[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 187 (Tuesday, September 27, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66277-66282]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-23252]


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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 81 FR 54091-54094, dated August 15, 2016) is 
amended to reflect the reorganization of the Office of Safety, Security 
and Asset Management, Office of the Chief Operating Officer, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention.
    Section C-B, Organization and Functions, is hereby amended as 
follows:
    Delete and replace the title and the mission and function 
statements for the Office of Safety, Security and Asset Management 
(CAJS) and insert the following:
    Office of Safety, Security and Asset Management (CAJS). The Office 
of Safety, Security and Asset Management (OSSAM) serves as the lead 
organizational entity for providing a safe, secure, functional, and 
healthy workplace environment for the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC) and Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry 
(ATSDR) staff while ensuring environmental stewardship and appropriate 
management of CDC assets.
    Office of the Director (CAJS1). (1) Directs, manages, coordinates 
and evaluates the programs and activities of OSSAM service offices; (2) 
develops goals and objectives, and provides leadership, policy 
formulation, and guidance in program planning and development; and (3) 
provides advice and counsel to the CDC Director, the Chief Operating 
Officer, and other senior Office of the Director (OD) and Centers/
Institute/Offices (CIO) officials on all OSSAM programs and activities.
    Office of Operations (CAJS13). (1) Oversees technical programs to 
ensure a safe, secure, and healthy workplace while ensuring all 
worksite issues are properly addressed and brought to closure; (2) 
provides oversight and guidance to CIOs through OSSAM liaison officers 
who support programs as the key contact for matters related to safety, 
security, facilities, logistics, and sustainability, and (3) manages 
space requests and provides recommendations to the Chief Operating 
Officer for approval for all CDC CIOs.
    Office of Financial, Administrative, and Information Services 
(CAJS13B). (1) Provides administrative guidance, advice, and support to 
OSSAM employees; (2) manages OSSAM information technology support, 
including system development, maintenance, design, and implementation; 
(3) provides direction, strategy, analysis, and operational support in 
all aspects of OSSAM's human capital management and administrative 
operations; (4) develops and implements internal policies and 
procedures, including developing related communications; (5) provides 
employee and labor relations support; (6) serves as the point of 
contact between OSSAM OD and each of the CDC Business Service Offices; 
(7) provides overall budgetary support and oversight for OSSAM, 
including budget planning, execution, monitoring, and reporting; (8) 
provides oversight, guidance and approval for the procurement process 
OSSAM-wide; (9) provides oversight of property accountability, 
including appointing an OSSAM property accountability officer; (10) 
provides guidance and oversight related to the records management 
requirements and process; and (11) establishes and enforces OSSAM-
related travel policies.
    Office of Policy, Performance, and Communications (CAJS13C). (1) 
Provides technical and managerial direction for the development of 
organizational and CDC-wide policies as it relates to safety, security, 
and asset management 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 safety, security, and asset management; (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, tracking, 
review, and clearance as it relates to safety, security, and asset 
management to support CDC's public health science and programs; (5) 
coordinates with CDC-Washington on authorizations; (6) coordinates with 
the CDC Office of Financial Resources regarding budget justifications 
and appropriation matters; (7) manages and responds to Congressional 
inquiries and media requests as it relates to safety, security, and 
asset management to support CDC's public health science and programs; 
(8) serves as the point of contact 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; (9) leads OSSAM performance management, including 
the development of strategic plans, performance metrics, dashboards, 
Quarterly Program Review materials, and Office of the Chief Operating 
Officer performance management initiatives; (10) provides OSSAM-wide 
communications support which includes presentations, messages, 
clearances, emergency notifications, and meetings; (11) ensures 
accurate and consistent information dissemination, including Freedom Of 
Information Act requests and CDC's Division of Issues Management, 
Analysis, and Coordination controlled correspondence; (12) ensures 
consistent application of CDC correspondence standards and styles; and 
(13) provides leadership, technical assistance, and consultation in 
establishing best practices in internal and external business 
communication and implements external communication strategies to 
promote and protect CDC's brand (e.g., employee communications, 
intranet, internet and other communication platforms).
