[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 245 (Friday, December 20, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78000-78001]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-32009]


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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

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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 67 FR 62475-77, dated October 7, 2002) is amended to 
reorganize the Office of the Director, CDC.
    Section C-B, Organization and Functionss, is hereby amended as 
follows:
    After the Office of Management and Operations (CAD), insert the 
following:
    Office of Science Policy and Technology Transfer (CAE). (1) Advises 
the CDC Director and Senior Staff on science matters and represents CDC 
in these areas to the Department, other agencies, and Congress; (2) 
maintains the integrity and productivity of CDC's scientists by 
resolving controversial scientific issues, developing scientific 
policies and procedures, supporting training and information exchange, 
and presenting awards for outstanding scientific efforts; (3) assures 
the protection of human subjects in public health research; (4) 
integrates behavioral and social sciences research into public health 
research; (5) provides advice and guidance on the management of 
intellectual property; interprets policies, rules, and regulations, 
especially those related to the Federal Technology Transfer Act; (6) 
promotes and facilitates the timely transfer of technology, knowledge, 
products, and processes that improve public health through the use of 
patents, trademarks, Biological Materials Licensing Agreements, and 
Cooperative Research and Development Agreements; (7) coordinates 
governmental and non-governmental vaccine activities, including vaccine 
research, development, and safety and efficacy testing trough the 
National Vaccine Program Office and the National Vaccine Advisory 
Committee; (8) advises the Secretary of HHS and the Director of CDC 
about the most appropriate use of vaccines and immunization practices 
for effective disease control in the population through the Advisory 
Committee for Immunization Practices; and (9) manages the CDC and ATSDR 
Specimen and Data Bank, an archive of biological materials, including 
blood components, tissue, bacterial isolates, DNA, and other biological 
and environmental specimens.
    Office of Minority Health (CAG). (1) Serves as the principal 
advisor to the Director, CDC/Administrator ATSDR on all minority health 
issues affecting the agency; (2) serves as the focal point for CDC 
minority health programs, projects, and issues including coordination 
of CDC/ATSDR activities with the PHS, other U.S. Government Agencies, 
health agencies of other nations, other national and international 
government and non-government organizations, community-based 
organizations, and the public at large; (3) provides leadership and 
coordination in the development and implementation of long-term plans 
for minority health activities within the Centers, Institute, and 
Offices of CDC; (4) provides leadership, in collaboration with senior 
managers, for policy initiatives to improve the health of ethnic 
populations, setting agency priorities, goals and objectives, defining 
appropriate interventions, and monitoring progress toward meeting these 
goals and objectives; (5) advocates for minority health issues, 
including presentation at scientific or programmatic meetings, 
publication of important findings, and dissemination of information via 
electronic or other means; (6) assesses the progress to improve 
minority health by establishing tracking mechanisms, and assuring the 
use of minority health measures to set goals and track accomplishments; 
(7) coordinates health initiatives including CIO and ATSDR support of 
Executive Branch and Departmental Minority Health Initiatives; (8) 
coordinates the planning, design and implementation of minority health 
research and oversees studies related to understanding and improving 
health disparities; (9) assists the CIOs and their constituents in 
identifying and improving the collection and analysis of data on race 
and ethnicity needed to develop policy, formulate research agendas, set 
program priorities, and monitor progress in achieving health outcomes; 
(10) assures minority health issues are incorporated in to the CIO and 
ATDSR research agendas and ongoing systematic reviews of the literature 
on intervention effectiveness; (11) assists CIOs and ATSDR in 
developing and implementing an agency-wide system to apply standards 
for evaluation and quality assurance, and monitor, evaluate, and 
measure the cost-benefit/effectiveness and prevention effectiveness of 
programs to reduce health disparities; (12) assists in the review and 
clearance of manuscripts, medical studies, or technical papers for 
publication, and recommends changes as needed to ensure the quality of 
the work and consistency with HHS and CDC minority health policies and 
goals, (13) assists the CIOs and their constituents to increase the 
competence and diversity of the public health workforce by supporting 
minority student internships, fellowships and Institutions of Higher 
Learning; and (14) identifies and fosters partnerships and 
collaborative activities with public, non-profit, private organizations 
and organizations and agencies, and academia to improve their 
organizational capacity to execute public health policy, programs, and 
the CDC and ATSDR agenda.
    Office of the Executive Secretariat (CAH). (1) Anticipate potential 
problems and plans for processing future decisions and issue analyses; 
(2) coordinate the review and clearance of all controlled 
correspondence and other documents including announcements, position 
papers, briefing documents, and report to Congress regarding current 
Departmental and CDC/ATSDR policy considerations to facilitate 
consistency and adherence to HHS and agency policy across Centers/
Institutes/Offices; (3) control the communications flow by 
communicating the actions taken by the Director on documents and at 
meetings, including revisions needed and follow-up action; (4) manage 
the flow of decision documents and correspondence for action by the 
Director of CDC; (5) assure that the Director has the views of OGC and 
the Deputy Director before making program or management decisions; (6) 
represent CDC in relations with the Executive Secretary of the 
Department, other HHS executive secretariats, and with outside document 
management organizations; (7) set editorial standards and processing 
policies for documents acted on by the Director; (8) track incoming 
documents and makes action and review assignments to appropriate staff; 
and (9) maintain all official records relating to the decisions and 
official actions of the Director, CDC and his immediate staff.

    Dated: November 27, 2002.
David Fleming,
Acting Director.
[FR Doc. 02-32009 Filed 12-19-02; 8:45 am]
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