Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority, 70623-70629 [2020-24602]

Agencies

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 215 (Thursday, November 5, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70623-70629]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-24602]


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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 85 FR 30106-30708, dated May 20, 2020) is 
amended to reflect the reorganization of the National Center for Injury 
Prevention and Control, Deputy Director for Non-Infectious Diseases, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
    I. Under Part C, Section C-B, Organization and Functions, the 
following organizational unit is deleted in its entirety:

 Office of Policy and Partnerships (CUH12)
 Office of Program Management and Operations (CUH13)
 Office of Communication (CUH14)
 Office of Science (CUH17)
 Office of Strategy and Innovation (CUH18)
 Office of Informatics (CUH19)
    II. Under Part C, Section C-B, Organization and Functions, make the 
following change:
 Update the functional statements for the Office of the 
Director (CUH1)
 Establish the Office of the Deputy Director (CUH1B)
 Establish the Office of Science (CUH1B2)
 Establish the Office of Strategy and Innovation (CUH1B3)
 Establish the Office of Informatics (CUH1B4)
 Establish the Office of the Deputy Director for Management and 
Operations (CUH1C)

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 Establish the Office of Policy and Partnerships (CUH1C2)
 Establish the Office of Program Management and Operations 
(CUH1C3)
 Establish the Office of Communications (CUH1C4)
 Update the functional statements for the Division of Violence 
Prevention (CUHC)
 Update the functional statements for the Office of the 
Director (CUHC1)
 Update the functional statements for the Surveillance Branch 
(CUHCB)
 Update the functional statements for the Office of the 
Director (CUHF1)
 Retitle the Applied Science Branch (CUHFB) to the Applied 
Sciences Branch (CUH)
 Update the functional statements for the Program 
Implementation and Evaluation Branch (CUHFC)
 Update the functional statement for the Data Analytics Branch 
(CUHFD)
 Update the functional statements for the Office of the 
Director (CUHG1)
 Establish the Drug-Free Communities Branch (CUHGE)
 Establish the Communications Branch (CUHGG)

    III. Under Part C, Section C-B, Organization and Functions, insert 
the following:
     Office of the Director (CUH1). (1) Manages, directs, 
coordinates, and evaluates NCIPC activities; (2) provides 
administrative support, program management, and fiscal services to the 
Center; (3) provides overall guidance and support for Center-wide grant 
activities; (4) consults and coordinates activities with medical, 
engineering, and other scientific and professional organizations 
interested in injury prevention and control; (5) coordinates National 
Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) program activities 
with other CDC components, other Public Health Service (PHS) agencies, 
PHS regional offices, other federal agencies, state and local health 
departments, community-based organizations, business and industry; (6) 
coordinates technical assistance to other nations and international 
organizations in establishing and implementing injury prevention and 
control programs; (7) develops goals and objectives and provides 
leadership, policy formation, scientific oversight, and guidance in 
program planning and development; (8) directs and coordinates 
information resources management activities, the production and 
distribution of technical and nontechnical injury prevention and 
control publications and information, and the conduct of health 
education and health promotion activities, (9) coordinates and provides 
guidance on information technology and informatics solutions, 
compliance, and governance, and; (10) supports the activities of the 
Secretary's Advisory Committee for Injury Prevention and Control.