    Public Health Intelligence Office (CAJS14). (1) Provides leadership 
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development, and implementation of intelligence activities; (2) 
analyzes and disseminates intelligence related to public health, 
medical and scientific intelligence, counterintelligence, insider 
threat, and global security; (3) researches, compiles, produces, and 
provides classified and unclassified briefings; (4) performs 
prepublication review of classified and sensitive information; (5) 
serves as the CDC liaison with U.S. intelligence community agencies; 
(6) provides global security oversight in coordination with U.S. 
government agencies, international organizations, and non-governmental 
organizations; (7) identifies training needs and recommends specific 
training objectives to be met and the methods to achieve them (i.e. 
Security Awareness, Counterintelligence Awareness, Foreign Travel 
Safety Brief); (8) develops, implements, and presents sound and well-
grounded training programs to prepare CDC staff members pending 
deployments or travel abroad; (9) performs security assessments of and 
technical assistance to CDC international facilities; (10) supports CDC 
international operational goals through membership on the Department of 
State Overseas Security Policy Board; (11) provides oversight of the 
Defensive Counterintelligence and Insider Threat program; (12) 
processes non-United States citizen requests for physical or logical 
access; (13) provides guidance over all security issues related to 
foreign travel matters; (14) provides policy and implementation 
guidance on all standards and requirements related to the processing 
and storing of controlled unclassified information; (15) manages and 
operates CDC's Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF) and 
its secure communications systems; (16) maintains accreditation of 
CDC's SCIF; (17) manages and operates collateral-level secure 
facilities nationally; (18) provides policy and implementation guidance 
on the standards for using classified document control for CDC; (19) 
provides policy and implementation guidance on all standards and 
requirements related to the processing and storing of classified 
information by CDC; (20) develops and administers a physical protection 
plan for all national security information and material held or 
processed by CDC in accordance with established laws, mandates, and 
government-wide policies; (21) acts as Communications Security 
Custodian for all classified matters involving the National Security 
Agency; (22) maintains CDC's emergency destruction plan for classified 
material and equipment; (23) conducts preliminary investigations of 
security violations relative to the loss or compromise/suspected 
compromise of sensitive, classified, or crypto-logic materials or 
devices throughout CDC; (24) ensures proper destruction of classified 
documents that are no longer required; (25) conducts security 
inspections and audits of all national security information storage and 
processing areas; (26) responsible for implementing, maintaining, and 
updating of CDC's Continuity Of Operations (COOP) communication 
vehicles; and (27) provides deployable unclassified and classified 
communication platforms to support high-level deploying staff to 
natural or manmade disaster areas in support of COOP plans.
    Quality and Sustainability Office (CAJS15). (1) Provides quality 
assurance and continuous improvement by establishing a framework for 
process improvement associated with all OSSAM functions; (2) ensures 
accountability and environmental stewardship of CDC assets in order to 
protect CDC's ability to carry out its health mission today and in the 
future; (3) conducts quality improvement audits on all OSSAM program 
areas of responsibility; (4) assembles technical advisory teams, as 
needed, to conduct audits/reviews of OSSAM program areas; and (5) 
provides oversight of CDC's sustainability programs.
    Asset Management Services Office (CAJSB). The Asset Management 
Services Office (AMSO) provides a safe, secure, healthy, and functional 
workplace environment for CDC staff by ensuring that assets are managed 
effectively while maintaining efficient operations and logistical 
support, customer satisfaction, and environmental stewardship.
    Office of the Director (CAJSB1). (1) Plans, directs, and 
coordinates the functions and activities of AMSO; (2) provides 
management and administrative direction for budget planning and 
execution, property management, and personnel management within AMSO; 
(3) provides leadership and strategic support to senior managers in the 
determination of CDC's long-term facility needs; (4) coordinates the 
operations of AMSO staff involved in the planning, evaluation, design, 
construction, and management of facilities and acquisition of property; 
(5) provides centralized value engineering services, policy development 
and coordination, and global acquisition planning for AMSO; (6) assists 
and advises senior CDC officials in the development, coordination, 
direction, and assessment of facilities and real property activities 
throughout CDC's facilities and operations, and assures consideration 
of facilities management implications in program decisions; (7) 
provides collaboration and centralized consolidation of division 
reporting requirements and other deliverables to the Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS), the Office of Financial Resources 
(OFR), and other internal and external entities; and (8) oversees 
functions of the campus portfolio managers who prepare the capital and 
repair and improvements (R&I), CDC and HHS-level Facility Project 
Approval Agreements, asset business plans, campus master plans, and 
special studies, monitors performance indicators to identify/address 
portfolio deficiencies, serves on project core teams including, 
Historic Preservation, Green Building, International Facilities, Real 
Property Acquisition, Asset Management Team and Security Liaison 
Activities, and administers the National Environmental Policy Act,.
