[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 114 (Wednesday, June 15, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34772-34774]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-11795]


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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 70 FR 30120-30121, dated May 25, 2005) is 
amended to reflect the establishment of the Office of Workforce and 
Career Development within the Office of the Director, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
    Section C-B, Organization and Functions, is hereby amended as 
follows:
    After the mission statement for the Office of the Chief Science 
Officer (CAS), insert the following:
    Office of Workforce and Career Development (CAL). The mission of 
the Office of Workforce and Career Development (OWCD) is to improve 
health outcomes by ensuring a competent and sustainable workforce 
through excellence and innovation in workforce and career development. 
In carrying out its mission, OWCD: (1) Develops goals and objectives, 
and provides leadership, policy formation, scientific oversight, and 
guidance in program planning and development; (2) plans, directs, and 
manages CDC-wide training programs, and internship and fellowship 
programs; (3) provides consultation, technical assistance, and training 
on epidemiology, public health informatics, and prevention 
effectiveness to CDC/ATSDR, states, other agencies, other countries, 
and domestic and international organizations; (4) develops, designs, 
and implements an accredited comprehensive strategic human resource 
leadership development and career management program for all 
occupational series throughout CDC; organizational development, career 
management, employee development, and training; (5) maximizes economies 
of scale through systematic planning and evaluation of agency-wide 
training initiatives to assist CDC employees in achieving required 
competencies; (6) assists in the definition and analysis of training 
needs of public health workers, and develops and evaluates 
instructional products designed to meet those needs; (7) works with 
partners, internally and externally, to develop a strategic vision for 
the public health workforce; (8) collaborates with the Office of 
Strategy and Innovation (OSI) to develop workforce goals for all of 
CDC/ATSDR; (9) coordinates the Excellence in Learning Council to 
coordinate, inform, and share strategic vision for all of CDC's 
Coordinating Centers/Coordinating Offices (CC/CO); (10) conducts 
internal succession planning, forecasting services, and environmental 
scanning to ascertain both current and future public health workforce 
needs; and (11) in carrying out the above functions, collaborates, as 
appropriate, with the CDC Office of the Director, CDC CC/COs, domestic 
and international agencies and organizations.
    Office of the Director (CAL1). (1) Provides leadership and overall 
direction for OWCD; (2) develops goal and objectives, and provides 
leadership, policy formation, scientific oversight, and guidance in 
program planning and development; (3) plans, coordinates, and develops 
research plans for OWCD; (4) provides scientific leadership OWCD 
research-related activities; (5) ensures adherence to CDC and HHS 
science-related policies, e.g., ethical conduct of research, 
information security, extramural research, data sharing; and responds 
to allegations of scientific

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misconduct; (6) provides training related to scientific policies; (7) 
ensures quality of scientific products developed by OWCD staff; (8) 
oversees and manages OWCD clearance process for scientific and 
technical documents; (9) oversees and manages OWCD Institutional Review 
Board-related activities and procedures; (10) develops policies 
governing OWCD's internal and external partnership activities; (11) 
coordinates all program reviews including all written and visual 
materials; (12) reviews, prepares, and coordinates legislation, 
Congressional testimony, and briefing materials; (13) develops proposed 
legislation, analyze bills, and provides for other legislative-related 
activities; (14) plans and prepares OWCD promotional and marketing 
materials; and (15) in carrying out the above functions, collaborates, 
as appropriate, with the CDC Office of the Director, CDC CC/COs, 
domestic and international agencies and organizations.
