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screenings overall. Of particular interest
are adults aged 40–70 years of various
races and ethnicities who are at high
risk for lung cancer (i.e., long-term
heavy smokers).
The proposed project will use focus
groups to gather information about the
target audiences’ experiences and
practices related to lung cancer
screening and testing. If warranted from
focus group data with adult consumers,
follow-up personal interviews will be
conducted with selected focus group
participants, especially those reporting
experience with screening tests, such as
spiral computed tomography (CT).
physicians. The American Medical
Association Physician Masterfile list
will be used to recruit a random sample
of physicians for participation in the
focus groups. Potential participants
(physicians) will be mailed a screening
packet to complete and return. Each of
the four focus groups will include
approximately eight participants and
last 75 minutes.
There are no costs to respondents
except their time to participate in the
survey.
A total of 16 focus groups will be
conducted at professional focus group
facilities with long term heavy smokers
aged 40–70. The data will be collected
from a convenience sample of adults
who will be screened and recruited
using lists maintained by the focus
group facilities. Each focus group will
include approximately nine participants
and last two hours. If warranted, onehour telephone follow-up interviews
will be conducted with up to 16
participants within one month of the
focus groups.
Four telephone focus groups will be
conducted with primary care
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents
Respondents
Number of
responses/
respondent
Average burden/response
(in hours)
Total burden
(in hours)
Patient Participants Screener ..........................................................................
Patient Focus Group Participants ....................................................................
Patient Follow-up Interview In Depth Participants ...........................................
Physician Participants Screener ......................................................................
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Dated: August 8, 2007.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
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Interagency Committee on Smoking
and Health, National Center for
Chronic Disease Prevention and Health
Promotion
In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of
the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(Pub. L. 92–463), the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC)
announces the following meeting for the
aforementioned committee:
Time and Date: 11:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.,
September 18, 2007.
Place: Grand Hyatt Washington, 1000
H. Street, NW., Burnham Room,
Washington, DC 20001, Telephone:
(202) 582–1234.
Status: Open to the public, limited
only by the space available. Those who
wish to attend are encouraged to register
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Purpose: The Committee advises the
Secretary, Department of Health and
Human Services, and the Assistant
Secretary for Health in the (a)
coordination of all research and
education programs and other activities
within the Department and with other
federal, state, local and private agencies
and (b) establishment and maintenance
of liaison with appropriate private
entities, federal agencies, and state and
local public health agencies with
respect to smoking and health activities.
Matters To Be Discussed: The agenda
will focus on ‘‘Reducing Children’s
Exposure to Second Hand Smoke.’’
Agenda items are subject to change as
priorities dictate.
Substantive program information as
well as summaries of the meeting and
roster of committee members may be
obtained from the Internet at https://
www.cdc.gov/tobacco.
Contact Person for More Information:
Ms. Monica L. Swann, Management and
Program Analyst, Office on Smoking
and Health, CDC, 4770 Buford Highway,
M/S K50, Atlanta, GA 30341,
Telephone: (770) 488–5278.
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and the Agency for Toxic Substances
and Disease Registry.
Diane C. Allen,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and
Service Office, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention.
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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
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 72 FR 38600—38601,
dated July 13, 2007) is amended to
reflect the reorganization of the
Coordinating Office for Global Health,
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
Section C–B, Organization and
Functions, is hereby amended as
follows: Delete in their entirety the titles
and functional statements for the
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Coordinating Office for Global Health
(CW), and insert the following:
Coordinating Office for Global Health
(CW). The mission of the Coordinating
Office for Global Health (COGH) is to
work with partners in CDC and around
the glove through technical assistance
and health system development to
promote improved health and health
diplomacy, and protect citizens of the
U.S. and the world.
To carry out its mission, working with
and through global programs, COGH: (1)
Serves as the principal Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
organization to develop and foster
collaborations, partnerships, program
integration, and resource leveraging
among public and private organizations
and to increase the CDC’s global health
impact in order to achieve global health
goals; (2) coordinates review of current
global health status and evolving issues;
(3) provides strategic direction for CDC’s
global health policies and programs; (4)
identifies and develops activities to
ensure CDC’s technical expertise is used
to maximize global health impact; (5)
stimulates global health research and
program development based on
assessments of current global health
needs and available resources; (6)
conducts and stimulates activities to
strengthen global health capacity and
systems through public health
workforce, systems, and process
development and improvements; (7)
coordinates cross-cutting CDC global
health activities and global health
emergency response efforts; and (8)
manages CDC global field operations
through a system of regional and
country directors.
