[United States Government Manual]
[May 31, 1996]
[Pages 262-299]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
200 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20201
Phone, 202-619-0257
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Donna E. Shalala
Counselor to the Secretary William Corr
Confidential Assistant to the Jolinda Gaither
Secretary
Deputy Secretary (vacancy)
Chief of Staff Kevin Thurm
Executive Secretary Claudia Cooley
Inspector General June Gibbs Brown
Principal Deputy Inspector Michael F. Mangano
General
Deputy Inspector General for Dennis J. Duquette
Management and Policy
Deputy Inspector General for Thomas D. Roslewicz
Audit Services
Deputy Inspector General for John E. Hartwig
Investigations
Deputy Inspector General for George F. Grob
Evaluation and Inspections
Assistant Inspector General for Eileen T. Boyd
Civil Fraud and
Administrative Adjudication
Director, Office for Civil Rights Dennis Hayashi
Deputy Director Omar V. Guerrero
Associate Deputy Director, (vacancy)
Management Planning and
Evaluation
Deputy to the Associate Deputy (vacancy)
Director, Management
Planning and Evaluation
Associate Deputy Director, Ronald Copeland
Program Operations
Deputy to the Associate Deputy Patricia Mackey
Director, Program
Operations
Director, Policy and Special Projects Staff Marcella Haynes
Director, U.S. Office of Consumer Affairs and Bernice Friedlander,
Special Assistant to the President Acting
Assistant Secretary (Public Affairs) Melissa Skolfield
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Dan Porterfield
Public Affairs (Policy and
Communications)
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Victor Zonana
Public Affairs (Media)
Director, News Division P. Campbell Gardett
Assistant Secretary (Legislation) Jerry D. Klepner
Special Assistant Helen Mathis
Principal Deputy Assistant Richard J. Tarplin
Secretary
Deputy Assistant Secretary Irene Bueno
(Congressional Liaison)
Deputy Assistant Secretary Karen L. Pollitz
(Health)
Deputy Assistant Secretary (Human Mary M. Bourdette
Services)
Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation Peter B. Edelman
Executive Assistant Naomi C. Goldstein
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Deputy Assistant Secretary for Jack C. Ebeler
Health Policy
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Susanne A. Stoiber
Program Systems
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Wendell E. Primus
Human Services Policy
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Robyn I. Stone
Disability, Aging, and Long-
Term Care Policy
General Counsel Harriet S. Rabb
Deputy General Counsel Beverly Dennis III
Deputy General Counsel (Legal Nan Hunter
Counsel)
Deputy General Counsel, Program Anna L. Durand
Review
Special Assistant to the General Andrew Hyman
Counsel
Deputy General Counsel, (vacancy)
Regulation
Executive Officer Donald E. Watts
Associate General Counsel, Leslie L. Clune
Business and Administrative
Law Division
Associate General Counsel, Civil George Lyon
Rights Division
Associate General Counsel, Robert Keith, Acting
Children, Families, and Aging
Associate General Counsel, Ethics Jack M. Kress
Division
Associate General Counsel, Food Margaret J. Porter
and Drug Division
Associate General Counsel, Health Darrel Grinstead
Care Financing Division
Associate General Counsel, D. McCarty Thornton
Inspector General Counsel
Associate General Counsel, Sondra S. Wallace,
Legislation Acting
Associate General Counsel, Public Richard Riseberg
Health Division
Assistant Secretary for Management and Budget John J. Callahan
Principal Deputy Assistant Elizabeth M. James
Secretary for Management and
Budget
Senior Adviser LaVarne Burton
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Dennis P. Williams
Budget
Deputy Assistant Secretary, George Strader
Finance
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Neil Stillman
Information Resources
Management
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Terrence J. Tychan
Grants and Acquisition
Management
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Eugene Kinlow
Human Resources
Director, Administrative Services Peggy J. Dodd
Center
Chairman, Departmental Appeals Board Norval (John) D. Settle
Assistant Secretary for Health Philip R. Lee
Principal Deputy Assistant Jo Ivey Boufford
Secretary for Health
Surgeon General of the Public Audrey F. Manley,
Health Service Acting
Executive Officer Harold P. Thompson
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Susan J. Blumenthal
Women's Health
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Clay E. Simpson
Minority Health
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Deputy Assistant Secretary for Felicia H. Stewart
Population Affairs
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Claude Earl Fox
Disease Prevention and Health
Promotion
Executive Director, President's Sandra Perlmutter
Council on Physical Fitness
and Sports
Director, Office of Research Christopher Pascal,
Integrity Acting
Director, Office of HIV/AIDS Eric Goosby
Policy
Director, Office of Emergency Frank E. Young
Preparedness
Director, Office of International Linda Vogel
and Refugee Health
ADMINISTRATION ON AGING
330 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20201
Phone, 202-401-4541
Assistant Secretary for Aging Fernando M. Torres-Gil
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (vacancy)
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Governmental William F. Benson
Affairs, Elder Rights, and Long-Term Care
Ombudsman Program
Director, Office of Management John F. McCarthy
Director, Office of Program Operations and Edwin L. Walker
Development
Director, Office for American Indian, Alaskan M. Yvonne Jackson
Native, and Native Hawaiian Programs
Special Assistant for Legislation, Public Moya Benoit Thompson
Affairs, and White House Liaison
ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
370 L'Enfant Promenade SW., Washington, DC 20447
Phone, 202-401-9200
Assistant Secretary Mary Jo Bane
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Program Laurence J. Love
Operations
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Ann Rosewater
External Affairs
Commissioner, Administration on Children, Olivia Golden
Youth, and Families
Commissioner, Administration on Developmental Bob Williams
Disabilities
Commissioner, Administration for Native Gary Kimble
Americans
Director, Office of Child Support Enforcement Mary Jo Bane
Deputy Director, Office of Child Support David Gray Ross
Enforcement
Director, Office of Community Services Donald Sykes
Director, Office of Family Assistance Lavinia Limon
Director, Office of Human Resource Management Sylvia Vela
Director, Office of Legislative Affairs and Madeline Mocko
Budget
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Director, Office of Planning, Research, and Howard Rolston
Evaluation
Director, Office of Program Support Norman Thompson
Director, Office of Public Affairs Michael Kharfen
Director, Office of Refugee Resettlement Lavinia Limon
Director, Office of Regional Operations and Naomi Marr
State Systems
Director, Office of Staff Development and Sandi Goines
Organizational Resources
AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE POLICY AND RESEARCH
2101 East Jefferson Street, Rockville, MD 20852
Phone, 301-594-6662
Administrator Clifton R. Gaus
Deputy Administrator Lisa A. Simpson, Acting
Director, Office of Policy Analysis Larry Patton
Director, Center for Cost and Financing Studies Ross H. Arnett III,
Acting
Director, Center for Organization and Delivery Irene Fraser, Acting
Studies
Director, Office of the Forum Douglas B. Kamerow
Director, Center for Health Care Technology Thomas V. Holohan
Director, Center for Health Information Christine G. Williams
Dissemination
Director, Center for Information Technology J. Michael Fitzmaurice
Director, Office of Management Willard B. Evans, Jr.
Director, Center for Outcomes and Effectiveness Carolyn M. Clancy,
Research Acting
Director, Office of Planning and Evaluation Phyllis M. Zucker
Director, Center for Primary Care Research Carolyn M. Clancy
Director, Center for Quality Measurement and Sandra K. Robinson,
Improvement Acting
Director, Office of Scientific Affairs Linda K. Demlo, Acting
AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE REGISTRY
1600 Clifton Road NE., Atlanta, GA 30333
Phone, 404-452-4111
Administrator David Satcher
Deputy Administrator Claire V. Broome
Assistant Administrator Barry L. Johnson
Deputy Assistant Administrator William D. Adams
CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION
1600 Clifton Road NE., Atlanta, GA 30333
Phone, 404-639-3311
Director David Satcher
Deputy Director Claire V. Broome
Associate Director, HIV/AIDS (vacancy)
Associate Director, International Health Joe H. Davis
Associate Director, Management and Operations Arthur C. Jackson
Associate Director, Minority Health Rueben C. Warren
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Associate Director, Policy, Planning, and Martha F. Katz
Evaluation
Associate Director, Science Dixie Snider
Associate Director, Washington (vacancy)
Deputy Director, Washington Office Frances L. dePeyster
Special Assistant to the Associate Director, Robert C. Irwin
Washington
Director, Office of Equal Employment Sue J. Porter
Opportunity
Director, Office of Program Support Arthur C. Jackson
Director, Office of Health and Safety Jonathan Y. Richmond
Director, Office of Program Planning and Martha F. Katz
Evaluation
Director, Office of Public Affairs Vicki Freimuth
Director, Epidemiology Program Office Stephen B. Thacker
Director, International Health Program Office Joe H. Davis
Director, National Immunization Program Walter A. Orenstein
Director, Public Health Practice Program Office Edward L. Baker
Director, National Center for Environmental Richard J. Jackson
Health
Director, National Center for Chronic Disease Jim Marks, Acting
Prevention and Health Promotion
Director, National Center for Infectious James M. Hughes
Diseases
Director, National Center for Injury Prevention Mark L. Rosenberg
and Control
Director, National Center for Prevention Helene Gayle
Services
Director, National Institute for Occupational Linda Rosenstock
Safety and Health
Director, National Center for Health Statistics John Anderson, Acting
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857
Phone, 301-443-1544
Commissioner of Food and Drugs David A. Kessler
Adviser to the Commissioner Mary Pendergast
Deputy Commissioner/Senior Executive Assistant Jerold R. Mande
to the Commissioner
Chief Mediator and Ombudsman Amanda Pedersen
Chief Counsel Margaret J. Porter
Special Assistant for Investigations John H. Mitchell
Special Agent in Charge, Office of Internal Tommy L. Hampton
Affairs
Associate Commissioner for Science Bernard A. Schwetz
Deputy Commissioner for Operations Michael A. Friedman,
M.D.
