[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 34 (Friday, February 20, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8656-8657]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-4241]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of 
Authority

    Part N, 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 62 FR 37587, July 14, 1997, and redesignated 
from Part HN as Part N at 60 FR 56605, November 9, 1995), is amended as 
set forth below to reflect the reorganization of the information 
technology functions within NIH into a single organization, the Center 
for Information Technology. (1) Establish the Center for Information 
Technology by transferring the functions of the Division of Computer 
Research and Technology and the functions of two offices in the Office 
of Management, Office of the Director, NIH, to the Center. (2) 
Establish the functional statement for the newly established Center and 
revise the functional statements for the Office of Management and the 
Office of Administration. (3) Within the Center, establish the Office 
of Telecommunications Management and the Office of Resources 
Management; revise the functional statements of the Office of 
Computational Bioscience and the Office of Computing Resources and 
Services; in the Office of the Director (OD), revise the functional 
statement of the OD and the Office of Administrative Management and 
retitle the Office of Information Resources Management as the Office of 
Information Technology Planning and revise its functional statement.
    Section N-B, Organization and Functions, is amended as follows:
    (1) Under the heading Division of Computer Research and Technology 
(NU, formerly HNU), the following is inserted:
    Center for Information Technology (NU, formerly HNU). (1) Provides 
leadership for the determination of NIH computational and 
telecommunications needs at all levels and oversees the development of 
appropriate infrastructure support to meet identified needs; (2) 
develops, operates, and maintains a state-of-the-art regional computer 
facility and provides overall guidance based on legislation and policy 
that is responsive to the NIH mission; (3) develops and provides NIH 
information technology policy to implement legislative mandates, such 
as those under the Information Technology Management Reform Act, 
Presidential and other Administration initiatives, and HHS, OMB, and 
other policy and administrative requirements; (4) provides leadership 
and focus within NIH for the development and implementation of policy 
and standards in the area of information technology by identifying, 
documenting, and communicating information technology issues, problems, 
and solutions to the NIH community in a comprehensive and meaningful 
way; (5) establishes and operates the necessary organization and 
infrastructure to ensure appropriate security, connectivity, and inter-
operability across the NIH Institutes and Centers, off-campus 
locations, and remote access; (6) serves as a Federal Delta Processing 
Center for administrative, biomedical, and statistical computing, 
provides data processing and high performance computing facilities and 
integrated telecommunications data networks, and provides services to 
the DHHS and other Federal agencies.
    Office of the Director (NUI, formerly HNUI). (1) Plans, directs, 
coordinates, and evaluates the Center's programs, policies, and 
procedures; and (2) provides analysis and guidance in the development 
of systems for the effective use of ADP techniques and equipment in 
support of NIH programs.
    Office of Administrative Management (NU14, formerly HNU14). (1) 
Advises the Center Director on management aspects of the Center's 
programs, policies, and procedures; (2) provides administrative 
services in support of Center program efforts; (3) coordinates the 
Center's response to NIH-wide management programs; (1) provides staff 
support in information sciences in support of the missions of the 
Center and the NIH; (5) plans and carries out scientific and technical 
communications activities for the Center; and (6) manages a core 
collection of computer and computer science-related information for 
NIH.
    Office of Information Technology Planning (NU18, formerly HNU18). 
(1) Advises the Director and Deputy Director of the Center on all 
aspects of internal information technology (IT) activities, including 
strategic planning, budget planning, performance measurement, capacity 
management, security, and coordination of the acquisition of 
information processing resources; (2) oversees the Center's IT programs 
for compliance with regulatory IRM requirements; (3) coordinates the 
Center's IT portfolio management and investment review process; (4) 
performs strategic and budget planning for the Center; (5) assists 
staff in IT management, including acquisition of major information 
technology resources; (6) provides internal quality control and 
oversight for Center IT programs; and (7) oversees and coordinates 
initiatives related to computer and information security, including the 
Center's computer emergency response team (CERT).
    Office of Computational Bioscience (NU2, formerly HNU2). (1) 
Coordinates and managers all Center activities related to the conduct 
and support of NIH research in the computational biosciences; (2) 
applies computing technology to research involving molecular structure 
determination and modeling, protein and DNA sequence analysis, and 
biomedical imaging; (3) conducts and supports research in mathematical 
theory and biophysical instrumentation to explain biological phenomena 
in terms of chemistry and physics; (4) conducts research and 
development in computer science and computational engineering; (5) 
promotes the application of high performance computing to biomedical 
research and represents the Center to the Federal Program in High 
Performance Computing and Communication (HPCC); (6) evaluates the 
overall performance of these programs; and (7) communicates and 
collaborates with researchers, both within and outside NIH, to obtain 
and provide information concerning the Center's ongoing and future 
research and support for research.
    Office of Computing Resources and Services (NU3, formerly HNU3). 
(1) Advises the Center's Director and Deputy Director on all matters 
pertaining to the management of the Center's ADP service and support 
programs; (2) coordinates and oversees all programs related to the 
development and provision of networking facilities; (3) provides 
centralized computational and data processing facilities and 
professional programming services; (4) provides guidance and support 
for end users of distributed computing technology, including personal 
computers, workstations, and local area networks; (5) provides 
engineering design to facilitate laboratory and clinical applications 
of automation technology; and (6) provides central systems analysis, 
design, and programming resources for database projects relating to 
scientific, technical, management, financial, and administrative data.
    Office of Telecommunications Management (NU4, formerly HNU4). (1) 
Manages and directs the NIH telecommunications systems and