Office of the Director (CWA). (1)
Manages, directs, and evaluates the
activities of COGH; (2) provides
leadership in the formulation and
implementation of CDC’s global health
strategies, policies, and goals; (3)
advises the Director, CDC, on global
health issues; (4) ensures coordination
of the CDC response to global health
emergencies; (5) leads the development
of, and fosters strategic and working
partnerships, in support of the global
health goals; (6) coordinates CDC’s
legislative agenda and activities related
to global health; (7) provides leadership
in determining requirements for CDC’s
funding and staffing needs for global
health programs; (8) manages the
distribution of, and provides oversight
for, CDC categorical global health
program funding; (9) coordinates, in
cooperation with the Office of Strategy
and Innovation, the development,
measurement, and assessment of
progress toward CDC’s global health
goals, efforts to improve global health
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equity, fostering of excellence and
innovation, and executive decision
support; (10) coordinates, in
cooperation with Office of the Chief of
Public Health Practice and the Office of
the Chief Science Officer, CDC’s global
health practice and science activities;
(11) coordinates, in cooperation with
the Office of Enterprise
Communications, internal and external
global health communications, media
relations, issues management across
CDC global programs, and develops and
maintains the COGH intra-, extra-, and
internet and web sites; (12) coordinates,
in cooperation with the Office of
Workforce and Career Development,
efforts to ensure a competent and
sustainable CDC and global health
workforce through workforce and career
development for CDC internationally
assigned staff, both direct hires and
locally employed staff, and assisting
partner countries in their workforce and
career development efforts; (13)
convenes and supports the Global
Health Leadership Board; (14) provides
business services support for COGH and
program services for global health
programs; (15) develops and
implements supplemental
administrative policies and procedures
that govern business administration,
procurement practices, facilities
management, time and attendance
reporting, travel, records management,
personnel and a wide scope of other
business services; (16) plans,
coordinates, tracks, and provides
management advice and direction of
fiscal management for the organization’s
annual budgets and spend plans; (17)
provides consultation on human capital
needs and facilitates hiring and training
practices as described in the Office of
Personnel Management and agency
guidelines; (18) coordinates and
manages all business services related to
management, administration, and
training for COGH; (19) working with
and through global programs,
coordinates issues related to
telecommunications, office space and
design, physical security, procurement
of equipment, furniture, IT services, and
facilities management; (20) provides
assistance in formulating, developing,
negotiating, managing, and
administering various COGH contracts;
and (21) maintains liaison with the
other offices within COGH and other
business services offices within CDC.
Global Program Services Office
(CWA2). The mission of the Global
Program Services Office (GPSO) is to
support CDC-wide programs and staff
through the efficient, professional and
timely delivery of critical global health
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mission-support services. To carry out
its mission, GPSO performs the
following functions: (1) Provides
agency-wide support for global travel
services; (2) provides agency-wide
leadership and support in ensuring
consistency for global assignments,
systems, and operations; (3) provides a
point of contact for overseas staff for
deployment support, services, and
entitlements; (4) administers the CDC
Exchange Visitors Program and is
responsible for agency-wide
immigration-related activities; (5)
provides leadership, expertise and
technical assistance to CDC programs
regarding extramural and procurement
transactional functions; (6) provides a
liaison with the Department of State for
embassy related issues; (7) provides a
liaison with the information technology
office, global program offices, and
overseas offices to advocate and
coordinate global technology and
systems; and (8) consults regularly with
CDC Programs on strategic and
operational issues regarding missionsupport services provided by COGH–
GPSO through a Governance Council
and Customer Feedback Forum.