Associate Commissioner for Regulatory Affairs Ronald G. Chesemore
Director, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Kathryn C. Zoon
Research
Director, Center for Drug Evaluation and Janet Woodcock
Research
Director, Center for Devices and Radiological D. Bruce Burlington
Health
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Director, Center for Food Safety and Applied Fred R. Shank
Nutrition
Director, Center for Veterinary Medicine Stephen F. Sundlof
Director, National Center for Toxicological Bernard A. Schwetz
Research
Director, Office of Orphan Products Development Marlene E. Haffner
Deputy Commissioner for Policy William B. Schultz
Associate Commissioner for Policy Coordination William B. Hubbard
Director, Policy Development and Coordination Catherine C. Lorraine
Staff
Director, Policy Research Staff Philip S. Barnett
Director, International Policy Staff Linda R. Horton
Director, Regulations Policy and Management Edwin V. Dutra, Jr.
Staff
Deputy Commissioner for External Affairs Sharon Smith Holston
Associate Commissioner for Consumer Affairs R. Alexander Grant
Director, Office of AIDS and Special Health Theresa A. Toiga
Issues
Associate Commissioner for Health Affairs Stuart L. Nightingale
Associate Commissioner for Legislative Affairs Diane V. Thompson
Associate Commissioner for Public Affairs James E. O'Hara III
Director, Office of Women's Health (vacancy)
Deputy Commissioner for Management and Systems Robert J. Byrd, Acting
Director, Office of International Affairs Walter Batts
Director, Industry and Small Business Liaison (vacancy)
Staff
Associate Commissioner for Management Robert J. Byrd
Associate Commissioner for Planning and Paul Coppinger
Evaluation
Associate Commissioner for Information James T. McMahon
Resources Management
HEALTH CARE FINANCING ADMINISTRATION
200 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20201
Phone, 202-690-6726
Administrator Bruce C. Vladeck
Deputy Administrator (vacancy)
Executive Associate Administrator (vacancy)
Director, Office of Hearings Robert Streimer
Director, Equal Employment Opportunity Staff Joanne Hitchcock, M.D.
Director, Executive Secretariat Joyce Somsak
Director, Office of Legislative and Inter- Deborah Chang
Governmental Affairs
Director, Medicaid Bureau Sally Richardson
Director, Office of Managed Care Bill Benson
Associate Administrator for External Affairs Pamela Gentry
Director, Office of Beneficiary Relations Anne Marie Hummel
Director, Office of Media Relations Peter Garrett
Director, Office of Professional Relations Rondalyn Haughton
Director, Freedom of Information and Privacy Art Weatherbee
Office
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Associate Administrator for Policy Kathleen Buto
Deputy Associate Administrator Barbara Cooper
Director, Bureau of Policy Development Thomas Ault
Director, Office of Research and Demonstrations Barbara Cooper, Acting
Director, Office of the Actuary Richard Foster
Associate Administrator for Operations and Steven Pelovitz
Resource Management
Deputy Associate Administrator Michael R. McMullan
Director, Office of the Attorney Advisor Jacqueline Vaughn,
Acting
Director, Office of Financial and Human Rozann Abato
Resources
Director, Bureau of Program Operations Carol Walton
Director, Bureau of Data Management and Regina McPhillips
Strategy
Director, Health Standards and Quality Bureau Richard Besdine
HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857
Phone, 301-443-2086
Administrator Ciro V. Sumaya, M.D.
Deputy Administrator John D. Mahoney
Chief Medical Officer William A. Robinson,
M.D.
Associate Administrator for AIDS Joseph O'Neill, M.D.
Associate Administrator for Operations and Thomas Morford
Management
Associate Administrator for Planning, Ronald H. Carlson
Evaluation, and Legislation
Associate Administrator for External Affairs Cherry Tsutsumida
Associate Administrator for Policy Coordination Henry Montes
Associate Administrator for International George B. Dines
Health
Associate Administrator for Minority Health Ileana C. Herrell
Associate Administrator for Equal Opportunity J. Calvin Adams
and Civil Rights
Associate Administrator for Public Health Douglas S. Lloyd
Practice
Associate Administrator for Information James E. Larson
Resources Management
Director, Office of Rural Health Policy Jeffrey Human
Director, Bureau of Health Professions Paul Schwab, Acting
Director, Maternal and Child Health Bureau Audrey H. Nora
Director, Bureau of Health Resources William H. Aspden, Jr.,
Development Acting
Director, Bureau of Primary Health Care Marilyn H. Gaston, M.D.
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE
5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857
Phone, 301-443-1083
Director Michael H. Trujillo,
M.D.
Deputy Director Michel E. Lincoln
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Director, Headquarters Operations Luana L. Reyes, Acting
Director, Communications Staff Tony Kendricks
Director, Policy Review and Coordination Staff (vacancy)
Director, Executive Secretariat Darrell Galpin
Director, Equal Employment Opportunity and Cecelia Heftel
Civil Rights Staff
Associate Director, Office of Administration George Buzzard
and Management
Associate Director, Office of Planning, Leo Nolan, Acting
Evaluation, and Legislation
Associate Director, Office of Tribal Activities Douglas Black
Associate Director, Office of Environmental Gary Hartz, Acting
Health and Engineering
Associate Director, Office of Information Richard Church
Resource Management
Associate Director, Office of Health Programs Phillip Smith, M.D.
Associate Director, Office of Human Resources Robert McSwain, Acting
Associate Director, Office of Health Program Eleanore Robertson
Research and Development
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892
Phone, 301-496-4000
Director Harold E. Varmus
Deputy Director Ruth L. Kirschstein
Deputy Director for Intramural Research Michael M. Gottesman
Deputy Director for Extramural Research Wendy Baldwin
Deputy Director for Management Anthony L. Itteilag
Associate Director for Science Policy and Lana R. Skirboll
Technology Transfer
Assistant Director for Program Coordination Vida H. Beaven
Associate Director for Research on Women's Vivian W. Pinn
Health
Associate Director for Research on Minority John Ruffin
Health
Associate Director for Administration Leamon M. Lee
Associate Director for AIDS Research William E. Paul
Associate Director for Behavioral and Social Norman B. Anderson
Sciences Research
Associate Director for Clinical Research John I. Gallin
Associate Director for Communications R. Anne Thomas
Associate Director for Disease Prevention William R. Harlan
Associate Director for Intramural Affairs Philip S. Chen, Jr.
Associate Director for Legislative Policy and Diane S. Wax
Analysis
Associate Director for Research Services Stephen A. Ficca
Director, Office of Equal Employment Naomi Churchill
Opportunity
Director, National Cancer Institute Edward J. Sondik,
Acting
Director, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Claude J.M. Lenfant
Institute
Director, National Institute of Diabetes and Phillip Gorden
Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Director, National Library of Medicine Donald A.B. Lindberg
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Director, National Institute of Allergy and Anthony S. Fauci
Infectious Diseases
Director, National Institute on Deafness and James B. Snow, Jr.
Other Communication Disorders
Director, National Institute of Dental Research Harold C. Slavkin
Director, National Institute of Neurological Zach W. Hall
Disorders and Stroke
Director, National Institute of General Medical Marvin Cassman, Acting
Sciences
Director, National Institute of Child Health Duane F. Alexander
and Human Development
Director, National Institute of Environmental Kenneth Olden
Health Sciences
Director, National Eye Institute Carl Kupfer
Director, National Institute on Aging Richard J. Hodes
Director, National Institute of Arthritis and Steven E. Hyman
Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
Director, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse Enoch Gordis
and Alcoholism
Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse Alan I. Leshner
Director, National Institute of Mental Health Rex William Cowdry,
Acting
Director, Division of Research Grants Donald H. Luecke,
Acting
Director, Warren G. Magnuson Clinical Center John I. Gallin
Director, National Center for Research Judith L. Vaitukaitis
Resources
Director, Fogarty International Center Philip E. Schambra
Director, Division of Computer Research and William Risso, Acting
Technology
Director, National Institute of Nursing Patricia A. Grady
Research
Director, National Center for Human Genome Francis S. Collins
Research
PROGRAM SUPPORT CENTER
5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857
Phone, 301-443-3921
Director Lynnda M. Regan
Staff Director Norman E. Prince, Jr.
Director of Management Operations Douglas F. Mortl
Director of Budget and Finance Erma N. McWilliams
Director of Marketing Marsha E. Alvarez
Director of Operations Richard W. Harris,
Acting
Chief Financial Officer John C. West
Director of Human Resources Thomas M. King
Director of Information Technology David R. Hamrick,
Acting
SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857
Phone, 301-443-4797
Administrator Nelba Chavez
Deputy Administrator Michele W. Applegate
Associate Administrator for Management Richard Kopanda, Acting
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Associate Administrator for Communications Mark Weber, Acting
Associate Administrator for Extramural Programs Joel Goldstein, Acting
Associate Administrator for Policy and Program Frank J. Sullivan
Coordination
Associate Administrator for Alcohol Prevention Bettina M. Scott,
and Treatment Policy Acting
Director, Office on AIDS Barbara Garcia
Associate Administrator for Women's Services Mary C. Knipmeyer
Director, Office of Applied Studies Donald Goldstone,
Acting
Director, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention Elaine M. Johnson
Director, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment David J. Mactas
Director, Center for Mental Health Services Bernard S. Arons
Director, Office of Management, Planning, and Michele W. Applegate,
Communications Acting
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The Department is the Cabinet-level department of the Federal executive
branch most concerned with people and most involved with the Nation's
human concerns. In one way or another HHS touches the lives of more
Americans than any other Federal agency. It is literally a department of
people serving people, from newborn infants to persons requiring health
services to our most elderly citizens.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) was created as the
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare on April 11, 1953 (5 U.S.C.
app.), and redesignated, effective May 4, 1980, by the Department of
Education Organization Act (20 U.S.C. 3508).