     Office of the Deputy Director (CUH1B). (1) Provides 
overall leadership, oversees, directs, coordinates and evaluates 
science and health-related activities for NCIPC priority programs and 
research agenda; (2) provides leadership for implementing public health 
statutory responsibilities; (3) provides overall executive coordination 
for research programs and science policies for the Center; (4) 
maintains liaison with other Federal, State, and local agencies, 
institutions, and organizations; (5) coordinates program activities 
with other CDC components, other Federal, State and local Government 
agencies, the private sector; (6) coordinates Center public health 
science efforts to protect the public's health; (7) develops capacity 
within the states to integrate new and existing epidemiological and 
scientific principles into operational and programmatic expertise 
within NCIPC programs; (8) utilizes best practices to collect, analyze, 
and interpret data and disseminate scientific information to enable 
internal and external partners to make actionable decisions; (9) 
supervises and provides analytical and modeling expertise, develops new 
analytical tools, and integrates the use of science into public health 
activities; (10) integrates science, data analytics and visualization 
into science products; (11) identifies, develops, and promotes new 
tools through authoring manuscripts, reports, and community-facing 
products as well as leveraging new technologies in order to maintain 
and improve NCIPC's state of the art science practice; (12) ensures 
NCIPC compliance with various statutes, regulations, and policies 
governing the conduct of science by the federal government; (13) 
coordinates NCIPC involvement in CDC public health ethics activities; 
(14) oversees NCIPC involvement in CDC science awards activities (e.g., 
the Shepard Awards); (15) oversees and sponsors select training 
opportunities (e.g., Human Subjects/IRB, OMB/PRA, and eClearance 
Training for Authors and Reviewers); (16) represents NCIPC on various 
CDC/ATSDR scientific committees, work groups, and task forces; (17) 
develops, directs, and coordinates management policies related to 
Informatics; (18) provides leadership and guidance in the development 
and implementation of goals, objectives, priorities, policies and 
program planning for Informatics operations; (19) oversees and enables 
strategic coordination across a range of injury and violence priority 
topics; (20) enhances collaboration on the Center's priorities, 
especially when cross-cutting in nature; (21) facilitates the 
advancement of innovative approaches to collecting and using data to 
inform injury and violence prevention through close engagement with 
NCIPC leaders, subject matter experts, and external partners; and (22) 
generates new ideas, research and disseminate best practices, and 
constructs a Center-wide strategy that can actively enable 
collaboration.
     Office of Science (CUH1B2). (1) Provides scientific 
leadership for the Center, and informs and guides staff on scientific 
matters; (2) ensures NCIPC produces the highest quality, most useful, 
and most relevant science possible; (3) leads the development of 
research priorities for the Center in collaboration with Divisions and 
Offices; (4) provides staff training on scientific topics, science 
policy, and regulations; (5) mentors scientists and fellows; (6) 
manages scientific clearance for NCIPC; (7) oversees and directs 
Institutional Review Board, Office of Management Budget-Paperwork 
Reduction Act, and Confidentiality activities for the Center; (8) 
conducts peer review of intramural research and scientific programs; 
(9) directs the Center's Open Data Access policy and assures scientists 
follow CDC's policies on data release and sharing; (10) facilitates 
scientific collaborations between external and internal investigators; 
(11) leads, manages, and oversees NCIPC's external advisory board; (12) 
leads Healthy People Activities in partnership with Divisions and 
Offices and coordinates, tracks, and assesses progress toward Healthy 
People objectives; (13) manages and coordinates Epidemic Intelligence 
Service Officer program and activities; (14) provides scientific 
leadership in the areas of extramural research supported by NCIPC, 
NCEH, and ATSDR; (15) promotes and prepares initiatives to stimulate 
extramural research in relevant priority areas; (16) directs all 
activities of the extramural research program to address priorities for 
NCIPC, NCEH, and ATSDR in partnership with the Division programs; (17) 
coordinates and conducts pre-award activities for grant management, in-
depth external primary and secondary peer review of extramural research 
applications, recommends award selections to Divisions and Center 
Directors, and manages post-award activities; (18)

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ensures compliance with all regulations and policies governing 
extramural research programs, and; (19) disseminates and evaluates 
extramural research progress, findings, and impact.
     Office of Strategy and Innovation (CUH1B3). (1) Provides 
strategic leadership and coordination across a range of injury and 
violence topics with a focus on the NCIPC strategic priorities; (2) 
leads the advancement of innovative approaches to using data to inform 
injury and violence prevention; (3) develops, in collaboration with 
Divisions and Offices, the overall strategic goals and objectives for 
NCIPC and provides leadership to develop a plan of action to achieve 
these goals and objectives; (4) identifies strategic opportunities to 
collaborate with other Divisions/Offices in NCIPC, CDC CIOs, PHS 
Agencies, and other federal departments and Agencies, and governmental 
and private organizations to advance injury and violence prevention; 
(5) identifies emerging or cross-cutting injury and violence topics and 
works with other Divisions/Offices to support and advance action on 
them; (6) participates with Divisions and Offices in NCIPC to establish 
research priorities for the Center, and; (7) ensures NCIPC produces the 
highest quality, most useful, and most relevant science possible.
