[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 99 (Wednesday, May 22, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30307-30312]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-12044]


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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 27398-27399,

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dated May 10, 2013) is amended to reorganize the Procurement and Grants 
Office, Office of the Chief Operating Officer, Office of the Director, 
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 Procurement and Grants Office (CAJH) 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 and 
assistance activities to improve the public's health; (2) plans and 
develops CDC-wide policies, procedures, and practices in acquisition 
and assistance areas to support public health science and programs; (3) 
obtains research and development, services, equipment, supplies, and 
construction in support of CDC's public health mission through 
acquisition processes; (4) awards, administers, and terminates 
contracts, purchase orders, grants, and cooperative agreements 
essential to improve public health; (5) maintains a continuing program 
of reviews, evaluations, inquiries, and oversight activities of CDC-
wide acquisitions and assistance to ensure adherence to laws, policies, 
procedures, regulations, and alignment to CDC's public health goals; 
and (6) maintains liaison with the Department of Health and Human 
Services (DHHS), General Services Administration (GSA), Government 
Accountability Office (GAO), and other federal agencies on acquisition 
and assistance policies, procedures, and operating matters.
    Office of the Director (CAJH1). (1) Provides overall leadership, 
guidance and coordination in all areas of acquisitions and grants 
activities on behalf of the CDC; (2) provides overall leadership, 
guidance and coordination in all areas of the Procurement and Grants 
Office (PGO) activities in order to support CDC's public health 
mission; (3) provides leadership, supervision, and management of staff 
necessary to fully manage the performance of PGO; (4) ensures PGO's 
policies, processes, requests for information and procedures adhere to 
all rules and regulations and are in alignment with CDC's public health 
goals; (5) develops and implements organizational strategic planning 
goals and objectives that support CDC's public health goals; (6) 
provides overall budgetary and human resource management, and 
administrative support; (7) directs and coordinates activities in 
support of the department's Equal Employment Opportunity Program and 
employee development; (8) develops, implements, and manages 
professional development strategy and plan for PGO; (9) develops, 
implements, and manages recruiting, hiring, retention, and succession 
strategies; (10) coordinates creation and implementation of operating 
standards/procedures and processes, and monitors compliance; (11) 
provides and oversees the delivery of PGO-wide administrative 
management and support services in the areas of fiscal management, 
personnel, travel, records management, internal controls, and other 
administrative services; (12) develops and implements administrative 
policies, procedures, and operations, as appropriate, for PGO, and 
prepares special reports and studies, as required, in the 
administrative management areas; (13) serves as PGO's point of contact 
on all matters concerning facilities management and space utilization; 
(14) serves as PGO's coordinator of continuity of operations 
activities; (15) prepares annual budget formulation and budget 
justifications; (16) manages PGO's internal acquisition processes; (17) 
maintains liaison with DIMS, GSA, GAO, and other federal agencies on 
acquisition and assistance compliance activities; (18) maintains a 
continuing program of evaluation of PGO-wide internal procedures to 
ensure adherence to laws, policies, procedures, and regulations and 
make recommendations for ongoing improvement; (19) coordinates 
Inspector General and General Accounting Office audit activities; (20) 
coordinates financial audits and reviews and prioritizes resolution 
using risk-based approaches; (21) provides professional advice on 
accounting and cost principles in resolving audit exceptions as they 
relate to the acquisition and assistance processes; (22) develops an 
Annual Quality Assurance Plan; (23) provides technical and managerial 
direction for the development, implementation, and maintenance of 
grants and contracts systems; (24) manages HHS grants and 
administrative systems; (25) manages activities related to information 
security; and (26) ensures implementation of data standards across PGO.