Office of the Secretary
The Secretary of Health and Human Services advises the President on
health, welfare, and income security plans, policies, and programs of
the Federal Government. The Secretary directs Department staff in
carrying out the approved programs and activities of the Department and
promotes general public understanding of the Department's goals,
programs, and objectives. The Secretary administers these functions
through the Office of the Secretary and the Department's 12 operating
divisions.
The Office of the Secretary includes the offices of Deputy
Secretary, the Assistant Secretaries, Inspector General, and General
Counsel. Some offices whose public purposes are broadly applied are
detailed further.
Civil Rights The Office for Civil Rights is responsible for the
administration and enforcement of the following laws that prohibit
discrimination in federally assisted health and human services programs:
--title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964;
--section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended;
--the Age Discrimination Act of 1975;
--title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972;
--section 407 of the Drug Abuse Offense and Treatment Act of 1972;
--section 321 of the Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Act of 1970;
--the Equal Employment Opportunity provisions of the Communications
Finance Act of 1934, as amended;
--titles VI and XVI of the Public Health Service Act;
--the nondiscrimination provisions of the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1981;
--section 307(a) of the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act;
--titles VII and VIII of the Public Health Service Act; and
--subtitle A, title II, of the Americans with Disabilities Act of
1990.
Consumer Affairs The Office advises the White House and the Secretary
on
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consumer-related policy and programs and is responsible for handling
consumer matters; analyzes and coordinates implementation of all Federal
activities in the area of consumer protection; and recommends ways in
which governmental consumer programs can be made more effective. The
Director of the Office also chairs the U.S. Consumer Affairs Council.
Regional Offices
The 10 Regional Directors of the HHS are the Secretary's representatives
in direct, official dealings with State and local government
organizations. They provide a central focus in each region for
departmental relations with Congress and promote general understanding
of Department programs, policies, and objectives. They also advise the
Secretary on the potential effects of decisions.
Regional Offices--Department of Health and Human Services
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Address (Areas Served) Director Telephone
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Rm. 2100, Government Ctr., Boston, MA 02203 (Vacancy)...................................... 617-565-1500
(CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT).
Rm. 3835, 26 Federal Plz., New York, NY 10278 Allison E. Greene.............................. 212-264-4600
(NJ, NY).
Rm. 11480, 3535 Market St., Philadelphia, PA Lynn Yeakel.................................... 215-596-6492
19104 (DC, DE, MD, PA, PR, VA, VI, WV).
Rm. 1515, 101 Marietta Twr., Atlanta, GA 30323 Patricia Ford-Roegner.......................... 404-331-2442
(AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN).
23rd Floor, 105 W. Adams St., Chicago, IL 60603 Hannah Rosenthal............................... 312-353-5160
(IL, IN, MI, OH, WI).
Suite 1100, 1200 Main Twr., Dallas, TX 75202- Patricia Montoya............................... 214-767-3301
4348 (AR, LA, NM, OK, TX).
Rm. 210, 601 E. 12th St., Kansas City, MO 64106 Kathleen Steele................................ 816-426-2821
(IA, KS, MO, NE).
Rm. 1076, 1961 Stout St., Denver, CO 80294-3538 Margaret Cary.................................. 303-844-3372
(CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, WY).
Rm. 431, 50 United Nations Plz., San Francisco, Grantland Johnson.............................. 415-556-1961
CA 94102 (AZ, CA, HI, NV).
Rm. 911F, 2201 6th Ave., Seattle, WA 98121 (AK, Patrick McBride, Acting........................ 206-615-2010
ID, OR, WA).
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Public Health and Science
(For the Office of Public Health and Science statement of organization,
see the Federal Register of November 9, 1995, 60 FR 56606)
The Office of Public Health and Science provides leadership and serves
as the focal point for coordination across the Department in public
health and science by:
--ensuring that the Department conducts broad-based public health
assessments designed to anticipate future public health issues and
problems and to ensure that the Department devises and implements
appropriate interventions and evaluations to maintain, sustain and
improve the health of the Nation;
--providing assistance in leading and managing the implementation
and coordination of Secretarial decisions for Public Health Service
operating divisions;
--providing leadership and a focus for coordination of population-
based health, clinical preventive services, and science initiatives that
cut across operating divisions;
--providing leadership for and management of the following offices:
Office of Women's Health, Office of Minority Health, Office of Emergency
Preparedness, Office of Population Affairs, Office of International and
Refugee Health, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion,
President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, Office of Research
Integrity, Office of HIV/AIDS, and the Office of the Surgeon General;
--providing leadership and coordination with the Office of
International Affairs on international health issues and presentation to
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governments and multilateral agencies on health issues; and
--through the Surgeon General, providing direction and policy
oversight for the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.
Administration on Aging
The Administration is the principal agency designated to carry out the
provisions of the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended (42 U.S.C.
3001 et seq.). As the lead agency within HHS on all issues concerning
aging, it:
--advises the Secretary, Department components, and other Federal
departments and agencies on the characteristics, circumstances, and
needs of older people;
--develops policies, plans, and programs designed to promote their
welfare and advocates for their needs in HHS program planning and policy
development;
--administers a program of formula grants to States to establish
State and community programs for older persons under the title III of
the act (45 CFR 1321);
--administers a program of grants to American Indians, Alaskan
Natives, and Native Hawaiians to establish programs for older Native
Americans under title VI of the act (45 CFR 1328);
--provides policy, procedural direction, and technical assistance to
States and Native American grantees to promote the development of
community-based systems of comprehensive social, nutrition, and support
services for older persons;
--administers programs of training, research, and demonstration
under title IV of the act; and
--administers ombudsman and legal services oversight and protective
services for older people under title VII of the act.
For further information, contact the Assistant Secretary for Aging.
Phone, 202-401-4541.
Administration for Children and Families
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) was created on April
15, 1991, under authority of section 6 of Reorganization Plan No. 1 of
1953 and pursuant to the authority vested in the Secretary of Health and
Human Services.
The Administration is headed by the Assistant Secretary for Children
and Families, who reports to the Secretary of HHS. The Assistant
Secretary also serves as the Director of Child Support Enforcement. The
Administration provides executive direction, leadership, and guidance to
all ACF components; advises the Secretary and Deputy Secretary on ACF
programs; and recommends actions and strategies to improve coordination
of ACF efforts with other programs, agencies, and governmental levels or
jurisdictions.
Administration on Children, Youth, and Families (ACYF) The
Administration advises the Secretary, through the Assistant Secretary
for Children and Families, on matters relating to the sound development
of children, youth, and families.
It administers State grant programs under titles IV-B and IV-E of
the Social Security Act to assist States in providing child welfare
services, foster care, and adoption assistance; child care programs
authorized under title IV-A of the Social Security Act and the Child
Care and Development Block Grant; and State grant programs to improve
and increase child abuse prevention and treatment activities and develop
family preservation and family support services.
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In addition, ACYF administers the Head Start Program; services for
runaway and homeless youth and their families; the Youth Gang Drug
Prevention Program; child welfare services research, demonstration and
training programs, the Adoption Opportunities Program, and other
discretionary child welfare services programs; child abuse and neglect
research and demonstration programs; and the Community Schools Youth
Services and Supervision Grant Program.
It also supports and encourages initiatives to involve the private
and voluntary sectors in the areas of children, youth, and families.
In concert with other components of ACF, ACYF develops and
implements research, demonstration, and evaluation strategies for the
discretionary funding of activities designed to improve and enrich the
lives of children and youth and to strengthen families.
For further information, contact the Commissioner, Administration on
Children, Youth, and Families, Administration for Children and Families,
Department of Health and Human Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade SW.,
Washington, DC 20447. Phone, 202-205-8347 or 202-401-2337.
Administration on Developmental Disabilities (ADD) The Administration
advises the Secretary, through the Assistant Secretary for Children and
Families, on matters relating to persons with developmental disabilities
and their families.
It serves as the focal point in the Department for supporting and
encouraging the provision of quality services to persons with
developmental disabilities; assists States, through the design and
implementation of a comprehensive and continuing State plan, in
increasing independence, productivity, and community inclusion of
persons with developmental disabilities; administers the Basic State
Grant Program, the Protection and Advocacy Grant Program, and other
discretionary programs; and serves as a resource in developing policies
and programs to reduce or eliminate barriers experienced by persons with
developmental disabilities.
In concert with other components of ACF, ADD develops and implements
research, demonstration, and evaluation strategies for discretionary
funding of activities to improve lives of persons with developmental
disabilities.
For further information, contact the Commissioner, Administration on
Developmental Disabilities, Administration for Children and Families,
Department of Health and Human Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade SW.,
Washington, DC 20447. Phone, 202-690-6590.
Administration for Native Americans (ANA) The Administration promotes
the goal of social and economic self-sufficiency of American Indians,
Alaskan Natives, Native Hawaiians, and other Native American Pacific
Islanders, including Natives of Samoa, Guam, Palau, and the Northern
Marianas. It seeks to enhance self-government and strengthen community
social and economic infrastructures through competitive financial
assistance grants in support of locally determined and designed projects
addressing community needs and goals in the areas of social and economic
development, languages, and environmental regulatory enhancement and
mitigation of environmental damage on Indian lands.
The Commissioner of ANA is the Chair of the Intra-Departmental
Council on Native American Affairs (IDCNAA), which is composed of 25 of
the heads of the Department's major agencies. The Council is the focal
point for all initiatives affecting Native Americans and advises the
Secretary on Native American issues.
For further information, contact the Commissioner, Administration for
Native Americans, Administration for Children and Families, Department
of Health and Human Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade SW., Washington, DC
20447. Phone, 202-690-7776.
Child Support Enforcement (CSE) The Office of Child Support Enforcement
advises the Secretary on matters relating to child support enforcement.