     Office of Informatics (CUH1B4). (1) Reports all IT project 
costs, schedules, performances, and risks; (2) provides expert 
consultation in application development, information science, and 
technology to affect the best use of resources; (3) performs technical 
evaluation and/or integrated baseline reviews of all information 
systems' products and services prior to procurement to ensure software 
purchases align with Center strategy; (4) coordinates all enterprise-
wide IT security policies and procedures with the Office of the Chief 
Information Security Officer; (5) ensures operations are in accordance 
with CDC Capital Planning and Investment Control guidelines; (6) 
ensures adherence to CDC enterprise architecture policies, guidelines, 
and standards; (7) consults with Divisions and Offices to determine IT 
needs and to develop strategic and action plans; (8) participates in 
the evolution, identification, development, and/or adoption of 
appropriate informatics standards in conjunction with the Injury 
programs; (9) ensures coordination of data harmonization and systems 
interoperability within the Center and facilitates linkage to related 
CDC-wide strategies; (10) provides leadership in the Center's 
Information Resources Governance Council (IRGC) and coordination with 
CDC's IT and Data Governance (ITDG) Board; and (11) collaborates with 
other Divisions/Offices in NCIPC, CDC CIOs, PHS agencies, other federal 
departments and agencies, universities, NGOs, and private organizations 
as appropriate.
     Office of the Deputy Director for Management and 
Operations (CUH1C). (1) Provides leadership and guidance in the 
development and implementation of goals, objectives, priorities, 
policies, program planning, management and operations of all general 
activities within the Center; (2) oversees, manages, directs, 
coordinates, and evaluates all center management and operations 
activities; (3) coordinates with all Center offices and divisions in 
determining and interpreting operating policy and in ensuring their 
respective management input for specific program activity plans are 
included (4) provides leadership for implementing statutory and 
compliance responsibilities across the Center; (5) provides overall 
issue management, health policy and partnership development direction 
to the Center; (6) provides and directs overall internal and external 
communication strategies for the Center; (7) provides leadership for 
and assessment of all administrative management activities to assure 
coordination for all management and program matters, such as 
coordinating risk management and emergency response activities; (8) 
provides overall programmatic direction for planning and management 
oversight of allocated resources, human resource management and general 
administrative support; (9) directs and coordinates activities in 
support of the Department's Equal Employment Opportunity program, 
diversity enhancement and employee professional development 
opportunities; (10) reviews the effectiveness and efficiency of all 
administration and operations of NCIPC programs; (11) develops and 
directs employee engagement programs for the Center such as employee 
recognition programs; and (12) analyzes NCIPC workforce, succession, 
strategic planning systems, and resources on an ongoing basis.
     Office of Policy and Partnerships (CUH1C2). (1) Advises 
NCIPC and CDC leadership and staff on policy and partnership issues 
relevant to NCIPC; (2) conducts monitoring and analysis of policy 
issues potentially affecting NCIPC and its constituents; (3) 
coordinates partnership activities across NCIPC; (4) engages in 
partnerships with external organizations to meet mutual goals; (5) 
identifies and defines emerging or cross-cutting long-term policy 
issues and develops action plans that support and advance action; (6) 
manages issues proactively in order to minimize their negative effects, 
maximize their potential opportunities, and avoid the need for crisis 
management; (7) oversees and coordinates performance-related activities 
for NCIPC; (8) provides information for the development of NCIPC's 
annual budget submission and supporting documents; (9) provides liaison 
with staff Offices and other officials of CDC; (10) reviews, prepares, 
and coordinates policy and briefing documents, and; (11) leads and 
coordinates the Congressional strategy and outreach as informed by 
NCIPC and Agency priorities.
