[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 232 (Tuesday, December 5, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57453-57454]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-26151]



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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 84583-84591, dated November 23, 2016) is 
amended to reflect the reorganization of the Office of Financial 
Resources, Office of the Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
    Section C-B, Organization and Functions, is hereby amended as 
follows:
    Delete in its entirety the title and the mission and function 
statements for the Office of Grants Services (CAJEY) and insert the 
following:
    Office of Grants Services (CAJEY). Office of Grants Services (OGS) 
(1) provides leadership, direction, and guidance for operations and 
policies in matters relating to CDC/ATSDR cooperative agreements and 
grants; (2) plans, develops, and implements policies, procedures, and 
practices to ensure effective customer service, consultation, and 
oversight in grants processes; (3) engages CDC/ATSDR Centers/Institute/
Offices (CIOs), as well as other key stakeholders to align agency-wide 
grants processes with applicable laws, regulations, and policies, and 
with CDC/ATSDR public health goals; and (4) provides all support 
necessary to help ensure that appropriated funds are utilized in 
compliance with Congressional mandate, for the sole purpose of 
preventing and controlling diseases domestically and globally.
    Office of the Director (CAJEY1). (1) Provides overall leadership, 
supervision, and management of the grants staff; (2) ensures policies, 
processes, and procedures adhere to all rules and regulations and are 
in alignment with CDC's public health goals; (3) develops and 
implements organizational strategic planning goals and objectives; (4) 
provides budgetary, human resource management, and administrative 
support; (5) leads the development of grants policy agendas with 
federal agencies and organizations; (6) 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; (7) conducts continuing studies and 
analysis of grants activities; (8) provides technical and managerial 
direction for the development, implementation, and maintenance of 
grants systems; (9) ensures adherence to laws, policies, procedures, 
regulations, and alignment with CDC's public health goals; (10) 
provides technical and managerial direction for functions related to 
objective review and grants close out; (11) serves as a central CDC 
receipt and referral point for all applications for assistance funds, 
including interfacing with the automated grants systems and relevant 
Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) line of business 
agencies; (12) distributes draft public health program announcements 
for review; (13) develops formal training in grants management for 
awardees and CDC staff; and (14) develops and implements organizational 
and CDC-wide policies and procedures for grants to support CDC's public 
health science and programs.
    Infectious Disease Services Branch (CAJEYB). Infectious Disease 
Services Branch supports one or more CIOs. The branch (1) plans, 
directs, and conducts assistance management activities for CDC through 
the awards of domestic grants and cooperative agreements (competitive 
and non-competitive) across public health systems; (2) plans, directs, 
coordinates, and conducts the grants management functions and processes 
in support of public health assistance awards; (3) provides leadership 
and guidance to CDC project officers and public health program 
officials related to grants activities; (4) maintains a close working 
relationship with CDC program offices; (5) reviews assistance 
applications for conformity to laws, regulations, policies, and 
alignment to CDC's public health goals; (6) issues grants and 
cooperative agreements; (7) provides continuing surveillance of 
financial and administrative aspects of assistance-supported activities 
to ensure compliance with DHHS and CDC policies; (8) ensures that 
grantee performance is in accordance with assistance requirements; and 
(9) collects and reports business management and public health 
programmatic data, analyzes and monitor business management data on 
grants and cooperative agreements and maintains assistance files.
    Chronic Disease and Birth Defects Services Branch (CAJEYC). Chronic 
Disease and Birth Defects Services Branch supports one or more CIOs. 
The branch (1) plans, directs, and conducts assistance management 
activities for CDC through the awards of domestic grants and 
cooperative agreements (competitive and non-competitive) across public 
health systems; (2) plans, directs, coordinates, and conducts the 
grants management functions and processes in support of public health 
assistance awards; (3) provides leadership and guidance to CDC project 
officers and public health program officials related to grants 
activities; (4) maintains a close working relationship with CDC program 
offices; (5) reviews assistance applications for conformity to laws, 
regulations, policies, and alignment to CDC's public health goals; (6) 
issues grants and cooperative agreements; (7) provides continuing 
surveillance of financial and administrative aspects of assistance-
supported activities to ensure compliance with DHHS and CDC policies; 
(8) ensures that grantee performance is in accordance with assistance 
requirements; and (9) collects and reports business management and 
public health programmatic data, analyzes and monitor business 
management data on grants and cooperative agreements and maintains 
assistance files.
    OD, Environmental, Occupational Health and Injury Prevention 
Services Branch (CAJEYD). OD, Environmental, Occupational Health and 
Injury Prevention Services Branch supports one or more CIOs. The branch 
(1) plans, directs, and conducts assistance management activities for 
CDC through the awards of domestic grants and cooperative agreements 
(competitive and non-competitive) across public health systems; (2) 
plans, directs, coordinates, and conducts the grants management 
functions and processes in support of public health assistance awards; 
(3) provides leadership and guidance to CDC project officers and public 
health program officials related to grants activities; (4) maintains a 
close working relationship with CDC program offices; (5) reviews 
assistance applications for conformity to laws, regulations, policies, 
and alignment to CDC's public health goals; (6) issues grants and 
cooperative agreements; (7) provides continuing surveillance of 
financial and administrative aspects of assistance-supported activities 
to ensure compliance with DHHS and CDC policies; (8) ensures that 
grantee performance is in accordance with assistance requirements; and 
(9) collects and reports business management and public health 
programmatic data,