    Office of Policy, Performance, and Communications (CAJH13). (1) 
Provides technical and managerial direction for the development of PGO 
and CDC-wide policies in the acquisition and assistance areas to 
support CDC's public health science and programs; (2) participates with 
senior management in program planning, policy determinations, 
evaluations, and decisions concerning escalation points for acquisition 
and assistance; (3) provides leadership, coordination, and 
collaboration on issues management and triaging, and ensures the 
process of ongoing issues identification, management, and resolution; 
(4) conducts policy analysis (including regulatory, legal, economic) 
and identifies and tracks legislation; (5) provides policy review and 
clearance of materials; (6) manages and responds to Congressional 
inquiries (e.g., prepare briefings and hearings, facilitate reports to 
Congress); (7) identifies and assesses policy best practices and helps 
diffuse and replicate those practices; (8) identifies emerging or 
cross-cutting policy issues and serves as a catalyst in advancing 
action; (9) serves as the focal point for the policy analysis, 
technical review and final clearance of executive correspondence and 
policy documents that require approval from the CDC Director, CDC 
Leadership Team, or officials within DHHS; (10) maintains relations 
with key organizations and individuals working on grants and contract 
policies or related legislation; (11) coordinates and manages PGO 
annual planning activities with the Office of Acquisition Services and 
the Office of Grants Services; (12) conducts continuing studies and 
analysis of division activities and provides recommendations on 
workload efficiency and resource utilization; (13) manages and analyzes 
complex data, develops queries, reports, and analytic tools; (14) 
develops and implements PGO organizational performance and provides 
recommendations on performance improvement; (15) conducts ongoing 
environmental scans of data systems to evaluate PGO performance; (16) 
designs studies and conducts analysis to streamline grant and contract 
business processes and improve data consistency, availability, and 
accuracy; (17) creates PGO data standards; (18) manages activities and 
reporting for the CDC Director's Quarterly Performance Review 
initiative; (19) provides communications support to PGO Director and 
Deputy Director (e.g., presentations, emails, All Hands meetings); (20) 
manages the flow of any decision documents and correspondence for 
signature by PGO and CDC Directors; (21) ensures accurate and 
consistent information dissemination, including Freedom Of Information 
Act requests and Executive Secretariat controlled correspondence; (22) 
ensures consistent application of CDC correspondence standards and

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styles; (23) designs, plans, organizes, develops, and implements 
employee communications activities; (24) provides centralized access to 
all tools and information held on the Intranet and provides leadership 
in the development and branding of PGO's Intranet and Internet sites 
and Web pages; (25) manages and responds to media requests for access 
to subject matter experts, reports, and publications; and (26) provides 
leadership, technical assistance, and consultation to PGO in 
establishing best practices in internal and external business 
communication and implements external communication strategies to 
promote and protect the agency's brand.
    Office of Acquisition Services (CAJHK). The Office of Acquisition 
Services (OAS) provides leadership for operations and policies relating 
to agency-level acquisition functions, directs OAS staff development, 
and oversees acquisition activity analysis and business decision-making 
processes in support of the agency's public health mission.
    Office of the Director (CAJHK1). (1) Provides overall leadership, 
guidance and coordination in all areas related to acquisitions; (2) 
provides leadership, supervision, and management of acquisitions staff; 
(3) ensures policies, processes, and procedures adhere to all rules and 
regulations and are in alignment with CDC's public health goals; (4) 
develops and implements organizational strategic planning goals and 
objectives; (5) provides budgetary and human resource management and 
administrative support; (6) develops procedures and guidance to 
implement CDC or office policies, HHS policies, and rules and 
regulations; (7) leads the development of contracts policy agendas with 
federal agencies and organizations; (8) provides cost advisory support 
to acquisitions activities with responsibility for initiating requests 
for audits and evaluations and providing recommendations to contracting 
officer, as required; (9) conducts continuing studies and analysis of 
acquisition activities; (10) provides technical and managerial 
direction for the development, implementation, and maintenance of 
acquisition systems; (11) maintains a continuing program of reviews, 
evaluations, inquiries and oversight activities of CDC-wide 
acquisitions to ensure adherence to laws, policies, procedures and 
regulations and alignment with CDC's public health goals; (12) provides 
technical and managerial direction for functions related to interagency 
agreement management and VISA purchase card management; (13) operates 
CDC's Small and Disadvantaged Business Program, and provides direction 
and support to various other socioeconomic programs encompassing 
acquisition and assistance activities; (14) develops formal training in 
procurement for awardees and CDC staff; (15) develops, implements and 
manages professional development related to required certifications; 
and (16) plans and directs all activities related to contract closeout.
