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TOTAL ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
responses per
respondent
Number of
respondents
Form name
OPTN Membership Application for
Transplant Hospitals
OPTN Certificate of Assessment and
Program Coverage Plan Membership
Application
OPTN Membership Application for Kidney Transplant Programs
OPTN Membership Application for
Liver Transplant Programs
OPTN Membership Application for
Pancreas Transplant Programs
OPTN Membership Application for
Heart Transplant Programs
OPTN Membership Application for
Lung Transplant Programs
OPTN Membership Application for Islet
Transplant Programs
OPTN Membership Application for
Vascularized Composite Allograft
(VCA) Transplant Programs
OPTN Membership Application for Intestine Transplant Programs
OPTN Membership Application for
Organ Procurement Organizations
(OPOs)
OPTN Membership Application for
Histocompatibility Laboratories
OPTN Representative Form
OPTN Medical/Scientific Membership
Application
OPTN Public Organization Membership
Application
OPTN Business Membership Application
OPTN Individual Membership Application
OPTN Membership Application Surgeon or Physician Log*
Total = 18 forms
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Total
responses
Total burden
hours
2
1
2
3
6
2
1
2
3
6
189
2
378
3
1,134
110
2
220
3
660
120
2
240
3
720
142
2
284
3
852
60
2
120
3
360
4
2
8
2
16
53
2
106
2
212
90
2
180
3
540
10
1
10
3
30
27
2
54
3
162
20
7
2
1
40
7
1
1
40
7
4
1
4
1
4
2
1
2
1
2
4
1
4
1
4
..............................
..............................
..............................
..............................
..............................
846
..............................
1,661
..............................
4,755
* The OPTN Membership Application Surgeon or Physician Log accompanies every individual organ application. The burden to complete is
built into the organ application data.
HRSA specifically requests comments
on (1) the necessity and utility of the
proposed information collection for the
proper performance of the agency’s
functions, (2) the accuracy of the
estimated burden, (3) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected, and (4) the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology to minimize the information
collection burden.
Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the Secretary
Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Preparedness and Response;
Statement of Organization, Functions
and Delegations of Authority
Part A, Office of the Secretary,
Statement of Organization, Functions,
and Delegations of Authority of the
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) is being amended at
Chapter AN, Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Preparedness and
Response (ASPR), as last amended at 83
FR 33941 (July 2018), 79 FR 70.535
(Nov. 26, 2014), 78 FR 25277 (April 30,
2013), 78 FR 7784 (Feb. 4, 2013), 75 FR
35.035 (June 21, 2010) to add the
Strategic National Stockpile (SNS). This
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notice transfers the Office of the
Director, Strategic National Stockpile, to
the Office of the Principal Deputy
Assistant Secretary (ANC), Division of
Resource Management (ANC3) pursuant
to 5 U.S.C. Appendix (the
Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1953 and
the Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1966)
and 31 U.S.C. 1531, and effective
October 1, 2018 the functions,
personnel, assets, and liabilities of the
SNS to the Office of the Secretary,
Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Preparedness and Response (ASPR).
The changes are as follows.
I. Delete AR.20 Functions in its
entirety and replace with the following:
Section AN.20 Functions.
A. Immediate Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Preparedness and
Response: The Immediate Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Preparedness
and Response (IO/ASPR) is headed by
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the Assistant Secretary, who provides
leadership and executive and strategic
direction for the ASPR organization.
The Assistant Secretary is the principal
advisor to the Secretary on all matters
related to Federal public health and
medical preparedness and response for
public health emergencies. The
Assistant Secretary is responsible for
carrying out ASPR’s mission and
implementing the functions of ASPR.
