[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 116 (Wednesday, June 17, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34643-34644]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-14808]


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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 80 FR 1417-1419, dated January 9, 2015) is 
amended to reflect the reorganization of the National Center for Health 
Statistics, Office of Public Health Scientific Services, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
    Section C-B, Organization and Functions, is hereby amended as 
follows:
    Delete in its entirety the title and function statements for the 
Office of Research and Methodology (CPC13).
    After the title and the mission and function statements for the 
Division of Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (CPCG) insert the 
following:
    Division of Research and Methodology (CPCH). (1) Participates in 
the development of policy, long-range plans, and programs for NCHS; (2) 
plans, coordinates, stimulates and participates in NCHS' basic and 
applied research program, including but not limited to research in the 
fields of mathematical statistics, survey design and methodology, 
mathematics and operations research; (3) formulates statistical 
standards regarding survey design, data collection, coding, data 
analysis, data presentation, disclosure limitation, and statistical 
computing for all NCHS data systems and coordinates activities directed 
at the implementation and maintenance of these standards; (4) supports 
all of NCHS through consultation in the fields of mathematical 
statistics, survey design and methodology, cognition and survey 
measurement, mathematics and operations research, missing data 
problems, and data dissemination; (5) consults, collaborates and 
participates in research projects with HHS, CDC and other Federal 
organizations, State and local governments, universities, private 
research organizations, and international agencies and organizations; 
and (6) provides scientific services and facilities on a reimbursable 
basis to research and health policy communities, principally through 
the Center for Questionnaire Design and Evaluation Research and the 
Research Data Center.
    Office of the Division Director (OD) (CPCH1). (1) Participates in 
the development of policy, long range plans, and programs for NCHS; (2) 
plans, coordinates, and stimulates the NCHS applied and basic research 
program which includes the fields of mathematical statistics, survey 
design and methodology, cognition and survey measurement, and automated 
statistical and graphical technologies, and conducts research in each 
of these fields; (3) formulates statistical standards regarding the 
survey design, data collection, coding, data analysis, data 
presentation, and statistical computing for all NCHS data systems and 
coordinates activities directed at the implementation and maintenance 
of these standards; (4) supports all of the NCHS basic and applied 
research activities by serving as NCHS' consultants in the fields of 
mathematical statistics, survey design and methodology, and cognition 
and survey measurement; (5) consults and collaborates on statistical 
research projects with PHS agencies and other Federal organizations, 
State and local governments, universities, private research 
organizations, and international health agencies; (6) provides 
administrative, management, and leadership functions for all DRM units.
    Collaborating Center for Statistical Research and Survey Design 
(CPCHB). (1) Conducts basic research in mathematical and statistical 
theory, analysis, and computation to improve the efficiency, quality, 
confidentiality, and analytical utility of NCHS' data systems and 
products; (2) provides statistical consultation and technical 
assistance to all NCHS data systems on survey methods, quality control, 
and design of data systems; (3) investigates and develops new and 
improved statistical methods for analyzing public health data; (4) 
conducts basic research regarding the impact of sampling and non-
sampling errors on statistical estimation and analysis and develops 
error profiles of sampling and non-sampling error for NCHS' complex 
data systems; (5) develops and recommends standards for data 
presentation, analysis, statistical computing, statistical disclosure 
limitation, survey design and methodology; (6) promotes the publication 
and dissemination of research on statistical theory, survey design, and 
methods research; (7) develops sample design and statistical estimation 
procedures for NCHS surveys; (8) develops statistical models and 
innovative survey techniques to extend the analytic potential of NCHS 
complex sample surveys; and (9) plans for future use of Center data 
through a continuous research program on statistical theory, survey 
design, statistical and mathematical methods, statistical computing, 
and data analysis.
    Collaborating Center for Questionnaire Design and Evaluation 
Research (CPCH). (1) Promotes and advances interdisciplinary research 
on the cognitive aspects of survey methods; (2) conducts basic and 
applied research on the cognitive aspects of the survey response 
process in order to improve the efficiency and quality of NCHS' data 
systems; (3) develops new methods for investigating the cognitive 
aspects of survey data collection and presentation; (4) promotes the 
dissemination and implementation of cognitive research methods through 
publications and presentations; (5) develops and tests

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NCHS survey data collection instruments using cognitive laboratory 
methods and related innovative questionnaire evaluation methods; (6) 
provides consultation and technical assistance to NCHS' data systems on 
questionnaire design issues and other related data collection 
procedures; (7) conducts a program of reimbursable applied and basic 
research, technical assistance, and consultation on questionnaire 
design and cognitive aspects of survey methods.
    Research Data Center (CPCHD). (1) Facilitates the access of 
restricted use data to the research community; (2) conducts research in 
areas related to the development, linkage, analysis, and dissemination 
of survey data; (3) provides consultation and technical assistance to 
programs on data collection procedures, confidentiality, disclosure 
limitation, data linkage, and dissemination; (4) serves as NCHS' 
primary venue for disseminating restricted use data to the research 
community; (5) supports scientific research on disclosure limitation of 
surveys using micro-data files.

James Seligman,
Acting Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2015-14808 Filed 6-16-15; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4160-18-P