishes branch goals, objectives, and priorities, and assures
their consistency and coordination with the overall objectives of PGO
and CDC; (3) participates with top program management in program
planning, policy determination, evaluation, and directions concerning
acquisition strategies and execution; (4) provides leadership and
guidance to CDC project officers and public health program officials;
(5) maintains a close working relationship with CDC program office
components in carrying out their public health missions; (6) provides
leadership, direction, procurement options, and approaches in
developing specifications/statements of work and contract awards; (7)
reviews statements of work from a management point of view for
conformity to laws, regulations, and policies and alignment to CDC's
public health goals, and negotiates and issues contracts; (8) directs
and controls acquisition planning activities to assure total program
needs are addressed and procurements are conducted in a logical,
appropriate, and timely sequence; (9) provides continuing surveillance
of financial and administrative aspects of acquisition-supported
activities to assure compliance with appropriate DHHS and CDC policies
and application to public health activities; (10) gives technical
assistance, where indicated, to improve the management of acquisition-
supported activities, and responds to requests for management
information from the Office of the Director, headquarters, regional
staffs, CDC program offices and the public; (11) performs contract and
purchasing administrative activities including coordination and
negotiation of contract modifications, reviewing and approving
contractor billings, resolving audit findings, and performing close-
out/termination activities; (12) assures that contractor performance is
in accordance with contractual commitments; (13) maintains branch's
official contract files; (14) identifies and mitigates risks associated
with contracts and purchase orders; (15) assures the acquisition
functions in support of the center are accomplished with field office
locations; and (16) plans and directs all activities related to
interagency agreements.
Office of Grants Services (CAJHL). The Office of Grants Services
(OGS) provides leadership for operations and policies relating to
agency-level grants functions, directs OGS staff development, and
oversees grants activity analysis and business decision-making
processes in support of the agency's public health mission.
Office of the Director (CAJHL1). (1) Provides overall leadership,
guidance and coordination in all areas related to grants; (2) provides
leadership, supervision, and management of grants staff; (3) ensures
policies, processes, and procedures adhere to all rules and regulations
and are in alignment with CDC's public health goals; (4) develops and
implements organizational strategic planning goals and objectives; (5)
provides budgetary, human resource management and administrative
support; (6) develops procedures and guidance to implement CDC, HHS and
office policies and rules and regulations; (7) leads the development of
grants policy agendas with federal agencies and organizations; (8)
provides cost advisory support to assistance activities with
responsibility for initiating requests for audits and evaluations, and
providing recommendations to grants management officer, as required;
(9) conducts continuing studies and analysis of grant activities; (10)
provides
[[Page 30311]]
technical and managerial direction for the development, implementation,
and maintenance of grants systems; (11) provides measures of
effectiveness and termination of grants and cooperative agreements;
(12) maintains a continuing program of reviews, evaluations, inquiries,
and oversight activities of CDC-wide assistance to ensure adherence to
laws, policies, procedures, and regulations and alignment with CDC's
public health goals; (13) provides technical and managerial direction
for functions related to objective review and grants close out; (14)
serves as a central CDC receipt and referral point for all applications
for assistance funds, including interfacing with the automated grants
systems and relevant DHHS line of business agencies and distributing
draft public health program announcements for review; (15) develops
formal training in grants management for awardees and CDC staff; and
(16) develops, implements, and manages professional development related
to required certifications.
Infectious Disease Services Branch (CAJHLB). This branch supports
one or more centers, and/or offices by performing the following: (1)
Plans, directs, and conducts assistance management activities for CDC
through the awards of grants and cooperative agreements (competitive
and non-competitive) across the public health system; (2) plans,
directs, coordinates, and conducts the grants managements functions and
processes in support of public health assistance awards; (3)
establishes branch goals, objectives, and priorities, and assures their
consistency and coordination with the overall objectives of PGO and
CDC; (4) provides leadership, direction, and approaches in developing
grants announcements; (5) participates with leadership in program
planning, policy determination, evaluation, and directions concerning
assistance strategies and execution; (6) provides leadership and
guidance to CDC project officers and public health program officials
related to grants activities; (7) maintains a close working
relationship with CDC program office components in carrying out their
public health missions; (8) reviews assistance applications from a
management point of view for conformity to laws, regulations, and
policies and alignment to CDC's public health goals, and issues grants
and cooperative agreements; (9) provides continuing surveillance of
financial and administrative aspects of assistance-supported activities
to assure compliance with appropriate DHHS and CDC policies and
application to public health activities; (10) gives technical
assistance, where indicated, to improve the management of assistance-
supported activities, and responds to requests for management
information from the Office of the Director, headquarters, regional
staffs, CDC office and the public; (11) assures that grantee
performance is in accordance with assistance requirements; (12)
provides for the collection and reporting of business management and
public health programmatic data, and analyzes and monitors business
management data on grants and cooperative agreements; and (13)
maintains branch's official assistance files.
