[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 166 (Monday, August 29, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51071-51075]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-17073]


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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 46527-30, dated August 10, 2005) is 
amended to reflect the reorganization of the Procurement and Grants 
Office, within the Office of the Chief Operating Officer.
    Section C-B, Organization and Functions, is hereby amended as 
follows:
    Delete in its entirety the title and functional statement for the 
Procurement and Grants Office (CAJ7), Office of the Chief Operating 
Officer (CAJ), and insert the following:
    Procurement and Grants Office (CAJH). (1) Advises the Director, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Administrator, 
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), and their 
staff, and provides leadership and direction for CDC acquisition, 
assistance, and materiel management activities; (2) plans and develops 
CDC-wide policies, procedures, and practices in acquisition, 
assistance, and materiel management areas; (3) obtains research and 
development, services, equipment, supplies, and construction through 
acquisition processes; (4) maintains functions relating to personal 
property, transportation, and warehousing operations; (5) awards, 
administers, and terminates contracts, purchase orders, grants, and 
cooperative agreements; (6) maintains a continuing program of reviews, 
evaluations, inquiries, and oversight activities of CDC-wide 
acquisitions, assistance, and materiel management operations to ensure 
adherence to laws, policies, procedures, and regulations; (7) maintains 
liaison with the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), 
General Services Administration (GSA), General Accounting Office (GAO), 
and other federal agencies on acquisition, assistance, and materiel 
management policies, procedures, and operating matters.
    Office of the Director (CAJH1). (1) Provides overall leadership, 
guidance and coordination in all areas of the Procurement and Grants 
Office (PGO) activities; (2) develops and implements organizational 
strategic planning goals and objectives; (3) provides overall budgetary 
and human resource management, and administrative support; (4) directs 
and coordinates activities in support of the Department's Equal 
Employment Opportunity Program and employee development; (5) conducts 
continuing studies and analysis of branch activities; (6) provides 
technical and managerial direction for the development, implementation, 
and maintenance of the Integrated Contracts Expert System on a CDC-wide 
basis; (7) operates CDC's Small and Disadvantaged Business Program, and 
provides direction and support to various other socioeconomic programs 
encompassing acquisition and assistance activities; (8) develops 
technical requirements for support business practices through 
technology.
    Materiel Management Activity (CAJH12). (1) Implements CDC-wide 
policies, procedures, and criteria required to implement federal and 
departmental regulations governing materiel management and 
transportation management; (2) evaluates operations to determine 
procedural changes needed to maintain effective management; (3) 
provides technical assistance to other parts of CDC on matters 
pertaining to materiel management, transportation management, fleet 
management, and agent cashier services; (4) develops, designs, and 
tests materiel management systems and procedures; (5) represents CDC on 
inter- and intra-departmental materiel and transportation management 
committees; (6) maintains liaison with the department and other federal 
agencies on materiel management, and transportation and traffic 
management matters; (7) establishes activity goals, objectives, and 
priorities, and assures their consistency and coordination with the 
overall objectives of PGO.
    Office of Policy, Oversight and Evaluation (CAJHK). (1) Provides 
technical and managerial direction for the development of CDC-wide 
policies, procedures, and practices in the

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acquisitions, assistance, and materiel management areas; (2) 
participates with senior management in program planning, policy 
determinations, evaluations, and decisions concerning acquisition, 
assistance, and materiel management; (3) provides direction for award, 
administration, measures of effectiveness and termination of contracts, 
purchase orders, grants, and cooperative agreements; (4) maintains a 
continuing program of reviews, evaluations, inquiries, and oversight 
activities of CDC-wide acquisitions, assistance, and materiel 
management operations to ensure adherence to laws, policies, 
procedures, and regulations; (5) maintains liaison with DHHS, GSA, GAO, 
and other Federal agencies on acquisition, assistance, and materiel 
management policy, procedures, and operating matters; (6) serves as 
central CDC receipt and referral point for all applications for 
assistance funds, including interfacing with the automated grants 
systems and relevant DHHS line of business agencies and distributing 
draft program announcements for review; (7) provides cost advisory 
support to acquisition and assistance activities with responsibility 
for initiating requests for audits and evaluations, and providing 
recommendations to contracting officer or grants management officer, as 
required; participates in negotiations with potential contractors and 
grantees, develops overhead rates for profit and nonprofit 
organizations, and provides professional advice on accounting and cost 
principles in resolving audit exceptions as they relate to the 
acquisition and assistance processes.