The IO/ASPR (1) ensures development
and maintenance of liaison
relationships with HHS operating and
staff divisions and represents HHS at
interagency meetings, as required; (2)
establishes and maintains effective
communications and outreach guidance
and support for all external
communications, including legislative
and executive branch questions and
inquiries, and serves as the principal
advisor to the ASPR on all legislative
strategies to fulfill the Office of the
ASPR and the HHS mission under
section 2811 and other relevant sections
of the Public Health Service Act, as
amended; (3) oversees advanced
research, development and procurement
of qualified countermeasures, security
countermeasures and qualified
pandemic or epidemic products; (4)
coordinates with relevant federal
officials to ensure integration of federal
preparedness and response activities for
public health emergencies; (5) manages
correspondence control for the Assistant
Secretary; and (6) coordinates the
strategic and operational activities for
public health preparedness response
and recovery.
B. Office of Biomedical Advance
Research and Development Authority
(ANB). The Office of Biomedical
Advanced Research and Development
Authority (BARDA), established in
April 2007 in response to the Pandemic
and All-Hazards Preparedness Act of
2006, serves preparedness and response
roles to provide medical
countermeasures (MCM) in order to
mitigate the medical consequences of
chemical, biological, radiological, and
nuclear (CBRN) threats and agents and
emerging infectious diseases, including
pandemic influenza. BARDA executes
this mission by facilitating research,
development, innovation, and
acquisition of MCM and expanding
domestic manufacturing infrastructure
and surge capacity of these MCM.
BARDA is headed by a Deputy
Assistant Secretary, and includes the
following components:
• Office of Medical Countermeasures
Program Support Services (ANB1)
• Division of Regulatory Science and
Quality Affairs (ANB12)
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• Division of Clinical Development
(ANB13)
• Division of Non-Clinical
Development (ANB14)
• Office of Medical Countermeasures
Program (ANB2)
• Division of Chemical, Biological,
Radiological and Nuclear Program
(ANB21)
• Division of Influenza, Emerging &
Infectious Diseases (ANB22)
• Division of Detection, Diagnostics,
Device Infrastructure (ANB23)
• Division of Pharmaceutical
Countermeasure Infrastructure (ANB24)
• Division of Research, Innovation
and Ventures (ANB25)
• Division of Contracting
Management & Acquisitions (ANBA1)
C. Office of the Principal Deputy
Assistant Secretary (ANC). The Office of
the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary
(OPDAS) is responsible for providing a
well-integrated infrastructure that
supports the Department’s capabilities
to prevent, prepare for, respond to and
recover from natural public health and
medical threats and emergencies.
OPDAS leads the preparedness and
response activities required to
coordinate public health and healthcare
response systems and activities with
relevant federal, state, tribal, territorial,
local, and international communities
under the National Response
Framework and Emergency Support
Annexes #8, #6 and #14. OPDAS is
responsible for the execution of
business management operations and
managing coordination. OPDAS
provides for the facility, logistics,
information technology and
infrastructure support services
necessary to maintain day-to-day
operations of ASPR, including functions
of Human Resources, Organization and
Employee Development, Ethics, United
States Public Health Service (USPHS)
liaison, acquisitions management,
contracts, grants, and all financial
planning and analysis.
The Office of the Principal Deputy
Assistant Secretary is headed by the
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary,
and includes the following components:
• Office of Management Finance and
Human Capital (ANC1)
• Office of Emergency Management
and Medical Operations (ANC2)
• Office of Resource Management
(ANC3)
Division of the Strategic National
Stockpile (ANC34). The Office of the
Director, Division of the Strategic
National Stockpile, (1) Leads executive
planning and management of the
Division of Strategic National Stockpile
(DSNS); (2) protects U.S. health security
by collaborating with, and recruiting for,
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partners to enhance international
medical supply chain planning,
coordination, and management in
coordination with operating
components of HHS; and (3) supports
the U.S. government’s Global Health
Security Agenda to improve the
capabilities of emerging nations’
medical countermeasure (MCM) supply
chain to combat communicable diseases
and other health threats in coordination
with operating components of HHS.
Information and Planning Branch.
