[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 229 (Wednesday, November 28, 2012)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary, Office of the Assistant Secretary for 
Administration


Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of 
Authority

    Part A, Office of the Secretary, Statement of Organization, 
Functions, and Delegations of Authority for the Department of Health 
and Human Services (HHS) is being amended at Chapter AJ, Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Administration, which was last amended at 75 FR 
369-370, dated January 5, 2010, and most recently at 77 FR 2729, dated 
January 19, 2012. Part P, Program Support Center (PSC), Statement of 
Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority for the 
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which was last amended 
at 75 FR 369-370, dated January 5, 2010, is not being amended, because 
the functions transferred to PSC in this notice are already covered by 
the general description of PSC's functions at 75 FR 369-370. This 
notice transfers the functions of the Office for Facilities Management 
and Policy (OFMP) in Part A, Chapter AJ to the PSC in Part P and 
establishes a new major component, within PSC, that combines OFMP's 
functions with building operations and logistics/warehouse activities 
currently being performed by components within the PSC. The mission of 
this new component will be to set building management policy 
efficiently and effectively. It will also offer building and logistics 
operations on a fee-for-service basis to the Department and other 
federal customers. On an incumbent-only basis, the Deputy Assistant 
Secretary (DAS) for OFMP will continue to directly report to the 
Assistant Secretary for Administration (ASA). This notice also 
transfers the budget and financial resources and Department-wide multi-
sector workforce management activities previously performed by the 
Office of Business Management and Transformation to the Program Support 
Center. Finally, this notice also updates information regarding the 
Office for Security and Strategic Information's (OSSI's) organizational 
structure, as well as the new roles and responsibilities for the Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Security/Secretary's Senior Intelligence 
Official and for OSSI. The technical changes are as follows:
    A. Under Chapter AJ, Section AJ.10, Organization, delete ``Office 
for Facilities Management and Policy (AJE).''
    B. Under Chapter AJ, Section AJ.20, Functions, delete the second 
paragraph, which begins with, ``Office for Facilities Management and 
Policy (AJE),'' in its entirety.
    C. Under Chapter AJ, Section AJ.20, Functions, second to last 
paragraph, which begins with, ``Office of Business Management and 
Transformation (AJJ),'' delete the second and third sentences, which 
start with, ``OBMT manages the budget * * *'' and ``OBMT oversees 
Department-wide multi-sector * * *, '' respectively.
    D. Under Chapter AJ, Section AJ.20, Functions, delete the last 
paragraph, which begins with, ``Office of Security and Strategic 
Information (AJS),'' in its entirety and replace with the following:

Office of Security and Strategic Information (AJS)

    The Office of the Secretary (OS) established the Deputy Assistant 
Secretary (DAS) for Security in the Division of Administration. DAS 
Security directly reports to the Assistant Secretary for Administration 
on security issues and also serves as the Secretary's Senior 
Intelligence Official as a direct report to the Deputy Secretary on 
intelligence and counterintelligence issues. DAS Security has been 
delegated original classification authority by the Secretary. DAS 
Security manages the Office of Security and Strategic Information 
(OSSI). OSSI's vision is for HHS personnel to successfully accomplish 
missions worldwide in a security-informed manner and with the 
actionable intelligence needed, at the right time, for operational and 
policy decisions. OSSI's responsibilities include: Integrating 
intelligence and security information into HHS policy and operational 
decisions; assessing, anticipating, and warning of potential security 
threats to the Department and our national security; and, providing 
policy guidance on and managing the OS implementation of the 
Department's security, intelligence and counterintelligence programs. 
OSSI's programs include physical security, critical infrastructure 
protection for HHS facilities, personnel suitability and security, 
security access management and the continued implementation of Homeland 
Security Policy Directive 12, classified national security information 
management, secure compartmented information facilities management, 
communications security, safeguarding and sharing of classified 
information, cyber threat intelligence, and counterintelligence. In 
coordination with the Director of National Intelligence, OSSI has been 
designated as a Federal Intelligence Coordinating Office and the DAS 
Security serves as the HHS Federal Senior Intelligence Coordinator. 
OSSI has responsibilities to establish implementing guidance, provide 
oversight, and manage the Department's policy for the sharing, 
safeguarding, and coordinated exchange of information related to 
national or homeland security with other federal departments and 
agencies, including law enforcement organizations and the Intelligence 
Community, in compliance with HHS policies and applicable laws, 
regulations, and Executive Orders.
    E. Delegation of Authority. Pending further redelegation, 
directives or orders made by the Secretary, Deputy Secretary, or ASA, 
all delegations and redelegations of authority made to officials and 
employees of affected organizational components will continue in them 
or their successors pending further redelegations, provided they are 
consistent with this reorganization.

    Dated: November 16, 2012.
E.J. Holland, Jr.,
Assistant Secretary for Administration.
[FR Doc. 2012-28783 Filed 11-27-12; 8:45 am]
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