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Part N, National Institutes of Health
(NIH), of the Statement of Organization,
Functions, and Delegations of Authority
for the Department of Health and
Human Services (40 FR 22859, May 27,
1975, as amended most recently at 66
FR 6617, January 22, 2001, and
redesignated from Part HN as Part N at
60 FR 56605, November 9, 1995), is
amended as set forth below to reflect
organizational changes in the National
Institute on Minority Health and Health
Disparities (NIMHD).
Section N–B, Organization and
Functions, is amended as follows:
Immediately after the paragraph headed
‘‘National Institute of Minority Health
and Health Disparities’’ (NE, formerly
HNE), insert the following:
Office of the Director (OD) (NE 1
formerly HNE 1). Determines and
provides leadership to the Institute’s
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programs, plans, and policies; Provides
leadership for the NIH minority health
and health disparities research and
activities including the implementation
of the Minority Health and Health
Disparities Research and Education Act
(Pub. L. 106–525) and the Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act
(Pub. L. 111–148) and other relevant
public laws as they relate to the NIMHD
mission; Directs an integrated system of
coordination for the NIH health
disparities research program; Directs the
Institute’s development and
coordination of minority health and
health disparities research programs,
activities, and strategic partnerships
with the NIH Institutes and Centers,
NIH Office of the Director, Federal
agencies, State, local, tribal, and
regional public health agencies and
private entities; Provides leadership for
the NIH health disparities strategic plan
and budget; Leads the management,
communications, legislation, strategic
planning, science policy and ethics
activities for the Institute; and Provides
leadership for developing and revising
the national definition for health
disparity population in consultation
with the Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality.
Office of Extramural Research
Administration (OERA) (NE 16,
formerly HNE 16). Responsible for the
administration of the Institute’s
extramural research dealing with peer
review activities, grants management,
extramural grants policy, and ethics
issues (patient rights, animal rights,
financial conflict of interest, etc.);
Facilitates Institute-wide
communication and coordination
regarding extramural policy, planning,
and analysis; Provides advice and
guidance to the Director regarding the
Institute’s peer and objective review
processes as well as NIH extramural
programs, policies and procedures;
Recommends mechanisms to be used or
develops mechanisms to accomplish
program objectives; Provides leadership
to program, review, and grants
management staff in writing
solicitations for grants and contracts and
reviews funding opportunity
announcements for clearance; Develops,
implements, and manages integrated
policies and procedures affecting all
NIMHD extramural activities, and
assures appropriate training,
information dissemination, and systems
for NIMHD extramural staff and the
extramural research community;
Interprets, advises, and ensures NIMHD
staff adherence to and understanding of
impact of NIH and Department of Health
and Human Services extramural
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policies; Represents the Institute as
liaison for NIH Guide to Grants and
Contracts and the NIH Early
Notification System (ENS); and
Administers the Public Health Service
Guidelines on Misconduct in Science
and manages the Institute’s
Confidentiality Certificate program and
the Grant Appeals Process.
Office of Administrative Management
(OAM) (NE 17, formerly HNE 17).
Directs, coordinates, and conducts
administrative activities of the Institute
including personnel and staffing,
purchase and maintenance of
equipment and supplies, and
acquisition and management of space;
Performs analytical studies related to
the administrative organization,
processes and procedures of the
Institute and establishes effective
administrative controls; Designs and
conducts management analyses, studies
and surveys including manpower
utilization, workload measurement,
work simplification, etc., for all parts of
the Institute; Develops and/or provides
advice on the development and
implementation of general
administrative policies, procedures and
guidelines throughout the Institute;
Interprets, analyzes, and makes
recommendations concerning
delegations and re-delegations of
program and administrative authorities
and develops appropriate delegating
documents; Supervises, directs,
manages, and coordinates the planning
and execution of the Institute’s budget
process and financial management
operations, which includes providing
guidance to Institute leadership and
staff on budget preparation and
management; Oversees the records
management activities of the Institute;
Coordinates the Institute’s committee
management functions; and Oversees
and coordinates the Institute’s
information technology (IT) activities.