Global Operations Management Office
(CWA23). (1) Advises the COGH
Director and Chief Management Official
on important issues related to
assignments, systems, and operations
for international activities impacting
programmatic implementation; (2)
services as the focal point for CDC
services for international assignees; (3)
coordinates the operational support
services for CDC global programs; (4)
coordinates development of policies for
overseas services management, locally
employed staff, and overseas travel; (5)
coordinates and documents
international services management
policy agency-wide with the
Department of Health and Human
Services (DHHS) and with the
Department of State (DOS), ascertaining
the need for, and proposing
administrative improvements and
legislative requirements to improve
operations and avoid management
problems; (6) participates as a member
of the government-wide working group
for the interagency system for
management of shared administrative
support services (ICASS), overseas
building operations and rightsizing
liaison, capital security cost-sharing
reconciliation, and property
management (inventory, governmentowned vehicles, furniture, furnishings,
appliances, equipment); (7) in carrying
out the above responsibilities,
coordinates activities with coordinating
center/offices/implementing programs,
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DHHS, Office of Global Health Affairs,
other governmental and nongovernmental organizations, and other
partners, as appropriate; (8) administers
CDC Exchange Visitors Program and is
responsible for agency-wide
immigration-related activities; (9)
coordinates processes for all overseas
staff assignments including family
support; (10) provided agency-wide
passport, visa, and clearance services;
(11) services as the CDC office
responsible for obtaining DHHS and
DOS clearances/approvals for all
international TDY travel by CDC
employees; (12) provides travel services
to CDC employees traveling overseas
including order issuance, country and
DHHS clearances, as well as voucher
preparation in support of the CDC global
mission; (13) provides services to CDC
employees stationed overseas who
commence entitlement travel; (14)
provides support and services to
overseas assignees who are removed
from their post for medical or security
reasons; (15) provides reports to CDC
programs regarding work volume,
process timeliness, travel costs and
customer satisfaction results; and (16)
provides policy expertise to all
employees performing international,
entitlement or emergency travel.
Extramural and Procurement Services
Office (CWA24). (1) Working with and
through global programs, provides
support in the development and
implementation of Funding Opportunity
Announcements and Request for
Financial Assistance; (2) as an extension
of program, provides leadership in
establishing and implementing the
Objective Review Panel Process leading
to funding determinations; (3) monitors
and evaluate the business services
components of recipient organizations
achievement of goals and objectives; (4)
manages the credit card processes for
CDC programs with an overseas
presence; (5) coordinates and approves
individual international credit card
transactions for CDC programs with an
overseas presence; (6) manages the
procurement processes from request to
implementation; (7) participates in
strategic planning development and
implementation of CDC program
support goals; and (8) provides routine
and continuous feedback to recipients of
Extramural and Program Support
services and their managers regarding
services provided.
Division of Global Preparedness and
Program Coordination (CWE). The
Division of Global Preparedness and
Program Coordination supports CDC
global programs for global health
preparedness and global health
protection and promotion through
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leadership and coordination for global
health programs. This includes agencylevel oversight for CDC’s system of
international offices, and cross-cutting
situational awareness for health status,
program status, and partnership issues
in all geographic regions of the world.
To carry out its mission, the division
performs the following functions: (1)
Fosters collaborations, partnerships,
integration, and resource leveraging to
increase CDC’s impact and achieve
global health goals; (2) manages and
supports all CDC global health field
operations using CDC Country Director
or Country Representative structures
where there are multiple CDC programs
in a country; (3) provides, in
cooperation and coordination with
GPSO, support for all CDC global health
field operations; (4) coordinates
management and oversight of critical
global health preparedness and
emergency response activities across
CDC, including situational awareness
and partnership management at the
global and regional level; (5) coordinates
with and responds to requests from a
wide array of internal CDC and external
partners and stakeholders; and (6)
provides stewardship and leadership
support to global health preparedness
programs housed in the division.
Office of the Director (CWE1). (1)
Provides leadership, oversight and
overall direction for the activities of the
division; (2) provides leadership and
guidance on policy, program planning
and evaluation, program management,
and operations; (3) plans, allocates, and
monitors resources; (4) provides
leadership and management oversight in
carrying out CDC global field programs;
(5) provides liaison with other CDC
organizations, other Federal agencies,
national ministries of health,
international organizations, nongovernmental organizations, private
sector, and others with whom CDC
cooperates in global health programs
and activities; (6) in collaboration with
the COGH Science Officer, and the
Associate Directors of Science from the
CDC global programs, promotes high
standards in science and ethics among
CDC’s international activities; and (7) in
collaboration with the COGH Strategy
and Innovation Officer, translates
strategy and innovation concepts and
initiatives out to the network of CDC
international offices.
Global Disease Detection and
Emergency Response Branch (CWEB).