    Leased Property Management Services (CAJSB12). (1) Conducts real 
estate activities throughout CDC, including the acquisition of leased 
space, and the purchase and disposal of real property for CDC 
nationwide, with emphasis on current and long- range planning for the 
utilization of existing and future real property resources; (2) 
performs space management (assignment and utilization) of all CDC 
space, both owned and leased, nationwide; (3) provides technical 
assistance in space planning to meet programmatic needs; (4) executes 
all easements for owned property, in coordination with campus liaison 
officers; (5) administers day-to-day management of leased facilities 
and ensures contract compliance by lessors; (6) provides technical 
assistance and prepares contract specifications for all repair and 
improvement projects in leased space; (7) maintains liaison with the 
General Services Administration regional offices; (8) performs all 
functions relating to leasing and/or acquisition of real property under 
CDC's delegation of authority for leasing, including direct lease 
actions; and (9) coordinates the relocation of CDC personnel within 
owned and leased space.
    Engineering, Maintenance, and Operations Services Office (CAJSBB). 
The Engineering, Maintenance, and Operations Services Office (EMOSO) 
manages facilities engineering, engineering controls, security systems 
engineering, fire alarm and life safety, and monitors, operates, and 
maintains owned buildings, central utility plants, systems, equipment, 
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systems/building commissioning. Specifically, EMOSO: (1) Operates, 
maintains, repairs, and modifies CDC's Atlanta-area office buildings, 
laboratories, and plant facilities, and other designated CDC facilities 
throughout the U.S. and other geographic areas, and conducts a 
maintenance and repair program for CDC's program support equipment; (2) 
develops services for new, improved, and modified equipment to meet 
program needs; (3) provides technical assistance, reviews maintenance 
and operation programs, and recommends appropriate action for all 
Atlanta-area facilities and other designated CDC facilities throughout 
the U.S. and other geographic areas; (4) provides recommendations, 
priorities, and services for new, improved, or modified equipment to 
meet program needs; (5) provides maintenance and operation of the 
central energy plant including structures, utilities production and 
distribution systems, and equipment; (6) conducts a program of 
custodial services, waste disposal, incinerations, disposal of 
biological waste and chemical hazardous waste, and other building 
services at all CDC Atlanta-area facilities and other designated CDC 
facilities throughout the U.S. and other geographic areas; (7) provides 
landscape development, repair, and maintenance at all Atlanta-area 
facilities and other designated CDC facilities throughout the U.S. and 
other geographic areas; (8) provides hauling and moving services for 
CDC in the Atlanta-area; (9) provides an Integrated Pest Management 
Program to control insect and rodents for CDC in Atlanta-area 
facilities; (10) develops required contractual services and provides 
supervision for work performed; (11) establishes and maintains a 
computerized system for maintenance services, for stocking and ordering 
supplies, and replacement parts; (12) provides for pick-up and delivery 
of supplies and replacement parts to work sites; (13) maintains 
adequate stock levels of supplies and replacement parts; (14) prepares 
design and contract specifications, and coordinates completion of 
contract maintenance projects; (15) manages CDC's Energy Conservation 
Program for all CDC facilities; (16) reviews all construction documents 
for energy conservation goals and compliance with applicable CDC 
construction standards; (17) participates on all core teams and value 
engineering teams; (18) provides maintenance and inspection for fire 
extinguishers and fire sprinkler systems; (19) provides services for 
the procurement of natural gas; (20) develops and maintains a standard 
equipment list for all CDC facilities; (21) assists the other AMSO 
offices with facility-related issues, as needed; (22) provides building 
coordinators to interface with program personnel to keep the building 
and equipment functioning; (23) functions as the CDC waste and 
recycling services manager and (24) coordinates the commissioning of 
new buildings, structures, systems and components, as necessary.
