[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 207 (Friday, October 25, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63982-63983]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-24941]


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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 58309, dated September 23, 2013) is 
amended to reorganize the Office of Public Health Preparedness and 
Response.
    Section C-B, Organization and Functions, is hereby amended as 
follows:
    Revise the functional statement for the Office of the Director 
(CGC1), Division of State and Local Readiness (CGC), as follows:
    Office of the Director (CGC1). (1) Provides national leadership and 
guidance that supports and advances the work of state, local, tribal 
and territorial public health emergency preparedness programs; (2) 
coordinates the development of scientific guidelines and standards for 
programmatic materials within the division to provide technical 
assistance and program planning at the state, local, tribal, and 
territorial level; (3) works with awardees to advance state and local 
preparedness efforts through placement of CDC field staff within state 
and local public health agencies; (4) represents the interests and 
needs of the state, local, tribal, and territorial interests on state 
and local preparedness; (5) develops and ensures effective partnerships 
with national stakeholders and preparedness partners; and (6) provides 
oversight and management of division contracts, technical assistance 
plan development, training needs, response activities, grantee awards 
and fiscal accountability, and research agenda development and 
compliance.
    After the title and function statement for the Applied Science and 
Evaluation Branch (CGCC), Division of State and Local Readiness (CGC), 
insert the following:
    Field Services Branch (CGCD). (1) Provides scientific participation 
in development and implementation of field-based science initiatives 
and strategies; (2) provides situational awareness to CDC leadership 
when activated for public health responses; (3) provides consultation 
and technical assistance to state, territorial, tribal and local health 
departments in developing, implementing and evaluating Public Health 
Preparedness and Response activities and performance in support of CDC 
recommendations and those of their host site; (4) provides support for 
public health preparedness and epidemiologic capacity at the state, 
territorial, tribal, and local levels; (5) contributes as leaders in 
preparedness and epidemiology for issues including clinical surge 
capacity, hospital preparedness, and influenza response planning; (6) 
participates in development of national preparedness and response 
policies and guidelines for public health emergencies and encourages 
and facilitates the transfer of guidelines into clinical and public 
health practice; (7) analyzes data to assess progress toward achieving 
program objectives and provides input for program management and 
evaluation reports for publications; (8) participates in the 
development of comprehensive evaluation methods for OPHPR programs; (9) 
serves as liaison or focal point to assist state, territorial, tribal 
and local partners in linking with

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proper resources, contacts and obtaining technical assistance; (10) 
provides technical supervision and support for the CDC field staff and 
trainees as appropriate; (11) provides input into the development of 
branch and division policy, priorities, and operational procedures; 
(12) serves as an agent of information or technology transfer to ensure 
that effective methodology in one program is known and made available 
to other state and local programs; and (13) analyzes technical and 
epidemiologic information to present at national and international 
scientific meetings and publishes programmatic/surveillance/
epidemiologic information in collaboration with host agencies.

    Dated: September 27, 2013.
 Sherri A. Berger,
 Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2013-24941 Filed 10-24-13; 8:45 am]
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