     Office of Program Management and Operations (CUH1C3). (1) 
Coordinates NCIPC-wide program, administrative, and management support 
services in the areas of fiscal management, personnel, travel, 
performance, FOIA, workforce planning, space, and other administrative 
services; (2) coordinates NCIPC requirements relating to contracts, 
grants, cooperative agreements, and reimbursable agreements; (3) 
manages annual budget formulation, budget justifications, and budget 
oversight; (4) develops and implements financial and administrative 
policies, procedures, and operations, as appropriate, for NCIPC, and 
prepares special reports and studies, as required; (5) maintains 
liaison with related Center staff and other officials of CDC, and; (6) 
plans, coordinates, and provides overall management support, advice, 
and guidance to NCIPC.
     Office of Communications (CUH1C4). (1) Coordinates and 
leads the implementation of CDC-wide communication initiatives and 
policies, including health literacy, plain language, and CDC branding; 
(2) executes web development for the NCIPC intranet and provides 
technical assistance and training to OD Offices in accessing and using 
NCIPC wiki for internal communication and information sharing; (3) 
facilitates cross-Division and cross-CIO coordination of health 
communication activities, sharing of lessons learned, and development 
of best practices; (4) in carrying out these functions, develops and 
manages relationships with a wide range of partners and customers, 
including other PHS agencies, federal and state departments and 
agencies, and private organizations; (5) leads and oversees news media 
strategy and evaluation, including news response, media monitoring, 
proactive media engagement, media training, and long lead pitching; (6) 
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communication and marketing strategies and manages digital channels; 
(7) leads strategic planning for communications and branding programs 
and projects for NCIPC and injury and violence issues; (8) manages and 
coordinates clearance of NCIPC print and non-print materials, ensuring 
adherence to and consistency with CDC and Department of Health and 
Human Services (DHHS) information and publication policies and 
guidelines; (9) oversees, manages, and executes CDC web and digital 
governance through matrix management and work group structures; (10) 
provides communication support to OD offices and technical assistance 
and training in accessing centralized communication systems available 
through OADC and other offices; (11) provides ongoing communication 
leadership and support to NCIPC's Office of the Director and Divisions 
in furthering the Center's mission to prevent violence and 
unintentional injury and to reduce their consequences; (12) provides 
oversight and approval for CDC logo licensing requests from external 
partner organizations and involving NCIPC Divisions and programs; (13) 
represents NCIPC on cross-CIO and external committees, workgroups, and 
at conferences relating to health communication activities; (14) serves 
as primary liaison between NCIPC and CDC's Office of the Associate 
Director for Communication (OADC), and; (15) through matrix management, 
provides strategic communication direction and technical assistance 
across NCIPC to ensure all health communication activities are 
evidence-based and demonstrate impact.
     Division of Violence Prevention (CUHC). (1) Provides 
leadership in developing and executing a national program for the 
prevention and control of violence and its consequences; (2) plans, 
establishes, and evaluates surveillance systems to monitor national 
trends in morbidity, mortality, disabilities, and cost of violence-
related injuries and deaths, and facilitates the development of 
surveillance systems by state and local agencies; (3) plans, directs, 
conducts, and supports research focused on the causes of violence and 
the development and evaluation of strategies to prevent and control 
violence-related injuries and deaths; (4) produces new, evidence-based 
scientific knowledge that informs policies, practice, and programs in 
the violence field; (5) plans, conducts, supports, and evaluates 
demonstration projects and programs to prevent and control violence; 
(6) develops and disseminates policies, recommendations, and guidelines 
for the prevention of violence and its consequences; (7) proposes goals 
and objectives for linking health system and violence control 
activities with public health activities, including surveillance, 
prevention, health care, and rehabilitation of injury; (8) proposes 
goals and objectives for national violence prevention and control 
programs, monitors progress toward these goals and objectives, and 
recommends and develops guidelines for priority prevention and control 
activities; (9) provides expertise in public health practice, 
surveillance, evaluation, and research for violence prevention; (10) 
provides technical assistance, consultation, training, and 
epidemiological, statistical, educational, and other technical services 
to assist state and local health departments and community-based 
organizations in the planning, development, implementation, evaluation, 
and overall improvement of violence prevention programs; (11) 
facilitates the development and supports the dissemination of research 
findings and transfer of violence prevention and control technologies 
to federal, state, and local agencies, private organizations, and other 
national and international groups; (12) sustains a public health 
infrastructure for violence prevention at federal, state, local, and 
tribal levels; (13) facilitates similar strategic planning activities 
by other federal, state, and local agencies, academic institutions, and 
private and other public organizations, and; (14) in carrying out the 
above functions, collaborates with other Divisions of NCIPC, CDC 
Centers/Institutes/Offices, DHHS agencies, other federal, state, and 
local departments and agencies, academic institutions, and voluntary, 
private sector, and international organizations, as appropriate.