It provides direction, guidance, and oversight to State CSE program
offices and on activities authorized and directed by title IV, part D of
the Social Security Act, and other pertinent legislation requiring
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States to develop programs for establishing and enforcing support
obligations by locating absent parents, establishing paternity when
necessary, and obtaining child support. The Office assists States in
establishing adequate reporting procedures and maintaining records for
operating CSE programs. It also validates applications from States for
permission to utilize U.S. courts to enforce orders for support against
absent parents, and operates the Federal Parent Locator Service. It
certifies to the Secretary of the Treasury the amounts of child support
obligations that require collection in specific instances.
For further information, contact the Child Support Information Officer,
Office of Child Support Enforcement, Administration for Children and
Families, Department of Health and Human Services, 370 L'Enfant
Promenade SW., Washington, DC 20447. Phone, 202-401-9373.
Community Services The Office advises the Secretary, through the
Assistant Secretary for Children and Families, on matters relating to
community programs that promote economic self-sufficiency. It is
responsible for administering programs that serve low-income and needy
individuals and addresses the overall goal of personal responsibility in
achieving and maintaining self-sufficiency.
The Office administers the Community Services Block Grant, Social
Services Block Grant, and the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance program
and a variety of discretionary grant programs that foster family
stability, economic security, responsibility, and self-support. It also
promotes and provides services to homeless and low-income individuals
and develops new and innovative approaches to reduce welfare dependency.
For further information, contact the Director, Office of Community
Services, Administration for Children and Families, Department of Health
and Human Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade SW., Washington, DC 20447.
Phone, 202-401-9333.
Refugee Resettlement The Office advises the Secretary, through the
Assistant Secretary for Children and Families, on policies and programs
regarding refugee resettlement, immigration, and repatriation matters.
It plans, develops, and directs implementation of a comprehensive
program for domestic refugee and entrant resettlement assistance.
The Office provides direction and technical guidance to the
nationwide administration of programs including Refugee and Entrant
Resettlement, and the U.S. Repatriate Program.
For further information, contact the Director, Office of Refugee
Resettlement, Administration for Children and Families, Department of
Health and Human Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade SW., Washington, DC
20447. Phone, 202-401-9246.
Office of Family Assistance The Office advises the Secretary, through
the Assistant Secretary for Children and Families, on matters relating
to public assistance and economic self-sufficiency programs. It provides
leadership, direction, and technical guidance in administering the
following programs nationwide: Aid to Families with Dependent Children;
Aid to the Aged, Blind, and Disabled in Guam, Puerto Rico, and The
Virgin Islands; the Emergency Assistance Program; and the Job
Opportunities and Basic Skills Training Program.
The Office provides technical assistance to States, territories,
Indian tribes, and Native American organizations and assesses their
performance in administering these programs; reviews State planning for
administrative and operational improvements; and recommends actions to
improve effectiveness.
It also reviews, approves, and monitors research and demonstration
projects to achieve welfare reform and directs reviews, provides
consultations and conducts necessary negotiations to achieve effective
public assistance programs.
For further information, contact the Director, Office of Family
Assistance, Administration for Children and Families, Department of
Health and Human Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade SW., Washington, DC
20447. Phone, 202-401-9275.
Office of Regional Operations and State Systems The Office advises the
Assistant Secretary for Children and
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Families on implementation of the agency's programs at the regional
level in the areas of payment integrity, electronic benefits transfer,
welfare systems integration, and related initiatives and programs. The
Division of State Systems Approvals reviews, analyzes, and approves/
disapproves State requests for Federal financial participation for
automated systems development activities which support the AFDC, JOBS,
Child Care, Head Start, Child Welfare, Foster Care, Social Services, and
Refugee Resettlement programs. The Division of Child Support Information
Systems reviews, analyzes, and approves/disapproves State requests for
Federal financial participation for automated systems development
activities which support the Child Support program.
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Address/Area Served Administrator Telephone
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Rm. 2000, JFK Federal Bldg., Boston, MA 02203 Hugh Galligan................................... 617-565-1020
(CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT).
Rm. 4049, 26 Federal Plz., New York, NY 10278 Mary Ann Higgins................................ 212-264-2890
(NJ, NY).
Rm. 5450, Gateway Bldg., 3535 Market St., Martin Keely, Acting............................ 215-596-0807
Philadelphia, PA 19104 (DC, DE, MD, PA, PR,
VA, VI, WV).
Suite 821, 101 Marietta Twr., Atlanta, GA Patricia S. Brooks.............................. 404-331-5733
30323 (AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN).
20th Fl., 105 W. Adams St., Chicago, IL 60603 Marion Steffy................................... 312-353-4237
(IL, IN, MI, OH, WI).
1200 Main Twr. Bldg., Dallas, TX 75202 (AR, Leon McCowan.................................... 214-767-9648
LA, NM, OK, TX).
Rm. 384, 601 E. 12th St., Kansas City, MO Linda Carson.................................... 816-426-3981
64106 (IA, KS, MO, NE).
Rm. 1185, 1961 Stout St., Denver, CO 80294- Frank Fajardo................................... 303-844-3100
3538 (CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, WY).
Rm. 450, 50 United Nations Plz., San Sharon Fujii.................................... 415-437-8400
Francisco, CA 94102 (AZ, CA, HI, NV).
Blanchard Plz., 2201 6th Ave., Seattle, WA Stephen Henigson................................ 206-615-2547
98121 (AK, ID, OR, WA).
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For further information, contact the Director, Office of Regional
Operations and State Systems, Administration for Children and Families,
Department of Health and Human Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade SW.,
Washington, DC 20447. Phone, 202-401-4802.
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
A reorganization order, signed by the Secretary on October 31, 1995, and
published in the Federal Register on November 9, 1995, established the
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) as an operating
division within the Department.
The Agency is the Federal Government's focal point for health
services research and is the only Federal agency charged with producing
and disseminating scientific and policy-relevant information about the
quality, medical effectiveness, and cost of health care.
The Agency's priorities include:
--reducing health care costs, through studies on the interaction of
cost, quality, and access; microsimulation modeling, to understand the
effect of proposed health care reform; and analyzing health care costs
effected by acute, ambulatory, and long-term care and AIDS;
--expanding clinical practice guideline activities by increasing
production of important guidelines and evaluating their effect on the
cost and quality of health care; and
--enhancing the scientific evidence base for cost-effective clinical
practices, by expanding research to improve clinical decisionmaking, and
strengthening clinical information systems for effectiveness research.
The Agency supports and conducts research integral to understanding
the design and performance of the health care delivery system, and
undertakes widespread dissemination of the results of its research and
clinical guidelines it supports, reflecting its goal to enhance
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the value of the national investment in health care.
The Agency plays an important role in increasing possibilities for
future health services research, including medical effectiveness
research through its support for methodological studies; data
development and research training particularly related to primary care;
and minority and rural health. The Agency also has an active program in
medical liability.
For further information, contact the Agency for Health Care Policy and
Research. Phone, 301-594-8364.
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
A reorganization order, signed by the Secretary on October 31, 1995, and
published in the Federal Register on November 9, 1995, established the
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) as an operating
division within the Department. Statutory authority for the Agency is
from the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), as amended by the
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), and provisions
of the Solid Waste Disposal Act relating to sites and substances found
at those sites and other forms of uncontrolled releases of toxic
substances into the environment.
The Agency's mission is to prevent exposure and adverse human health
effects and diminished quality of life associated with exposure to
hazardous substances from waste sites, unplanned releases, and other
sources of pollution present in the environment. To carry out this
mission, ATSDR, in cooperation with States and other Federal and local
agencies:
--evaluates information on the release of hazardous substances into
the environment to assess any current or future impact on public health;
--through epidemiologic, surveillance, and other studies of toxic
substances and their effects, increases understanding of the
relationship between exposure to hazardous substances and adverse human
health effects;
--establishes and maintains registries of persons exposed to
specific substances for long-term followup of scientific studies;
--establishes and maintains a complete listing of areas closed to
the public or otherwise restricted in use because of toxic substance
contamination;
--summarizes and makes available to the public, researchers, and
physicians and other health care providers data on the health effects of
hazardous substances;
--conducts or sponsors research to increase scientific knowledge
about the effects on human health of hazardous substances released from
waste sites or during transportation accidents; and
--provides health-related support, including health consultations
and training for first responders to ensure adequate response to public
health emergencies.
For further information, contact the Office of Policy and External
Affairs, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, 1300 Clifton
Road NE., MS E-60, Atlanta, GA 30333. Phone, 404-639-0501. Fax, 404-639-
0522.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
A reorganization order, signed by the Secretary on October 31, 1995, and
published in the Federal Register on November 9, 1995, established the
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as an operating
division within the Department.
The Center is the Federal agency charged with protecting the public
health of the Nation by providing leadership and direction in the
prevention and control of diseases and other preventable conditions and
responding to public health emergencies.
It is composed of 11 major operating components: Epidemiology
Program Office, International Health Program Office, National
Immunization Program Office, Public Health Practice Program Office,
National Center for Prevention Services, National Center for
Environmental Health, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control,
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, National Center
for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, National Center for
Infectious Diseases, and the National Center for Health Statistics.
The Center administers national programs for the prevention and
control of communicable and vector-borne diseases, injury, and other
preventable conditions. It develops and implements programs in chronic
disease prevention and control, including consultation with State and
local health departments. It develops and implements programs to deal
with environmental health problems, including responding to
environmental, chemical, and radiation emergencies.
The Center directs and enforces foreign quarantine activities and
regulations; provides consultation and assistance in upgrading the
performance of public health and clinical laboratories; and organizes
and implements a National Health Promotion Program, including a
nationwide program of research, information, and education in the field
of smoking and health. It also collects, maintains, analyzes, and
disseminates national data on health status and health services.
To ensure safe and healthful working conditions for all working
people, occupational safety and health standards are developed, and
research and other activities are carried out, through the National
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
The Center also provides consultation to other nations in the
control of preventable diseases, and participates with national and
international agencies in the eradication or control of communicable
diseases and other preventable conditions.
For further information, call 404-639-3286.