    Projects and Construction Management Services Office (CAJSBC). The 
Projects and Construction Management Services Office (PCMSO) manages 
capital improvement projects, repair and improvement projects, and 
construction services. Specifically, PCMSO: (1) Provides professional 
architectural/engineering capabilities, and technical and 
administrative project support to CDC and CIOs for renovations and 
improvements to CDC- owned facilities and construction of new 
facilities; (2) develops project management requirements, including 
determination of methods, means of project completion, and selection of 
resources; (3) provides critical path method scheduling support for all 
large capital construction projects and all R&I projects; and (4) 
provides central cost estimating support for all large capital 
construction projects, all R&I projects, special projects, feasibility 
studies, as requested, and certain work orders, as requested.
    Logistics Management Services Office (CAJSBD). (1) Develops and 
implements CDC-wide policies, procedures, and criteria necessary to 
comply with Federal and departmental regulations governing inventory 
management, property administration, property reutilization and 
disposal, supply management, and receiving and distribution; (2) 
determines, recommends, and implements procedural changes needed to 
maintain effective management of CDC property, including but not 
limited to inventory control, property records, and property 
reutilization and disposal; (3) provides audits, training and technical 
assistance to CDC CIOs on inventory management, property 
administration, property reutilization and disposal, supply management, 
and property receiving; (4) determines the requirement for and serves 
as the functional proponent for the design, test, and implementation of 
logistics management systems; (5) represents CDC on inter- and intra- 
departmental committees relevant to logistical functions; (6) serves as 
the CDC liaison to HHS and other Federal agencies on logistical matters 
such as inventory management, property administration, property 
reutilization and disposal including chemical hazardous waste, supply 
management, and receiving and distribution; (8) provides medical 
maintenance management support for CDC's personal property; (9) 
provides logistics and movement planning support for CDC CIOs; and (10) 
establishes branch goals, objectives, priorities, and assures 
consistency and coordination with overall OSSAM logistical goals and 
objectives.
    Design, Engineering and Management Services Office (CAJSBE). The 
Design, Engineering and Management Services Office (DEMSO) provides 
architectural, engineering design, project management services, and 
interior design services, and manages facility plans, drawings and 
technical documents, and ensures proper configuration control. 
Specifically, DEMSO: (1) Prepares architectural and engineering 
designs, and specifications for construction of modifications and 
renovations to CDC-owned facilities; (2) provides architectural and 
engineering technical expertise and is the technical authority on new 
facilities, and modifications and renovations on facility project 
designs; (3) provides furniture, fixture, and equipment designs, and 
project management services for all CDC facilities; (4) provides record 
and guideline document support services to all AMSO offices; and (5) 
maintains CDC Design Standards and Guidelines for use as basis of 
design for construction of new facilities, and modifications and 
renovations in CDC-owned facilities.
    Occupational Health and Safety Office (CAJSC). The Occupational 
Health and Safety Office (OHSO) creates and maintains a safe 
environment for all CDC staff, contractors, and visitors; prepares CDC 
staff for working in hazardous conditions domestically and abroad; and 
maintains compliance with relevant health, safety and environmental 
laws and regulations.