    Acquisition Branch 1 (CAJHKB). This branch supports one or more 
centers, and/or offices by performing the following: (1) Plans, 
directs, and conducts the acquisition of services, supplies, equipment, 
research and development, studies, and data collection for CDC through 
a variety of contractual mechanisms (competitive and noncompetitive) to 
support CDC's national and international public health operations, 
utilizing a wide variety of contract types and pricing arrangements; 
(2) establishes branch goals, objectives, and priorities, and assures 
their consistency and coordination with the overall objectives of PGO 
and CDC; (3) participates with top program management in program 
planning, policy determination, evaluation, and direction concerning 
acquisition strategies and execution; (4) provides leadership and 
guidance to CDC project officers and public health program officials; 
(5) maintains a close working relationship with CDC program office 
components in carrying out their public health missions; (6) provides 
leadership, direction, procurement options, and approaches in 
developing specifications/statements of work and contract awards; (7) 
reviews statements of work from a management point of view for 
conformity to laws, regulations, and policies and alignment to CDC's 
public health goals, and negotiates and issues contracts; (8) directs 
and controls acquisition planning activities to assure total program 
needs are addressed and procurements are conducted in a logical, 
appropriate, and timely sequence; (9) provides continuing surveillance 
of financial and administrative aspects of acquisition-supported 
activities to assure compliance with appropriate DHHS and CDC policies 
and application to public health activities; (10) provides technical 
assistance, where indicated, to improve the management of acquisition-
supported activities, and responds to requests for management 
information from the Office of the Director, headquarters, regional 
staffs, CDC program offices and the public; (11) 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; (12) assures that contractor performance is 
in accordance with contractual commitments; (13) maintains branch's 
official contract files; (14) identifies and mitigates risks associated 
with contracts and purchase orders; and (15) provides innovative 
problem-solving methods in the coordination of international 
procurement for a wide range plan with public health partners in 
virtually all major domestic and international health agencies dealing 
with health priorities/issues, to include resolution of matters with 
the Department of State.
    Acquisition Branch 2 (CAJHKC). This branch supports one or more 
centers, and/or offices by performing the following: (1) Plans, 
directs, and conducts the acquisition of services, supplies, equipment, 
research and development, studies, and data collection for CDC through 
a variety of contractual mechanisms (competitive and noncompetitive) to 
support CDC's national and international public health operations, 
utilizing a wide variety of contract types and pricing arrangements; 
(2) establishes branch goals, objectives, and priorities, and assures 
their consistency and coordination with the overall objectives of PGO 
and CDC; (3) participates with top program management in program 
planning, policy determination, evaluation, and directions concerning 
acquisition strategies and execution; (4) provides leadership and 
guidance to CDC project officers and public health program officials; 
(5) maintains a close working relationship with CDC program office 
components in carrying out their public health missions; (6) provides 
leadership, direction, procurement options, and approaches in 
developing specifications/statements of work and contract awards; (7) 
reviews statements of work from a management point of view for 
conformity to laws, regulations, and policies and alignment to CDC's 
public health goals and negotiates and issues contracts; (8) directs 
and controls acquisition planning activities to assure total program 
needs are addressed and procurements are conducted in a logical, 
appropriate, and timely sequence; (9) provides continuing surveillance 
of financial and administrative aspects of acquisition-supported 
activities to assure compliance with appropriate DHHS and CDC policies 
and application to public

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health activities; (10) gives technical assistance, where indicated, to 
improve the management of acquisition-supported activities, and 
responds to requests for management information from the Office of the 
Director, headquarters, regional staffs, CDC program offices and the 
public; (11) 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; (12) assures that 
contractor performance is in accordance with contractual commitments; 
(13) maintains branch's official contract files; and (14) identifies 
and mitigates risks associated with contracts and purchase orders.
