[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 33 (Tuesday, February 19, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 4830]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-02663]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary


Office of Security & Strategic Information; Statement of 
Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority

    Part A, Office of the Secretary, Statement of Organization, 
Functions, and Delegations of Authority for the Department of Health 
and Human Services (HHS) is being amended at Part A, Chapter AB, Office 
of the Secretary, which was last amended at 82 FR 205, dated October 
25, 2017. This notice changes the name of the Office of Security and 
Strategic Information to the Office of National Security. This notice 
does not revise the roles and authorities of the office or the 
Assistant Deputy Secretary for National Security, who serves as the 
Secretary's Senior Intelligence Official.
    The changes are as follows:
    A. Under Chapter AB, Section AB.10 Organization, replace Office of 
Security and Strategic Information (ABE), with Office of National 
Security (ABE).
    B. Under Chapter AB, Section AB.20, Functions, replace the last 
paragraph, which begins with ``Office of Security and Strategic 
Information (ABE),'' with: Office of National Security (ABE).
    The Office of National Security (ONS) is headed by the Assistant 
Deputy Secretary for National Security, who reports directly to the 
Deputy Secretary and also serves as the Secretary's Senior Intelligence 
Official on intelligence and counterintelligence issues. The Assistant 
Deputy Secretary for National Security has been delegated original 
classification authority by the Secretary. The Assistant Deputy 
Secretary for National Security manages the ONS.ONS' vision is for HHS 
personnel to successfully accomplish missions worldwide in a security-
informed manner and with the actionable intelligence needed, at the 
right time, for operational and policy decisions. ONS' responsibilities 
include: Integrating intelligence and security information into HHS 
policy and operational decisions; assessing, anticipating, and warning 
of potential security threats to the Department and our national 
security; and, providing policy guidance on and managing the OS 
implementation of the Department's security, intelligence and 
counterintelligence programs. ONS' programs include national security 
adjudication, classified national security information management, 
secure compartmented information facilities management, communications 
security, safeguarding and sharing of classified information, cyber 
threat intelligence, insider threat, and counterintelligence. In 
coordination with the Director of National Intelligence, ONS has been 
designated as a Federal Intelligence Coordinating Office and the 
Assistant Deputy Secretary for National Security serves as the HHS 
Federal Senior Intelligence Coordinator. ONS has responsibilities to 
establish implementing guidance, provide oversight, and manage the 
Department's policy for the sharing, safeguarding, and coordinated 
exchange of information related to national or homeland security with 
other federal departments and agencies, including law enforcement 
organizations and the Intelligence Community, in compliance with HHS 
policies and applicable laws, regulations, and Executive Orders.
    C. Delegation of Authority. Pending further redelegation, 
directives or orders made by the Secretary or Deputy Secretary, all 
delegations and redelegations of authority made to officials and 
employees of affected organizational components will continue in them 
or their successors pending further redelegations, provided they are 
consistent with this reorganization.

    Dated: February 12, 2019.
Eric D. Hargan,
Deputy Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
[FR Doc. 2019-02663 Filed 2-15-19; 8:45 am]
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