Office of Communications and Public
Liaison (OCPL) (NE 18, formerly HNE
18). Serves as the focal point for the
Institute’s communications, public
affairs, media relations, and public
liaison activities; Develops and
conducts a comprehensive
communications program utilizing
various communications vehicles to
interpret, develop, test, and disseminate
the programs, policies, goals and
research accomplishments supported
and carried out by the NIMHD to
diverse audiences including the public,
the media, the biomedical community,
healthcare providers, and specialized
groups; Develops short- and long-term
communications policies, goals,
objectives, and strategies in support of
the mission and priorities of the
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Institute; Manages the Institute’s Web
site including content, policies,
standards, guidelines, and a central
Web-based resource for information and
research findings on minority health
and health disparities; Coordinates NIH
communications activities related to
minority health and health disparities in
collaboration with the NIH Institutes
and Centers; Coordinates and manages
the Institute’s intranet content; Manages
correspondence control, and clearance
services for the Institute; Coordinates
and collaborates with other
organizational components on health
communications research activities.
Office of Strategic Planning,
Legislation, and Scientific Policy
(OSPLSP) (NE 19, formerly HNE 19).
Serves as the focal point for NIMHD’s
science policy, strategic planning and
evaluation activities; Provides
leadership for the development of
strategic plans, policies, goals,
objectives, and techniques in support of
the Institute’s mission; Coordinates,
develops, and implements an ongoing
strategic planning process for the
Institute and ensures that the Institute
has a long-range, sustainable vision and
program plan for carrying out its
mandates; Leads the Institute’s efforts to
plan, coordinate, review, and evaluate
research and other activities on minority
health and health disparities conducted
or supported by the NIH Institutes and
Centers, consistent with the NIMHD’s
authorizing statute; Provides leadership
for the development of an integrated
and effective NIH health disparities
strategic plan and budget consistent
with the authorizing statute; Provides
leadership for the legislative activities of
the Institute, which includes analyzing
and tracking legislation relevant to the
mission of the Institute, and makes
recommendations for legislative
proposals; and Conducts and
coordinates policy analysis related to
various aspects of minority health and
health disparities.
Division of Scientific Programs (DSP)
(NE 3, formerly, HNE 3). Serves as the
focal point for planning, directing,
implementing and managing the
Institute’s extramural research
programs, including its legislatively
mandated extramural research programs
and other research, research training,
research capacity building, career
development, and community-based
participatory research initiatives;
Manages a diverse portfolio of special
projects with respect to minority health
conditions and other populations with
health disparities; and Determines
program priorities and recommends
funding strategies to achieve program
goals.
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Division of Data Management and
Scientific Reporting (DDMSR) (NE 4,
formerly, HNE 4). Provides leadership
for knowledge management and
scientific reporting; Maintains a Health
Disparities Information (HDI) database
to facilitate the collection,
interpretation, and analysis of data,
education, dissemination, and
communication of information to
various audiences in collaboration with
other Institute organizational
components; Collaborates with the
NIMHD OSPLSP to analyze and
synthesize data on minority health and
health disparities research conducted
and supported by the NIH Institutes and
Centers; Coordinates reporting requests
on the Institute and NIH activities on
minority health and health disparities
research; Provides epidemiological and
statistical expertise for the Institute on
planning, designing, and implementing
research studies, and to support
research programs; Coordinates datacollection activities and reporting on
minority health and health disparities
including the Institute’s implementation
of relevant policies, regulations, and
laws; Provides advice to the Institute
senior management and program
officials on data collection standards
and guidelines; Coordinates Institute
activities under the Privacy Act; and
Administers the Institute’s Freedom of
Information Act activities.
Division of Intramural Research (OIR)
(NE 5, formerly, HNE 5). Provides
leadership for the Institute’s intramural
research program to prevent, diagnose,
treat and understand diseases and
conditions that disproportionately affect
health disparity populations ; Plans,
develops, and conducts innovative
transdisciplinary research focusing on
the linkage between biological and
nonbiological determinants of health in
health disparity populations to include
basic, behavioral, social sciences and
clinical research; Develops, coordinates
and implements training and career
development programs in minority
health and health disparities research;
Collaborates with and coordinates
intramural research on minority health
and health disparities conducted by the
NIH Institutes and Centers; Integrates
new research into the Institute’s
program structure; and Provides advice
to the Institute Director and staff on
matters of scientific interest to the
Institute.
Delegations of Authority Statement:
All delegations and redelegations of
authority to officers and employees of
NIH that were in effect immediately
prior to the effective date of this
reorganization and are consistent with
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effect, pending further redelegation.
Dated: August 8, 2011.
Francis S. Collins,
Director, National Institutes of Health.