(ANC341) The Information and
Planning Branch (1) Coordinates and
integrates information and preparedness
activities for DSNS and partners to
build, sustain, and improve alternative
emergency supply chain capabilities
and readiness during a response; (2)
captures, develops, and shares
information and knowledge to facilitate
preparedness; (3) designs and delivers
learning activities to DSNS staff and
partners to enhance knowledge base for
alternative emergency medical supply
chain capabilities; (4) supports partner
exercises and plans, coordinates, and
conducts DSNS exercises to enhance
and validate alternative emergency
medical supply chain preparedness; (5)
maintains day-to-day situational
awareness, connectivity, and readiness
to ensure rapid transition to SNS
response operations; (6) supervises the
preparation and readiness of all SNS onsite and off-site response coordination
facilities to maintain each in a ready
state; (7) manages the development,
coordination, and maintenance of DSNS
response plans; (8) manages the staffing,
preparation, and readiness of DSNS staff
to respond to emergencies as part of the
DSNS incident management structure
and on DSNS deployable teams; (9)
coordinates staffing for the DSNS
incident management structure during
exercises or upon a federal deployment
of the strategic national stockpile (SNS)
to accompany SNS medical
countermeasures and provide technical
assistance; (10) manages the DSNS
Corrective Action Program for exercises
and responses to actual emergencies;
and (11) manages DSNS personal and
program response communications
devices and systems.
Operational Logistics Branch.
(ANC342) The Operational Logistics
Branch (1) Develops logistical
requirements for DSNS formulary
MCMs established by HHS and the
Public Health Emergency Medical
Countermeasure Enterprise (PHEMCE);
(2) maintains inventory accountability
for all DSNS MCMs utilizing an
inventory management system; (3)
manages the procurement of medical
materiel to meet formulary
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requirements; (4) manages and tracks
expenditure of DSNS funds for the
procurement, storage, and transport of
medical materiel; (5) manages the
development and oversight of contracts
for Stockpile Managed Inventory (SMI)
and Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI);
(6) establishes and manages third party
logistics contracts for the storage and
maintenance of DSNS MCMs; (7)
manages the rotation and programmed
replacement of DSNS MCMs; (8)
coordinates safety of DSNS MCMs; (9)
provides logistics staff for deployable
teams that accompany SNS MCMs
deployed in response to a public health
emergency or full scale exercise; (10)
provides emergency operations support
to the DSNS Emergency Operations
Center (EOC); (11) coordinates
transportation contracts needed to
deploy DSNS MCMs; (12) manages cold
chain storage and deployment
capabilities; (13) manages the forward
deployment and sustainment of
CHEMPACK chemical countermeasures
in project areas; (14) manages and
maintains calibration and maintenance
of DSNS equipment; (15) manages the
Shelf Life Extension Program in
coordination with the Food and Drug
Administration and the Department of
Defense (DoD); (16) serves as a storage
and distribution partner to the DoD for
biologic products; (17) coordinates
quality assurance and quality control;
(18) in coordination with Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
will provide support for small scale
releases; and (19) conducts physical
inventories for stored DSNS materiel.
Management and Business Operations
Branch. (ANC343) The Management and
Business Operations Branch (1)
Provides leadership of all management
and operations aspects for the division;
(2) manages the development of
program policies and procedures; (3)
procures, maintains, and supports
division information technology
systems; (4) monitors and manages
reporting of DSNS performance
measures; (5) provides leadership in
issue and risk management, business
transformation, and change
management; (6) maintains contract
management responsibility within
DSNS; (7) provides guidance and other
support for all division acquisitions; (8)
plans, manages, and coordinates all
aspects of program business services
and resource management operations;
(9) provides editing and writing services
and coordinates and clears internal and
external communications; (10) acts as
the Division’s liaison for internal/
external audits and reviews; (11) directs
and monitors a comprehensive strategy
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for managing and executing the critical
systems in operating a successful
commercial good manufacturing
practice compliance program; (12)
develops and leverages systems to
manage, track and report the disposition
of deployed SNS MCMs; (13) in
coordination with CDC, manages and
coordinates SNS tasks from Congress,
Office of Management and Budget, and
other federal agencies; (14) manages the
development and oversight of DSNSwide annual budget and spend plans
and handles all aspects of DSNS budget
execution; (15) executes the opening
and closing of Stockpile Resource
Planning (SRP) accounting periods,
oversees SRP financial reconciliation
(e.g., inventory procurement and
finance modules), and coordinates SRP
accounting and reporting; and (16)
manages budget formulation and
produces 7-year budget requirement
projections to support procurement
planning and strategic decision making.