    Management and Operations Activity (CAL13). (1) Provides 
leadership, oversight, and guidance in the management and operations of 
OWCD's programs; (2) plans, coordinates, and provides administrative 
management support, advice, and guidance to OWCD, involving the areas 
of fiscal management, personnel, travel, and other administrative 
services; (3) coordinates the development of the OWCD annual budget 
submission; (4) directs and coordinates the activities of the office; 
(5) conducts management analyses of OWCD programs and staff to ensure 
optimal utilization of resources and accomplishment of program 
objectives; (6) plans, allocates, and monitors OWCD resources; (7) 
maintains liaison and collaborates with other CDC components and 
external organizations in support of OWCD management and operations; 
(8) works closely with other federal agencies involved with OWCD 
interagency agreements; (9) provides fiscal management and stewardship 
of grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements; (10) develops and 
implements administrative policies, procedures, and operations, as 
appropriate for OWCD, and prepares special reports and studies, as 
required, in the administrative management areas; (11) provides 
coordinated services to OWCD for all conference/meeting management; 
(12) coordinates OWCD requirements relating to contracts, grants, 
cooperative agreements, reimbursable agreements, procurement, and 
materiel management; and (13) in carrying out the above functions, 
collaborates, as appropriate, with the CDC Office of the Director, CDC 
CC/COs, domestic and international agencies and organizations.
    Strategic Workforce Activity (CAL14). (1) Develops strategic vision 
for training for CDC/ATSDR; (2) works with partners, internally and 
externally, to develop a strategic vision/plan for the public health 
workforce; (3) collaborates with the OSI to develop workforce goals for 
all of CDC/ATSDR; (4) co-chairs the Excellence in Learning Council to 
coordinate, inform, and share strategic vision for all of CDC's CC/COs; 
(5) works with the Excellence in Learning Council to develop and 
standardize learning policies for CDC/ATSDR; (6) conducts environmental 
scanning to ascertain both current and future public health workforce 
needs, and establishes priorities for the public health workforce based 
on the scanning; (7) provides forecasting services to anticipate the 
workforce needs; (8) determines the distribution and impact of best 
practices; (9) develops strategic plan for workout development at CDC 
and establishes system(s) for monitoring implementation and impact of 
this plan; (10) works with Atlanta Human Resources Center and the 
Office of the Chief Operating Officer (OCOO) to develop particular 
elements for strategic planning of internal succession planning, 
workforce retention, targeted recruitment, and change management; (11) 
oversees development and implementation of demonstration projects in 
the best practices for workforce development and assures dissemination 
of results of these projects; (12) establishes policies governing major 
learning initiatives, and new learning or partnership activities; (13) 
works collaboratively within the OWCD, and with CDC's Office of the 
Director, the Financial Management Office, the OCOO, and other 
components of CDC in planning, developing, and implementing policies 
related to training initiatives, including but not limited to, 
Individual Learning Accounts, Individual Development Plans, and loan 
repayment programs; (14) provides oversight or serves as a primary 
liaison for contracts relating to OWCD policy and partnership 
activities; (15) provides leadership, advocacy, and coordination of 
learning policies and partnership development activities; and (16) in 
carrying out the above functions, collaborates, as appropriate, with 
the CDC Office of the Director, CDC CC/COs, domestic and international 
agencies and organizations.