    Buildings and Facilities Contracts Branch (CAJHL). (1) Directs and 
controls acquisition planning activities to assure total program needs 
are addressed and procurements are conducted in a logical, appropriate, 
and timely sequence; (2) plans, directs, and conducts the acquisition 
of non-personal services, institutional support services, architect-
engineering services, construction of new buildings, alterations, 
renovations, commodities, and equipment in support of CDC/ATSDR 
facilities, utilizing a wide variety of contract types and pricing 
arrangements; (3) provides leadership, direction, procurement options, 
and approaches in developing specification/statements of work and 
contract awards; (4) performs contract and purchasing administrative 
activities including coordination and negotiation of contract 
modifications, reviewing and approving contractor billings, resolving 
audit findings, and performing close-out/termination activities; (5) 
performs simplified acquisition activities in support of CDC/ATSDR 
program offices; (6) assures that contractor performance is in 
accordance with contractual commitments; (7) provides leadership and 
guidance to CDC/ATSDR project officers and program officials; (8) 
participates with senior program management in program planning, policy 
determination, evaluation, and directions concerning acquisition 
strategies and execution; (9) plans, directs, and coordinates 
activities of the branch; (10) maintains branch's official contracts 
files; (11) maintains a close working relationship with facilities 
management and other CDC components in carrying out their missions; 
(12) establishes branch goals, objectives, and priorities, and assures 
their consistency and coordination with overall objectives of PGO.
    Acquisition and Assistance Branch I (CAJHM). This branch supports 
the Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases and the National Center 
for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention by performing the following: (1) Plans, 
directs and conducts the acquisition of non-personal services, 
supplies, equipment, research and development, studies, and data 
collection for CDC through a variety of contractual mechanisms 
(competitive and non-competitive); (2) plans, directs and conducts 
assistance management activities for CDC through the awards for grants 
and cooperative agreements (competitive and non-competitive); (3) 
reviews statements of work and assistance applications from a 
management point of view for conformity to laws, regulations, and 
policies, and negotiates and issues contract, grant, and cooperative 
agreement awards; (4) provides continuing surveillance of financial and 
administrative aspects of acquisition and assistance-supported 
activities to assure compliance with appropriate DHHS and CDC policies; 
(5) gives technical assistance, where indicated, to improve the 
management of acquisition and assistance-supported activities, and 
responds to requests for management information from the Office of the 
Director, headquarters, regional staffs, CDC offices and the public; 
(6) performs contract and purchasing administrative activities 
including coordinating and negotiation of contract modifications, 
reviewing and approving contractor billings, resolving audit findings, 
and performing close-out/termination activities; (7) provides for the 
collection and reporting of business management and programmatic data, 
and analyzes and monitors business management data on grants and 
cooperative agreements; (8) assures that contractor and grantee 
performance is in accordance with contractual and assistance 
commitments; (9) provides leadership and guidance to CDC projects 
officers and program officials; (10) provides leadership, direction, 
procurement options, and approaches in developing specifications/
statements of work and contract awards; (11) plans, directs, 
coordinates, and conducts the grants management functions and processes 
in support of assistance awards, including cooperative agreements, 
discretionary grants, block grants, and formula grants, to state and 
local governments, universities, colleges, research institutions, 
hospitals, public and private organizations, small businesses, and 
minority- and/or women-owned businesses for CDC; (12) participates with 
top program management in program planning, policy determination, 
evaluation, and directions concerning acquisition and assistance 
strategies and execution; (13) maintains branch's official contract and 
assistance files; (14) maintains a close working relationship with CDC 
program office components in carrying out their missions; (15) 
establishes branch goals, objectives, and priorities, and assures their 
consistency and coordination with the overall objectives of PGO.
