[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 55 (Thursday, March 21, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10518-10519]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-05365]


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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 83 FR 48424-48428, dated September 25, 2018) 
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. This reorganization will streamline 
the current organizational structure, improve the overall employee/
supervisor ratio, eliminate workflow inefficiencies, and improve 
customer service.
    I. Under Part C, Section C-B, Organization and Functions, make the 
following organizational change:

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     Retitle the Office of Analysis and Epidemiology (CPCB) to 
the Division of Analysis and Epidemiology (CPCB).
    II. Under Part C, Section C-B, Organization and Functions, make the 
following change:
     Division of Analysis and Epidemiology (CPCB). (1) 
Participates in the development of policy, long-range plans, and 
programs of the Center, with emphasis on advancing the use of Center 
data systems; (2) plans, directs, and coordinates the Analysis and 
Epidemiology Program of the Center; (3) conducts developmental and 
evaluation research and analysis in the areas of epidemiology, health 
status, health services utilization, health promotion, and health 
economics, including methodological issues related to conceptualization 
and measurement; (4) provides leadership and expertise in the 
application of statistical techniques to integrate, analyze and report 
data from multiple and diverse sources; (5) provides consultation and 
technical assistance to the Center, CDC, the Department and other 
public and private health agencies at the national and international 
level on activities on the analysis and interpretation of health 
statistics; (6) augments the methodological and policy analysis 
activities of the Center; and (7) focuses on complex methods, analyses, 
and tools that integrate health data from diverse sources, including 
research on measurement, linkage, and surveillance of population health 
and health promotion.
     Health Promotion Statistics Branch (CPCBB). (1) Develops 
policies, plans, and strategies for the implementation of surveillance 
and data systems in support of the Department's health promotion and 
disease prevention objectives; (2) coordinates the health promotion and 
disease prevention related data collection activities of the Center; 
(3) serves as liaison with the Department's Office of Disease 
Prevention and Health Promotion; (4) provides support and technical 
assistance to state and local health agencies in the areas of 
statistical assessment and the use of data for policy development and 
program planning; (5) coordinates Center activities that assess the 
progress on the elimination of health disparities; (6) establishes 
consensus-building processes involving CDC, the Department, state and 
local agencies, and the private sector to identify priority data gaps 
on national health promotion objectives and recommends solutions to 
fill these gaps; and (7) designs, develops, and implements computer 
data processing systems and software and produces statistical data for 
analysis.
     Measures Research and Evaluation Branch (CPCBD). (1) 
Develops and conducts a research program designed to examine 
significant public health problems, as well as the sources of data 
available and needed to inform their use in the evaluation of 
population health initiatives both in the U.S. and internationally; (2) 
uses statistical data from multiple sources, with an emphasis on Center 
data and the measures used to collect data for major areas of 
programmatic interest; (3) conducts multi-disciplinary research 
focusing on population health and functioning to examine areas of 
interest including methodological issues related to conceptualization 
and measurement; (4) collaborates with, and provides leadership, 
consultation and technical assistance to, others within the Center, the 
Federal government and internationally; and (5) prepares research and 
analytic reports for publication and dissemination.
     Data Linkage Methodology and Analysis Branch (CPCBE). (1) 
Plans, directs, and manages the Center's multi-faceted methodological 
research program on major public health issues including data linkage 
and geocoding activities; (2) develops and executes center-wide data 
linkage and geocoding activities to collect additional information to 
maximize the scientific value of the Center's population-based cross-
sectional and longitudinal health surveys while maintaining respondent 
confidentiality; (3) develops, plans, and implements studies evaluating 
the methodology used for the Center's data linkage projects; (4) 
provides leadership and expert consultation to the Center's data 
divisions on best practices and methodologies used for data linkage; 
(5) provides consultation and technical assistance to the research 
community utilizing the NCHS survey linked data files; and (6) prepares 
methodological and research reports for publication and dissemination 
to support the Center's data linkage projects.
     Population Health Reporting and Dissemination Branch 
(CPCBG). (1) Serves as a focal point for a Center-wide analytical 
program aimed at the assessment and development of health data from 
multiple sources designed to facilitate the analysis of population 
health and emerging public health issues; (2) conducts and coordinates 
in-depth statistical analyses of special population groups relating to 
their health characteristics and their health care needs; (3) directs 
preparation of the Secretary's annual report, Health, United States, on 
the health status of the Nation to the President and the Congress in 
compliance with Section 308 of the PHS Act and other recurring and 
special reports requested by the Department; (4) provides leadership 
and expertise in the application of sophisticated statistical 
techniques related to the problem of integrating, analyzing, and 
reporting data from diverse sources; and (5) conducts research on 
selected aspects of health status and health services for publication 
and dissemination.
    IV. Delegations of Authority: All delegations and redelegations of 
authority made to officials and employees of affected organizational 
components will continue in them or their successors pending further 
redelegation, provided they are consistent with this reorganization.

(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3101).

Alex M. Azar II,
Secretary.
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