[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 58 (Thursday, March 25, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15344-15345]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-6728]


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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 69 FR 11444-11445, dated February 10, 2004) is 
amended to reflect the establishment of the Office of Genomics and 
Disease Prevention within the Office of the Director, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
    Section C-B, Organization and Functions, is hereby amended as 
follows: Add the following item to the mission statement for the Office 
of the Director (CA):
    (15) provides leadership, policy guidance, coordination, technical 
expertise, and services to promote the development and implementation 
of the Agency's Genomics Program.
    After the mission statement for the Information Technology and 
Services Office (CAJ9), insert the following:
    Office of Genomics and Disease Prevention (CAK). The Office of 
Genomics and Disease Prevention (OGDP) provides leadership, policy 
guidance, coordination, technical expertise, and services to promote 
the development and implementation of the agency's genomics and public 
health initiatives. In carrying out this mission, OGDP: (1) Advises the 
CDC Director on the integration of genomics into health research and 
practice issues relevant to the agency; (2) assesses evolving research 
advances in genomics with emphasis on their relevance to public health 
issues and, in cooperation with federal and national institutions, 
identifies and develops activities for applying CDC's technical 
expertise for maximum public health benefit; (3) collaborates with CDC 
Centers/Institute/Offices (CIOs), other federal agencies, countries, 
and organizations, as appropriate, to assist CIOs in the development of 
appropriate policy for the use of genomics within health research and 
practice initiatives for which they have responsibility; (4) 
coordinates plans for the allocation of genomics health resources and 
assists in the development of external funding sources for programs and 
projects; (5) coordinates cross-cutting CDC genomics and public health 
enterprises; (6) provides leadership in the development and 
implementation of strategic planning that extends the CDC Genomics and 
Disease Prevention Strategic Plan--Integrating Advances in Human 
Genetics into Public Health Action (1997) in the development of 
institutional capacity; (7) coordinates collaborations with external 
agencies, academia, and private industry partners, including 
administration, budgets, and technical assistance to assure that agency 
obligations are met; (8) guides and coordinates activities to integrate 
genomics competency into national

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health workforce development with emphasis on recruitment and career 
enhancement of CDC assignees; (9) promotes a continuum of public health 
research for translation and application of the basic research 
achievements of the Human prevention program development; and (11) 
provides genomics and disease prevention expertise to CIO projects, as 
appropriate and requested by CIOs.

    Dated: March 8, 2004.
William H. Gimson,
Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 04-6728 Filed 3-24-04; 8:45 am]
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