    Acquisition and Assistance Branch II (CAJHN). This branch supports 
the Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases, the National Center 
for Infectious Diseases, the National Immunization Program, and CDC 
Office of the Director assistance requirements by performing the 
following: (1) Plans, directs, and conducts the acquisition of non-
personal services, supplies, equipment, research and development, 
studies, and data collection for CDC through a variety of contractual 
mechanisms (competitive and non-competitive); (2) plans, directs, and 
conducts assistance management activities for CDC through the awards of 
grants and cooperative agreements (competitive and non-competitive); 
(3) reviews statements of work and assistance applications from a 
management point of view for conformity to laws, regulations, and 
policies, and negotiates and issues contract, grant, and cooperative 
agreement awards; (4) provides continuing surveillance of financial and 
administrative aspects of acquisition and assistance-supported 
activities to assure compliance with appropriate DHHS and CDC policies; 
(5) gives technical assistance, where indicated, to

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improve the management of acquisition and assistance-supported 
activities, and responds to requests for management information from 
the Office of the Director, headquarters, regional staffs, CDC program 
offices and the public; (6) performs contract and purchasing 
administrative activities including coordination and negotiation of 
contract modifications, reviewing and approving contractor billings, 
resolving audit findings, and performing close-out/termination 
activities; (7) provides for collection and reporting of business 
management and programmatic data, and analyzes and monitors business 
management data on grants and cooperative agreements; (8) assures that 
contractor and grantee performance is in accordance with contractual 
and assistance commitments; (9) provides leadership and guidance to CDC 
project officers and program officials; (10) provides leadership, 
direction, procurement options, and approaches in developing 
specifications/statements of work and contract awards; (11) plans, 
directs, coordinates, and conducts the grants management functions and 
processes in support of assistance awards, including cooperative 
agreements, discretionary grants, block grants, and formula grants, to 
state and local governments, universities, colleges, research 
institutions, hospitals, public and private organizations, small 
businesses, and minority- and/or women-owned businesses for CDC; (12) 
participates with top program management in program planning, policy 
determination, evaluation, and directions concerning acquisition and 
assistance strategies and execution; (13) maintains branch's official 
contract and assistance files; (14) maintains a close working 
relationship with CDC program office components in carrying out their 
missions; (15) establishes branch goals, objectives, and priorities, 
and assures their consistency and coordination with the overall 
objectives of PGO.
    Acquisition and Assistance Branch III (CAJHP). This branch supports 
the Coordinating Center for Health Promotion, the National Center for 
Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, the National Center for 
Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, and the Office of 
Genomics and Disease Prevention by performing the following: (1) Plans, 
directs, and conducts the acquisition of non-personal services, 
supplies equipment, research and development, studies, and data 
collection for CDC through a variety of contractual mechanisms 
(competitive and non-competitive); (2) plans, directs, and conducts 
assistance management activities for CDC through the awards of grants 
and cooperative agreements (competitive and non-competitive); (3) 
reviews statements of work and assistance applications from a 
management point of view for conformity to laws, regulations, and 
policies, and negotiates and issues contract, grant, and cooperative 
agreement awards; (4) provides continuing surveillance of financial and 
administrative aspects of acquisition and assistance-supported 
activities to assure compliance with appropriate DHHS and CDC policies; 
(5) gives technical assistance, where indicated, to improve the 
management of acquisition and assistance-supported activities, and 
responds to requests for management information from the Office of the 
Director, headquarters, regional staffs, CDC program offices and the 
public; (6) performs contract and purchasing administrative activities 
including coordination and negotiation of contract modifications, 
