[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 57 (Thursday, March 25, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 14449]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-6375]


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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 75 FR 10296, dated March 5, 2010) is amended 
to reflect the establishment of the Office of the Associate Director 
for Policy.
    Section C-B, Organization and Functions, is hereby amended as 
follows: Delete in their entirety the title and functional statements 
for the CDC Washington Office (CAQ) and insert the following:
    Office of the Associate Director for Policy (CAQ). The mission of 
CDCs Office of the Associate Director for Policy (OADP) is to bring 
about policies that result in demonstrable improvements in public 
health-globally and at the federal, state, and local levels. In 
carrying out its mission, OADP: (1) Provides advice to CDC leadership 
in developing agency policy and legislative strategies; (2) creates and 
maintains partnerships to implement policy and legislative strategies; 
(3) implements key policies to improve public health; (4) ensures the 
agency's scientific credibility, reputation, and needs are respected 
and supported by policy makers and stakeholders.
    Office of the Director (CAQ1). (1) Provides strategic advice to CDC 
leadership on overall agency direction and priorities, and drives CDC 
towards actions to reduce leading preventable causes of morbidity and 
mortality; (2) ensures organizational effectiveness in policy or 
strategy across the agency; (3) ensures capacity throughout CDC for 
policy and strategy; (4) leads the development and management of policy 
agendas with federal agencies and other organizations; (5) establishes 
strategy and maintains relations with key organizations and individuals 
working on public health policies or legislation.
    Office of Prevention through Healthcare (CAQ 12). (1) Uses policy 
tools to gain the maximum preventive benefit from the clinical system 
and to integrate clinical care with community health interventions; (2) 
draws upon expertise and functional roles resident in other units of 
the Office of the Associate Director for Policy as well as from across 
CDC to apply that expertise and functionality to advancing prevention 
through healthcare; (3) crafts a coordinated agency response to 
implementing provisions of health reform legislation once it is 
enacted.
    Policy Research, Analysis, and Development Office (CAQB). (1) 
Identifies and assists CDC leadership in establishing policy at 
multiple levels (federal, state, local, global and in the private 
sector); (2) conducts policy analysis (including regulatory, legal, 
economic); (3) develops and implements strategies (including 
regulatory, legal, economic) to deliver on policy priorities; (4) 
coordinates agency work with the healthcare system and other health-
related organizations to advance CDCs policy agenda within the 
healthcare sector; (5) develops expertise in programs, regulations, and 
initiatives of other agencies that may provide opportunity for health 
impact; (6) builds relations with government agencies and other 
organizations to advance policy agendas, with a special emphasis on 
state and local agencies; (7) monitors and evaluates impact of policy 
implementation priorities; (8) identifies and assesses policy best 
practices and helps diffuse and replicate those practices; (9) leads 
the strengthening and development of policy capacity and talent within 
CDC, as well as within the larger public health community; (10) leads 
the development and implementation of CDCs health policy research 
agenda; (11) ensures CDC operates in an integrated, consistent manner 
in policy-related activities; (12) leverages relationships with think 
tanks, policy consultancies, and academic institutions; (13) manages 
selected partner cooperative agreements and contracts that focus on 
policy; and (14) develops an agency-wide strategy related to advancing 
policy for partner relations that are managed elsewhere in CDC.
    CDC Washington Office (CAQC). (1) Directs and manages CDC 
interactions with Congress; (2) leads the development and oversees the 
execution of appropriations strategies; (3) develops and executes 
legislative strategies; (4) builds Congressional relations; (5) tracks 
and analyzes legislation; (6) develops strategy and leads response 
efforts for Congressional oversight; (7) builds relations with 
government agencies and other organizations to advance policy agendas, 
with an emphasis on federal agencies; (8) protects and advances the 
agency's reputation, scientific credibility, and interests; (9) informs 
CDC leadership of current developments and provides insight into the 
Washington policy environment; (10) coordinates District of Columbia-
area assignees and helps maximize their impact in supporting the 
agency's strategies and priorities.

    Dated: March 11, 2010.
William P. Nichols,
Acting Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2010-6375 Filed 3-24-10; 8:45 am]
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