    Acquisition Branch 3 (CAJHKD). This branch supports one or more 
centers, and/or offices by performing the following: (1) Plans, 
directs, and conducts the acquisition of services, supplies, equipment, 
research and development, studies, and data collection for CDC through 
a variety of contractual mechanisms (competitive and noncompetitive) to 
support CDC's national and international public health operations, 
utilizing a wide variety of contract types and pricing arrangements; 
(2) establishes branch goals, objectives, and priorities, and assures 
their consistency and coordination with the overall objectives of PGO 
and CDC; (3) participates with top program management in program 
planning, policy determination, evaluation, and directions concerning 
acquisition strategies and execution; (4) provides leadership and 
guidance to CDC project officers and public health program officials; 
(5) maintains a close working relationship with CDC program office 
components in carrying out their public health missions; (6) provides 
leadership, direction, procurement options, and approaches in 
developing specifications/statements of work and contract awards; (7) 
reviews statements of work from a management point of view for 
conformity to laws, regulations, and policies and alignment to CDC's 
public health goals, and negotiates and issues contracts; (8) directs 
and controls acquisition planning activities to assure total program 
needs are addressed and procurements are conducted in a logical, 
appropriate, and timely sequence; (9) provides continuing surveillance 
of financial and administrative aspects of acquisition-supported 
activities to assure compliance with appropriate DHHS and CDC policies 
and application to public health activities; (10) gives technical 
assistance, where indicated, to improve the management of acquisition-
supported activities, and responds to requests for management 
information from the Office of the Director, headquarters, regional 
staffs, CDC program offices and the public; (11) 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; (12) assures that contractor performance is 
in accordance with contractual commitments; (13) maintains branch's 
official contract files; (14) identifies and mitigates risks associated 
with contracts and purchase orders; and (15) plans, directs, and 
conducts the acquisition of 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.
    Acquisition Branch 4 (CAJHKE). This branch supports one or more 
centers, and/or offices by performing the following: (1) Plans, 
directs, and conducts the acquisition of services, supplies, equipment, 
research and development, studies, and data collection for CDC through 
a variety of contractual mechanisms (competitive and non-competitive) 
to support CDC's national and international public health operations, 
utilizing a wide variety of contract types and pricing arrangements; 
(2) establishes branch goals, objectives, and priorities, and assures 
their consistency and coordination with the overall objectives of PGO 
and CDC; (3) participates with top program management in program 
planning, policy determination, evaluation, and directions concerning 
acquisition strategies and execution; (4) provides leadership and 
guidance to CDC project officers and public health program officials; 
(5) maintains a close working relationship with CDC program office 
components in carrying out their public health missions; (6) provides 
leadership, direction, procurement options, and approaches in 
developing specifications/statements of work and contract awards; (7) 
reviews statements of work from a management point of view for 
conformity to laws, regulations, and policies and alignment to CDC's 
public health goals, and negotiates and issues contracts; (8) directs 
and controls acquisition planning activities to assure total program 
needs are addressed and procurements are conducted in a logical, 
appropriate, and timely sequence; (9) provides continuing surveillance 
of financial and administrative aspects of acquisition-supported 
activities to assure compliance with appropriate DHHS and CDC policies 
and application to public health activities; (10) gives technical 
assistance, where indicated, to improve the management of acquisition-
supported activities, and responds to requests for management 
information from the Office of the Director, headquarters, regional 
staffs, CDC program offices and the public; (11) 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; (12) assures that contractor performance is 
in accordance with contractual commitments; (13) maintains branch's 
official contract files; (14) identifies and mitigates risks associated 
with contracts and purchase orders; (15) assures the acquisition 
functions in support of the center are accomplished with field office 
locations; and (16) plans and directs all activities related to 
interagency agreements.
    Office of Grants Services (CAJHL). The Office of Grants Services 
(OGS) provides leadership for operations and policies relating to 
agency-level grants functions, directs OGS staff development, and 
oversees grants activity analysis and business decision-making 
processes in support of the agency's public health mission.
