[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 111 (Wednesday, June 10, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31785-31786]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-15442]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of 
Authority

    Part C (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) of the 
Statement of Organization functions, and Delegations of Authority of 
the Department of Health and Human Services (45 FR 67772-76, dated 
October 14, 1980, and corrected at 45 FR 69296, October 20, 1980, as 
amended most recently at 63 FR 2256, dated January 14, 1998) is amended 
to reflect the restructuring of the Office of the Director, National 
Center for Infectious Disease, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention. The functional statement for the Office of the Director is 
being revised accordingly.
    Section C-B, Organization and Functions, is hereby amended as 
follows:
    Delete the functional statement for the Office of the Director 
(CR1) and insert the following:
    (1) Directs and manages the programs and activities of the National 
Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID); (2) provides leadership for the 
implementation of the Emerging Infections Plan to enhance the 
prevention and control of infectious diseases nationally and 
internationally; (3) provides leadership and guidance on policy, 
program planning and development, program management, and operations; 
(4) provides NCID-wide administrative and program services, and 
coordinates or assures coordination with the appropriate CDC staff 
offices on administrative and program matters; (5) provides liaison 
with other Governmental agencies, international organizations, 
including the World Health Organization, and other outside groups; (6) 
coordinates, in collaboration with the appropriate NCID and CDC 
components, international health activities relating to the prevention 
and control of infectious diseases; (7) advises the Director, CDC, on 
policy matters concerning NCID programs and activities; (8) coordinates 
development and review of regulatory documents and congressional 
reports; (9) analyzes health programs and proposed legislation with 
respect to NCID's programs, goals and objectives; (10) provides 
leadership and support for NCID Programs in the areas of statistics, 
information technology, and database management.
    Delete the title and functional statement for the Office of 
Planning and

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Health Communications (CR14) and insert the following:
    Office of Health Communication (CR14). (1) Provides national 
leadership, in consultation with the NCID divisions and programs and 
the CDC Office of Communication, on the implementation of a 
comprehensive and integrated program of public health communications 
for the prevention an control of new and reemerging infectious 
diseases; (2) plans, develops, coordinates, and evaluates NCID-wide 
networks, partnerships, systems, and standards for public and 
professional health communications; (3) advises the Director and other 
NCID leadership staff on health communication strategies; (4) provides 
expert technical assistance, consultation, and training to NCID staff 
on theory-based health education, behavioral science, distance 
education, community organization, and electronic, print, and oral 
communications; (5) develops infectious disease prevention and control 
messages and promotes their dissemination to lay and professional 
audiences through various marketing techniques; (6) investigates, 
plans, develops, evaluates, and promotes the use of electronic 
technology to expand NCID's health communications capacity and impact 
in collaboration with CDC communication and information offices, state 
and local health departments, and other prevention partners; (7) 
provides services, coordination, identification, guidance, and training 
for, and promotes usage of, state-of-the-art electronic communication 
technologies; (8) provides editorial and clearance assistance in the 
preparation of scientific articles and other documents and products for 
electronic and hard copy publication or presentation; (9) produces 
NCID-wide publications, including a newsletter, anthologies and 
compilations, and cross-cutting background documents; and manages 
NCID's technical information resources, including document databases.
    Office of Surveillance (CR16). (1) Provides leadership, guidance, 
and coordination on NCID surveillance activities and systems; (2) 
provides NCID leadership on issues related to internal and external 
integration of CDC surveillance; (3) advises the Director on 
surveillance priorities for determining the burden of infectious 
diseases; (4) provides direction and oversight for the Emerging 
Infections Programs (EIPs) and sentinel surveillance networks through 
cooperative agreements with state/local health departments and other 
organizations; (5) provides technical assistance and direction for 
surveillance activities in the Epidemiology and Laboratory capacity 
cooperative agreements and other emerging infections activities/
programs with a surveillance emphasis; (6) provides leadership for 
enhancing surveillance of infectious diseases through collaboration 
with managed care organizations; (7) provides technical leadership for 
and consultation on international infectious diseases surveillance 
activities; (8) provides NCID leadership on economic analysis and 
prevention effectiveness evaluation of infectious disease control and 
prevention activities; (9) in carrying out the above functions, 
collaborates, as appropriate, with other Centers, Institute, and 
Offices (CIOs) of the CDC.

    Dated: June 1, 1998.
Clarie V. Broome,
Acting Director.
[FR Doc. 98-15442 Filed 6-9-98; 8:45 am]
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