reviewing and approving contractor billings, resolving audit findings, 
and performing close-out/termination activities; (7) provides for the 
collection and reporting of business management and programmatic data, 
and analyzes and monitors business management data on grants and 
cooperative agreements; (8) assures that contractor and grantee 
performance is in accordance with contractual and assistance 
commitments; (9) provides leadership and guidance to CDC project 
officers and program officials; (10) provides leadership, direction 
procurement options, and approaches in developing specifications/
statements of work and contract awards; (11) plans, directs, 
coordinates, and conducts the grants management functions and processes 
in support of assistance awards, including cooperative agreements, 
discretionary grants, block grants, and formula grants, to state and 
local governments, universities, colleges, research institutions, 
hospitals, public and private organizations, small businesses, and 
minority- and/or women-owned businesses for CDC; (12) participates with 
top program management in program planning, policy determination, 
evaluation, and directions concerning acquisition and assistance 
strategies and execution; (13) maintains branch's official contract and 
assistance files; (14) maintains a close working relationship with CDC 
program office components in carrying out their missions; (15) 
establishes branch goals, objectives, and priorities, and assures their 
consistency and coordination with the overall objectives of PGO.
    Acquisition and Assistance Branch IV (CAJHR). This branch supports 
the Coordinating Center for Environmental Health and Injury Prevention, 
the National Center for Environmental Health, ATSDR, and the National 
Center for Injury Prevention and Control by performing the following: 
(1) Plans, directs, and conducts the acquisition of non-personal 
services, supplies, equipment, research and development, studies, and 
data collection for CDC through a variety of contractual mechanisms 
(competitive and non-competitive); (2) plans, directs, and conducts 
assistance management activities for CDC through the awards of grants 
and cooperative agreements (competitive and non-competitive); (3) 
reviews statements of work and assistance applications from a 
management point of view for conformity to laws, regulations, and 
policies, and negotiates and issues contract, grant, and cooperative 
agreement awards; (4) provides continuing surveillance of financial and 
administrative aspects of acquisition and assistance-supported 
activities to assure compliance with appropriate DHHS and CDC policies; 
(5) gives technical assistance, where indicated, to improve the 
management of acquisition and assistance-supported activities, and 
responds to requests for management information from the Office of the 
Director, headquarters, regional staffs, CDC program offices and the 
public; (6) performs contract and purchasing administrative activities 
including coordination and negotiation of contract modifications, 
reviewing and approving contractor billings, resolving audit findings, 
and performing closeout/termination activities; (7) provides for the 
collection and reporting of business management and programmatic data, 
and analyzes and monitors business management data on grants and 
cooperative agreements; (8) assures that contractor and grantee 
performance is in accordance with contractual and assistance 
commitments; (9) provides leadership and guidance to CDC project 
officers and program officials; (10) provides leadership, direction, 
procurement options, and approaches in developing specifications/
statements of work and contract awards; (11) plans, directs, 
coordinates, and conducts the grants management functions and processes 
in support of assistance awards, including cooperative agreements, 
discretionary grants, block grants, and formula grants, to state and 
local governments, universities, colleges, research institutions, 
hospitals, public and private organizations, small

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businesses, and minority- and/or women-owned businesses for CDC; (12) 
participates with top program management in program planning, policy 
determination, evaluation, and directions concerning acquisition and 
assistance strategies and execution; (13) maintains branch's official 
contract and assistance files; (14) maintains a close working 
relationship with CDC program office components in carrying out their 
missions; (15) establishes branch goals, objectives, and priorities, 
and assures their consistency and coordination with the overall 
objectives of PGO.
