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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

 

Statement of Organization, Functions and Delegation of Authority

    Part A (Office of the Secretary), Chapter AE (Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (OASPE)) of the 
Statement of Organization, Functions and Delegation of Authority for 
the Department of Health and Human Services (most recently amended at 
58 FR 247 on December 28, 1993) is amended as follows:
    I. Chapter AE, paragraph B. ``The Office of Program Systems,'' 
delete in its entirety and replace with the following:
    B. The Office of Program Systems--The Office of Program Systems is 
responsible for providing guidance and direction to the Department's 
strategic, policy, and support planning, conducting policy and economic 
analyses of crosscutting issues, developing planning and policy 
information and related support systems, and providing technical and 
policy support services.
    1. The Division of Planning and Policy Systems is responsible for 
managing strategic, policy and policy support planning for the 
Department. The Division coordinates the development and implementation 
of the Department's strategic plan, provides assistance to the 
Operating Divisions and Staff Divisions in the development of their 
components for the plan, and assists in developing and maintaining 
performance measurements and reporting under the plan. The Division 
will coordinate these activities with other offices with implementation 
responsibilities and functions related to the Government Performance 
and Results Act. The Division coordinates the development of the 
Department's legislative program, including establishment of schedules 
and procedures to ensure the availability of supporting information. 
The Division also develops functional requirements for departmental 
policy support systems in the legislative and strategic planning areas. 
Finally, the Division coordinates the planning and conduct of 
evaluation and social research across the Department.
    2. The Division of Policy and Regulatory Analysis is responsible 
for the conduct of policy and economic analysis in subjects and areas 
not covered by, or cutting across, the programmatic offices of the 
OASPE. It conducts analyses of economic issues and their implications 
for the Department's programs. It provides analyses to identify 
opportunities to improve program linkages and the effectiveness of HHS 
and related programs, and provides analytic support and direction for 
strategies to improve access to assistance at the community level. It 
develops approaches for conducting effective policy analysis of social 
programs, and provides support to other Departmental offices on 
techniques of policy analysis, policy systems, program design, and 
cost-benefit analyses.
    3. The Division of Technical and Computer Support is responsible 
for providing statistical, scientific programming, computer systems 
support, and other technical services to support policy analyses, 
research and evaluation activities of the OASPE. It also is responsible 
for development, coordination, and oversight of Departmental policy for 
social and demographic statistics, including the revision and 
publication of the Poverty Income Guidelines. Finally, it provides 
technical assistance and advice to other policy offices within the 
Department on certain statistical and specialized scientific policy 
analyses, and administers a policy information center for identifying 
and retrieving evaluative and policy research studies.
    II. Chapter AE, paragraph C. Within ``The Office of Health 
Policy,'' delete paragraph 3. ``Division of Health Economic Analysis 
and Research.''

    Dated: June 30, 1994.
Kenneth S. Apfel,
Assistant Secretary for Management and Budget.
[FR Doc. 94-16485 Filed 7-7-94; 8:45 am]
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