Food and Drug Administration
A reorganization order, signed by the Secretary on October 31, 1995, and
published in the Federal Register on November 9, 1995, established the
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as an operating division within the
Department. The name Food and Drug Administration was first provided by
the Agriculture Appropriation Act of 1931 (46 Stat. 392), although
similar law enforcement functions had been in existence under different
organizational titles since January 1, 1907, when the Food and Drug Act
of 1906 (21 U.S.C. 1-15) became effective.
Food and Drug Administration activities are directed toward
protecting the health of the Nation against impure and unsafe foods,
drugs and cosmetics, and other potential hazards.
Office of Operations The Office:
--advises and assists the Commissioner and other key officials on
compliance-oriented matters;
-- develops and administers all agency field operations and provides
direction and counsel to regional Food and Drug Directors;
--administers regulation of biological products under the biological
product control provisions of the Public Health Service Act and
applicable provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act;
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--works to develop an AIDS vaccine and AIDS diagnostic tests, and
conducts other AIDS-related activities;
--develops and administers programs with regard to the safety,
effectiveness, and labeling of all drug products and all medical devices
for human use;
--develops and administers programs with regard to the safety,
composition, quality (including nutrition), and labeling of foods, food
additives, colors, and cosmetics;
--develops and administers programs for controlling unnecessary
exposure of humans to, and assures the safe and efficacious use of,
ionizing and non-ionizing radiation-emitting electronic products; and
--develops and administers programs with regard to the safety and
effectiveness of animal drugs, feeds, feed additives, veterinary medical
devices (medical devices for animal use), and other veterinary medical
products.
The Office includes the Office of Regulatory Affairs, the regional
field offices, the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, the Center
for Biologics Evaluation and Research, the Center for Food Safety and
Applied Nutrition, the Center for Veterinary Medicine, the Center for
Devices and Radiological Health, the National Center for Toxicological
Research, and the Office of Orphan Products Development.
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research The Center develops
administration policy with regard to the safety, effectiveness, and
labeling of all drug products for human use and reviews and evaluates
new drug applications and investigational new drug applications. It
develops and implements standards for the safety and effectiveness of
all over-the-counter drugs and monitors the quality of marketed drug
products through product testing, surveillance, and compliance programs.
The Center coordinates with the Center for Biologics Evaluation and
Research regarding activities for biological drug products, including
research, compliance, and product review and approval, and develops and
promulgates guidelines on Current Good Manufacturing Practices for use
by the drug industry.
It develops and disseminates information and educational material
dealing with drug products to the medical community and the public in
coordination with the Office of the Commissioner.
The Center conducts research and develops scientific standards on
the composition, quality, safety, and effectiveness of human drugs;
collects and evaluates information on the effects and use trends of
marketed drug products; monitors prescription drug advertising and
promotional labeling to assure their accuracy and integrity; and
analyzes data on accidental poisonings and disseminates toxicity and
treatment information on household products and medicines.
In carrying out these functions, the Center cooperates with other
FDA and Department components, governmental and international agencies,
volunteer health organizations, universities, individual scientists,
nongovernmental laboratories, and manufacturers of drug products.
For further information, call 301-594-6740.
Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research The Center administers
regulation of biological products under the biological product control
provisions of the Public Health Service Act and applicable provisions of
the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. It provides dominant focus in
the Administration for coordination of the Acquired Immune Deficiency
Syndrome (AIDS) program, works to develop an AIDS vaccine and AIDS
diagnostic tests, and conducts other AIDS-related activities. It
inspects manufacturers' facilities for compliance with standards, tests
products submitted for release, establishes written and physical
standards, and approves licensing of manufacturers to produce biological
products.
The Center plans and conducts research related to the development,
manufacture, testing, and use of both new and old biological products to
develop a scientific base for establishing
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standards designed to ensure the continued safety, purity, potency, and
efficacy of biological products, and coordinates with the Center for
Drug Evaluation and Research regarding activities for biological drug
products, including research, compliance, and product review and
approval.
The Center plans and conducts research on the preparation,
preservation, and safety of blood and blood products, the methods of
testing safety, purity, potency, and efficacy of such products for
therapeutic use, and the immunological problems concerned with products,
testing, and use of diagnostic reagents employed in grouping and typing
blood.
In carrying out these functions, the Center cooperates with other
FDA and Department components, governmental and international agencies,
volunteer health organizations, universities, individual scientists,
nongovernmental laboratories, and manufacturers of biological products.
For further information, call 301-827-2000.
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition The Center conducts
research and develops standards on the composition, quality, nutrition,
and safety of food and food additives, colors, and cosmetics. It also
conducts research designed to improve the detection, prevention, and
control of contamination that may be responsible for illness or injury
conveyed by foods, colors, and cosmetics and coordinates and evaluates
the FDA's surveillance and compliance programs relating to foods,
colors, and cosmetics.
The Center also reviews industry petitions and develops regulations
for food standards to permit the safe use of color additives and food
additives; collects and interprets data on nutrition, food additives,
and environmental factors affecting the total chemical result posed by
food additives; and maintains a nutritional data bank.
For further information, call 202-205-4943.
Center for Veterinary Medicine The Center develops and conducts
programs with respect to the safety and efficacy of veterinary
preparations and devices, evaluates proposed use of veterinary
preparations for animal safety and efficacy, and evaluates the FDA's
surveillance and compliance programs relating to veterinary drugs and
other veterinary medical matters.
For further information, call 301-594-5909.
Center for Devices and Radiological Health The Center develops and
carries out a national program designed to control unnecessary exposure
of humans to, and ensure the safe and efficacious use of, potentially
hazardous ionizing and non-ionizing radiation. It develops policy and
priorities regarding FDA programs relating to the safety, effectiveness,
and labeling of medical devices for human use, and conducts an
electronic product radiation control program, including the development
and administration of performance standards.
The Center plans, conducts, and supports research and testing
relating to medical devices and to the health effects of radiation
exposure, and reviews and evaluates medical devices premarket approval
applications, product development protocols, and exemption requests for
investigational devices. It develops, promulgates, and enforces
performance standards for appropriate categories of medical devices and
good manufacturing practice regulations for manufacturers, and provides
technical and other nonfinancial assistance to small manufacturers of
medical devices.
The Center develops regulations, standards, and criteria and
recommends changes in FDA legislative authority necessary to protect the
public health; provides scientific and technical support to other
components within FDA and other agencies on matters relating to
radiological health and medical devices; and maintains appropriate
liaison with other Federal, State, and international agencies, industry,
and consumer and professional organizations.
For further information, call 301-443-4690.
National Center for Toxicological Research The Center conducts research
programs to study the biological effects of potentially toxic chemical
substances
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found in the environment, emphasizing the determination of the health
effects resulting from long-term, low-level exposure to chemical
toxicants and the basic biological processes for chemical toxicants in
animal organisms; develops improved methodologies and test protocols for
evaluating the safety of chemical toxicants and the data that will
facilitate the extrapolation of toxicological data from laboratory
animals to man; and develops Center programs as a natural resource under
the National Toxicology Program.
For further information, call 501-543-7000.
Regional Offices Regional operations for the enforcement of the laws
under the jurisdiction of the FDA are carried out by 6 Regional Field
Offices located in the cities of the Department's regional offices,
through 21 district offices and 135 resident inspection posts located
throughout the United States and Puerto Rico.
For further information, call 301-827-3101.
Health Care Financing Administration
[For the Health Care Financing Administration statement of organization,
see the Federal Register of March 29, 1994, 59 FR 14628]
The Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) was created as a
principal operating component of HHS by the Secretary on March 8, 1977,
to combine under one administration the oversight of the Medicare
program, the Federal portion of the Medicaid program, and related
quality assurance activities. Today, HCFA serves 68 million elderly,
disabled, and poor Americans through Medicare and Medicaid--
approximately one-quarter of the United States population.
Medicare Medicare provides health insurance coverage for people age 65
and over, younger people who are receiving social security disability
benefits, and persons who need dialysis or kidney transplants for
treatment of end-stage renal disease.
As a Medicare beneficiary, one can choose how to receive hospital,
doctor, and other health care services covered by Medicare.
Beneficiaries can receive care either through the traditional fee-for-
service delivery system or through coordinated care plans, such as
health maintenance organizations and competitive medical plans, which
have contracts with Medicare.
Medicaid Medicaid is a medical assistance program jointly financed by
State and Federal governments for eligible low-income individuals.
Medicaid covers health care expenses for all recipients of Aid to
Families with Dependent Children, and most States also cover the needy
elderly, blind, and disabled who receive cash assistance under the
Supplemental Security Income Program. Coverage also is extended to
certain infants and low-income pregnant women and, at the option of the
State, other low-income individuals with medical bills that qualify them
as categorically or medically needy.
Quality Assurance The Medicare/Medicaid programs include a quality
assurance focal point to carry out the quality assurance provisions of
the Medicare and Medicaid programs; the development and implementation
of health and safety standards of care providers in Federal health
programs; and the implementation of the end-stage renal disease and the
peer review provisions.
For further information, contact the Administrator, Health Care
Financing Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, 200
Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20201. Phone, 410-786-3151.
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Health Resources and Services Administration
A reorganization order, signed by the Secretary on October 31, 1995, and
published in the Federal Register on November 9, 1995, established the
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) as an operating
division within the Department. The Administration is the principal
primary health care service agency of the Federal Government. Its
mission is to make essential primary care services accessible to the
poor, uninsured, and geographically isolated--populations severely
underserved by the private health care system.
Although the HRSA portfolio of programs is unusually diverse, most
can be categorized as pertaining to the primary care workforce, direct
service to the underserved, or primary care for special populations.
