[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 121 (Tuesday, June 24, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37499-37500]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-15837]


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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 68 FR 7118-7123, dated February 12, 2003) is 
amended to reorganize the National Center for HIV, STD, and TB 
Prevention.
    Section C-B, Organization and Functions, is hereby amended as 
follows:
    Delete in its entirety the functional statement for the Resource 
Management Office and insert the following:
    Financial and Administrative Services Office (CK12). The mission of 
the Financial and Administrative Services Office (FASO) in the Office 
of the Director in the National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention 
(NCHSTP) is to centralize and facilitate the financial and 
administrative duties required to manage NCHSTP. In carrying out this 
mission, the Financial and Administrative Services Office: (1) Plans, 
coordinates, and provides administrative and management advice and 
guidance for NCHSTP; (2) provides and coordinates Center-wide 
administrative, management, and support services in the areas of fiscal 
management, personnel, travel, procurement, facility management, and 
other administrative services; (3) coordinates NCHSTP requirements 
relating to small purchase procurements, VISA procurements, materiel 
management, and intra-agency agreements/reimbursable agreements; (4) 
provides lead fiscal management for contracts and supportive fiscal 
management for grants and cooperative agreements; (5) serves as a 
liaison for external inquiries of current fiscal year funding 
expenditures; (6) coordinates facility management issues, problems and 
changes, physical security issues, and policies regarding 
telecommunications, office furniture and equipment; (7) provides 
oversight and management of NCHSTP conference rooms, support and setup 
of Envision services and assistance with audio-visual equipment; (8) 
provides meeting planning assistance and services, serves as Project 
Officer and liaison for any meeting planning contractors, negotiates 
with vendors for providing conference location, rental of equipment; 
(9) maintains liaison with CIOs, Staff Offices, Staff Service Offices, 
and NCHSTP staff. (10) Serves as an initial point of contact between 
partners and NCHSTP programs; (11) provides guidance and coordination 
to Divisions on cross-divisional negotiated agreements; (12) 
facilitates NCHSTP shifts to the administration of non-categorical, 
cross-cutting grants/cooperative agreements; (13) facilitates state and 
local cross-divisional issues identification and solutions; (14) 
advocates for consistent and judicious interpretation and application 
of established Center-level policy related to cross-divisional issues 
and field staff management; (15) facilitates and provides consultation 
on field staff human resource management issues; (16) advocates the use 
of information technology to strengthen the communications among the 
divisions, field staff, and partners; (17) develops, reviews, and 
implements policies, methods, and procedures for NCHSTP extramural 
assistance programs; (18) provides financial tracking for Center-wide 
extramural grants and cooperative agreements; (19) provides 
consultation and technical assistance to NCHSTP program officials in 
the planning, implementation, and administration of assistance 
programs; (20) participates in evaluation of project resources and the 
resolution of audit exceptions; (21) develops and implements objective 
review processes, including use of special emphasis panels, for 
competitive application cycles; (22) assures Center-wide consistency in 
providing review of continuation assistance applications; (23) 
interprets general policy directives, proposed legislation, and 
appropriations language for implications on extramural programs; (24) 
provides Center-wide management training to supervisors, managers and 
team leaders; (25) facilitates international training through short-
term TDYs with international programs; (26) through short-term TDYs 
provides technical assistance to CDC's international program; (27) 
provides developmental training to NCHSTP's field staff; and (28) 
provides liaison with OPS and OD staff offices.
    Delete in its entirety the functional statement for the Prevention 
Support Office (CK16).
    After the Planning and Evaluation Office (CK15), insert the 
following:
    Office of Health Disparities (CK17). The mission of the Office of 
Health Disparities (OHD) in the Office of the Director in the National 
Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHSTP) is to improve the 
health of populations disproportionately affected by HIV, STDs, TB and 
other related diseases and conditions and ultimately to eliminate 
health disparities. These populations include racial and ethnic 
minorities, women, persons incarcerated in the correctional system, and 
other persons disproportionately affected by these conditions. In 
carrying out this mission, the Office of Health Disparities: (1) 
Coordinates and tracks health disparity activities within the center; 
(2) collaborates with the CDC Office of the Director and other CIOs on 
health disparity activities; (3) develops partnerships with other 
federal agencies and nongovernmental organizations working on 
similarly-affected populations; (4) supports research, surveillance, 
education, training, and program development to reduce health 
disparities; (5) provides project management, technical support and 
funding to the Tuskegee University National Center for Bioethics in 
Research and Health Care; (6) manages the Tuskegee Participants Health 
Benefits Program; (7) promotes and facilitates collaboration of state 
and local health department and corresponding correctional systems to 
build strong systems for screening, testing, surveillance, prevention 
education, and continuity of care for HIV, STDs, TB, and related 
conditions for persons incarcerated in correctional systems; (8) 
sponsors workgroups, meetings, and conferences related to health 
disparities; (9) promotes a diverse public health workforce through 
internships, fellowships, training programs, and other activities; (10) 
works with the CDC Office of Minority Health to monitor progress in 
meeting the four Executive Orders related to improving minority health.


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    Dated: June 3, 2003.
William H. Gimson,
Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
(CDC).
[FR Doc. 03-15837 Filed 6-23-03; 8:45 am]
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