Chronic Disease and Birth Defects Services Branch (CAJHLC). This
branch supports one or more centers, and/or offices by performing the
following: (1) Plans, directs, and conducts assistance management
activities for CDC through the awards of grants and cooperative
agreements (competitive and non-competitive) across the public health
system; (2) plans, directs, coordinates, and conducts the grants
managements functions and processes in support of public health
assistance awards; (3) establishes branch goals, objectives, and
priorities, and assures their consistency and coordination with the
overall objectives of PGO and CDC; (4) provides leadership, direction,
and approaches in developing grants announcements; (5) participates
with leadership in program planning, policy determination, evaluation,
and directions concerning assistance strategies and execution; (6)
provides leadership and guidance to CDC project officers and public
health program officials related to grants activities; (7) maintains a
close working relationship with CDC program office components in
carrying out their public health missions; (8) reviews assistance
applications from a management point of view for conformity to laws,
regulations, and policies and alignment to CDC's public health goals,
and issues grants and cooperative agreements; (9) provides continuing
surveillance of financial and administrative aspects of assistance-
supported activities to assure compliance with appropriate DHHS and CDC
policies and application to public health activities; (10) gives
technical assistance, where indicated, to improve the management of
assistance-supported activities, and responds to requests for
management information from the Office of the Director, headquarters,
regional staffs, CDC office and the public; (11) assures that grantee
performance is in accordance with assistance requirements; (12)
provides for the collection and reporting of business management and
public health programmatic data, and analyzes and monitors business
management data on grants and cooperative agreements; and (13)
maintains branch's official assistance files.
OD, Environmental, Occupational Health and Injury Prevention
Services Branch (CAJHLD). This branch supports one or more centers,
and/or offices by performing the following: (1) Plans, directs, and
conducts assistance management activities for CDC through the awards of
grants and cooperative agreements (competitive and noncompetitive)
across the public health system; (2) plans, directs, coordinates, and
conducts the grants managements functions and processes in support of
public health assistance awards; (3) establishes branch goals,
objectives, and priorities, and assures their consistency and
coordination with the overall objectives of PGO and CDC; (4) provides
leadership, direction, and approaches in developing grants
announcements; (5) participates with leadership in program planning,
policy determination, evaluation, and directions concerning assistance
strategies and execution; (6) provides leadership and guidance to CDC
project officers and public health program officials related to grants
activities; (7) maintains a close working relationship with CDC program
office components in carrying out their public health missions; (8)
reviews assistance applications from a management point of view for
conformity to laws, regulations, and policies and alignment to CDC's
public health goals, and issues grants and cooperative agreements; (9)
provides continuing surveillance of financial and administrative
aspects of assistance-supported activities to assure compliance with
appropriate DHHS and CDC policies and application to public health
activities; (10) gives technical assistance, where indicated, to
improve the management of assistance-supported activities, and responds
to requests for management information from the Office of the Director,
headquarters, regional staffs, CDC office and the public; (11) assures
that grantee performance is in accordance with assistance requirements;
(12) provides for the collection and reporting of business management
and public health programmatic data, and analyzes and monitors business
management data on grants and cooperative agreements; (13) maintains
branch's official assistance files; and (14) assures public health
assistance functions are accomplished with field office locations.
Global Health Services Branch (CAJHLE). This branch supports one or
more centers, and/or offices by
[[Page 30312]]
performing the following: (1) Plans, directs, and conducts assistance
management activities for CDC through the awards of grants and
cooperative agreements (competitive and non-competitive) across the
public health system; (2) plans, directs, coordinates, and conducts the
grants managements functions and processes in support of public health
assistance awards; (3) establishes branch goals, objectives, and
priorities, and assures their consistency and coordination with the
overall objectives of PGO and CDC; (4) provides leadership, direction,
and approaches in developing grants announcements; (5) participates
with leadership in program planning, policy determination, evaluation,
and directions concerning assistance strategies and execution; (6)
provides leadership and guidance to CDC project officers and public
health program officials related to grants activities; (7) maintains a
close working relationship with CDC program office components in
carrying out their public health missions; (8) reviews assistance
applications from a management point of view for conformity to laws,
regulations, and policies and alignment to CDC's public health goals,
and issues grants and cooperative agreements; (9) provides continuing
surveillance of financial and administrative aspects of assistance-
supported activities to assure compliance with appropriate DHHS and CDC
policies and application to public health activities; (10) gives
technical assistance, where indicated, to improve the management of
assistance-supported activities, and responds to requests for
management information from the Office of the Director, headquarters,
regional staffs, CDC office and the public; (11) assures that grantee
performance is in accordance with assistance requirements; (12)
provides for the collection and reporting of business management and
public health programmatic data, and analyzes and monitors business
management data on grants and cooperative agreements; (13) maintains
branch's official assistance files; and (14) provides innovative
problem-solving methods in the coordination of international grants for
a wide range plan with public health partners in virtually all major
domestic and international health agencies dealing with health
priorities/issues, to include resolution of matters with the Department
of State.
Dated: May 10, 2013.
Sherri A. Berger,
Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2013-12044 Filed 5-21-13; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4160-18-M