The Global Disease Detection and
Emergency Response Branch provides
leadership and works with partners
around the globe to increase
preparedness to prevent and control
naturally-occuring and man-made
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threats to health. Specifically, it: (1)
Administers CDC’s Global Disease
Detection program through coordination
with relevant implementing programs;
(2) coordinates global aspects of CDC’s
terrorism preparedness and emergency
response activities in collaboration with
CDC’s Coordinating Office for Terrorism
Preparedness and Emergency Response;
(3) plans, supports, and coordinates
international influenza pandemic
preparedness in collaboration with
relevant partners in CDC and DHHS; (4)
provides leadership and support for the
CDC global emergency preparedness
and response program designed to
prevent, if possible, and to prepare for,
detect and respond to biological,
chemical, radiological incidents,
naturally occurring or man-made, of
international interest; (5) works
cooperatively with all CDC and U.S.
government organizations involved in
global emergency preparedness and
response as well as with World Health
Organization and other international
organizations and partner countries; (6)
assists in developing country-level
epidemiologic, laboratory, and other
capacity to ensure country emergency
preparedness and response to outbreaks
and incidents of local importance and of
international interest; and (7) maintains
staff in the Director’s Emergency
Operations Center to serve as a central
focus for CDC’s global outbreak/incident
response activities.
Geographic and Program
Coordination Branch (CWEC). (1)
Directs and manages human and
financial resources in consolidated CDC
country offices; (2) provides leadership,
support and coordination for the
agency-wide responsibilities of CDC
country offices; (3) provides core
support and coordination to CDC
country offices through regional liaison
teams, in cooperation with the GPSO;
(4) facilitates new opportunities for
international activities of the national
centers’ programs, and provides
technical and management support for
existing activities; (5) promotes
partnerships and coordination in
strategic areas with key country,
regional, international and U.S.
Government institutions; (6) provides
leadership on cross-cutting global health
issues; and (7) coordinates countrybased assessments, planning and
performance monitoring and evaluation.
Division of Global Public Health
Capacity Development (CWF). The
Division of Global Public Health
Capacity Development contributes to
improving the health of the people of
the United States and other nations by
partnering with ministries of health,
educational institutions, Federal
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agencies, and international
organizations to strengthen capacity of
countries around the world to improve
public health. To carry out its mission,
the division performs the following
functions: (1) Works with partners to
build strong, transparent, and sustained
public health systems through training,
consultation, capacity building, and
technical assistance in applied
epidemiology, public health
surveillance, evaluation, and laboratory
systems; and promotes organizational
excellence in public health through
strengthening leadership and
management capacity; (2) assists in
developing and implementing COGH
policy on public health system
strengthening and sustainability; and (3)
collaborates with other ODC
organizations, Federal agencies,
international agencies, partner
countries, and non-governmental
organizations assisting ministries of
health to build public health capacity in
other areas of public health.
Office of the Director (CWF1). (1)
Provides leadership, overall direction,
and evaluation for the division; (2)
formulates and implements CDC’s
strategy for developing global public
health capacity in applied
epidemiology, public health systems,
laboratory operations and management,
and leadership; (3) provides leadership
and guidance on policy, program
planning, program management, and
operations; (4) plans, allocates, and
monitors resources; (5) provides
leadership in assisting national
ministries of health, international
agencies, and non-governmental
organizations in the delivery of
epidemiologic services and the
development of international
epidemiologic networks; (6) provides
liaison with other CDC organizations,
other Federal agencies, national
ministries of health, and international
organizations; and (7) provides
consultations with partners and
stakeholders including
nongovernmental organizations and the
private sector on program development
and overall public health systems and
sub-systems.
Sustainable Management
Development Program (CWF12). (1)
Partners with ministries of health,
educational institutions, and nongovernmental organizations in
developing countries, to promote
organizational excellence in public
health through strengthening leadership
and management capacity; (2) works
with partners to build capacity for
public health leadership and
management development through a
multi-phased approach including
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situational analysis, capacity
development, technical assistance, and
sustainability; (3) develops strategic
institutional partnerships for public
health leadership and management
capacity-building efforts; (4) develops
faculty to enhance in-country leadership
and management training capacity
through the Management for
International Public Health course and
in-country training-of-trainers; (5)
provides support to training faculty in
partner institutions to conduct
performance needs assessments;
develops locally appropriate curricula;
and designs in-country leadership and
management workshops that provide
participants with practical skills needed
to manage public health teams,
programs, and organizations; and (6)
works with partner institutions to
ensure the long-term sustainability of
global public health leadership and
management development programs.