The Administration works integrally with State and local governments
to improve and expand primary health care services through a broad array
of categorical and block grants. Among them are HRSA programs to:
--bolster training for primary care physicians, physician
assistants, and advanced practice nurses;
--place qualified primary care providers in communities certified to
be Health Professionals Shortage Areas through the National Health
Service Corps;
--assist health providers that serve the underserved in keeping pace
with changes in health care, including managed care;
--track the adequacy of the supply and preparation of primary care
providers and record the malpractice and disciplinary actions taken
against physicians and dentists through the National Practitioner
Databank;
--provide primary care services to the working poor and uninsured
through community and migrant health centers;
--reinforce the health care system serving pregnant women and their
infants through the Maternal and Child Health Block Grant;
--reduce infant mortality with formula grants to communities with
extraordinarily high numbers of infant deaths;
--address the multiple health care needs of people and communities
affected by HIV/AIDS through the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources
Emergency Act;
--encourage the donation of organs and tissue for transplantation
and ensure their equitable distribution;
--compensate the families of children harmed by the administration
of routine immunizations through the Vaccine Injury Compensation
Program;
--provide health care to people with Hansen's disease; and
--attend to the special health care needs of people with chronic
health needs, minorities, and those living along the U.S. border with
Mexico.
For further information, contact the Office of Communications. Phone,
301-443-2086.
Bureau of Primary Health Care The Bureau serves as a national focus for
efforts to ensure the availability and delivery of health care services
in health-professional shortage areas, to medically underserved
populations, and to those with special needs. To accomplish this goal,
the Bureau:
--through project grants to community-based organizations, provides
funds to meet the health needs of populations in medically underserved
areas by supporting the development of primary health care delivery
capacity;
--through project grants to State, local, voluntary, public, and
private entities, provides funds to help them meet the health needs of
special populations such as migrants, Alzheimer's disease patients, the
homeless, AIDS victims, Pacific Basin inhabitants, Native Hawaiians,
residents of public housing projects, and victims of black lung disease;
--administers the National Health Service Corps Program, which
recruits and places highly trained primary care clinicians to serve in
health-professional shortage areas;
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--designates health-professional shortage and medically underserved
areas and populations;
--administers the National Health Service Corps Scholarship and Loan
Repayment programs;
--provides leadership and direction for the Bureau of Prisons
Medical Program and the National Hansen's Disease Program;
--on a reimbursable basis provides comprehensive occupational health
consultation and assistance to Federal agencies to enhance productivity
and limit employment-related liability through the Federal Employee
Occupational Health Program; and
--administers the Veterans Health Care Act of 1992 (38 U.S.C. 101
note), which provides that participating manufacturers sell Medicaid-
covered outpatient drugs to eligible entities at discount prices.
Division of Immigration Health Services The Division serves as the
primary focal point for planning, management, policy formulation,
program coordination, direction, and liaison for all health matters
pertaining to aliens detained by the Immigration and Naturalization
Service.
For further information, contact the Public Affairs Officer. Phone, 301-
594-4136.
Bureau of Health Professions The Bureau provides national leadership in
coordinating, evaluating, and supporting the development and utilization
of the Nation's health personnel. To accomplish this goal, the Bureau:
--serves as a focus for health care quality assurance activities,
issues related to malpractice, and operation of the National
Practitioner Data Bank and the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program;
--through grants, supports health professions and nurse training
institutions, targeting resources to areas of high national priority
such as disease prevention, health promotion, bedside nursing, care of
the elderly, and HIV/AIDS;
--funds regional centers that provide educational services and
multidisciplinary training for health professions faculty and
practitioners in geriatric health care;
--administers several loan programs supporting students training for
careers in the health professions and nursing;
--supports programs to increase the supply of primary care
practitioners and to improve the distribution of health professionals;
--collects and analyzes data and disseminates information on the
characteristics and capacities of U.S. health training systems;
--assesses the Nation's health personnel force and forecasts supply
and requirements;
--develops, tests, and demonstrates new and improved approaches to
the development and utilization of health personnel within various
patterns of health care delivery and financing systems;
--provides leadership for promoting equity in access to health
services and health careers for the disadvantaged;
--funds regional centers to train faculty and practicing health
professionals in the counseling, diagnosis, and management of HIV/AIDS-
infected individuals; and
--serves as a focus for technical assistance activities in the
international projects relevant to domestic health personnel problems in
coordination with the Office of the Administrator, HRSA.
For further information, contact the Information Officer. Phone, 301-
443-1590.
Bureau of Health Resources Development The Bureau funds, develops,
coordinates, administers, and monitors programs supporting increased
access to health care and support services for people living with HIV/
AIDS infections, a national network of activities associated with organ
and bone marrow donation, procurements, and transplants, and financial
and oversight activities for health care facilities. The Bureau:
--provides national leadership in the administration of the Ryan
White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act (Titles I and II) grant
program to improve the quality and availability of care for low-income
and
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medically underserved people living with HIV/AIDS;
--manages contracts to provide Federal oversight of the Organ
Procurement and Transplantation Network, the Scientific Registry of
Transplant Recipients and the National Marrow Donor Program and works to
increase the availability of donor organs and unrelated bone marrow
donors by working with Organ Procurement Organizations (OPO's) and Donor
Centers;
--provides technical assistance to States, cities, nonprofit
organizations, OPO's and health care delivery systems and facilities in
a wide variety of specific technical and technological systems;
--administers compliance and recovery requirements of the Hill-
Burton program through which hospitals and medical care facilities with
continuing obligations provide free or reduced health care services to
low-income people;
--administers the HUD-242 hospital mortgage insurance program which
insures private sector loans to hospitals for construction, renovations
or the purchase of major movable equipment;
--develops long- and short-range program goals and objectives for
health facilities and specific health promotions, organ transplantation,
and AIDS activities;
--advises and coordinates activities with private and public
organizations, other Federal organizations within and outside the
Department, State and local governments, and professional and scientific
organizations;
--develops, promotes, and directs efforts to improve the management,
operational effectiveness, and efficiency of health care systems,
organizations, and facilities;
--collects and analyzes data and disseminates information on the
scope and impact of program operations;
--maintains liaison and coordinates with non-Federal public and
private entities to accomplish the Bureau's mission and objectives; and
--designs and implements special epidemiological and evaluation
studies regarding the impact of Bureau programs and initiatives.
Maternal and Child Health Bureau The Bureau develops, administers,
directs, coordinates, monitors, and supports Federal policy and programs
pertaining to health and related-care systems for the Nation's mothers
and children. Programs administered by the Bureau address the full
spectrum of primary, secondary, and tertiary care services and related
activities conducted in the public and private sector which impact upon
maternal and child health. To accomplish this goal, the Bureau:
--provides national leadership in supporting, identifying, and
interpreting national trends and issues relating to the health needs of
mothers, infants, children (both normal and with special health care
needs), and administers State block and discretionary grants, contracts,
and funding arrangements designed to address these issues;
--administers grant, contracts, and other funding arrangements and
programs under title V of the Social Security Act, as amended, relating
to implementation of State maternal and child health (MCH) service
programs, research, training, and education programs located in
institutions of higher learning, and State and local health agencies and
organizations involved in the care of mothers and children;
--administers grants, contracts, and other funding arrangements
under section 2671 of the Public Health Service Act for research and
services pertaining to the health status of pediatric AIDS patients;
--administers grants, contracts, and other funding arrangements
under title V of the Social Security Act, as amended, relating to the
care of persons affected by hemophilia (regardless of age);
--administers grants and contracts under title XIX of the Public
Health Service Act relating to pediatric emergency medical systems
development and care improvement;
--develops, promotes, and directs efforts to improve the management,
financing, operational effectiveness and efficiency of health care
systems, and the Healthy Start Initiative to reduce infant
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mortality, organizations, and providers of maternal and child health and
related care;
--serves as the principal adviser to and coordinates activities with
other Administration organizational elements, other Federal
organizations within and outside the Department, and with State and
local agencies, and professional and scientific organizations;
--provides technical assistance and consultation to the full
spectrum of primary, secondary, and tertiary MCH agencies and
organizations in both the public and private sector; and
--maintains liaison and coordinates with non-Federal public and
private entities to accomplish the Bureau's mission and objectives.
For further information, contact the Communications Office. Phone, 301-
443-8041.
Indian Health Service
A reorganization order, signed by the Secretary on October 31, 1995, and
published in the Federal Register on November 9, 1995, established the
Indian Health Service (IHS) as an operating division within the
Department. The goal of the Indian Health Service is to raise the health
status of American Indians and Alaska Natives to the highest possible
level.
The Service provides a comprehensive health services delivery system
for American Indians and Alaska Natives, with opportunity for maximum
tribal involvement, in developing and managing programs to meet their
health needs. To carry out its mission and attain its goal, the Service:
--assists Indian tribes in developing their health programs through
activities such as health management training, technical assistance, and
human resource development;
--facilitates and assists Indian tribes in coordinating health
planning, in obtaining and utilizing health resources available through
Federal, State, and local programs, in operating comprehensive health
programs, and in health program evaluation;
--provides comprehensive health care services, including hospital
and ambulatory medical care, preventive and rehabilitative services, and
development of community sanitation facilities; and
--serves as the principal Federal advocate in the health care field
for Indians to ensure comprehensive health services for American Indian
and Alaska Native people.
For further information, contact the Indian Health Service
Communications Office. Phone, 301-443-3593.
National Institutes of Health
A reorganization order, signed by the Secretary on October 31, 1995, and
published in the Federal Register on November 9, 1995, established the
National Institutes of Health (NIH) as an operating division within the
Department. The Institute is the principal biomedical research agency of
the Federal Government. Its mission is to employ science in the pursuit
of knowledge to improve human health conditions.
The Institute seeks to expand fundamental knowledge about the nature
and behavior of living systems, to apply that knowledge to extend the
health of human lives, and to reduce the burdens resulting from disease
and disability. It supports biomedical and behavioral research
domestically and abroad, conducts research in its own laboratories
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and clinics, trains promising young researchers, and promotes acquiring
and distributing medical knowledge.
Focal points have been established to assist in developing NIH-wide
goals for health research and research training programs related to
women and minorities, coordinating program direction, and ensuring that
research pertaining to women's and minority health is identified and
addressed through research activities conducted and supported by NIH.
