[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 12 (Thursday, January 21, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6354-6355]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-01226]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary


Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources; 
Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority

SUMMARY: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is updating 
and realigning a portion of two offices within the Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources (ASFR), Office of the 
Secretary: the Immediate Office (AM) and the Office of Finance (AMS) 
ASFR is modifying its structure to move the Division of Enterprise Risk 
Management from the Office of Finance to the Immediate Office and 
establish the Division of Administrative Operations and Grants Quality 
Service Management Office within the Immediate Office (AM).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christine Jones, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary Operations and Management, ASFR, 200 Independence Ave, SW, 
Washington, DC 20201, (202) 690-6061.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Part A (Office of the Secretary), Statement 
of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority of the 
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is being amended at 
Chapter AM, Office of Financial Resources, as last amended at 76 FR 
69741-42, dated November 9, 2011, and 74 FR 57679-82, dated November 9, 
2009. This reorganization modifies ASFR's structure to elevate key 
Department and Government-wide functions and improve operational 
functionality by creating the Division of Administrative Operations and 
the Grants Quality Services Management Office (QSMO) within the 
Immediate Office of the Assistant Secretary and realigning the Division 
of Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) from the Office of Finance to the 
Immediate Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources 
This reorganization will make the following changes under Chapter AM, 
Office of Financial Resources:
    I. Under Section AM.10 Organization, insert the following:
    A. Immediate Office of the Assistant Secretary (AM). The Immediate 
Office (IO) is headed by the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Operations 
and Management and includes the:
    [cir] Division of Administrative Operations
    [cir] Grants QSMO Office
    [cir] Division of Enterprise Risk Management
    II. Under Section AM.20 Functions, insert the following sections:
    A. Immediate Office of the Assistant Secretary (AM). The Immediate 
Office (IO) is responsible for support, operations, and coordination 
required to execute the mission of ASFR including implementation of 
HHS's Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) program and oversight of the 
Grants QSMO Office.
    (1) Division of Administrative Operations. The Division:
    (a) Provides operational support for the ASFR;
    (b) Coordinates administrative and operational issues across ASFR.
    (c) Leads strategic planning for ASFR;
    (d) Serves as the liaison with internal and external stakeholders 
regarding operational matters;
    (e) Leads ASFR workforce development initiatives; and
    (f) Leads other activities that enhance ASFR's management and 
operations
    (2) Division of Enterprise Risk Management. The Division:
    (a) Coordinates across HHS to establish, and communicate, and 
sustain HHS's ERM vision, culture, strategy, and framework;
    (b) Designs, implements, and matures an ERM capability across HHS, 
including governance and community management;
    (c) Develops and shares tools, guidance, and best practices 
regarding ERM;
    (d) Provides technical assistance and direction to HHS Operating 
Divisions (OPDIVs) and Staff Divisions (STAFFDIVs) on implementing ERM;
    (e) Facilitates strategic initiatives across HHS's risk portfolio 
including guiding updates of the agency's risk profile, and 
management's prioritization of risks and opportunities;
    (f) Leads the Department's efforts to meet the ERM requirement in 
OMB Circular A-123, ``Management's Responsibility for Enterprise Risk 
Management and Internal Control'';
    (g) Prepares reports, briefings, and makes recommendations to 
senior HHS leadership, OPDIVs, STAFFDIVs and other stakeholders on ERM 
related activities; and
    (h) Leads activities that enhance HHS implementation and 
integration of ERM into business operations.
    (3) The Grants Quality Service Management Office (Grants QSMO). The 
Office:
    (a) Offers and manages a marketplace of solutions for common 
technology, services, or fully managed services to respond to agency 
needs;
    (b) Guides and governs the long-term sustainability of the services 
and solutions;
    (c) Works with agencies on alternative strategies to help them 
build a business case if a marketplace for a particular solution is not 
yet available;
    (d) Administers a customer engagement and feedback model that 
allows for continuous improvement and performance management of 
solutions;
    (e) Drives the implementation of standards that produce 
efficiencies in process and scale and that are established through the 
collaborative governance process; and
    (f) Analyzes the status of the government-wide grants management 
ecosystem and present information and recommendations to HHS executives 
and other inter-government stakeholders to inform strategic decisions 
on federal investments in technology and services for grants 
management.
    III. Under D Chapter AMS, Office of Finance (AMS) section AMS.00 
Mission:
    A. Replace Section 1. Immediate Office (AMS) with:
    1. Immediate Office (AMS). The Immediate Office (IO) is responsible 
for support and coordination to execute the mission of OF:
    (1) Provides leadership for the HHS CFO community;
    (2) Leads strategic planning for the HHS CFO community and the 
Office of Finance;

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    (3) Serves as the liaison with internal and external stakeholders 
regarding financial management matters;
    (4) Provides operational support for the OF;
    (5) Leads workforce development initiatives for the OF;
    (6) Advises the ASFR/CFO regarding financial management matters 
affecting the Department; and
    (7) Leads other activities that enhance OF's management and 
operations
    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 
redelegations, provided they are consistent with this reorganization.

    Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3101

    Dated: January 11, 2021.
S. W. Rowell,
Assistant Secretary for Administration.
[FR Doc. 2021-01226 Filed 1-15-21; 11:15 am]
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