[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 181 (Tuesday, September 19, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 48518]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-23135]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Public Health Service


National Institutes of Health; Statement of Organization, 
Functions, and Delegations of Authority

    Part H, Chapter HN (National Institutes of Health) 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 30092, June 7, 1995) is amended to 
reflect the reorganization of the Office of the Director, National 
Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (OD/NIAID). The 
reorganization consists of the following: (1) Retitle the Office of 
Financial Management (HNM12) to the Office of Financial Management and 
Technology Transfer (HNM12) and revise the functional statement; and 
(2) retitle the Office of Policy Analysis and Technology Transfer 
(HNM16) to the Office of Policy Analysis (HNM16) and revise the 
functional statement. This reorganization will enable the NIAID to 
better fulfill its mission by restructuring the OD/NIAID to better 
integrate related program areas and streamline operations.
    Section HN-B, Organization and Functions is amended as follows:
    (1) Under the heading Office of Financial Management (HNM12), 
delete the title and functional statement in their entirety and 
substitute the following:
    Office of Financial Management and Technology Transfer (HNM12). (1) 
Is the principal organization that provides advice to the NIAID 
Director, Deputy Director, and senior staff on all financial management 
and technology transfer issues affecting the NIAID; (2) has functional 
responsibilities in financial management and technology transfer, and 
(3) is intricately involved in (a) program planning, (b) budget 
preparation and execution, (c) developing position papers for the NIAID 
Director and other senior staff, (d) managing NIAID's extensive 
technology transfer program, and (e) accelerating the transfer of NIAID 
technology to the private sector.
    (2) Under the heading Office of Policy Analysis and Technology 
Transfer (HNM16), delete the title and functional statement in their 
entirety and substitute the following:
    Office of Policy Analysis (HNM16). (1) Serves as principal advisor 
to the Institute Director, Deputy Director, and Division Directors 
regarding the planning, evaluation, and program, policy, and 
legislative analytical needs of the Institute; (2) provides support and 
serves as liaison to program managers in coordinating, integrating, and 
articulating long-range program goals and strategies; (3) is 
responsible for the development and coordination of the Institute's 
annual Planning and Reporting process; (4) maintains a continuing 
liaison with program planning, evaluation, and legislation counterparts 
in other ICDs in the OD/NIH; (5) advises Institute Task Forces to 
assure that the charge and work of the Task Forces are directed toward 
the projected planning and evaluation needs of the Institute; (6) 
conducts the intra-institute program assignments of all research, 
training, career and fellowship grant applications; (7) analyzes, 
interprets, and classifies the scientific content of research grants, 
contracts, and intramural research projects, and manages the scientific 
information data and coding of the Multi-Axis Coding System (MACS); (8) 
directs and coordinates all program evaluation activities, assessing 
the impact and focus of programs which are of major concern to the 
Institute; (9) advises on material for all stages related to 
Congressional budget presentations; (10) designs, develops and 
maintains the computer-based scientific and fiscal data collection, 
storage, and retrieval system for the Institute's contracts, grants, 
intramural research projects, fellowships and training awards; (11) 
directs and coordinates the legislative liaison, legislative tracking 
and analysis for the Institute; (12) manages the Executive Secretariat 
(controlled correspondence) functions for the Institute; and (13) 
serves as the focus for communications for trans-NIH concerns.

    Dated: August 9, 1995.
Harold Varmus,
Director, NIH.
[FR Doc. 95-23135 Filed 9-18-95; 8:45 am]
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