Capacity Development Branch
(CWFB). (1) With partners, designs and
conducts evidence-based instruction in
public health disciplines needed to
strengthen their public health systems,
including instructional design,
epidemiology, surveillance, laboratory
operations and management,
communications, and economic
evaluation; (2) working with the
technical program components,
provides consultation to ministries of
health in development of surveillance
systems (e.g. Integrated Disease
Surveillance, injury, chronic diseases,
infectious diseases, etc.); (3) creates and
maintains computer-based and distancebased learning methods, and develops
the capacity of partners to create,
evaluate, and share their own; (4)
develops and evaluates competencybased training materials; (5) maintains a
divisional training material library and
Web site; and (6) collaborates within
CDC and with national or international
organizations in development of
competency-based training materials,
evaluation of training, and design of
surveillance systems needed to
accomplish the mission.
Program Development Branch
(CWFC). (1) Assists partners in assessing
their needs for health systems
strengthening; (2) plans, directs,
supports, and coordinates field
epidemiology and laboratory training
programs, Data for Decision Making
Projects, and other partnerships with
ministries of health; (3) provides
leadership and management oversight in
assisting ministries of health in capacity
building by training epidemiologists
and other health professionals through
the development of competency-based,
residency-style, applied training
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programs; (4) provides leadership and
expertise in assisting national ministries
of health to utilize trained public health
workers for developing health policy,
and implementing and evaluating health
programs; (5) assigns and manages
expert consultants as long-term, incountry advisors to ministry of health
programs; and (6) collaborates within
CDC, with other Federal agencies, and
with national and international
organizations in support of partner
programs.
Dated: August 3, 2007.
William H. Gimson,
Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
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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 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 72 FR 38600--38601, dated July 13, 2007) is
amended to reflect the reorganization of the Coordinating Office for
Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Section C-B, Organization and Functions, is hereby amended as
follows: Delete in their entirety the titles and functional statements
for the
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Coordinating Office for Global Health (CW), and insert the following:
Coordinating Office for Global Health (CW). The mission of the
Coordinating Office for Global Health (COGH) is to work with partners
in CDC and around the glove through technical assistance and health
system development to promote improved health and health diplomacy, and
protect citizens of the U.S. and the world.
To carry out its mission, working with and through global programs,
COGH: (1) Serves as the principal Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) organization to develop and foster collaborations,
partnerships, program integration, and resource leveraging among public
and private organizations and to increase the CDC's global health
impact in order to achieve global health goals; (2) coordinates review
of current global health status and evolving issues; (3) provides
strategic direction for CDC's global health policies and programs; (4)
identifies and develops activities to ensure CDC's technical expertise
is used to maximize global health impact; (5) stimulates global health
research and program development based on assessments of current global
health needs and available resources; (6) conducts and stimulates
activities to strengthen global health capacity and systems through
public health workforce, systems, and process development and
improvements; (7) coordinates cross-cutting CDC global health
activities and global health emergency response efforts; and (8)
manages CDC global field operations through a system of regional and
country directors.