    Office of the Director (CAJSC1). (1) Provides leadership and 
direction for OHSO to proactively ensure safe and healthy workplaces at 
CDC worksites for CDC employees, contractors, and visitors, including 
deployed personnel; (2) serves as the principal advisor to the 
Director, OSSAM, with responsibility for the CDC health and safety 
program; (3) plans, identifies and requests required resources for 
OHSO; (4) directs, manages and evaluates the operations and programs of 
OHSO; (5) assures compliance with applicable Federal, state, and local 
health, safety, and environmental laws and regulations; (6) provides 
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knowledge, and resources needed for workers to be safe and healthy and 
to protect the communities adjacent to CDC-owned and leased facilities; 
(7) promotes healthy and safe work practices to help prevent and 
mitigate the cause of injuries and illnesses within CDC workplaces; (8) 
provides advice and counsel to the CDC Director and CIO Leadership, CDC 
Safety Officers, and nationally and internationally assigned CDC staff 
on health, safety, and environment-related matters; (9) collaborates 
with domestic and global partners on CDC staff health and safety 
issues; (10) plans, organizes and directs OHSO health communication 
strategies and activities; (11) collaborates with CIOs to provide 
safety training; (12) provides leadership and oversight to the Quality 
and Compliance Branch; the Industrial Hygiene and Safety Branch, and 
the Clinic Branch; (13) supports management and operations by providing 
administrative and financial services; and (14) provides leadership and 
direction to ensure medical surveillance and response for CDC staff, 
contractor and visitor injury, illness, occupational exposure and for 
the preparation for temporary duty and deployment to hazardous 
locations.
    Quality and Compliance Branch (CAJSCB). (1) Provides coordination 
and expertise in program planning, policy development, quality 
assurance, evaluation, data management, information technology, and 
risk management to assure compliance; (2) ensures accurate record 
keeping, reporting, data analysis, and trend identification to improve 
safety at CDC; (3) provides leadership to ensure completion, updates, 
and continuous improvement of all required manuals and standard 
operating procedures; (4) develops and maintains annual quality and 
safety improvement plans and assessments; (5) conducts continuous 
quality improvement of data collection through a data management plan 
which includes comprehensive systems review and improvement to support 
service enhancements; (6) identifies CDC and/or government policy 
priorities for implementation; (7) serves as a primary source of 
information and expertise regarding policies, activities, and issues 
related to safety and health; (8) develops quality improvement 
strategies for customer service and service enhancements that will be 
incorporated in OHSO program, strategic, and performance plans; and (9) 
provides ongoing assessments and analysis to identify continuous 
quality improvement to ensure all OHSO staff provide consistent and 
accurate information to stakeholders and CDC.
    Industrial Hygiene and Safety Branch (CAJSCC). (1) Identifies, 
assesses, mitigates, and monitors hazards in the workplace; (2) 
provides leadership, expertise, and training on safety/occupational 
health and industrial hygiene; (3) provides occupational health and 
safety technical and consultative services to all (owned and leased) 
CDC campuses to assure compliance with Federal Occupational Health and 
Safety Standards, and to provide a workplace free of recognized 
hazards; (4) supports safety activities of domestic and global staff 
through the establishment of a safety and occupational health plan, the 
development and implementation of the risk management policy, and 
coordination of standard operating procedures with the CIOs; (5) 
conducts comprehensive safety reviews through safety surveys and audits 
to ensure that CDC workplaces are free from potential and identified 
hazards; (6) provides coordinated responses to requests that reflect 
OHSO policy and compliance standards; and (7) conducts health and 
safety surveys, accident/illness investigations, safety help desk 
response/investigations, ergonomic evaluations and follow-ups, employee 
and workplace monitoring for chemical exposures, noise, indoor air 
quality and other chemical and physical hazards, job hazard/job safety 
assessments and use of personal protective equipment, lock-out tag-out 
procedures, environmental audits and compliance, contractor health and 
safety plan review, and requested safety support services.
    Occupational Health Clinic (CAJSCD). (1) Provides occupational 
health services to maintain a healthy domestic and global CDC workforce 
through occupational health clinics and contracted health services; (2) 
manages CDC occupational health services to ensure CDC compliance with 
Occupational Health and Safety Standards and to support the 
occupational requirements of CDC; (3) serves as the CDC resource for 
routine and emergency response occupational health services; (4) 
prepares CDC staff to work in hazardous conditions in response to 
domestic and international public health threats or concerns; (5) 
provides medical evaluations and consultation for personal protective 
equipment; (6) assures the safety and health of the CDC workforce for 
during deployments; (7) supports deployment processes through health 
screenings and physical examinations, administration of vaccinations 
and medications, and respiratory clearance; (8) conducts and documents 
ongoing medical surveillance, as needed, for post-exposures or deployed 
staff; (9) ensures a prepared and resilient workforce; and (10) 
develops and maintains procedures that support the occupational health 
of the CDC workforce.