    Office of the Director (CAJHL1). (1) Provides overall leadership, 
guidance and coordination in all areas related to grants; (2) provides 
leadership, supervision, and management of grants staff; (3) ensures 
policies, processes, and procedures adhere to all rules and regulations 
and are in alignment with CDC's public health goals; (4) develops and 
implements organizational strategic planning goals and objectives; (5) 
provides budgetary, human resource management and administrative 
support; (6) develops procedures and guidance to implement CDC, HHS and 
office policies and rules and regulations; (7) leads the development of 
grants policy agendas with federal agencies and organizations; (8) 
provides cost advisory support to assistance activities with 
responsibility for initiating requests for audits and evaluations, and 
providing recommendations to grants management officer, as required; 
(9) conducts continuing studies and analysis of grant activities; (10) 
provides

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technical and managerial direction for the development, implementation, 
and maintenance of grants systems; (11) provides measures of 
effectiveness and termination of grants and cooperative agreements; 
(12) maintains a continuing program of reviews, evaluations, inquiries, 
and oversight activities of CDC-wide assistance to ensure adherence to 
laws, policies, procedures, and regulations and alignment with CDC's 
public health goals; (13) provides technical and managerial direction 
for functions related to objective review and grants close out; (14) 
serves as a 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 public health program announcements for review; (15) develops 
formal training in grants management for awardees and CDC staff; and 
(16) develops, implements, and manages professional development related 
to required certifications.
    Infectious Disease Services Branch (CAJHLB). This branch supports 
one or more centers, and/or offices by performing the following: (1) 
Plans, directs, and conducts assistance management activities for CDC 
through the awards of grants and cooperative agreements (competitive 
and non-competitive) across the public health system; (2) plans, 
directs, coordinates, and conducts the grants managements functions and 
processes in support of public health assistance awards; (3) 
establishes branch goals, objectives, and priorities, and assures their 
consistency and coordination with the overall objectives of PGO and 
CDC; (4) provides leadership, direction, and approaches in developing 
grants announcements; (5) participates with leadership in program 
planning, policy determination, evaluation, and directions concerning 
assistance strategies and execution; (6) provides leadership and 
guidance to CDC project officers and public health program officials 
related to grants activities; (7) maintains a close working 
relationship with CDC program office components in carrying out their 
public health missions; (8) reviews assistance applications from a 
management point of view for conformity to laws, regulations, and 
policies and alignment to CDC's public health goals, and issues grants 
and cooperative agreements; (9) provides continuing surveillance of 
financial and administrative aspects of assistance-supported activities 
to assure compliance with appropriate DHHS and CDC policies and 
application to public health activities; (10) gives technical 
assistance, where indicated, to improve the management of assistance-
supported activities, and responds to requests for management 
information from the Office of the Director, headquarters, regional 
staffs, CDC office and the public; (11) assures that grantee 
performance is in accordance with assistance requirements; (12) 
provides for the collection and reporting of business management and 
public health programmatic data, and analyzes and monitors business 
management data on grants and cooperative agreements; and (13) 
maintains branch's official assistance files.
    Chronic Disease and Birth Defects Services Branch (CAJHLC). This 
branch supports one or more centers, and/or offices by performing the 
following: (1) Plans, directs, and conducts assistance management 
activities for CDC through the awards of grants and cooperative 
agreements (competitive and non-competitive) across the public health 
system; (2) plans, directs, coordinates, and conducts the grants 
managements functions and processes in support of public health 
assistance awards; (3) establishes branch goals, objectives, and 
priorities, and assures their consistency and coordination with the 
overall objectives of PGO and CDC; (4) provides leadership, direction, 
and approaches in developing grants announcements; (5) participates 
with leadership in program planning, policy determination, evaluation, 
and directions concerning assistance strategies and execution; (6) 
provides leadership and guidance to CDC project officers and public 
health program officials related to grants activities; (7) maintains a 
close working relationship with CDC program office components in 
carrying out their public health missions; (8) reviews assistance 
applications from a management point of view for conformity to laws, 
regulations, and policies and alignment to CDC's public health goals, 
and issues grants and cooperative agreements; (9) provides continuing 
surveillance of financial and administrative aspects of assistance-
supported activities to assure compliance with appropriate DHHS and CDC 
policies and application to public health activities; (10) gives 
technical assistance, where indicated, to improve the management of 
assistance-supported activities, and responds to requests for 
management information from the Office of the Director, headquarters, 
regional staffs, CDC office and the public; (11) assures that grantee 
performance is in accordance with assistance requirements; (12) 
provides for the collection and reporting of business management and 
public health programmatic data, and analyzes and monitors business 
management data on grants and cooperative agreements; and (13) 
maintains branch's official assistance files.