Research activities conducted by NIH will determine much of the
quality of health care for the future and reinforce the quality of
health care currently available.
National Cancer Institute Research on cancer is a high priority program
as a result of the National Cancer Act, which made the conquest of
cancer a national goal. The Institute developed a National Cancer
Program to expand existing scientific knowledge on cancer cause and
prevention as well as on the diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of
cancer patients.
Research activities conducted in the Institute's laboratories or
supported through grants or contracts include many investigative
approaches to cancer, including chemistry, biochemistry, biology,
molecular biology, immunology, radiation physics, experimental
chemotherapy, epidemiology, biometry, radiotherapy, and pharmacology.
Cancer research facilities are constructed with Institute support, and
training is provided under university-based programs. The Institute,
through its cancer control element, applies research findings in
preventing and controlling human cancer as rapidly as possible.
The Institute sponsors extensive programs to disseminate cancer
information and supports the Cancer Information Service which responds
to 600,000 callers a year, at 1-800-422-6237.
For further information, call 301-496-5585.
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute The Institute provides
leadership for a national program in diseases of the heart, blood
vessels, lung, and blood; sleep disorders; and blood resources. It
plans, conducts, fosters, and supports an integrated and coordinated
program of basic research, clinical investigations and trials, and
observational studies. It conducts research on clinical use of blood and
all aspects of the management of blood resources.
The Institute plans and directs research in the development, trials,
and evaluation of interventions (including emergency medical treatment)
and devices related to prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of
patients suffering from such diseases and disorders. It conducts
research in its own laboratories and supports scientific institutions
and individuals by research grants and contracts.
The Institute also supports and conducts research training and
coordinates with other research institutes and all Federal health
programs relevant to activities in the areas of heart, blood vessel,
lung, and blood, sleep disorders, and blood resources. It maintains
continuing relationships with institutions and professional
associations, and with international, national, state, and local
officials, as well as voluntary organizations working in the above
areas.
For further information, call 301-496-2411.
National Library of Medicine The Library serves as the Nation's chief
medical information source and is authorized to provide medical library
services and on-line bibliographic searching capabilities, such as
MEDLINE, TOXLINE, and others, to public and private agencies and
organizations, institutions, and individuals. It sponsors and conducts
research and development in biomedical communications, in such areas as
telemedicine, expert systems, and advanced medical imaging projects.
The Library operates a computer-based toxicology information system
for the scientific community, industry, and other Federal agencies.
Through its National Center for Biotechnology Information, the Library
has a leadership role in developing new information
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technologies to aid in the understanding of the molecular processes that
control health and disease.
Through grants and contracts, the Library administers programs of
assistance to the Nation's medical libraries that include support of a
National Network of Libraries of Medicine, research in the field of
medical library science, establishment and improvement of the basic
library resources, and supporting biomedical scientific publications of
a nonprofit nature.
For further information, call 301-496-6308.
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases The
Institute conducts, fosters, and supports basic and clinical research
into the causes, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diabetes,
endocrine, and metabolic diseases; digestive diseases and nutrition;
kidney and urologic diseases; and blood diseases.
The Institute fulfills its mission through research performed in its
own laboratories and clinics, research grants, individual and
institutional research training awards, epidemiologic and clinical
studies on selected populations in the United States, and collection and
dissemination of information on Institute programs.
For further information, call 301-496-3583.
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases The Institute
conducts and supports broadly based research and research training on
the cause, treatment, and prevention of a wide variety of infectious,
allergic, and immunologic diseases. Among areas of special emphasis are:
AIDS, asthma and allergic diseases, immunologic diseases,
transplantation, sexually transmitted diseases, enteric diseases such as
hepatitis, influenza, and other viral respiratory infections, tropical
diseases, tuberculosis, and vaccine development.
For further information, call 301-496-5717.
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development The Institute
conducts and supports biomedical and behavioral research on child and
maternal health; on problems of human development, with special
reference to mental retardation; and on family structure, the dynamics
of human population, and the reproductive process.
Specific areas of research include: pediatric and maternal AIDS,
genetic diseases, short stature, premature puberty, infertility,
minority health, learning disabilities such as dyslexia, sexually
transmitted diseases, and the causes of infant morbidity and mortality,
including low birth weight, premature birth, and sudden infant death
syndrome.
The Institute recently added a National Center for Medical
Rehabilitation Research, which conducts and supports research and
research training related to the rehabilitation of people with physical
disabilities. Research-related findings are disseminated to other
researchers, medical practitioners, and the general public to improve
the health of children and families.
For further information, call 301-496-5133.
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders The
Institute conducts and supports biomedical and behavioral research and
research training on normal mechanisms as well as diseases and disorders
of hearing, balance, smell, taste, voice, speech, and language through a
diversity of research performed in its own laboratories, and a program
of research grants, individual and institutional research training
awards, career development awards, center grants, and contracts to
public and private research institutions and organizations.
For further information, call 301-496-7243.
National Institute of Dental Research The Institute conducts and
supports research and research training into the causes, prevention,
diagnosis, and treatment of oral diseases and conditions.
For further information, call 301-496-6621.
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences The Institute,
located in Research Triangle Park, NC, conducts
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and supports basic and applied research on how the environment interacts
with genetic factors to cause disease and dysfunction. The primary
emphasis is on disease prevention through identification and assessment
of risks.
For further information, call 919-541-3211.
National Institute of General Medical Sciences The Institute's programs
for support of research and research training emphasize basic biomedical
science, with activities ranging from cell biology, chemistry, and
biophysics, to genetics, pharmacology, and systemic response to trauma.
For further information, call 301-496-7301.
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke The Institute
conducts and supports fundamental and applied research on human
neurological disorders such as Parkinson's disease, epilepsy, multiple
sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, head and spinal cord injuries, and
stroke. The Institute also conducts and supports research on the
development and function of the normal brain and nervous system in order
to better understand normal processes relating to disease states.
For further information, call 301-496-5751.
National Eye Institute The Institute conducts, fosters, and supports
research on the causes, natural history, prevention, diagnosis, and
treatment of disorders of the eye and visual system, and in related
fields.
For further information, call 301-496-4583.
National Institute on Aging The Institute conducts and supports
biomedical and behavioral research to increase knowledge of the aging
process and the physical, psychological, and social factors associated
with aging. Alzheimer's disease, health and retirement, menopause, and
frailty are among the areas of special concern.
For further information, call 301-496-1752.
National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism The Institute
conducts and supports biomedical and behavioral research, health
services research, research training, and health information
dissemination with respect to the prevention and treatment of alcohol
abuse and alcoholism. It provides a national focus for the Federal
effort to increase knowledge and promote effective strategies to deal
with health problems and issues associated with alcohol abuse and
alcoholism.
For further information, call 301-443-3885.
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
The Institute conducts and supports fundamental research in the major
disease categories of arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin diseases
through research performed in its own laboratories and clinics,
epidemiologic studies, research contracts and grants, and cooperative
agreements to scientific institutions and to individuals.
It supports training of personnel in fundamental sciences and
clinical disciplines, conducts educational activities, including the
collection and dissemination of health educational materials on these
diseases, and coordinates with the other research institutes and all
Federal health programs relevant activities in the categorical diseases.
For further information, call 301-496-4353.
National Institute on Drug Abuse The Institute's mission is to lead the
Nation in bringing the power of science to bear on drug abuse and
addiction, through the strategic support and conduct of research across
a broad range of disciplines, and the rapid and effective dissemination
and use of the results of that research to significantly improve drug
abuse and addiction prevention, treatment, and policy.
For further information, call 301-443-6480.
National Institute of Mental Health The Institute provides leadership
for a national program to increase knowledge and advance effective
strategies to deal with problems and issues in the promotion of mental
health and the
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prevention and treatment of mental illness.
For further information, call 301-443-3673.
Clinical Center The Center is designed to bring scientists working in
the Center's laboratories into proximity with clinicians caring for
patients, so that they may collaborate on problems of mutual concern.
The research institutes select patients, referred to the National
Institutes of Health by physicians throughout the United States and
overseas, for clinical studies of specific diseases and disorders. A
certain percentage of the patients are normal volunteers, healthy
persons who provide an index of normal body functions against which to
measure the abnormal. Normal volunteers come under varied sponsorship,
such as colleges, civic groups, and religious organizations.
For further information, call 301-496-3227.
Fogarty International Center The Center is dedicated to advancing the
health of the people of the United States and other nations through
international scientific cooperation. In pursuit of its mission, the
Center fosters biomedical research partnership between U.S. scientists
and foreign counterparts through grants, fellowships, and international
agreements, and provides leadership in international science policy and
research strategies.
For further information, call 301-496-2075.
National Center for Human Genome Research The Center provides
leadership for and formulates research goals and long-range plans to
accomplish the mission of the Human Genome Project, including the study
of ethical, legal, and social implications of human genome research.
Through grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and individual and
institutional research training awards, the Center supports and
administers research and research training programs in human genome
research and the systematic, targeted effort to create detailed maps of
the genomes of organisms.
It provides coordination of genome research, both nationally and
internationally, serves as a focal point within NIH and the Department
for Federal interagency coordination and collaboration with industry and
academia, and sponsors scientific meetings and symposia to promote
progress through information sharing.
Through its Division of Intramural Research (DIR), the Center plans
and conducts a program of laboratory and clinical research related to
the application of genome research to the understanding of human genetic
disease and the development of DNA diagnostics and gene therapies.
For further information, call 301-496-0844.
National Institute of Nursing Research The Institute provides
leadership for nursing research, supports and conducts research and
training, and disseminates information to build a scientific base for
nursing practice and patient care and to promote health and ameliorate
the effects of illness on the American people.
For further information, call 301-496-0207.
Division of Computer Research and Technology The Division conducts an
integrated research, developmental, and service program in computer-
related physical and life sciences in support of Institute biomedical
research programs.
