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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Public Health Service

 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Statement of 
Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority

    Part H, Public Health Service (PHS) Chapter HC (Center for Disease 
Control and Prevention), of the Statement of Organization, Functions, 
and Delegations of Authority for the Department of Health and Human 
Services (45 FR 67772-67776, dated October 14, 1980, and corrected at 
45 FR 69296, October 20, 1980, as amended most recently at 59 FR 4720-
4721, February 1, 1994) is amended to reflect the retitling of the 
Office of Program Resources within the National Center for Infectious 
Diseases (NCID) to the Office of Planning and Health Communication and 
to modify the functional statement.
    Section HC-B, Organization and Functions, is hereby amended as 
follows:
    After the functional statement for the Office of Administrative 
Services (HCR13), delete the title and functional statement for the 
Office of Program Resources (HCR14) and insert the following:

Office of Planning and Health Communication (HCR14)

    The Office of Planning and Health Communication provides support to 
NCID staff in carrying out the mission of prevention and control of 
infectious diseases of public health importance. To do this, the Office 
(1) coordinates information resources by exercising review and approval 
authority for computer, word processing, and telecommunication 
equipment; develops NCID information resources management strategic 
plans; plans and develops NCID-wide information systems for disease 
surveillance, epidemiologic investigations, reference diagnostic 
services, and applied research; assures that training, consultative 
services, and software systems are available NCID-wide; (2) maintains 
liaison with other CDC components, Federal agencies, and international 
organizations, providing administrative and consultative support for 
bilateral and multilateral agreement activities, and coordinates the 
activities of foreign visitors at NCID, providing for orientation and 
short-term training when appropriate; (3) coordinates budget initiative 
submissions and preparation of the infectious disease part of the CDC 
budget briefing document, manages the NCID project tracking system, 
consolidates and prepares program review documents, assists in the 
analysis of infectious disease programs and development of proposed 
legislation, tracks NCID's progress toward program objectives, and 
maintains liaison with other program planning offices in CDC; (4) 
provides policy clearance and editorial assistance in the preparation 
of scientific articles and other documents for publication or 
presentation; assists with bibliographic searches; maintains databases 
of manuscripts and published works by NCID staff; provides training in 
various aspects of publishing and presenting science to different 
audiences; assists with conference planning; designs, prepares, and 
facilitates clearance for health information pamphlets and brochures; 
provides for and promotes usage of state-of-the-art graphics; provides 
liaison with the scientific information offices of other components of 
CDC; (5) provides staff services and coordination for the NCID Advisory 
Council, arranging meetings and preparing and distributing briefing 
information and minutes; (6) secures necessary clearances from the 
Office of Management and Budget for publication of instruments used in 
data collection; provides liaison with other components of CDC in the 
areas of human subject research protocol clearance, assurance of 
confidentiality, Privacy Act, surveillance issues, and ethical and 
policy review of NCID scientific projects and activities.

    Effective Date: April 6, 1994.
David Satcher,
Director.
[FR Doc. 94-9576 Filed 4-20-94; 8:45 am]
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