Science Branch. (ANC344) The
Science Branch (1) In collaboration with
CDC, guides scientific and medical
integration for MCM planning and
response with Federal, state, local, and
non-government partners; (2) in
collaboration with CDC and PHEMCE
partners, steers SNS medical
countermeasure acquisition,
sustainment, and deployment; (3)
manages administrative, medical,
pharmaceutical, and scientific oversight
of the SNS formulary; (4) ASPR and
CDC will work together to engage
federal officials and subject matter
experts in reviewing and disseminating
the best available guidance for use of
stockpiled MCMs; (5) engages public
and private sector partners to develop
and deliver information and training on
SNS assets to specialized healthcare
delivery audiences to increase
nationwide knowledge base and
preparedness for MCM response; (6)
ASPR and CDC will coordinate medical
surveillance program for all SNS
deployable teams; (7) responds to
inquiries regarding the SNS formulary
and program from local, state, and
federal agencies; and (8) collaborates
with academic institutions,
governmental and nongovernmental
agencies on research, regulatory,
licensing and compliance issues
surrounding stockpiling of MCMs.
Strategic Logistics Branch (ANC45).
The Strategic Logistics Branch (1) In
collaboration with CDC, provides
technical assistance to State, Local,
Tribal, and Territorial (SLTT) partners
to improve their medical
countermeasure response capabilities;
(2) performs analysis and assessment of
public health supply chain functions to
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enhance operational efficiencies; (3)
educates partners on Strategic National
Stockpile activities and capabilities; (4)
evaluates, analyzes, and develops
supply chain processes or procedures
and recommends enhancements or new
procedures, as necessary; (5) plans,
manages, coordinates, and evaluates
DSNS functions associated with
commercial supply chain collaboration
and distribution; (6) analyzes
manufacturer and commercial supply
chain data to identify trends and
obstacles to achieve MCM goals and
operational requirements; (7) in
collaboration with CDC and nongovernment experts, conducts analysis
to evaluate medical countermeasure
supply chain characteristics to
determine supply chain capacity and
probable areas of vulnerability; and (8)
develops partnerships with associations,
for-profit business, professional
organizations and private groups to
improve public access to medical
countermeasures during a public health
emergency.
D. Deputy Assistant Secretary
Incident Command and Control (ANG):
The Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS/
ICC) is responsible for the policy
development, planning analysis,
requirements and strategic planning.
DAS/ICC manages and operates the HHS
Secretary’s Operation Center (SOC),
intelligence, security, information
management and is also responsible for
the HHS Continuity of Operations
(COOP) and the development of the
ASPR COOP Plan. The Office of the
Assistant Secretary Incident Command
and Control (DAS/ICC) is headed by the
Deputy Assistant Secretary Incident
Command and Control, and includes the
following components:
• Office of Security Intelligence and
Information Management
• Office of Strategy, Policy, Planning
and Requirements
III. Delegations of Authority.
Delegations of authority made to
officials and employees of affected
organizational components will be
established in them or their successors
to be consistent with this
reorganization.
Dated: February 7, 2020.
Alex M. Azar II,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the Secretary
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response;
Statement of Organization, Functions and Delegations of Authority
Part A, Office of the Secretary, Statement of Organization,
Functions, and Delegations of Authority of the Department of Health and
Human Services (HHS) is being amended at Chapter AN, Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR), as last
amended at 83 FR 33941 (July 2018), 79 FR 70.535 (Nov. 26, 2014), 78 FR
25277 (April 30, 2013), 78 FR 7784 (Feb. 4, 2013), 75 FR 35.035 (June
21, 2010) to add the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS). This notice
transfers the Office of the Director, Strategic National Stockpile, to
the Office of the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (ANC), Division
of Resource Management (ANC3) pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Appendix (the
Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1953 and the Reorganization Plan No. 3 of
1966) and 31 U.S.C. 1531, and effective October 1, 2018 the functions,
personnel, assets, and liabilities of the SNS to the Office of the
Secretary, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and
Response (ASPR).