    Worklife Wellness Office (CAJSD). The Worklife Wellness Office 
(WWO) provides an environment that promotes a culture that improves the 
health and well-being of workers by integrating effective policies, 
programs, and processes accessible to all staff to sustain and improve 
performance, increase readiness, and support healthy choices and 
behaviors. Specifically, WWO: (1) Provides a core set of services and 
resources related to health and wellness including preventive 
screenings, health education and campaigns, health consults, 
personalized evaluation, counseling, and follow-up care/referrals; (2) 
engages in holistic organizational wellness efforts such as 
benchmarking best practices, implementing or maintaining proper policy, 
systems, linkages, physical environment, social environment, and 
external partners/coalitions outreach; (3) oversees the lifestyle 
fitness centers; (4) directs the employee assistance program; and (5) 
manages the vending and food services for Atlanta campuses.
    Security Services Office (CAJSE). The Security Services Office 
(SSO) serves as the lead organizational entity for providing the 
overall framework, direction, coordination, implementation, oversight 
and accountability for CDC's infrastructure protection, and personnel 
security program. Specifically, SSO: (1) Serves as the primary liaison 
for homeland security activities; (2) provides a secure work 
environment for CDC/ATSDR personnel, visitors and contractors; and (3) 
plans and implements CDC's crisis management activities which ensure a 
continued public health response to the nation.
    Office of the Director (CAJSE1). (1) Directs, manages, coordinates 
and evaluates the programs and activities of SSO; (2) develops goals 
and objectives, and provides leadership, policy formulation and 
guidance in program planning and development; (3) prepares, reviews, 
and coordinates budgetary, informational, and programmatic documents; 
(4) provides oversight and comprehensive security services to CDC's 
Strategic National Stockpile program; and (5) serves as a liaison to 
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personnel within other HHS Operating Divisions.
    Physical Security Laboratory and Technical Branch (CAJSEB). (1) 
Provides coordination, guidance, and security operations to all 
facilities CDC, including all owned and leased sites; (2) provides 
campus-wide access control for all the Atlanta leased sites, the 
Chamblee and Lawrenceville campuses, Anchorage, Alaska, and Fort 
Collins, Colorado, and all other CDC laboratories; (3) provides 
management and oversight of contract guard force and local police; (4) 
responsible for physical security during emergency operations; (5) 
promotes theft prevention, provides training and conducts 
investigations; (6) conducts site surveys to assess all physical 
security activities and correct deficiencies and implement improvement 
as necessary; (7) manages and maintains the emergency alert system; (8) 
maintains 24-hour emergency notification procedures for Fort Collins, 
Colorado, San Juan, Puerto Rico, and Anchorage, Alaska; (9) manages and 
operates CDC's Security Operations Centers (SOC) 24 hours a day, seven 
days a week at Roybal, Ft. Collins, and other sites as constructed; 
(10) manages the Locksmith Office; (11) maintains inventory controls 
and measures, and implements, installs, repairs, and re-keys all locks 
with emphasis on the overall physical security of CDC and its owned and 
leased facilities; (12) provides security recommendations to CDC 
programs regarding capabilities and limitations of locking devices; 
(13) provides combination change services to organizations equipped 
with cipher locking devices; (14) coordinates with engineers and 
architects on CDC lock and keying requirements for new construction; 
(15) improves and expands video monitoring to ensure the security of 
all employees, visitors, contractors and the general public while at 
the CDC; (16) manages and coordinates Select Agent security and the CDC 
Safety and Security Plan; (17) manages and maintains the Intrusion 
Detection Automated system, including P2000; and (18) provides 
coordination, guidance, and security operations for all CDC 
laboratories nationwide.
