Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority, 30307 [2013-12043]

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• DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 99 (Wednesday, May 22, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 30307]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-12043]



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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 78 FR 25743-25746, dated May 2, 2013) is 
amended to reflect the reorganization of the National Center for HIV/
AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention.
    Section C-B, Organization and Functions, is hereby amended as 
follows:
    Revise the functional statement for the Office of the Associate 
Director for Science (CVJ12), as follows:
    Office of the Associate Director for Science (CVJ12). (1) Ensures 
process consistency for science across the CIOs; (2) facilitates cross-
center decision-making regarding science; (3) facilitates communication 
regarding scientific and programmatic services across the Office of 
Infectious Diseases (OID); (4) conducts necessary regulatory and 
ethical reviews for activities involving human participants, including 
determining whether an activity includes research, includes human 
subjects, is exempt or requires Institutional Review Board approval, 
and whether an exception is needed to the Public Health Service HIV 
policy; (5) reviews funded activities for application of human research 
regulations; (6) reviews, approves, and tracks research protocols, 
clinical investigations, and the Food and Drug Administration regulated 
response activities intended for submission to CDC Human Research 
Protections Office; (7) coordinates and tracks Office of Management and 
Budget clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act; (8) serves as the 
focal point for the OID for implementing policies and guidelines for 
the conduct of the peer review of infectious disease extramural 
research grant proposals and subsequent grant administration; (9) 
coordinates and conducts in-depth external peer review, objective 
review including special emphasis panel (SEP) process, and secondary 
program relevance review of extramural research applications by use of 
consultant expert panels; (10) makes recommendations to the appropriate 
infectious disease center director on award selections and staff 
members serve as the program officials in conjunction with CDC grants 
management and policy officials to implement and monitor the 
scientific, technical, and administrative aspects of awards; (11) 
facilitates scientific collaborations between external and internal 
investigators; and (12) disseminates and evaluates extramural research 
progress, findings, and impact.
    Delete in its entirety the title and functional statement for the 
Extramural Research Program Office (CVJ14).
    Revise the functional statement for the Office of Management and 
Program Support (CVJ15), as follows:
    Office of Management and Program Support (CVJ15). (1) Helps 
implement and enforce management and operations policies and guidelines 
developed by federal agencies, DHHS, and Staff Service Offices (SSO); 
(2) plans, develops, implements, and provides oversight and quality 
control for center-wide policies, procedures, and practices for 
administrative management and acquisition and assistance mechanisms, 
including contracts, memoranda of agreement, and cooperative 
agreements; (3) provides management and coordination of NCHHSTP-
occupied space and facilities; (4) supplies technical guidance and 
expertise regarding occupancy and facilities management to emergency 
situations; (5) provides oversight and management of the distribution, 
accountability, and maintenance of CDC property and equipment; (6) 
provides oversight, quality control, and management of NCHHSTP records; 
(7) serves as lead and primary contact and liaison with relevant SSO on 
all matters pertaining to the center's procurement needs, policies, and 
activities; (8) develops, reviews, and implements policies, methods and 
procedures for NCHHSTP non-research extramural assistance programs; (9) 
interprets general policy directives, proposed legislation, and 
appropriation language for implications on management and execution of 
center's programs; (10) provides consultation and technical assistance 
to NCHHSTP program officials in the planning, implementation, and 
administration of assistance programs; (11) develops, coordinates and 
implements objective review processes, including the SEP process for 
funding of CDC infectious disease non-research grants and cooperative 
agreements. (12) oversees the formulation of the NCHHSTP budget and 
responds to inquiries related to the budget; (13) provides technical 
information services to facilitate dissemination of relevant public 
health information and facilitates collaboration with national health 
activities, CDC components, other agencies and organizations, and 
foreign governments on international health activities; (14) provides 
oversight for the programmatic coordination of HIV, STD, viral 
hepatitis, and TB activities between NCHHSTP and other CIOs; develops 
recommendations to the CDC Director as the lead CIO for these programs 
for the distribution of HIV, STD, viral hepatitis, and TB funds CDC-
wide; (15) provides guidance and coordination to divisions on cross-
divisional negotiated agreements; (16) facilitates state and local 
cross-divisional issues identification and solutions; (17) in 
coordination with the Office of Program Planning and Policy 
Coordination, responds to Congress as needed; (18) serves as NCHHSTP 
liaison to relevant SSOs for all matters related to financial 
management; (19) serves as focal point for emergency operations and 
deployment; (20) manages and coordinates workforce development and 
succession planning activities within NCHHSTP in collaboration with 
internal and external partners, and coordinates the recruitment, 
assignment, technical supervision, and career development of staff with 
emphasis on developing and supporting diversity initiatives and equal 
opportunity goals; (21) facilitates the assignment of field staff in 
accordance with CDC and NCHHSTP priorities and objectives and 
reassesses the role of NCHHSTP field staff assignees to state and local 
health jurisdictions; and (22) provides center-wide training to 
supervisors, managers and team leaders.

    Dated: May 15, 2013.
 Sherri A. Berger,
Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2013-12043 Filed 5-21-13; 8:45 am]
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