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administers the telecommunications budget; (2) develops technical 
requirements for the NIH Institutes and Centers (ICs) and implements 
telecommunications programs to meet the needs of the NIH community; (3) 
serves as the focal point for service orders and billing; (4) develops 
and disseminates policies and procedures for the nationwide 
implementation and management of the NIH telecommunication systems; and 
(5) serves as the telecommunications liaison for NIH with other Federal 
agencies, GSA, DHHS, and private industry.
    Office of Information Resources Management (NU5, formerly HNU5). 
Advises the Chief Information Officer on the direction and management 
of NIH information technology (IT) program activities under the 
Paperwork Reduction Act, the Computer Security Act, the Information 
Technology Management Reform Act, and OMB Circular A-130 by serving as 
a focal point for: (1) Implementing, managing, and overseeing NIH IT 
activities related to IT policy, planning and budgeting, IT resources 
user requirements, IT reviews, IT and automated systems inventories, 
capacity management and planning, security, IT standards, and IT 
resources obsolescence and excess shipment: (2) collaborating with NIH 
components responsible for acquisition of IT resources, major 
information systems, telecommunications management, printing 
management, computer matching, IT accommodations for persons with 
disabilities, records and forms management including the Privacy Act, 
information collection, and information dissemination; (3) serving as 
the NIH liaison to the Department and to OMB, GSA, and the National 
Institute of Standards and Technology and other Federal agencies on all 
IT matters; (4) participating with appropriate NIH components in 
assessing and enhancing the level of knowledge and skill of users of IT 
resources; (5) coordinating with appropriate NIH components in 
developing an NIH-wide plan for standardizing networking, cabling, and 
electrical facilities for IT resources; (6) ensuring that oversight 
measures are appropriate for the diversity, complexity, and size of the 
major providers and the individual ICs; and (7) providing direction to 
the major providers/individual ICs in enhancing and strengthening their 
individual IT program management to ensure compliance with legislative 
mandates.
    (2) Under the heading Office of the Director (NA, formerly HNA) the 
following is inserted: Office of Management (NAM, formerly HNAM). (1) 
Advises the NIH Director and staff on all phases of NIH-wide 
administration and Management; (2)provides leadership and direction to 
all aspects of management; and (3) oversees the management of functions 
in the areas of budget and financial management, personnel management, 
management policy, management assessment, program integrity, contract, 
procurement, and logistics management, engineering services, safety, 
space and facility management, support services, and security 
operations.
    Office of Administration (NAM2, formerly HNAM2). (1) Advises the 
NIH Director and staff on administration and management; (2) provides 
leadership and guidance to NIH components on administrative management; 
and (3) develops and implements policies, provides oversight, and 
manages the operational components in the areas of management 
assessment, contract management, procurement management, and logistics 
management.
    Delegatins of Authority Statement: All delegations and 
redelegations of authority to offices and employees of NIH that were in 
effect immediately prior to the effective date of this reorganization 
and are consistent with this reorganization shall continue in effect, 
pending further redelegation.

    Dated: February 10, 1998.
Harold Varmus,
Director, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 98-4241 Filed 2-19-98; 8:45 am]
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