[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 60 (Thursday, March 28, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 18987]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-07102]


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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 78 FR 5812, dated January 28, 2013) is amended 
to reflect the reorganization of the Office of the Associate Director 
for Science, Office of the Director, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
    Section C-B, Organization and Functions, is hereby amended as 
follows:
    Revise the functional statement for the Office of Science Quality 
(CASH), as follows:
    After item (11), insert the following: (12) Plans, develops, 
coordinates, and manages policies and/or activities that assure CDC 
intellectual property transfer, scientific training and technical 
assistance, critical external laboratory partnerships and the provision 
of essential laboratory services; (13) transfers and translates 
research findings, technologies, and information from CDC's laboratory 
and science in practice recommendations; and (14) manages CDC's 
intellectual property (e.g., patents, trademarks, copyrights) and 
promotes the transfer of new technology from CDC research to the 
private sector to facilitate and enhance the development of diagnostic 
products, vaccines, and products to improve occupational safety

    Dated: March 7, 2013.
Sherri A. Berger,
Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2013-07102 Filed 3-27-13; 8:45 am]
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