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analyzes and monitor business management data on grants and cooperative 
agreements and maintains assistance files.
    Global Health Services Branch (CAJEYE). Global Health Services 
Branch supports one or more CIOs. The branch (1) plans, directs, and 
conducts assistance management activities for CDC through the awards of 
global (international) grants and cooperative agreements (competitive 
and non-competitive) across public health systems; (2) plans, directs, 
coordinates, and conducts the grants management functions and processes 
in support of public health assistance awards; (3) provides leadership 
and guidance to CDC project officers and public health program 
officials related to grants activities; (4) maintains a close working 
relationship with CDC program offices; (5) reviews assistance 
applications for conformity to laws, regulations, policies, and 
alignment to CDC's public health goals; (6) issues grants and 
cooperative agreements; (7) provides continuing surveillance of 
financial and administrative aspects of assistance-supported activities 
to ensure compliance with DHHS and CDC policies; (8) ensures that 
grantee performance is in accordance with assistance requirements; (9) 
collects and reports business management and public health programmatic 
data, analyzes and monitor business management data on grants and 
cooperative agreements and maintains assistance files; and (10) 
provides innovative problem-solving methods in the coordination of 
international grants for a wide range of public health partners in 
virtually all major domestic and international health organizations 
including resolving issues with the Department of State.
    Global Health Security Branch (CAJEYG). Global Health Security 
Branch supports one or more CIOs. The branch (1) plans, directs, and 
conducts assistance management activities for CDC through the awards of 
global (international) grants and cooperative agreements (competitive 
and non-competitive) across public health systems; (2) plans, directs, 
coordinates, and conducts the grants management functions and processes 
in support of public health assistance awards; (3) provides leadership 
and guidance to CDC project officers and public health program 
officials related to grants activities; (4) maintains a close working 
relationship with CDC program offices; (5) reviews assistance 
applications for conformity to laws, regulations, policies, and 
alignment to CDC's public health goals; (6) issues grants and 
cooperative agreements; (7) provides continuing surveillance of 
financial and administrative aspects of assistance-supported activities 
to ensure compliance with DHHS and CDC policies; (8) ensures that 
grantee performance is in accordance with assistance requirements; (9) 
collects and reports business management and public health programmatic 
data, analyzes and monitor business management data on grants and 
cooperative agreements and maintains assistance files; and (10) 
provides innovative problem-solving methods in the coordination of 
international grants for a wide range of public health partners in 
virtually all major domestic and international health organizations 
including resolving issues with the Department of State.
    Risk and Performance Management Services Branch (CAJEYH). Risk and 
Performance Management Services Branch supports all agency grants 
operations. The branch (1) maintains situational awareness to identify 
issues/concerns and communicates them to OGS leadership for 
consideration, strategy development, and issue resolution; (2) conducts 
grant pre-award activities to identify potential high risk grantees; 
(3) manages grantee audits and monitors grantee submission of responses 
to audits and corrective action plans (CAPs); (4) conducts follow-up 
audits to determine if CAPs effectively resolved deficiencies; (5) 
provides audit support for matters of interest to the agency to 
determine suitability for referral to the Office of Inspector General 
or other investigative agencies; (6) coordinates and manages annual 
grant forecasting activities; (7) validates, analyzes, and provides 
data for annual planning meetings, annual reports, data calls, end-of-
year coordination, and ad-hoc requests; (8) leads business processes 
improvement initiatives and the development of strategic plans, 
performance metrics, dashboards, and OGS strategic direction materials; 
(9) identifies systemic operational issues and works with OGS 
leadership to develop strategies to mitigate risk; (10) facilitates 
problem/issue resolution and continuous improvements based on best 
practices; and (11) gathers and analyzes workforce challenges, 
constraints and opportunities for leadership awareness and possible 
future initiatives.

Sherri A. Berger,
Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2017-26151 Filed 12-4-17; 8:45 am]
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