    OD, Environmental, Occupational Health and Injury Prevention 
Services Branch (CAJHLD). This branch supports one or more centers, 
and/or offices by performing the following: (1) Plans, directs, and 
conducts assistance management activities for CDC through the awards of 
grants and cooperative agreements (competitive and noncompetitive) 
across the public health system; (2) plans, directs, coordinates, and 
conducts the grants managements functions and processes in support of 
public health assistance awards; (3) establishes branch goals, 
objectives, and priorities, and assures their consistency and 
coordination with the overall objectives of PGO and CDC; (4) provides 
leadership, direction, and approaches in developing grants 
announcements; (5) participates with leadership in program planning, 
policy determination, evaluation, and directions concerning assistance 
strategies and execution; (6) provides leadership and guidance to CDC 
project officers and public health program officials related to grants 
activities; (7) maintains a close working relationship with CDC program 
office components in carrying out their public health missions; (8) 
reviews assistance applications from a management point of view for 
conformity to laws, regulations, and policies and alignment to CDC's 
public health goals, and issues grants and cooperative agreements; (9) 
provides continuing surveillance of financial and administrative 
aspects of assistance-supported activities to assure compliance with 
appropriate DHHS and CDC policies and application to public health 
activities; (10) gives technical assistance, where indicated, to 
improve the management of assistance-supported activities, and responds 
to requests for management information from the Office of the Director, 
headquarters, regional staffs, CDC office and the public; (11) assures 
that grantee performance is in accordance with assistance requirements; 
(12) provides for the collection and reporting of business management 
and public health programmatic data, and analyzes and monitors business 
management data on grants and cooperative agreements; (13) maintains 
branch's official assistance files; and (14) assures public health 
assistance functions are accomplished with field office locations.
    Global Health Services Branch (CAJHLE). This branch supports one or 
more centers, and/or offices by

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performing the following: (1) Plans, directs, and conducts assistance 
management activities for CDC through the awards of grants and 
cooperative agreements (competitive and non-competitive) across the 
public health system; (2) plans, directs, coordinates, and conducts the 
grants managements functions and processes in support of public health 
assistance awards; (3) establishes branch goals, objectives, and 
priorities, and assures their consistency and coordination with the 
overall objectives of PGO and CDC; (4) provides leadership, direction, 
and approaches in developing grants announcements; (5) participates 
with leadership in program planning, policy determination, evaluation, 
and directions concerning assistance strategies and execution; (6) 
provides leadership and guidance to CDC project officers and public 
health program officials related to grants activities; (7) maintains a 
close working relationship with CDC program office components in 
carrying out their public health missions; (8) reviews assistance 
applications from a management point of view for conformity to laws, 
regulations, and policies and alignment to CDC's public health goals, 
and issues grants and cooperative agreements; (9) provides continuing 
surveillance of financial and administrative aspects of assistance-
supported activities to assure compliance with appropriate DHHS and CDC 
policies and application to public health activities; (10) gives 
technical assistance, where indicated, to improve the management of 
assistance-supported activities, and responds to requests for 
management information from the Office of the Director, headquarters, 
regional staffs, CDC office and the public; (11) assures that grantee 
performance is in accordance with assistance requirements; (12) 
provides for the collection and reporting of business management and 
public health programmatic data, and analyzes and monitors business 
management data on grants and cooperative agreements; (13) maintains 
branch's official assistance files; and (14) provides innovative 
problem-solving methods in the coordination of international grants for 
a wide range plan with public health partners in virtually all major 
domestic and international health agencies dealing with health 
priorities/issues, to include resolution of matters with the Department 
of State.

    Dated: May 10, 2013.
 Sherri A. Berger,
Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2013-12044 Filed 5-21-13; 8:45 am]
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