Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority, 30307-30312 [2013-12044]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
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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 decisionmaking 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
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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 centerwide 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
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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 CDCwide; (15) provides guidance and
coordination to divisions on crossdivisional negotiated agreements; (16)
facilitates state and local crossdivisional 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.
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Centers for Disease Control and
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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,
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 acquisitionsupported 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 acquisitionsupported activities, and responds to
requests for management information
from the Office of the Director,
headquarters, regional staffs, CDC
program offices and the public; (11)
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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 acquisitionsupported activities to assure
compliance with appropriate DHHS and
CDC policies and application to public
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health activities; (10) gives technical
assistance, where indicated, to improve
the management of acquisitionsupported 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 acquisitionsupported activities to assure
compliance with appropriate DHHS and
CDC policies and application to public
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health activities; (10) gives technical
assistance, where indicated, to improve
the management of acquisitionsupported 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, architectengineering 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
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procurements are conducted in a
logical, appropriate, and timely
sequence; (9) provides continuing
surveillance of financial and
administrative aspects of acquisitionsupported 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 acquisitionsupported 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 decisionmaking 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
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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 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
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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 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
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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
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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) 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.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. FDA–2013–N–0514]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Requests for
Clinical Laboratory Improvement
Amendments Categorization
AGENCY:
Food and Drug Administration,
HHS.
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY: The Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) is announcing an
opportunity for public comment on the
proposed collection of certain
information by the Agency. Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the
PRA), Federal Agencies are required to
publish notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of
information, including each proposed
extension of an existing collection of
information, and to allow 60 days for
public comment in response to the
notice. This notice solicits comments on
requests for Clinical Laboratory
Improvement Amendments of 1998
(CLIA) categorization of in vitro
diagnostic (IVD) tests when a premarket
review is not needed.
DATES: Submit either electronic or
written comments on the collection of
information by July 22, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Submit electronic
comments on the collection of
information to https://
www.regulations.gov. Submit written
comments on the collection of
information to the Division of Dockets
Management (HFA–305), Food and Drug
Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm.
1061, Rockville, MD 20852. All
comments should be identified with the
docket number found in brackets in the
heading of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Daniel Gittleson, Office of Information
Management, Food and Drug
Administration, 1350 Piccard Dr., PI50–
400B, Rockville, MD 20850, 301–796–
5156, Daniel.Gittleson@fda.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), Federal
Agencies must obtain approval from the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for each collection of
information they conduct or sponsor.
‘‘Collection of information’’ is defined
in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR
1320.3(c) and includes Agency requests
or requirements that members of the
public submit reports, keep records, or
provide information to a third party.
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Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA (44
U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)) requires Federal
Agencies to provide a 60-day notice in
the Federal Register concerning each
proposed collection of information,
including each proposed extension of an
existing collection of information,
before submitting the collection to OMB
for approval. To comply with this
requirement, FDA is publishing notice
of the proposed collection of
information set forth in this document.
With respect to the following
collection of information, FDA invites
comments on these topics: (1) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of FDA’s functions, including whether
the information will have practical
utility; (2) the accuracy of FDA’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (4)
ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on
respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques,
when appropriate, and other forms of
information technology.
Requests for CLIA Categorization—42
CFR 493.17 (OMB Control Number
0910–0607)—Extension
A guidance document entitled
‘‘Guidance for Administrative
Procedures for CLIA Categorization’’
was released on May 7, 2008. The
document describes procedures FDA
uses to assign the complexity category
to a device. Typically, FDA assigns
complexity categorizations to devices at
the time of clearance or approval of the
device. In this way, no additional
burden is incurred by the manufacturer
because the labeling (including
operating instructions) is included in
the premarket notification (510(k)) or
premarket approval application (PMA).
In some cases, however, a manufacturer
may request CLIA categorization even if
FDA is not simultaneously reviewing a
510(k) or PMA. One example is when a
manufacturer requests that FDA assign
CLIA categorization to a previously
cleared device that has changed names
since the original CLIA categorization.
Another example is when a device is
exempt from premarket review. In such
cases, the guidance recommends that
manufacturers provide FDA with a copy
of the package insert for the device and
a cover letter indicating why the
manufacturer is requesting a
categorization (e.g. name change,
exempt from 510(k) review). The
guidance recommends that in the
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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 27398-27399,
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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]
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