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I have determined that the damage in
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Lee beginning on September 3, 2011, and
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a period not to exceed six months after
the date of this declaration.
The Federal Emergency Management
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Administrator, under Executive Order
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Federal Coordinating Officer for this
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The following areas of the
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Adams, Bradford, Columbia, Cumberland,
Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Luzerne,
Lycoming, Montour, Northumberland, Perry,
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All counties within the Commonwealth of
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(The following Catalog of Federal Domestic
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Brown Fund; 97.032, Crisis Counseling;
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of
Authority
Part N, National Institutes of Health (NIH), of the Statement of
Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority for the
Department of Health and Human Services (40 FR 22859, May 27, 1975, as
amended most recently at 66 FR 6617, January 22, 2001, and redesignated
from Part HN as Part N at 60 FR 56605, November 9, 1995), is amended as
set forth below to reflect organizational changes in the National
Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD).
Section N-B, Organization and Functions, is amended as follows:
Immediately after the paragraph headed ``National Institute of Minority
Health and Health Disparities'' (NE, formerly HNE), insert the
following:
Office of the Director (OD) (NE 1 formerly HNE 1). Determines and
provides leadership to the Institute's programs, plans, and policies;
Provides leadership for the NIH minority health and health disparities
research and activities including the implementation of the Minority
Health and Health Disparities Research and Education Act (Pub. L. 106-
525) and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Pub. L. 111-
148) and other relevant public laws as they relate to the NIMHD
mission; Directs an integrated system of coordination for the NIH
health disparities research program; Directs the Institute's
development and coordination of minority health and health disparities
research programs, activities, and strategic partnerships with the NIH
Institutes and Centers, NIH Office of the Director, Federal agencies,
State, local, tribal, and regional public health agencies and private
entities; Provides leadership for the NIH health disparities strategic
plan and budget; Leads the management, communications, legislation,
strategic planning, science policy and ethics activities for the
Institute; and Provides leadership for developing and revising the
national definition for health disparity population in consultation
with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
Office of Extramural Research Administration (OERA) (NE 16,
formerly HNE 16). Responsible for the administration of the Institute's
extramural research dealing with peer review activities, grants
management, extramural grants policy, and ethics issues (patient
rights, animal rights, financial conflict of interest, etc.);
Facilitates Institute-wide communication and coordination regarding
extramural policy, planning, and analysis; Provides advice and guidance
to the Director regarding the Institute's peer and objective review
processes as well as NIH extramural programs, policies and procedures;
Recommends mechanisms to be used or develops mechanisms to accomplish
program objectives; Provides leadership to program, review, and grants
management staff in writing solicitations for grants and contracts and
reviews funding opportunity announcements for clearance; Develops,
implements, and manages integrated policies and procedures affecting
all NIMHD extramural activities, and assures appropriate training,
information dissemination, and systems for NIMHD extramural staff and
the extramural research community; Interprets, advises, and ensures
NIMHD staff adherence to and understanding of impact of NIH and
Department of Health and Human Services extramural
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policies; Represents the Institute as liaison for NIH Guide to Grants
and Contracts and the NIH Early Notification System (ENS); and
Administers the Public Health Service Guidelines on Misconduct in
Science and manages the Institute's Confidentiality Certificate program
and the Grant Appeals Process.
Office of Administrative Management (OAM) (NE 17, formerly HNE 17).
Directs, coordinates, and conducts administrative activities of the
Institute including personnel and staffing, purchase and maintenance of
equipment and supplies, and acquisition and management of space;
Performs analytical studies related to the administrative organization,
processes and procedures of the Institute and establishes effective
administrative controls; Designs and conducts management analyses,
studies and surveys including manpower utilization, workload
measurement, work simplification, etc., for all parts of the Institute;
Develops and/or provides advice on the development and implementation
of general administrative policies, procedures and guidelines
throughout the Institute; Interprets, analyzes, and makes
recommendations concerning delegations and re-delegations of program
and administrative authorities and develops appropriate delegating
documents; Supervises, directs, manages, and coordinates the planning
and execution of the Institute's budget process and financial
management operations, which includes providing guidance to Institute
leadership and staff on budget preparation and management; Oversees the
records management activities of the Institute; Coordinates the
Institute's committee management functions; and Oversees and
coordinates the Institute's information technology (IT) activities.