Office of the Director (CWA). (1) Manages, directs, and evaluates
the activities of COGH; (2) provides leadership in the formulation and
implementation of CDC's global health strategies, policies, and goals;
(3) advises the Director, CDC, on global health issues; (4) ensures
coordination of the CDC response to global health emergencies; (5)
leads the development of, and fosters strategic and working
partnerships, in support of the global health goals; (6) coordinates
CDC's legislative agenda and activities related to global health; (7)
provides leadership in determining requirements for CDC's funding and
staffing needs for global health programs; (8) manages the distribution
of, and provides oversight for, CDC categorical global health program
funding; (9) coordinates, in cooperation with the Office of Strategy
and Innovation, the development, measurement, and assessment of
progress toward CDC's global health goals, efforts to improve global
health equity, fostering of excellence and innovation, and executive
decision support; (10) coordinates, in cooperation with Office of the
Chief of Public Health Practice and the Office of the Chief Science
Officer, CDC's global health practice and science activities; (11)
coordinates, in cooperation with the Office of Enterprise
Communications, internal and external global health communications,
media relations, issues management across CDC global programs, and
develops and maintains the COGH intra-, extra-, and internet and web
sites; (12) coordinates, in cooperation with the Office of Workforce
and Career Development, efforts to ensure a competent and sustainable
CDC and global health workforce through workforce and career
development for CDC internationally assigned staff, both direct hires
and locally employed staff, and assisting partner countries in their
workforce and career development efforts; (13) convenes and supports
the Global Health Leadership Board; (14) provides business services
support for COGH and program services for global health programs; (15)
develops and implements supplemental administrative policies and
procedures that govern business administration, procurement practices,
facilities management, time and attendance reporting, travel, records
management, personnel and a wide scope of other business services; (16)
plans, coordinates, tracks, and provides management advice and
direction of fiscal management for the organization's annual budgets
and spend plans; (17) provides consultation on human capital needs and
facilitates hiring and training practices as described in the Office of
Personnel Management and agency guidelines; (18) coordinates and
manages all business services related to management, administration,
and training for COGH; (19) working with and through global programs,
coordinates issues related to telecommunications, office space and
design, physical security, procurement of equipment, furniture, IT
services, and facilities management; (20) provides assistance in
formulating, developing, negotiating, managing, and administering
various COGH contracts; and (21) maintains liaison with the other
offices within COGH and other business services offices within CDC.
Global Program Services Office (CWA2). The mission of the Global
Program Services Office (GPSO) is to support CDC-wide programs and
staff through the efficient, professional and timely delivery of
critical global health mission-support services. To carry out its
mission, GPSO performs the following functions: (1) Provides agency-
wide support for global travel services; (2) provides agency-wide
leadership and support in ensuring consistency for global assignments,
systems, and operations; (3) provides a point of contact for overseas
staff for deployment support, services, and entitlements; (4)
administers the CDC Exchange Visitors Program and is responsible for
agency-wide immigration-related activities; (5) provides leadership,
expertise and technical assistance to CDC programs regarding extramural
and procurement transactional functions; (6) provides a liaison with
the Department of State for embassy related issues; (7) provides a
liaison with the information technology office, global program offices,
and overseas offices to advocate and coordinate global technology and
systems; and (8) consults regularly with CDC Programs on strategic and
operational issues regarding mission-support services provided by COGH-
GPSO through a Governance Council and Customer Feedback Forum.
Global Operations Management Office (CWA23). (1) Advises the COGH
Director and Chief Management Official on important issues related to
assignments, systems, and operations for international activities
impacting programmatic implementation; (2) services as the focal point
for CDC services for international assignees; (3) coordinates the
operational support services for CDC global programs; (4) coordinates
development of policies for overseas services management, locally
employed staff, and overseas travel; (5) coordinates and documents
international services management policy agency-wide with the
Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and with the Department
of State (DOS), ascertaining the need for, and proposing administrative
improvements and legislative requirements to improve operations and
avoid management problems; (6) participates as a member of the
government-wide working group for the interagency system for management
of shared administrative support services (ICASS), overseas building
operations and rightsizing liaison, capital security cost-sharing
reconciliation, and property management (inventory, government-owned
vehicles, furniture, furnishings, appliances, equipment); (7) in
carrying out the above responsibilities, coordinates activities with
coordinating center/offices/implementing programs,
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DHHS, Office of Global Health Affairs, other governmental and non-
governmental organizations, and other partners, as appropriate; (8)
administers CDC Exchange Visitors Program and is responsible for
agency-wide immigration-related activities; (9) coordinates processes
for all overseas staff assignments including family support; (10)
provided agency-wide passport, visa, and clearance services; (11)
services as the CDC office responsible for obtaining DHHS and DOS
clearances/approvals for all international TDY travel by CDC employees;
(12) provides travel services to CDC employees traveling overseas
including order issuance, country and DHHS clearances, as well as
voucher preparation in support of the CDC global mission; (13) provides
services to CDC employees stationed overseas who commence entitlement
travel; (14) provides support and services to overseas assignees who
are removed from their post for medical or security reasons; (15)
provides reports to CDC programs regarding work volume, process
timeliness, travel costs and customer satisfaction results; and (16)
provides policy expertise to all employees performing international,
entitlement or emergency travel.
