[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 171 (Tuesday, September 4, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53889-53890]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-21521]


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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 77 FR 43837-43841, dated July 26, 2012) is 
amended to reorganize the Epidemiology and Analysis Program Office, 
Office of Surveillance, Epidemiology and Laboratory Services, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention.
    Section C-B, Organization and Functions, is hereby amended as 
follows: Delete in its entirety the titles and functional statements 
for the Division of Epidemiology and Analytic Methods (CPKB) and the 
Division of Community Preventive Services (CPKC) and insert the 
following:
    Division of Epidemiologic and Analytic Methods for Population 
Health (CPKE). (1) Provides leadership and overall direction for 
execution of programs that support the development and dissemination of 
epidemiological and analytical methods for improving population health, 
and that identify what works in community preventive services; (2) 
establishes division goals, objectives and priorities and assures 
alignment with EAPO and CDC goals, objectives and priorities; (3) 
provides leadership and guidance for a portfolio of projects and 
activities that address cross cutting topics including measurement and 
assessment of population health, burden of disease, health disparities, 
social determinants of health, and community preventive services; (4) 
supports the development and dissemination of publications and reports 
on cross cutting topics and community preventive services; (5) monitors 
progress in implementation of division projects and activities that 
support the achievement of CDC and EAPO goals, objectives, and 
priorities; (6) provides oversight and approval of

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scientific products including manuscripts, Web sites, reports, and 
other documents; (7) assures compliance with all federal rules and 
regulations regarding research with human subjects; (8) provides 
division-level management, administration, support services, and 
coordinates with appropriate offices on program and administrative 
matters; and (9) develops curriculum, training, and consultation 
services for CDC and other federal and non-federal partners to foster 
the development of skills in epidemiologic and analytic methodologies, 
and systematic reviews.
    Office of the Director (CPKE1). (1) Provides leadership and 
guidance on strategic planning and implementation, program priority 
setting, and policy development, to advance the mission of the 
division, EAPO and CDC; (2) develops goals, objectives, and budget; 
monitors progress and allocation of resources, and reports 
accomplishments, future directions, and resource requirements; (3) 
develops, implements and evaluates long term research and programmatic 
agendas for analytical and epidemiologic activities and the Community 
Guide; (4) facilitates scientific, policy and program collaboration 
among divisions and centers, and between CDC and other federal/non-
federal partners; (5) promotes advancement of science throughout the 
division, supports program evaluation, and ensures that research meets 
the highest standards in the field; (6) provides epidemiologic and 
analytic expertise and consultation to planning, projects, policies and 
program activities; (7) advises the Office of the Director of EAPO on 
matters relating to epidemiologic and analytic methods and the 
Community Guide, and coordinates division responses to requests for 
technical assistance or information on activities supported by the 
division; (8) develops and produces communication tools and public 
affairs strategies to meet the needs of division programs and mission; 
and (9) represents the division at official professional and scientific 
meetings, both within and outside of CDC.
    Analytic Tools and Methods Branch (CPKEB). (1) Supports the 
development and dissemination of cross-cutting analytical methodology, 
including but not limited to advanced statistical methods, forecasting, 
geospatial methods, meta-analysis, and economic analysis; (2) supports 
and conducts applied research that expands the scope of analytic 
methods capabilities and public health science; (3) provides assistance 
and consultation on analytical methodology to other units within CDC; 
(4) identifies complex system models and logistics simulation models 
and evaluates and assesses their validity and utility for public health 
practice; (5) maintains an inventory of up-to-date information on 
models relevant to public health and facilitates access to the models 
by other units within CDC; (6) develops and applies new and existing 
quantitative methodologies and simulation and decision support tools to 
assist CDC programs including emergency preparedness and response 
activities; (7) develops, maintains, and improves epidemiologic tools 
for data collection, data management, and data analysis, including Epi 
Info; (8) provides training, technical assistance, and support to 
public health partners and entities using Epi Info for outbreak 
investigations and other public health monitoring activities; (9) 
collaborates with national and global partners to conceive and develop 
open-source public health tools for outbreak management, surveillance, 
and research applications; (10) participates with CDC and other federal 
and non-federal partners in developing indicators, methods, and 
statistical procedures for assessing and monitoring the health of 
communities and measuring the effectiveness of community interventions; 
and (11) participates with CDC and other federal and non-federal 
partners in developing indicators, methods, and statistical procedures 
for measuring and reporting social determinants of health.
    Community Guide Branch (CPKEC). (1) Convenes and supports the 
independent Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF); (2) 
oversees production of the systematic reviews that serve as the 
foundation for CPSTF findings and recommendations; (3) coordinates and 
manages large and diverse teams of internal and external partners in 
the systematic review process; (4) participates with other CDC 
programs, HHS, and non-governmental partners in developing and/or 
refining methods for conducting systematic reviews; (5) assists CDC and 
other federal and non-federal partners in understanding, using, and 
communicating methods for conducting systematic reviews; (6) produces 
and promotes the use of the Guide to Community Preventive Services (aka 
Community Guide); (7) communicates the Community Guide reviews, 
recommendations, and research needs in the American Journal of 
Preventive Medicine and the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 
(MMWR) publications as well as via other journals, books, documents, 
the world wide Web, and other media; (8) participates with other CDC 
programs, HHS and non-governmental partners in disseminating Community 
Guide reviews, recommendations, and research needs to appropriate 
audiences throughout the U.S. health care and public health systems, 
and their multisectoral partners; (9) participates with other CDC 
programs, HHS, and other federal and non-governmental partners in 
developing policies, and processes for referencing Community Guide 
findings in research and programmatic funding announcements, with the 
aim of increasing use of Community Guide findings and filling evidence 
gaps; (10) participates with other CDC programs, HHS, and non-
governmental partners in developing and/or refining methods for 
implementing Community Guide recommendations; (11) provides 
consultations for implementing Community Guide recommended strategies; 
(12) participates in the development of national and regional public/
private partnerships to enhance prevention research and the translation 
of evidence into policy and action; (13) assists CDC and other federal 
and non-federal partners in linking reviews of evidence to guidelines 
development and/or program implementation; and (14) designs and 
conducts programmatic, process and outcome evaluation strategies for 
all stages of development and diffusion of the Community Guide.

    Dated: August 16, 2012.
Sherri A. Berger,
Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2012-21521 Filed 8-31-12; 8:45 am]
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