Office of Communications and Public Liaison (OCPL) (NE 18, formerly
HNE 18). Serves as the focal point for the Institute's communications,
public affairs, media relations, and public liaison activities;
Develops and conducts a comprehensive communications program utilizing
various communications vehicles to interpret, develop, test, and
disseminate the programs, policies, goals and research accomplishments
supported and carried out by the NIMHD to diverse audiences including
the public, the media, the biomedical community, healthcare providers,
and specialized groups; Develops short- and long-term communications
policies, goals, objectives, and strategies in support of the mission
and priorities of the Institute; Manages the Institute's Web site
including content, policies, standards, guidelines, and a central Web-
based resource for information and research findings on minority health
and health disparities; Coordinates NIH communications activities
related to minority health and health disparities in collaboration with
the NIH Institutes and Centers; Coordinates and manages the Institute's
intranet content; Manages correspondence control, and clearance
services for the Institute; Coordinates and collaborates with other
organizational components on health communications research activities.
Office of Strategic Planning, Legislation, and Scientific Policy
(OSPLSP) (NE 19, formerly HNE 19). Serves as the focal point for
NIMHD's science policy, strategic planning and evaluation activities;
Provides leadership for the development of strategic plans, policies,
goals, objectives, and techniques in support of the Institute's
mission; Coordinates, develops, and implements an ongoing strategic
planning process for the Institute and ensures that the Institute has a
long-range, sustainable vision and program plan for carrying out its
mandates; Leads the Institute's efforts to plan, coordinate, review,
and evaluate research and other activities on minority health and
health disparities conducted or supported by the NIH Institutes and
Centers, consistent with the NIMHD's authorizing statute; Provides
leadership for the development of an integrated and effective NIH
health disparities strategic plan and budget consistent with the
authorizing statute; Provides leadership for the legislative activities
of the Institute, which includes analyzing and tracking legislation
relevant to the mission of the Institute, and makes recommendations for
legislative proposals; and Conducts and coordinates policy analysis
related to various aspects of minority health and health disparities.
Division of Scientific Programs (DSP) (NE 3, formerly, HNE 3).
Serves as the focal point for planning, directing, implementing and
managing the Institute's extramural research programs, including its
legislatively mandated extramural research programs and other research,
research training, research capacity building, career development, and
community-based participatory research initiatives; Manages a diverse
portfolio of special projects with respect to minority health
conditions and other populations with health disparities; and
Determines program priorities and recommends funding strategies to
achieve program goals.
Division of Data Management and Scientific Reporting (DDMSR) (NE 4,
formerly, HNE 4). Provides leadership for knowledge management and
scientific reporting; Maintains a Health Disparities Information (HDI)
database to facilitate the collection, interpretation, and analysis of
data, education, dissemination, and communication of information to
various audiences in collaboration with other Institute organizational
components; Collaborates with the NIMHD OSPLSP to analyze and
synthesize data on minority health and health disparities research
conducted and supported by the NIH Institutes and Centers; Coordinates
reporting requests on the Institute and NIH activities on minority
health and health disparities research; Provides epidemiological and
statistical expertise for the Institute on planning, designing, and
implementing research studies, and to support research programs;
Coordinates data-collection activities and reporting on minority health
and health disparities including the Institute's implementation of
relevant policies, regulations, and laws; Provides advice to the
Institute senior management and program officials on data collection
standards and guidelines; Coordinates Institute activities under the
Privacy Act; and Administers the Institute's Freedom of Information Act
activities.
Division of Intramural Research (OIR) (NE 5, formerly, HNE 5).
Provides leadership for the Institute's intramural research program to
prevent, diagnose, treat and understand diseases and conditions that
disproportionately affect health disparity populations ; Plans,
develops, and conducts innovative transdisciplinary research focusing
on the linkage between biological and nonbiological determinants of
health in health disparity populations to include basic, behavioral,
social sciences and clinical research; Develops, coordinates and
implements training and career development programs in minority health
and health disparities research; Collaborates with and coordinates
intramural research on minority health and health disparities conducted
by the NIH Institutes and Centers; Integrates new research into the
Institute's program structure; and Provides advice to the Institute
Director and staff on matters of scientific interest to the Institute.
Delegations of Authority Statement: All delegations and
redelegations of authority to officers and employees of NIH that were
in effect immediately prior to the effective date of this
reorganization and are consistent with
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this reorganization shall continue in effect, pending further
redelegation.
Dated: August 8, 2011.
Francis S. Collins,
Director, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 2011-25862 Filed 10-5-11; 8:45 am]
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