[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 245 (Friday, December 20, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78000-78001]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-32009]
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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
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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 67 FR 62475-77, dated October 7, 2002) is amended to
reorganize the Office of the Director, CDC.
Section C-B, Organization and Functionss, is hereby amended as
follows:
After the Office of Management and Operations (CAD), insert the
following:
Office of Science Policy and Technology Transfer (CAE). (1) Advises
the CDC Director and Senior Staff on science matters and represents CDC
in these areas to the Department, other agencies, and Congress; (2)
maintains the integrity and productivity of CDC's scientists by
resolving controversial scientific issues, developing scientific
policies and procedures, supporting training and information exchange,
and presenting awards for outstanding scientific efforts; (3) assures
the protection of human subjects in public health research; (4)
integrates behavioral and social sciences research into public health
research; (5) provides advice and guidance on the management of
intellectual property; interprets policies, rules, and regulations,
especially those related to the Federal Technology Transfer Act; (6)
promotes and facilitates the timely transfer of technology, knowledge,
products, and processes that improve public health through the use of
patents, trademarks, Biological Materials Licensing Agreements, and
Cooperative Research and Development Agreements; (7) coordinates
governmental and non-governmental vaccine activities, including vaccine
research, development, and safety and efficacy testing trough the
National Vaccine Program Office and the National Vaccine Advisory
Committee; (8) advises the Secretary of HHS and the Director of CDC
about the most appropriate use of vaccines and immunization practices
for effective disease control in the population through the Advisory
Committee for Immunization Practices; and (9) manages the CDC and ATSDR
Specimen and Data Bank, an archive of biological materials, including
blood components, tissue, bacterial isolates, DNA, and other biological
and environmental specimens.
Office of Minority Health (CAG). (1) Serves as the principal
advisor to the Director, CDC/Administrator ATSDR on all minority health
issues affecting the agency; (2) serves as the focal point for CDC
minority health programs, projects, and issues including coordination
of CDC/ATSDR activities with the PHS, other U.S. Government Agencies,
health agencies of other nations, other national and international
government and non-government organizations, community-based
organizations, and the public at large; (3) provides leadership and
coordination in the development and implementation of long-term plans
for minority health activities within the Centers, Institute, and
Offices of CDC; (4) provides leadership, in collaboration with senior
managers, for policy initiatives to improve the health of ethnic
populations, setting agency priorities, goals and objectives, defining
appropriate interventions, and monitoring progress toward meeting these
goals and objectives; (5) advocates for minority health issues,
including presentation at scientific or programmatic meetings,
publication of important findings, and dissemination of information via
electronic or other means; (6) assesses the progress to improve
minority health by establishing tracking mechanisms, and assuring the
use of minority health measures to set goals and track accomplishments;
(7) coordinates health initiatives including CIO and ATSDR support of
Executive Branch and Departmental Minority Health Initiatives; (8)
coordinates the planning, design and implementation of minority health
research and oversees studies related to understanding and improving
health disparities; (9) assists the CIOs and their constituents in
identifying and improving the collection and analysis of data on race
and ethnicity needed to develop policy, formulate research agendas, set
program priorities, and monitor progress in achieving health outcomes;
(10) assures minority health issues are incorporated in to the CIO and
ATDSR research agendas and ongoing systematic reviews of the literature
on intervention effectiveness; (11) assists CIOs and ATSDR in
developing and implementing an agency-wide system to apply standards
for evaluation and quality assurance, and monitor, evaluate, and
measure the cost-benefit/effectiveness and prevention effectiveness of
programs to reduce health disparities; (12) assists in the review and
clearance of manuscripts, medical studies, or technical papers for
publication, and recommends changes as needed to ensure the quality of
the work and consistency with HHS and CDC minority health policies and
goals, (13) assists the CIOs and their constituents to increase the
competence and diversity of the public health workforce by supporting
minority student internships, fellowships and Institutions of Higher
Learning; and (14) identifies and fosters partnerships and
collaborative activities with public, non-profit, private organizations
and organizations and agencies, and academia to improve their
organizational capacity to execute public health policy, programs, and
the CDC and ATSDR agenda.
Office of the Executive Secretariat (CAH). (1) Anticipate potential
problems and plans for processing future decisions and issue analyses;
(2) coordinate the review and clearance of all controlled
correspondence and other documents including announcements, position
papers, briefing documents, and report to Congress regarding current
Departmental and CDC/ATSDR policy considerations to facilitate
consistency and adherence to HHS and agency policy across Centers/
Institutes/Offices; (3) control the communications flow by
communicating the actions taken by the Director on documents and at
meetings, including revisions needed and follow-up action; (4) manage
the flow of decision documents and correspondence for action by the
Director of CDC; (5) assure that the Director has the views of OGC and
the Deputy Director before making program or management decisions; (6)
represent CDC in relations with the Executive Secretary of the
Department, other HHS executive secretariats, and with outside document
management organizations; (7) set editorial standards and processing
policies for documents acted on by the Director; (8) track incoming
documents and makes action and review assignments to appropriate staff;
and (9) maintain all official records relating to the decisions and
official actions of the Director, CDC and his immediate staff.
Dated: November 27, 2002.
David Fleming,
Acting Director.
[FR Doc. 02-32009 Filed 12-19-02; 8:45 am]
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