    Career Development Division (CALC). (1) Plans, directs, and manages 
CDC-wide competency-based training and service programs, including the 
Epidemic Intelligence Service, the Preventive Medicine Residency, 
Public Health Informatics Fellowship, Prevention Effectiveness 
Fellowship, the CDC Experience, the Knight Journalism Fellowship, and 
the Public Health Prevention Service (PHPS) programs, as well as 
various internship and fellowship programs, developing new programs as 
strategically indicated; (2) develops and maintains standards, 
criteria, and core competencies for fellowship programs across the 
agency, ensuring scientific rigor and consistency with adult learning 
principles; (3) provides consultation, technical assistance, and 
training on epidemiology, public health informatics, and prevention 
effectiveness to CDC/ATSDR, states, other agencies, other countries, 
and domestic and international organizations; (4) provides 
epidemiologic, informatics, decision analysis, and health economics 
assistance to states, other agencies, and other countries through the 
field assignment of fellows; (5) assumes an active national and 
international leadership role in applied public health training and 
competency development for the disciplines of epidemiology, informatic, 
health economics, and decision sciences; (6) evaluates programs to 
ensure training is relevant and responsive to needs of fellows and 
health agencies; (7) develops and maintains a strategic plan for 
recruitment in accordance with the CDC workforce diversity goals; (8) 
evaluates performance and monitors the completion of program 
requirements by fellows; (9) receives, coordinates, and approves, as 
appropriate, requests for epidemiologic assistance (EPI-AIDs) and the 
expenditures of funds; (10) establishes capacity in the public health 
community to conduct and use epidemiologic, economic and decision 
analysis, and public health informatics; (11) provides and maintains 
leadership in the development, acquisition application, and evaluation 
of economic and decision science, and informatics methods for use in 
public health; (12) provides technical assistance in the area of 
economics and economics workforce development throughout CDC and other 
organizations; (13) disseminates economic and decision analysis, 
informatics, and preventive medicine training materials used in 
programs for adaptation and use by the health workforce; and (14) in 
carrying out the above functions, collaborates, as appropriate, with 
the CDC Office of the Director, CDC CC/COs, domestic and

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international agencies and organizations.
    Training and Curriculum Services Division (CALD). (1) Develops, 
designs, and implements a comprehensive strategic human resource 
leadership development and career management program for all 
occupational series throughout CDC; (2) develops and implements 
training strategies and activities that contribute to the agency's 
mission, accomplishments, and organizational performance; (3) maintains 
employee training records; (4) develops and administers intern and 
professional development programs, the long-term training program, and 
the mentoring program; (5) conducts comprehensive training needs 
assessment of CDC employees nationwide; (6) manages the classroom 
facilities including establishing policy and scheduling room usage; (7) 
provides analysis and data to correlate individual training with 
corporate strategic plans; (8) develops and maintains assessment tools 
to identify core competency requirements for each occupational series 
throughout the agency; (9) provides consultation, guidance, and 
technical assistance to managers and employees in organizational 
development, career management, employee development, and training; 
(10) develops and delivers educational programming to meet the 
identified needs of the public health workforce; (11) promotes, 
develops, and implements training needs assessment methodology to 
establish priorities for training interventions; (12) evaluates the 
efficiency and effectiveness of education/training needs assessments, 
development of training tools, implementation methods, and the impact 
of education/training on the quality of laboratory practice; (13) 
designs, produces, and delivers informational and instructional 
products; (14) registers participants of laboratory and public health 
courses offered by CDC; (15) maximizes economies of scale through 
systematic planning and evaluation of agency-wide training initiatives 
to assist CDC employees in achieving required competencies; (16) 
implements and monitors the CDC Training Management System (Learning 
Management System) for compliance with the Government Employees 
Training Act; (17) assists in the definition and analysis of training 
needs of public health workers, and develops and evaluates 
instructional products designed to meet those needs; (18) develops and 
maintains continuing education unit accreditation; (19) designs, 
produces and delivers a variety of visual materials and instructional 
products; (20) develops and conducts training to facilitate the timely 
transfer of newly emerging laboratory technology and standards for 
laboratory practice; (21) provides technical assistance, consultation, 
and training for trainers to improve the capacity of regional 
organizations and state health agencies to develop and maintain 
decentralized training networks for laboratory professionals; (22) 
fosters communications to assist regional, state, and local health 
agencies in the identification and utilization of laboratory resources 
in support of the Nation's health objectives; (23) provides technical 
assistance and consultation for programs at the national, state, 
regional and international levels to develop the leadership and 
management competencies of current and emerging public health 
officials, including, but not limited to, the National Public Health 
Leadership Institute and the Management Academy for Public Health; and 
(24) in carrying out the above functions, collaborates, as appropriate, 
with the CDC Office of the Director, CDC CC/COs, domestic and 
international agencies and organizations.

    Dated: June 3, 2005.
William H. Gimson,
Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
(CDC).
[FR Doc. 05-11795 Filed 6-14-05; 8:45 am]
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