[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 239 (Friday, December 12, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69411-69412]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-30747]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary


Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and 
Management, Program Support Center; Statement of Organization, 
Functions, and Delegations of Authority

    Part A, Office of the Secretary (OS) of the Statement of 
Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority, Chapter (A), 
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration Management, for 
the Department of Health and Human Services, at Part P, Program Support 
Center, as last amended at 68 FR 8040, dated February 19, 2003, is 
being amended to reflect a realignment of its functions. The changes 
are as follows:

I. Under chapter PA, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Program Support, make the following changes:
    A. Delete the ``Office of Budget and Management (PAB),'' in its 
entirety.
    B. Delete the ``Office of Information Technology (PAE),'' in its 
entirety.
II. Under Chapter PE, Administrative Operations Service, make the 
following changes:
    A. Delete the ``Division of Acquisitions Management (PEB),'' and 
the ``Division of Supply Management (PEG) in their entirety.
    B. Add the following components:
    1. Division of PSC Business Operations (PEH)--The Division of PSC 
Business Operations (DPBO) performs overall business and financial 
management activities for the PSC. DPBO (1) provides strategic and 
business planning; (2) conducts business process engineering; (3) 
manages costs and price reviews to keep PSC services competitive; (4) 
provides customer relations services; (5) prepares the PSC budget for 
presentation to and approval by the Board of Directors to the HHS 
Service and Supply fund; (6) executes approved PSC budgets, issuing 
allowances as approved by the Director, PSC, and consistent with 
funding levels approved by the Board; (7) coordinates arrangements of 
inter- and intra-agency funding for projects and functions; (8) 
develops, coordinates, and implements policies, standards, and 
procedures governing the establishment and maintenance of effective 
organizational structures and functional alignments within the PSC; and 
(9) coordinates the implementation of the Government Performance and 
Results Act within the PSC.
    2. Division of Freedom of Information Act Operations (PEJ)--This 
Division responds to all Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests for 
records generated by, and in the custody and control of, all components 
of the Office of Public Health and Science (OPHS), and the Program 
Support Center (PSC): (1) Responds to all requests for records that 
involve more than one of the PHS components and the PSC; (2) responds 
to all administrative appeals; (3) coordinates with the Office of the 
General Counsel (OGC) and the assigned AUSA to resolve the 
administrative appeals which result in litigation; and (4) provides 
FOIA training and consultation.
III. Establish a new Chapter PF, titled ``Strategic Acquisitions 
Service,'' as follows:
    A. Strategic Acquisitions Service (PF)--This service is responsible 
for providing leadership, policy, guidance and supervision to the 
procurement operations of the Program Support Center. The service 
provides to HHS components and other Departments nationwide 
administrative and technical services which include: acquisition 
services; claims services for PHS components nationwide under specific 
statutory authorities; and pharmaceutical, medical, and dental supplies 
to Federal agencies and other related non-Federal customers.
    B. Division of Strategic Sourcing (PFA)--The Division of strategic 
Sourcing is responsible for the department-wide initiatives to: (1) 
Consolidate purchases of expendable commodities within one contract 
office, i.e., Center of Procurement Excellence; (2) decrease 
duplicative contract offices within the Department and move common work 
into the Center of Procurement Excellence; and (3) investigates 
innovative government and industry procurement practices and brings 
these innovations into strategic planning, design and implementation 
phases as part of business delivery.
    C. Acquisitions Management Division (PFB)--The Acquisitions 
Management Division (AMD) provides acquisition services to HHS and 
other customers, and also (1) provides contracting services for ADP, 
program, and administrative requirements including information 
processing and telecommunications resources; (2) purchases supplies, 
equipment, and services from mandatory sources (Federal Supply 
Schedules and other Government agencies), open market, or by contract; 
(3) provides contract audit and financial review services; (4) provides 
acquisition policy development, oversight, procurement performance 
measurement and is responsible for the Department's Acquisition 
Supplement to the Federal Acquisition Regulation; (5) makes studies of 
procurement problems requiring creation of new policies or revision of 
existing policies; (6) provides analysis and evaluation services, 
develops procedures and recommends policy for administration of the 
acquisition program and works with the many Federal organizations to 
insure all laws and regulations are properly interpreted and 
implemented; and (7) carries out the authorities of the DHHS Claims 
Officer under the Federal Claims Collection Act, the Federal Tort 
Claims Act, and the Military Personnel and Civilian Employees' Claims 
Act.
    D. Division of Supply Service Center (PFC)--This Division operates 
the Supply Service Center at Perry Point, Maryland to support HHS 
health facilities and other organizations world-wide by providing 
pharmaceutical, medical, and dental supplies to Federal Agencies and 
other related customers: (1) Manages financial responsibilities 
associated with operating a large medical warehouse as authorized by 
the Federal Securities Appropriations Act of 1945 (Pub. L. 790-124); 
(2) oversees the Center's stock and the quality control of the 
manufacturing and repacking of pharmaceuticals under a license 
agreement with the Food and Drug Administration; and

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(3) ensures that all internal controls are in place and oversees the 
security of all controlled substances under a license from the Drug 
Enforcement Administration.
IV. Under Chapter PG, Federal Occupational Health Service (FOHS), add 
the following new component:
    Business Technology Support Division (PGF)--The Business Technology 
Support Division (BTSD): (1) develops, tests, installs, and operates 
business applications and related applications needed to support the 
provision of FOHS services under agreements with its customer federal 
agencies; and (2) develops content and updates the FOHS.
V. Delegation of Authority: All delegations and redelegations of 
authority made by officials and employees of affected organizational 
components will continue in them or their successors pending further 
redelegation, provided they are consistent with this reorganization.

    Dated: December 4, 2003.
Ed Sontag,
Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management.
[FR Doc. 03-30747 Filed 12-11-03; 8:45 am]
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