    Acquisition and Assistance Branch V (Field)(CAJHS). This branch 
supports the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health 
(NIOSH) by performing the following: (1) Plans, directs, and conducts 
the acquisition of non-personal services, supplies, equipment, research 
and development, studies, and data collection for CDC through a variety 
of contractual mechanisms (competitive and non-competitive); (2) plans, 
directs, and conducts assistance management activities for CDC through 
the awards of through grants and cooperative agreements (competitive 
and non-competitive); (3) reviews statements of work and assistance 
applications from a management point of view for conformity to laws, 
regulations, and policies, and negotiates and issues contract, grant, 
and cooperative agreement awards; (4) provides continuing surveillance 
of financial and administrative aspects of acquisition and assistance-
supported activities to assure compliance with appropriate DHHS and CDC 
policies; (5) gives technical assistance, where indicated, to improve 
the management of acquisition and assistance-supported activities and 
responds to requests for management information from the Office of the 
Director, headquarters, regional staffs, and the public; (6) performs 
contract and purchasing administrative activities including 
coordination and negotiation of contract modifications reviewing and 
approving contractor billings, resolving audit findings, and performing 
close-out/termination activities; (7) provides for the collection and 
reporting of business management and programmatic data, and analyzes 
and monitors business management data on grants and cooperative 
agreements; (8) assures that contractor and grantee performance is in 
accordance with contractual and assistance commitments; (9) provides 
leadership and guidance to CDC project officers and program officials; 
(10) provides leadership, direction, procurement options, and 
approaches in developing specification/statements of work and contract 
awards; (11) plans, directs, coordinates, and conducts the grants 
management functions and processes in support of assistance awards, 
including cooperative agreements, discretionary grants, block grants, 
and formula grants, to state and local governments, universities, 
colleges, research institutions, hospitals, pubic and private 
organizations, small businesses, and minority- and/or women-owned 
businesses for CDC; (12) participates with top program management in 
program planning, policy determination, evaluation, and directions 
concerning acquisition and assistance strategies and execution; (13) 
maintains branch's official contract and assistance files; (14) 
maintains a close working relationship with CDC components in carrying 
out their missions; (15) establishes branch goals, objectives, and 
priorities, and assures their consistency and coordination with the 
overall objectives of PGO; (16) acquisition and assistance functions in 
support of NIOSH are accomplished with field office locations located 
in Pittsburgh, PA; Morgantown, WV; Cincinnati, OH; and Spokane, WA.
    Acquisition and Assistance Branch VI (CAJHT). This branch supports 
the Coordinating Center for Health Information and Service, the 
National Center for Health Marketing, the National Center for Health 
Statistics, the National Center for Public Health Informatics, and the 
Coordinating Office of Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response by 
performing the following: (1) Plans, directs, and conducts the 
acquisition of non-personal services, supplies, equipment, research and 
development, studies, and data collection for CDC through a variety of 
contractual mechanisms (competitive and non-competitive); (2) plans, 
directs, and conducts assistance management activities for CDC through 
the awards of grants and cooperative agreements (competitive and non-
competitive); (3) reviews statements of work and assistance 
applications from a management point of view for conformity to laws, 
regulations, and policies, and negotiates and issues contract, grant, 
and cooperative agreement awards; (4) provides continuing surveillance 
of financial and administrative aspects of acquisition and assistance-
supported activities to assure compliance with appropriate DHHS and CDC 
policies; (5) gives technical assistance, where indicated, to improve 
the management of acquisition and assistance-supported activities, and 
responds to requests for management information from the Office of the 
Director headquarters, regional staffs, CDC program offices and the 
public; (6) performs contract and purchasing administrative activities 
including coordination and negotiation of contract modifications, 
reviewing and approving contractor billings, resolving audit findings, 
and performing close-out/termination activities; (7) provides for the 
collection and reporting of business management and programmatic data, 
and analyzes and monitors business management data on grants and 
cooperative agreements; (8) assures that contractor and grantee 
performance is in accordance with contractual and assistance 
commitments; (9) provides leadership and guidance to CDC project 
officers and program officials; (10) provides leadership, direction, 
procurement options, and approaches in developing specifications/
statements of work and contract awards; (11) plans, directs, 
coordinates, and conducts the grants management functions and processes 
in support of assistance awards, including cooperative agreements, 
discretionary grants, block grants, and formula grants, to state and 
local governments, universities, colleges, research institutions, 
hospitals, public and private organizations, small businesses, and 
minority- and/or women-owned businesses for CDC; (12) participates with 
top program management in program planning, policy determination, 
evaluation, and directions concerning acquisition and assistance 
strategies and execution; (13) maintains branch's official contract and 
assistance files; (14) maintains a close working relationship with CDC 
program office components in carrying out their missions; (15) 
establishes branch goals, objectives and priorities, and assures their 
consistency and coordination with the overall objectives of PGO.