     Office of the Director CUHC1). (1) Plans, directs, 
coordinates, and evaluates the activities of the Division; (2) 
establishes and interprets policies and determines program priorities; 
(3) provides administrative, fiscal, and technical support for Division 
programs and units; (4) provides national leadership and guidance in 
violence prevention and control program planning, development, and 
evaluation; (5) provides leadership for developing research in 
etiologic, epidemiologic, and behavioral aspects of violence prevention 
and control to inform policies, practice, and programs; (6) prepares 
and tracks responses and coordinates provision of materials requested 
by Congress and the DHHS; (7) prepares, tracks, and coordinates 
controlled and general correspondence; (8) assures multi-disciplinary 
collaboration in violence prevention and control activities; (9) 
collaborates with subject matter experts, program and policy staff, 
develops and implements communication strategies, campaigns, and plans 
to meet the needs of Division programs and mission; (10) coordinates 
with the NCIPC Office of Communications to execute and support NCIPC- 
and CDC-wide communication initiatives and policies; (11) develops 
tailored messages and materials to promote dissemination of scientific 
findings, evidence-based prevention strategies, priority 
recommendations, and guidelines through traditional media outlets, 
social media, and other channels; (12) provides consultation on 
international violence prevention and control activities of the 
Division; (13) in coordination with NCIPC OC, prepares and monitors 
clearance of manuscripts for publication in scientific and technical 
journals and publications, including articles and guidelines published 
in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) and other 
publications for the public, and; (14) in carrying out the above 
functions, establishes linkages and collaborates, as appropriate, with 
other Divisions and Offices in NCIPC, with other CIOs throughout CDC, 
non-governmental organizations; and with national level prevention 
partners that impact on violence prevention programs.
     Surveillance Branch (CUHCB). (1) Conducts national, state, 
and local surveillance and surveys to identify new and to monitor 
recognized forms of violence and its consequences, analyzes incidence 
and prevalence data, and monitors trends in violence and its trajectory 
across the lifespan; (2) advises the Office of the Director, in DVP and 
NCIPC, on the area of data and systems management and on surveillance 
and statistical analysis issues relevant to violence program planning 
and evaluation; (3) coordinates, manages, maintains and provides 
tabulations and maps from national surveillance systems and other data 
sources that contain national, state and local data on violence-related 
morbidity, mortality and economic costs; (4) develops and implements 
uniform definitions for public health surveillance of various forms of 
violence and related outcomes; (5) provides leadership for the 
development of surveillance research to inform policies, practice, and 
programs in the violence field; (6) provides expert consultation to 
federal, state, and local health agencies on surveillance system 
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and use of surveillance data to describe the burden of violence; (7) 
provides information on violence surveillance to the scientific 
community and the general public through regular publication in peer-
reviewed journals and CDC publications as well as through presentations 
to professional conferences and other stakeholder groups; (8) works 
with other branches to provide consultation, collaboration, and to 
ensure the use of surveillance data to inform research and prevention 
efforts; (9) develops, designs, implements, and evaluates innovative 
surveillance strategies or systems that address gaps in existing CDC 
surveillance systems in collaboration with colleagues in NCIPC and 
other CIOs for application to overdose surveillance, epidemiologic 
studies, program evaluation, and programmatic activities, and; (10) in 
carrying out the above functions, provides leadership and collaborates 
with other Divisions and Offices in NCIPC, other CIOs throughout CDC, 
and Federal, state, local, non-governmental, voluntary, and 
professional, organizations in all aspects of surveillance of violence 
and its consequences.