Extramural and Procurement Services Office (CWA24). (1) Working
with and through global programs, provides support in the development
and implementation of Funding Opportunity Announcements and Request for
Financial Assistance; (2) as an extension of program, provides
leadership in establishing and implementing the Objective Review Panel
Process leading to funding determinations; (3) monitors and evaluate
the business services components of recipient organizations achievement
of goals and objectives; (4) manages the credit card processes for CDC
programs with an overseas presence; (5) coordinates and approves
individual international credit card transactions for CDC programs with
an overseas presence; (6) manages the procurement processes from
request to implementation; (7) participates in strategic planning
development and implementation of CDC program support goals; and (8)
provides routine and continuous feedback to recipients of Extramural
and Program Support services and their managers regarding services
provided.
Division of Global Preparedness and Program Coordination (CWE). The
Division of Global Preparedness and Program Coordination supports CDC
global programs for global health preparedness and global health
protection and promotion through leadership and coordination for global
health programs. This includes agency-level oversight for CDC's system
of international offices, and cross-cutting situational awareness for
health status, program status, and partnership issues in all geographic
regions of the world. To carry out its mission, the division performs
the following functions: (1) Fosters collaborations, partnerships,
integration, and resource leveraging to increase CDC's impact and
achieve global health goals; (2) manages and supports all CDC global
health field operations using CDC Country Director or Country
Representative structures where there are multiple CDC programs in a
country; (3) provides, in cooperation and coordination with GPSO,
support for all CDC global health field operations; (4) coordinates
management and oversight of critical global health preparedness and
emergency response activities across CDC, including situational
awareness and partnership management at the global and regional level;
(5) coordinates with and responds to requests from a wide array of
internal CDC and external partners and stakeholders; and (6) provides
stewardship and leadership support to global health preparedness
programs housed in the division.
Office of the Director (CWE1). (1) Provides leadership, oversight
and overall direction for the activities of the division; (2) provides
leadership and guidance on policy, program planning and evaluation,
program management, and operations; (3) plans, allocates, and monitors
resources; (4) provides leadership and management oversight in carrying
out CDC global field programs; (5) provides liaison with other CDC
organizations, other Federal agencies, national ministries of health,
international organizations, non-governmental organizations, private
sector, and others with whom CDC cooperates in global health programs
and activities; (6) in collaboration with the COGH Science Officer, and
the Associate Directors of Science from the CDC global programs,
promotes high standards in science and ethics among CDC's international
activities; and (7) in collaboration with the COGH Strategy and
Innovation Officer, translates strategy and innovation concepts and
initiatives out to the network of CDC international offices.
Global Disease Detection and Emergency Response Branch (CWEB). The
Global Disease Detection and Emergency Response Branch provides
leadership and works with partners around the globe to increase
preparedness to prevent and control naturally-occuring and man-made
threats to health. Specifically, it: (1) Administers CDC's Global
Disease Detection program through coordination with relevant
implementing programs; (2) coordinates global aspects of CDC's
terrorism preparedness and emergency response activities in
collaboration with CDC's Coordinating Office for Terrorism Preparedness
and Emergency Response; (3) plans, supports, and coordinates
international influenza pandemic preparedness in collaboration with
relevant partners in CDC and DHHS; (4) provides leadership and support
for the CDC global emergency preparedness and response program designed
to prevent, if possible, and to prepare for, detect and respond to
biological, chemical, radiological incidents, naturally occurring or
man-made, of international interest; (5) works cooperatively with all
CDC and U.S. government organizations involved in global emergency
preparedness and response as well as with World Health Organization and
other international organizations and partner countries; (6) assists in
developing country-level epidemiologic, laboratory, and other capacity
to ensure country emergency preparedness and response to outbreaks and
incidents of local importance and of international interest; and (7)
maintains staff in the Director's Emergency Operations Center to serve
as a central focus for CDC's global outbreak/incident response
activities.
Geographic and Program Coordination Branch (CWEC). (1) Directs and
manages human and financial resources in consolidated CDC country
offices; (2) provides leadership, support and coordination for the
agency-wide responsibilities of CDC country offices; (3) provides core
support and coordination to CDC country offices through regional
liaison teams, in cooperation with the GPSO; (4) facilitates new
opportunities for international activities of the national centers'
programs, and provides technical and management support for existing
activities; (5) promotes partnerships and coordination in strategic
areas with key country, regional, international and U.S. Government
institutions; (6) provides leadership on cross-cutting global health
issues; and (7) coordinates country-based assessments, planning and
performance monitoring and evaluation.