The changes are as follows.
I. Delete AR.20 Functions in its entirety and replace with the
following:
Section AN.20 Functions.
A. Immediate Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and
Response: The Immediate Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Preparedness and Response (IO/ASPR) is headed by
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the Assistant Secretary, who provides leadership and executive and
strategic direction for the ASPR organization. The Assistant Secretary
is the principal advisor to the Secretary on all matters related to
Federal public health and medical preparedness and response for public
health emergencies. The Assistant Secretary is responsible for carrying
out ASPR's mission and implementing the functions of ASPR. The IO/ASPR
(1) ensures development and maintenance of liaison relationships with
HHS operating and staff divisions and represents HHS at interagency
meetings, as required; (2) establishes and maintains effective
communications and outreach guidance and support for all external
communications, including legislative and executive branch questions
and inquiries, and serves as the principal advisor to the ASPR on all
legislative strategies to fulfill the Office of the ASPR and the HHS
mission under section 2811 and other relevant sections of the Public
Health Service Act, as amended; (3) oversees advanced research,
development and procurement of qualified countermeasures, security
countermeasures and qualified pandemic or epidemic products; (4)
coordinates with relevant federal officials to ensure integration of
federal preparedness and response activities for public health
emergencies; (5) manages correspondence control for the Assistant
Secretary; and (6) coordinates the strategic and operational activities
for public health preparedness response and recovery.
B. Office of Biomedical Advance Research and Development Authority
(ANB). The Office of Biomedical Advanced Research and Development
Authority (BARDA), established in April 2007 in response to the
Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act of 2006, serves preparedness
and response roles to provide medical countermeasures (MCM) in order to
mitigate the medical consequences of chemical, biological,
radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) threats and agents and emerging
infectious diseases, including pandemic influenza. BARDA executes this
mission by facilitating research, development, innovation, and
acquisition of MCM and expanding domestic manufacturing infrastructure
and surge capacity of these MCM.
BARDA is headed by a Deputy Assistant Secretary, and includes the
following components:
Office of Medical Countermeasures Program Support Services
(ANB1)
Division of Regulatory Science and Quality Affairs (ANB12)
Division of Clinical Development (ANB13)
Division of Non-Clinical Development (ANB14)
Office of Medical Countermeasures Program (ANB2)
Division of Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear
Program (ANB21)
Division of Influenza, Emerging & Infectious Diseases
(ANB22)
Division of Detection, Diagnostics, Device Infrastructure
(ANB23)
Division of Pharmaceutical Countermeasure Infrastructure
(ANB24)
Division of Research, Innovation and Ventures (ANB25)
Division of Contracting Management & Acquisitions (ANBA1)
C. Office of the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (ANC). The
Office of the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (OPDAS) is
responsible for providing a well-integrated infrastructure that
supports the Department's capabilities to prevent, prepare for, respond
to and recover from natural public health and medical threats and
emergencies. OPDAS leads the preparedness and response activities
required to coordinate public health and healthcare response systems
and activities with relevant federal, state, tribal, territorial,
local, and international communities under the National Response
Framework and Emergency Support Annexes #8, #6 and #14. OPDAS is
responsible for the execution of business management operations and
managing coordination. OPDAS provides for the facility, logistics,
information technology and infrastructure support services necessary to
maintain day-to-day operations of ASPR, including functions of Human
Resources, Organization and Employee Development, Ethics, United States
Public Health Service (USPHS) liaison, acquisitions management,
contracts, grants, and all financial planning and analysis.