    Physical Security Operations Branch (CAJSEC). The Physical Security 
Operations Branch (PSOB) coordinates and implements security 
operations, including access control and crisis management, for the CDC 
Headquarters campus and directs and oversees the security guard 
contract for Atlanta facilities. Specifically, PSOB: (1) Provides 
coordination, guidance, and security operations; (2) provides campus-
wide access control; (3) provides management and oversight of contract 
guard force and local police; (4) conducts physical security during 
emergency operations; (5) promotes theft prevention, provides training 
and conducts investigations; (6) conducts site surveys to assess all 
physical security activities and correct deficiencies, and implement 
improvements as necessary; (7) manages and operates CDC's SOC 24 hours 
a day, seven days a week at the Roybal campus, and other sites as 
constructed; (8) coordinates nationwide security operations through the 
Roybal campus SOC; (9) maintains 24-hour emergency notification 
procedures; (10) manages and maintains the emergency alert system; (11) 
improves and expands video monitoring to ensure the security of all 
employees, visitors, contractors and the general public while at the 
CDC; (12) provides coordination, guidance, and security operations for 
all Global Communication Center events and visits; and (13) manages and 
coordinates the security of all visitors and guests to all Atlanta-area 
CDC campuses.
    Personnel Security Branch (CAJSED). (1) Conducts background 
investigations and personnel suitability adjudications for employment 
with CDC in accordance with 5 CFR 731, Executive Order 12968 and 
Executive Order 10450; (2) submits documentation for security 
clearances, and maintains an access roster in a security clearance 
database; (3) implements high risk investigations such as Public Trust 
Investigations for employees GS-13s and above who meet HHS criteria 
standards for employees working in Public Trust positions; (4) conducts 
adjudications for National Agency Check with Inquiries cases and 
assists HHS in adjudicating security clearance cases; (5) provides 
personnel security services for full time employees, guest researchers, 
visiting scientists, students, contract employees, fellows, and the 
commissioned corps; (6) conducts initial ``Security Education 
Briefing'' and annual Operational Security Training; (7) coordinates 
employee drug testing; (8) provides identification badges and cardkey 
access for personnel within all CDC metro Atlanta area facilities as 
well as some out-of-state CDC campuses; (9) enrolls individuals with a 
security clearance or approval in the biometric encoding system; (10) 
maintains hard copy records of all individuals' requests and 
authorizations for access control readers; and (11) manages and 
operates cardkey systems.
    Internal Emergency Management Branch (CAJSEE). (1) Leads a 
comprehensive internal emergency management program that efficiently 
coordinates CDC resources to, first and foremost, protect lives, then 
to safeguard the environment and property through mitigation, 
preparedness training, response, continuity and recovery from all 
natural, man-made and technological hazards that may impact CDC 
facilities; (2) Implements, maintains, and updates CDC's Occupant 
Emergency Plan/Program; (3) conducts and evaluates annual tabletop, 
functional, and full-scale exercises for all CDC facilities with 
Designated Officials and Occupant Emergency Organizations; (4) 
recommends future emergency management and emergency response-related 
programs, policies, and/or procedures; (5) provides leadership and 
coordination in planning and implementation for internal emergencies; 
and (6) provides leadership and coordination in planning and 
implementation for internal emergency incidents affecting the CDC 
facilities, including incident response and support.
    Transportation Services Office (CAJSG). The Transportation Services 
Office (TSO) develops and provides CDC-wide transportation policies, 
procedures and services ensuring a safe, secure and healthy workplace 
is established and maintained in accordance with federal and 
departmental regulations. Specifically, TSO: (1) Provides oversight, 
expertise, guidance, and program support for transportation related 
activities; (2) provides subject matter expertise on transit 
initiatives, facility master planning, and liaise with the community 
regarding transportation planning; (3) provides fleet management and 
shipping operations; (4) performs parking administration, commuter 
assistance, manages the Transportation Choices Program, employee 
housing and relocation services, and coordinates transportation 
services; (5) develops and implements CDC-wide policies, procedures, 
and criteria necessary to comply with Federal and departmental 
regulations governing transportation and fleet management; (6) 
determines, recommends, and implements procedural changes needed to 
maintain effective management of CDC transportation services, including 
but not limited to, shipping and return of CDC materiel, transportation 
of freight, and CDC's vehicle fleet; (7) represents CDC on inter- and 
intra-departmental committees relevant to transportation and traffic 
management; and (8) establishes branch goals, objectives, and 
priorities, and assures consistency and

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coordination with overall OSSAM goals and objectives.

Sherri Berger,
Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2016-23252 Filed 9-26-16; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4160-18-P