    Acquisition and Assistance Branch VII (Global) (CAJHU). This branch 
supports the Coordinating Office of Global Health and CDC's global 
acquisition and assistance needs by performing the following: (1) 
Plans, directs and conducts the acquisition of a wide variety of 
services, research and development, studies, data collection, 
equipment, materials, and personal and non-personal services in support 
of CDC's international operations, utilizing a wide variety of contract 
types and pricing arrangements; (2) plans, directs, and conducts 
assistance management activities for CDC's international programs; (3) 
provides leadership, direction, acquisition options, and approaches in 
developing

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specifications/statements of work and grants announcements; (4) 
participates with top program management in program planning, policy 
determination, evaluation, and directions concerning acquisition and 
grants strategies and execution; (5) provides innovative program-
solving methods in the coordination of international procurement and 
grants for a wide range plan with partners in virtually all major 
domestic and international health agencies dealing with the United 
Nations Foundation health priorities/issues, to include resolution of 
matters with the Department of State; (6) executes contracts and grants 
in support of international activities; (7) provides business 
management oversight for contracts and assistance awards; (8) 
participates with top program management in program planning, policy 
determination, evaluation, and directions concerning acquisition and 
assistance strategies and execution; (9) maintains branch's official 
contract and assistance files; (10) maintains a close working 
relationship with CDC program office components in carrying out their 
missions; (11) establishes branch goals, objectives, and priorities, 
and assures their consistency and coordination with the overall 
objectives of PGO.
    Acquisition and Assistance Branch VIII (CAJHV). This branch 
supports the CDC Office of the Director acquisition requirements by 
performing the following: (1) Plans, directs, and conducts the 
acquisition of non-personal services, supplies, equipment, research and 
development, studies, and data collection for CDC through a variety of 
contractual mechanisms (competitive and non-competitive); (2) reviews 
statements of work from a management point of view for conformity to 
laws, regulations, and policies, and negotiates and issues contracts; 
(3) provides continuing surveillance of financial and administrative 
aspects of acquisition-supported activities to assure compliance with 
appropriate DHHS and CDC policies; (4) gives technical assistance, 
where indicated, to improve the management of acquisition activities, 
and responds to requests for management information from the Office of 
the Director, headquarters, regional staffs, CDC program offices and 
the public; (5) performs contract and purchasing administrative 
activities including coordination and negotiation of contract 
modifications, reviewing and approving contractor billings, resolving 
audit findings, and performing close-out/termination activities; (6) 
provides for the collection and reporting of business management and 
programmatic data, and analyzes and monitors business management data 
on grants and cooperative agreements; (7) assures that contractor 
performance is in accordance with contractual commitments; (8) provides 
leadership and guidance to CDC project officers and program officials; 
(9) provides leadership, direction, procurement options, and approaches 
in developing specifications/statements of work and contract awards; 
(10) participates with top program management in program planning, 
policy determination, evaluation, and directions concerning acquisition 
strategies and execution; (11) maintains branch's official contract 
files; (12) maintains a close working relationship with CDC program 
office components in carrying out their missions; (13) establishes 
branch goals, objectives, and priorities, and assures their consistency 
and coordination with the overall objectives of PGO.

    Dated: August 10, 2005.
William H. Gimson,
Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
(CDC).
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