     Office of the Director (CUHF1). (1) Plans, directs, 
coordinates, and evaluates the activities of the Division; (2) provides 
administrative, fiscal, and technical support for Division programs and 
units; (3) leads Division strategic planning and priority setting; 
oversees overall program performance, ensures scientific quality of 
activities, and implements operational policies to advance the Center 
and Agency mission; (4) collaborates with subject matter experts, 
program, and policy staff to develop strategic communication plans that 
meet Agency, Center, and Division priorities; (5) develops, implements, 
and evaluates communication strategies, campaigns, and materials to 
disseminate data and scientific findings, evidence-based prevention 
strategies, priority recommendations, programmatic successes, and 
guidelines through traditional and emerging communication channels; (6) 
develops and manages collaborative relationships with professional, 
community, international, governmental, and other non-governmental 
agencies, and tribal nations to advance injury prevention and control; 
(7) coordinates with the NCIPC Office of Policy and Partnerships to 
identify and proactively manage emerging policy issues; (8) advises 
Division staff on policy issues and coordinates with staff to prepare 
briefing materials; (9) collaborates with other NCIPC Divisions and 
Offices and other CIOs throughout CDC to effectively partner on 
critical injury prevention programs; (10) in coordination with NCIPC 
OC, prepares and monitors clearance of manuscripts for publication in 
scientific and technical journals and publications, including articles 
and guidelines published in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 
(MMWR) and other publications for the public; (11) prepares, tracks, 
and coordinates responses to all inquiries from Congress, the public, 
and DHHS, and; (12) provides leadership for the development of research 
to inform policies, practice, and programs in the injury field.
     Program Implementation and Evaluation Branch (CUHFC). (1) 
Coordinates and conducts research to examine the context, processes, 
and factors that influence effective and efficient adoption, 
implementation, dissemination, and sustainability of injury prevention 
strategies, policies, and interventions; (2) provides technical 
assistance and project officer support in applying research and 
evaluation to the ongoing assessment and improvement of injury 
prevention and control programs; (3) supports training and outreach to 
increase the number and competence of personnel engaged in injury 
prevention and control research and practices; (4) works with local, 
state, territorial, and tribal public health programs to advance the 
use of surveillance, effective injury prevention strategies, and 
ongoing quality improvement activities for program planning and 
implementation to decrease the burden of injury; (5) collaborates with 
internal and external partners to disseminate effective injury 
prevention strategies; (6) develops and evaluates methodologies for 
conducting program evaluation; (7) works to generate practice-informed 
research and synthesize research findings for program application; (8) 
monitors and evaluates programs and policies and disseminates findings 
to promote program accountability and program improvement; (9) promotes 
an enhanced and sustained infrastructure for a public health approach 
to injury and violence prevention at state, local, territorial and 
tribal levels; (10) identifies and drives opportunities for 
streamlining, coordinating, and maximizing the effectiveness of project 
officer and technical assistance activities to improve Center-wide 
support to external partners and grantees; (11) translates relevant 
research, evaluation findings, and other evidence into practical tools, 
products, and guidance that enhances injury prevention programs, 
strategies, and activities, and; (12) publishes the findings of 
programmatic evaluations in the peer-reviewed literature and other 
reports and participate in scientific and professional conferences.
