[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 109 (Wednesday, June 7, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 30092]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-13873]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of 
Authority

    Part H, Chapter HN (National Institutes of Health) (NIH) of the 
Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority for 
the Department of Health and Human Services (40 FR 22859, May 27, 1975, 
as amended most recently at 60 FR 18607, April 12, 1995), is amended to 
reflect the reorganization of the Office of Administration, Office of 
the Director, NIH (OA/OD/NIH) (HNAB). This reorganization is consistent 
with Administration objectives related to the National Performance 
Review (NPR) and the Continuous Improvement Program (CIP)--
specifically, streamlining, delayering, and decreasing the ratio of 
supervisors to employees in accordance with effective management 
practices. The reorganization consists of the following: (1) Retitle 
three division-level components of the OA to offices to ensure 
consistent nomenclature (2) consolidate the small and disadvantaged 
business function (currently in two OA divisions, the Division of 
Procurement and the Division of Contracts and Grants) into open office 
in the Office of Contracts and Grants Management; and (3) consolidate 
the ADP support function (from the Division of Contracts and Grants and 
the Division of Logistics) and move it to the Office of the Director, 
OA.
    Specifically, the reorganization will: (1) rename the Division of 
Contracts and Grants to the Office of Contracts and Grants Management 
(OCGM); (2) rename the Division of Logistics to the Office of Logistics 
Management (OLM); (3) rename the Division of Procurement to the Office 
of Procurement Management (OPM); (4) revise the functional statements 
for NIH/OD/OA/OD, OCGM, and OPM.
    Section HN-B, Organization and Functions, is amended as follows:
    Under the heading Office of the Director, Office of Administration 
(HNAB1), revise the functional statement to the following: (1) Plans 
and directs the activities of the Office of Administration; (2) 
conducts audit follow-ups for reviews conducted by the Office of 
Management Assessment's Division of Program Integrity and the OIG 
Office of Investigations; (3) provides ADP support to OA components; 
and (4) provides administrative management support to all OA 
subcomponents in human resource relations, organization development, 
and other administrative services.
    Under the heading Office of the Director, Division of Contracts and 
Grants (HNAB2), change the title to Office of Contracts and Grants 
Management and revise the functional statement to the following: (1) 
Advises the NIH Director and staff and provides leadership and 
direction for NIH contracting and grants management activities; (2) 
plans, develops, and recommends NIH-wide research and development 
negotiated contracting policies, procedures, and practices; (3) 
provides contracting officer services to those NIH components which 
have a small volume of research contracts; (4) maintains a continuing 
review of contracting operations in those Institutes, Centers, and 
Divisions (ICDs) with decentralized authority to ensure adherence to 
FPR, DHHS, PHS, and NIH policies and standards; (5) provides NIH 
research contracting operating units with price/cost analysis services 
and comprehensive advice on the financial responsibility of prospective 
contractors; (6) participates with other offices in the Office of the 
Director, NIH, and with NIH awarding components in the formulation, 
coordination, and implementation of DHHS, PHS, and NIH policies and 
procedures pertaining to grants administration, and serves as focal 
point of liaison with the management staffs of grantee institutions; 
(7) in coordination with PHS, maintains liaison with the Audit Agency, 
Office of the Assistant Secretary Comptroller, and the Office of Grants 
and Procurement Management, OS, on contracts and grants management 
policy, procedural, and operating matters including the resolution of 
audit reports; (8) conducts and monitors NIH-wide programs in Small and 
Minority Businesses in accordance with applicable Small Business and 
Civil Rights Legislation; (9) provides technical assistance in 
specification preparation in Small and Disadvantaged Business 
opportunities; (10) analyzes requirements for and coordinates NIH IMPAC 
and higher-level research and development contract data systems for the 
NIH; and (11) analyzes, develops, and coordinates DHHS, PHS, and NIH 
initiatives in automated data and documentation systems, procurement 
planning and control, contract forms management, and contract closure.
    Under the heading Office of the Director, Division of Logistics 
(HNAB3), change the title to Office of Logistics Management.

    Under the heading Office of the Director, Division of Procurement 
(HNAB4), change the title to Office of Procurement Management (HNAB4) 
and revise the functional statement to the following: (1) Responsible 
for all aspects of station support and intramural procurement; (2) 
manages the program using small purchases, formal advertisement, and 
negotiated contracting procedures; (3) provides for follow-up on orders 
and for continuing contract administration; (4) formulates and 
disseminates policies and procedures to implement Federal and 
Departmental regulations (meeting needs for guidance in the procurement 
function); and (5) provides oversight and technical assistance (manuals 
and training guides) to decentralized station support procurement 
operations.

    Dated: May 25, 1995.

Harold Varmus,

Director, NIH.

[FR Doc. 95-13873 Filed 6-6-95; 8:45 am]

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