Division of Global Public Health Capacity Development (CWF). The
Division of Global Public Health Capacity Development contributes to
improving the health of the people of the United States and other
nations by partnering with ministries of health, educational
institutions, Federal
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agencies, and international organizations to strengthen capacity of
countries around the world to improve public health. To carry out its
mission, the division performs the following functions: (1) Works with
partners to build strong, transparent, and sustained public health
systems through training, consultation, capacity building, and
technical assistance in applied epidemiology, public health
surveillance, evaluation, and laboratory systems; and promotes
organizational excellence in public health through strengthening
leadership and management capacity; (2) assists in developing and
implementing COGH policy on public health system strengthening and
sustainability; and (3) collaborates with other ODC organizations,
Federal agencies, international agencies, partner countries, and non-
governmental organizations assisting ministries of health to build
public health capacity in other areas of public health.
Office of the Director (CWF1). (1) Provides leadership, overall
direction, and evaluation for the division; (2) formulates and
implements CDC's strategy for developing global public health capacity
in applied epidemiology, public health systems, laboratory operations
and management, and leadership; (3) provides leadership and guidance on
policy, program planning, program management, and operations; (4)
plans, allocates, and monitors resources; (5) provides leadership in
assisting national ministries of health, international agencies, and
non-governmental organizations in the delivery of epidemiologic
services and the development of international epidemiologic networks;
(6) provides liaison with other CDC organizations, other Federal
agencies, national ministries of health, and international
organizations; and (7) provides consultations with partners and
stakeholders including nongovernmental organizations and the private
sector on program development and overall public health systems and
sub-systems.
Sustainable Management Development Program (CWF12). (1) Partners
with ministries of health, educational institutions, and non-
governmental organizations in developing countries, to promote
organizational excellence in public health through strengthening
leadership and management capacity; (2) works with partners to build
capacity for public health leadership and management development
through a multi-phased approach including situational analysis,
capacity development, technical assistance, and sustainability; (3)
develops strategic institutional partnerships for public health
leadership and management capacity-building efforts; (4) develops
faculty to enhance in-country leadership and management training
capacity through the Management for International Public Health course
and in-country training-of-trainers; (5) provides support to training
faculty in partner institutions to conduct performance needs
assessments; develops locally appropriate curricula; and designs in-
country leadership and management workshops that provide participants
with practical skills needed to manage public health teams, programs,
and organizations; and (6) works with partner institutions to ensure
the long-term sustainability of global public health leadership and
management development programs.
Capacity Development Branch (CWFB). (1) With partners, designs and
conducts evidence-based instruction in public health disciplines needed
to strengthen their public health systems, including instructional
design, epidemiology, surveillance, laboratory operations and
management, communications, and economic evaluation; (2) working with
the technical program components, provides consultation to ministries
of health in development of surveillance systems (e.g. Integrated
Disease Surveillance, injury, chronic diseases, infectious diseases,
etc.); (3) creates and maintains computer-based and distance-based
learning methods, and develops the capacity of partners to create,
evaluate, and share their own; (4) develops and evaluates competency-
based training materials; (5) maintains a divisional training material
library and Web site; and (6) collaborates within CDC and with national
or international organizations in development of competency-based
training materials, evaluation of training, and design of surveillance
systems needed to accomplish the mission.
Program Development Branch (CWFC). (1) Assists partners in
assessing their needs for health systems strengthening; (2) plans,
directs, supports, and coordinates field epidemiology and laboratory
training programs, Data for Decision Making Projects, and other
partnerships with ministries of health; (3) provides leadership and
management oversight in assisting ministries of health in capacity
building by training epidemiologists and other health professionals
through the development of competency-based, residency-style, applied
training programs; (4) provides leadership and expertise in assisting
national ministries of health to utilize trained public health workers
for developing health policy, and implementing and evaluating health
programs; (5) assigns and manages expert consultants as long-term, in-
country advisors to ministry of health programs; and (6) collaborates
within CDC, with other Federal agencies, and with national and
international organizations in support of partner programs.
Dated: August 3, 2007.
William H. Gimson,
Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 07-3953 Filed 8-13-07; 8:45 am]
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