The Office of the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary is headed by
the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, and includes the following
components:
Office of Management Finance and Human Capital (ANC1)
Office of Emergency Management and Medical Operations
(ANC2)
Office of Resource Management (ANC3)
Division of the Strategic National Stockpile (ANC34). The Office of
the Director, Division of the Strategic National Stockpile, (1) Leads
executive planning and management of the Division of Strategic National
Stockpile (DSNS); (2) protects U.S. health security by collaborating
with, and recruiting for, partners to enhance international medical
supply chain planning, coordination, and management in coordination
with operating components of HHS; and (3) supports the U.S.
government's Global Health Security Agenda to improve the capabilities
of emerging nations' medical countermeasure (MCM) supply chain to
combat communicable diseases and other health threats in coordination
with operating components of HHS.
Information and Planning Branch. (ANC341) The Information and
Planning Branch (1) Coordinates and integrates information and
preparedness activities for DSNS and partners to build, sustain, and
improve alternative emergency supply chain capabilities and readiness
during a response; (2) captures, develops, and shares information and
knowledge to facilitate preparedness; (3) designs and delivers learning
activities to DSNS staff and partners to enhance knowledge base for
alternative emergency medical supply chain capabilities; (4) supports
partner exercises and plans, coordinates, and conducts DSNS exercises
to enhance and validate alternative emergency medical supply chain
preparedness; (5) maintains day-to-day situational awareness,
connectivity, and readiness to ensure rapid transition to SNS response
operations; (6) supervises the preparation and readiness of all SNS on-
site and off-site response coordination facilities to maintain each in
a ready state; (7) manages the development, coordination, and
maintenance of DSNS response plans; (8) manages the staffing,
preparation, and readiness of DSNS staff to respond to emergencies as
part of the DSNS incident management structure and on DSNS deployable
teams; (9) coordinates staffing for the DSNS incident management
structure during exercises or upon a federal deployment of the
strategic national stockpile (SNS) to accompany SNS medical
countermeasures and provide technical assistance; (10) manages the DSNS
Corrective Action Program for exercises and responses to actual
emergencies; and (11) manages DSNS personal and program response
communications devices and systems.
Operational Logistics Branch. (ANC342) The Operational Logistics
Branch (1) Develops logistical requirements for DSNS formulary MCMs
established by HHS and the Public Health Emergency Medical
Countermeasure Enterprise (PHEMCE); (2) maintains inventory
accountability for all DSNS MCMs utilizing an inventory management
system; (3) manages the procurement of medical materiel to meet
formulary
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requirements; (4) manages and tracks expenditure of DSNS funds for the
procurement, storage, and transport of medical materiel; (5) manages
the development and oversight of contracts for Stockpile Managed
Inventory (SMI) and Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI); (6) establishes and
manages third party logistics contracts for the storage and maintenance
of DSNS MCMs; (7) manages the rotation and programmed replacement of
DSNS MCMs; (8) coordinates safety of DSNS MCMs; (9) provides logistics
staff for deployable teams that accompany SNS MCMs deployed in response
to a public health emergency or full scale exercise; (10) provides
emergency operations support to the DSNS Emergency Operations Center
(EOC); (11) coordinates transportation contracts needed to deploy DSNS
MCMs; (12) manages cold chain storage and deployment capabilities; (13)
manages the forward deployment and sustainment of CHEMPACK chemical
countermeasures in project areas; (14) manages and maintains
calibration and maintenance of DSNS equipment; (15) manages the Shelf
Life Extension Program in coordination with the Food and Drug
Administration and the Department of Defense (DoD); (16) serves as a
storage and distribution partner to the DoD for biologic products; (17)
coordinates quality assurance and quality control; (18) in coordination
with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will provide
support for small scale releases; and (19) conducts physical
inventories for stored DSNS materiel.