     Data Analytics Branch (CUHFD). (1) Plans, establishes, and 
maintains surveillance systems to monitor national and state-level 
trends in morbidity, mortality, disabilities, and costs of injuries; 
(2) analyzes and translates data into information that is disseminated 
to stakeholders for program planning, evaluation, and decision-making; 
(3) collaborates with and advises other Divisions/Offices in NCIPC, CDC 
CIOs, and external partners on traditional and emerging statistical, 
economic, surveillance, and data science methods; (4) collaborates with 
the NCIPC Office of Strategy and Innovation and the Office of 
Informatics, NCIPC Divisions, and other CDC CIOs to increase 
efficiencies in collection, management, and usability of injury and 
violence data; (5) develops, maintains, and disseminates tabulations 
and maps from national, state, and local data on injury morbidity, 
mortality, economic costs, and risk and protective factors through 
CDC's WISQARSTM (Web-based Injury Statistics Query and 
Reporting system) and other NCIPC online tools; (6) develops, 
evaluates, and implements innovative statistical, economic, policy 
research, computer programming, and data science methods for 
application to injury surveillance, research studies, and program 
planning, and evaluation; (7) leads and collaborates with other 
scientists on epidemiologic studies and statistical and economic 
analyses and provides technical advice in the areas of study design, 
sampling, and the collection, management, analysis, and interpretation 
of injury and economic data; (8) produces high quality statistical, 
economic, and policy reports, publications, and presentations for 
dissemination, and; (9) leads and coordinates with the NCIPC Office of 
the Director and other Divisions on innovative pilot projects and 
scaling up promising strategies to utilize non-traditional datasets and 
novel methods for data collection and analysis in public health.
     Office of the Director (CUHG1). (1) Plans, directs, and 
evaluates the activities of the Division; (2) provides cross-cutting 
leadership and guidance in policy formation and program planning, 
development, implementation and evaluation for drug use and overdose 
prevention; (3) provides over-arching personnel, operational, 
administrative, fiscal, and technical support for Division programs and 
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use and overdose prevention activities; (5) provides leadership for 
developing research in etiologic, epidemiologic, and behavioral aspects 
of drug use and overdose prevention, and for coordinating Division 
activities with others involved in related-work across NCIPC, CDC, 
DHHS, and other stakeholders; (6) in coordination with NCIPC OC, 
prepares and monitors clearance of manuscripts for publication in 
scientific and technical journals and publications, including articles 
and guidelines published in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 
(MMWR) and other publications for the public; (7) prepares, tracks, and 
coordinates controlled and general correspondence; (8) prepares 
responses and coordinates provision of materials requested by Center 
and Agency, leadership, Congress, and DHHS; (9) plans, develops, 
conducts, and evaluates cross-cutting communication projects and 
campaigns to inform the media, health professionals, the public, and 
others about drug use and overdose prevention; (10) provides media, 
communication, and marketing support to the Division; (11) serves as 
primary liaison between the Division and relevant NCIPC-OD Office, in 
the areas of communication, policy/partnership, science, 
administration/operations, informatics, and strategy/innovation; (12) 
designs, develops, and coordinates the publication of print and 
audiovisual materials such as fact sheets, newsletters, speeches and 
presentations, exhibits, social media messages, press releases, media 
advisories, and educational videos; (13) develops and evaluates 
messages, materials and health communication products to promote and 
disseminate scientific findings, evidence-based prevention strategies, 
priority recommendations, and guidelines through various platforms; 
(14) coordinates with NCIPC Office of Communications to execute and 
support NCIPC- and CDC-wide communication initiatives and policies 
related to overdose prevention; (15) coordinates with NCIPC Office of 
Policy and Partnerships to execute and support NCIPC- and CDC-wide 
policy and partner related initiatives related to overdose prevention; 
(16) collaborates with the Extramural Research Program Office on 
extramural research, policies, and procedures including peer review; 
(17) implements policies and procedures related to human subjects 
research protections, paperwork reduction act regulations, federal 
advisory committee act regulations, data sharing policies, and 
scientific authorship and misconduct; (18) supports scientific training 
opportunities, including the EIS training program; (19) collaborates, 
as appropriate, with non-governmental organizations, academic 
institutions, philanthropic foundations, and other stakeholders to 
achieve the mission of the Division, and; (20) coordinate and implement 
national prevention strategies, programs and policies in collaboration 
with state and local public health departments, community based 
organizations (CBOs) and other Branches, Centers/Institutes/Offices 
(CIOs), and Federal agencies.