Management and Business Operations Branch. (ANC343) The Management
and Business Operations Branch (1) Provides leadership of all
management and operations aspects for the division; (2) manages the
development of program policies and procedures; (3) procures,
maintains, and supports division information technology systems; (4)
monitors and manages reporting of DSNS performance measures; (5)
provides leadership in issue and risk management, business
transformation, and change management; (6) maintains contract
management responsibility within DSNS; (7) provides guidance and other
support for all division acquisitions; (8) plans, manages, and
coordinates all aspects of program business services and resource
management operations; (9) provides editing and writing services and
coordinates and clears internal and external communications; (10) acts
as the Division's liaison for internal/external audits and reviews;
(11) directs and monitors a comprehensive strategy for managing and
executing the critical systems in operating a successful commercial
good manufacturing practice compliance program; (12) develops and
leverages systems to manage, track and report the disposition of
deployed SNS MCMs; (13) in coordination with CDC, manages and
coordinates SNS tasks from Congress, Office of Management and Budget,
and other federal agencies; (14) manages the development and oversight
of DSNS-wide annual budget and spend plans and handles all aspects of
DSNS budget execution; (15) executes the opening and closing of
Stockpile Resource Planning (SRP) accounting periods, oversees SRP
financial reconciliation (e.g., inventory procurement and finance
modules), and coordinates SRP accounting and reporting; and (16)
manages budget formulation and produces 7-year budget requirement
projections to support procurement planning and strategic decision
making.
Science Branch. (ANC344) The Science Branch (1) In collaboration
with CDC, guides scientific and medical integration for MCM planning
and response with Federal, state, local, and non-government partners;
(2) in collaboration with CDC and PHEMCE partners, steers SNS medical
countermeasure acquisition, sustainment, and deployment; (3) manages
administrative, medical, pharmaceutical, and scientific oversight of
the SNS formulary; (4) ASPR and CDC will work together to engage
federal officials and subject matter experts in reviewing and
disseminating the best available guidance for use of stockpiled MCMs;
(5) engages public and private sector partners to develop and deliver
information and training on SNS assets to specialized healthcare
delivery audiences to increase nationwide knowledge base and
preparedness for MCM response; (6) ASPR and CDC will coordinate medical
surveillance program for all SNS deployable teams; (7) responds to
inquiries regarding the SNS formulary and program from local, state,
and federal agencies; and (8) collaborates with academic institutions,
governmental and nongovernmental agencies on research, regulatory,
licensing and compliance issues surrounding stockpiling of MCMs.
Strategic Logistics Branch (ANC45). The Strategic Logistics Branch
(1) In collaboration with CDC, provides technical assistance to State,
Local, Tribal, and Territorial (SLTT) partners to improve their medical
countermeasure response capabilities; (2) performs analysis and
assessment of public health supply chain functions to enhance
operational efficiencies; (3) educates partners on Strategic National
Stockpile activities and capabilities; (4) evaluates, analyzes, and
develops supply chain processes or procedures and recommends
enhancements or new procedures, as necessary; (5) plans, manages,
coordinates, and evaluates DSNS functions associated with commercial
supply chain collaboration and distribution; (6) analyzes manufacturer
and commercial supply chain data to identify trends and obstacles to
achieve MCM goals and operational requirements; (7) in collaboration
with CDC and non-government experts, conducts analysis to evaluate
medical countermeasure supply chain characteristics to determine supply
chain capacity and probable areas of vulnerability; and (8) develops
partnerships with associations, for-profit business, professional
organizations and private groups to improve public access to medical
countermeasures during a public health emergency.
D. Deputy Assistant Secretary Incident Command and Control (ANG):
The Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS/ICC) is responsible for the policy
development, planning analysis, requirements and strategic planning.
DAS/ICC manages and operates the HHS Secretary's Operation Center
(SOC), intelligence, security, information management and is also
responsible for the HHS Continuity of Operations (COOP) and the
development of the ASPR COOP Plan. The Office of the Assistant
Secretary Incident Command and Control (DAS/ICC) is headed by the
Deputy Assistant Secretary Incident Command and Control, and includes
the following components:
Office of Security Intelligence and Information Management
Office of Strategy, Policy, Planning and Requirements
III. Delegations of Authority. Delegations of authority made to
officials and employees of affected organizational components will be
established in them or their successors to be consistent with this
reorganization.
Dated: February 7, 2020.
Alex M. Azar II,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-02839 Filed 2-12-20; 8:45 am]
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