     Drug-Free Communities Branch (CUHGE). (1) Provides 
programmatic leadership and support to communities/localities and 
community coalitions under the Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support and 
the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act Local Drug Crisis (CARA 
Local Drug Crisis) Grant Programs; (2) provides comprehensive technical 
assistance and project officer support to the grant award recipients 
and serves as a resource and collaborator to implement community-based 
youth substance use prevention interventions capable of effecting and 
sustaining community-level change and addressing local youth opioid, 
methamphetamine, and/or prescription medication abuse; (3) works with 
the grant award recipients to promote the seven Strategies for 
Community-Level Change (Provide Information, Enhance Skills, Provide 
Support, Enhance Access or Reduce Barriers, Change Consequences, Change 
Physical Design, Modify/Change Policies); (4) collaborates with staff 
across the Division, Center, and Agency to maximize opportunities and 
the subject matter expertise available for the implementation of the 
DFC Support and CARA Local Drug Crisis Grant Programs; (5) monitors and 
evaluates the outcomes of Division investments in communities/
localities and community coalitions in concert with ONDCP using 
rigorous evaluation methods and widely disseminating findings to 
improve future programmatic activities; (6) synthesizes relevant 
research, evaluation findings, evidence, and trends to develop 
practical guidance and resources that enhance community-based youth 
substance use prevention programs, strategies, and activities and 
present this work at relevant scientific and professional conferences; 
(7) uses research findings to develop new strategies, policies, and 
interventions or to improve the impact of existing strategies, 
policies, and interventions to prevent and reduce youth substance use 
and associated risk factors and consequences, and; (8) provides direct 
support--as needed--to communities/localities and community coalitions 
to prevent youth substance use.
     Communications Branch (CUHGG). (1) Responsible for 
communication and marketing science, research, practice, and public 
affairs; (2) leads division strategic planning for communication and 
marketing science and public affairs programs and projects; (3) 
analyzes context, situation, and environment to inform division-wide 
communication and marketing programs and projects; (4) ensures use of 
scientifically sound research for marketing and communication programs 
and projects; (5) ensures accurate, accessible, timely, and effective 
translation of science for use by multiple audiences; (6) leads 
identification and implementation of information dissemination 
channels; (7) provides communication and marketing project management 
expertise; (8) collaborates with external organizations and the news, 
public service, and entertainment and other media to ensure that 
scientific findings and their implications for public health reach the 
intended audiences; (9) Collaborates closely with divisions to produce 
materials tailored to meet the requirements of news and other media 
channels, including press releases, letters to the editor, public 
service announcements, television programming, video news releases, and 
other electronic and printed materials; (10) coordinates the 
development and maintenance of accessible public information through 
the internet, social media and other applicable channels; (11) provides 
training and technical assistance in the areas of health communication, 
risk communication, social marketing, and public affairs; (12) manages 
or coordinates communication services such as internet/Intranet, 
application development, social media, video production, graphics, 
photography, CDC name/logo use and other brand management; (13) 
provides editorial services, including writing, editing, and technical 
editing; (14) facilitates internal communication to center staff and 
allied audiences; (15) supervises and manages Office of Communications 
activities, programs, and staff; (16) serves as liaison to internal and 
external groups to advance the center's mission; (17) collaborates with 
the CDC Office of the Associate Director for Communication on media 
relations, electronic communication, health media production, and brand 
management activities; (18) collaborates with the Office of Public 
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NCEH & ATSDR entities to fulfill communication responsibilities in 
emergency response situations; (19) collaborates with other CDC 
Centers/Institute/Offices in the development of marketing 
communications targeted to populations that would benefit from a cross-
functional approach, and; (20) ensures NCEH & ATSDR materials meet CDC 
and Department of Health and Human Services standards.
    IV. Delegations of Authority: All delegations and redelegations of 
authority made to officials and employees of affected organizational 
components will continue in them or their successors pending further 
redelegation, provided they are consistent with this reorganization.

(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3101)

    Dated: October 8, 2020.
Alex M. Azar II,
Secretary.

[FR Doc. 2020-24602 Filed 11-4-20; 8:45 am]
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