For further information, call 301-496-5206.
National Center for Research Resources The Center administers, fosters,
and supports research for the development and support of various
research resources needed on an institutional, regional, or national
basis for health-related research. Programs are carried out through
research grants and individual and institutional research training
awards, cooperation and collaboration with organizations and
institutions engaged in multicategorical research resource activities,
and collection and dissemination of information on research and findings
in these areas. The Center oversees a centralized program of intramural
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research resources through the planning, performance, and reporting of
research projects.
For further information, call 301-496-5605.
Division of Research Grants The Division's mission is to provide
excellence in the scientific and technical merit review of Public Health
Service (PHS) grant applications for research and research training
support and to provide state-of-the-art automated information systems
for the NIH intramural and extramural grant programs.
The Division supports this mission by serving as the central receipt
point for all PHS competing grant applications, assigning all PHS
applications to an appropriate initial review group for scientific and
technical merit review and to the awarding component for potential
funding, providing the initial review of grant applications to the NIH
through its study sections consisting of experts in scientific
disciplines or current research areas, and providing staff support to
the Office of the Director, NIH, in the formulation of grant and award
policies and procedures.
For further information, call 301-435-1111.
Program Support Center
[For the Program Support Center statement of organization, see the
Federal Register of November 15, 1995, 60 FR 57452]
The Program Support Center (PSC) is a self-supported operating division
within the Department with a unique mission to provide cost-effective,
efficient, and responsive administrative support services to the HHS
components and other Federal agencies. The Center was created as a
business enterprise to provide services on a competitive fee-for-service
basis to customers throughout HHS, as well as to other Federal agencies
that wish to purchase the services.
The formation of the PSC resulted from the Department's efforts to
streamline and minimize duplication of functions in providing
administrative services to components of HHS and other Federal agencies.
Services are provided in four broad business areas: human resources,
financial management, administrative operations, and information
technology.
A departmentwide board of directors provides broad policy direction
for PSC activities in addition to approving budgets and billing rates.
The Center includes approximately 1,300 employees.
For further information, contact the Director of Marketing, Program
Support Center, Department of Health and Human Services, 5600 Fishers
Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. Phone, 301-443-1494.
Human Resources Service The Office provides a full-range of personnel
management services including payroll management and operations,
personnel operations services for civilian and commissioned personnel,
common needs training, and employee relations and labor relations. To
accomplish this goal, the Service:
--operates and maintains a department-wide centralized payroll
system, providing pay services to all HHS employees every pay period,
including the PHS Commissioned Corps, as well as providing pay services
to the Social Security Administration which brings the number of staff
serviced to over 120,000;
--operates a servicing personnel office for a variety of customers;
-- provides human resource operating systems and management
information to HHS program managers and personnel offices;
--administers payroll and personnel management programs for
approximately 6,150 active duty, 6,400 inactive reserve, 3,200 retired
PHS
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Commissioned Officers, and 560 annuitants;
--conducts and evaluates training programs in such areas as
supervisory management, office skills and procedures, data technology,
health and safety, and personnel management; and
--provides technical assistance, guidance, and representation on
labor relations and employee relations issues.
For further information, contact the Director of Human Resources,
Program Support Center, Rockville, MD 20857. Phone, 301-443-1200.
Financial Management Service The Service supports the financial
operations of HHS and other agencies. To accomplish this goal, the
Service:
--provides full accounting and fiscal services for a variety of HHS
customers;
--provides a full-range of debt management services in the form of
debt collection and enforcement and the collection of over-advanced
amounts;
--provides a centralized electronic funding and cash management
service to all organizations receiving HHS grants and contracts and
organizations funded by 14 other Federal agencies; and
--reviews, negotiates, and approves indirect cost rates, research
patient care rates, fringe benefit rates, and other special rates for
organizations receiving federally sponsored awards and approves State
and local government cost allocation plans.
For further information, contact the Chief Financial Officer, Program
Support Center, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. Phone, 301-443-
1478.
Administrative Operations Service The Service provides a wide-range of
administrative and technical services to customers in HHS, both in
headquarters and in the regions, and to customers throughout the Federal
Government. These services include:
--building operations, surplus real property, leasing, security,
property management, warehousing, logistics, and space management
services;
--printing, duplicating, and typesetting;
--operating reference libraries;
--distributing and handling mail;
--servicing claims for PHS components nationwide under specific
statutory authorities;
--centralized acquisition services, including specialized ADP
acquisitions;
--operating an FDA-licensed repackaging facility which purchases,
receives, stores, packs, distributes, and ships drugs, chemical and
medical supplies, hospital supplies, and dental supplies to Federal
agencies and other related non-Federal customers;
--technical graphics and photography services; and
--a wide-range of telecommunications services.
For further information, contact the Acting Director of Operations,
Program Support Center, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. Phone,
301-443-2516.
Information Technology Service The Service provides automated data
processing and data communications services for HHS and other Federal
entities. Additionally, it provides local and remote services in batch
and time-sharing modes to approximately 5,000 accounts. To accomplish
this goal, the Service:
--operates and manages the central computer facility performing fee-
for-service Information Technology (IT) and data telecommunications
functions for HHS and other Federal agencies;
--provides technical support for scientific and administrative
information systems;
--provides information technology services to the PSC, HHS, and to
other Federal agencies;
--reviews and makes recommendations on hardware, software, and
service procurements by serviced agencies to assure compatibility; and
--designs, develops, and operates the Departmental Information
Management Exchange Systems (DIMES), the departmental nationwide data
communication network.
For further information, contact the Acting Director of Information
Technology, Program Support Center, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD
20857. Phone, 301-443-9343.
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Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
A reorganization order, signed by the Secretary on October 31, 1995, and
published in the Federal Register on November 9, 1995, established the
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) as an
operating division within HHS.
The Administration provides national leadership to ensure that
knowledge, based on science and state-of-the-art practice, is
effectively used for the prevention and treatment of addictive and
mental disorders. It strives to improve access and reduce barriers to
high-quality, effective programs and services for individuals who suffer
from or are at risk for these disorders, as well as for their families
and communities.
Center for Substance Abuse Prevention The Center provides a national
focus for the Federal effort to prevent alcohol and other drug abuse. In
carrying out its responsibility, the Center:
--develops, implements, and reviews prevention and health promotion
policy related to alcohol and other drug abuse, analyzing the impact of
Federal activities on State and local governments and private program
activities;
--provides a national focus for the Federal effort to demonstrate
and promote effective strategies to prevent the abuse of alcohol and
other drugs;
--operates grant programs for projects to demonstrate effective
models for the prevention and early intervention of alcohol and drug
use/abuse among high-risk youth and other specific target populations,
including those within the workplace;
--sponsors regional and national workshops and conferences on the
prevention of alcohol and other drug abuse;
--supports innovative comprehensive, and collaborative community-
based prevention demonstration programs;
--supports training for substance abuse practitioners and other
health professionals involved in alcohol and drug abuse education,
prevention, and early intervention;
--provides technical assistance to States and local authorities and
other national organizations and groups in the planning, establishment,
and maintenance of substance abuse prevention efforts;
--reviews and approves or disapproves the State Prevention Plans
developed under the Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant
Program authority;
--serves as a national authority and resource for the development
and analysis of information relating to the prevention of abuse of
alcohol and other drugs;
--participates in the dissemination and implementation of research
findings by PHS agencies on the prevention of the abuse of alcohol and
other drugs;
--collaborates with and encourages other Federal agencies and
national, State, and local organizations to promote substance abuse
prevention activities; and
--provides and promotes the evaluation of individual projects, as
well as overall programs.
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment The Center's principal function is
to provide national leadership for the Federal effort to enhance
approaches and expand programs focusing on the treatment of substance
abusers, as well as associated problems of physical illness and co-
morbidity. In carrying out its responsibility, the Center:
--collaborates with States, communities, health care providers, and
national organizations to upgrade the quality of addiction treatment, to
improve the effectiveness of substance abuse treatment programs, and to
expand addiction treatment capacity;
--provides financial assistance to targeted geographic areas to
increase treatment programs for substance abuse and other related
disorders, and to strengthen the collaboration among the members of the
substance abuse treatment community;
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--provides a focus for addressing the treatment needs of individuals
with multiple drug, alcohol, physical, and co-morbidity problems;
--administers a demonstration grant for projects that will implement
and evaluate the Comprehensive Residential Drug Prevention and Treatment
program for substance-abusing women and their children;
--coordinates the evaluation of the Center's drug treatment
programs, such as the Comprehensive Residential Drug Prevention and
Treatment program for substance-abusing women and their children;
--collaborates with the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the
States to promote the development of treatment outcome standards;
--promotes mainstreaming of alcohol, drug abuse, and mental health
treatment into the health care system;
--collaborates with the Office of the Administrator and other SAMHSA
components in treatment data collection;
--administers programs for the training of health and allied health
care providers; and
--administers the Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block
Grant Program, including compliance reviews, technical assistance to
States, territories, and Indian tribes, and the application and
reporting requirements related to the block grant programs.
Center for Mental Health Services The Center provides national
leadership to ensure the application of scientifically established
findings and practice-based knowledge in the prevention and treatment of
mental disorders, to improve access, reduce barriers, and promote high-
quality, effective programs and services for people with or at risk for
such disorders, as well as for their families and communities, and to
promote the rehabilitation of people with mental disorders. To
accomplish its mission, the Center:
--supports service and demonstration programs designed to improve
access to care, quality of treatment, rehabilitation, prevention, and
related services, especially for those traditionally underserved or
inadequately served;
--identifies national mental health goals and develops strategies to
meet them;
--supports activities to improve the administration, availability,
organization, and financing of mental health care;
--designs and supports evaluations, assessments, and service
research activities to assist States, communities, and providers;
--supports technical assistance activities to educate professionals,
consumers, family members, and communities, and promotes training
efforts to enhance the human resources necessary to support mental
health services;
--collects data on the various forms of mental illness, including
data on treatment programs, type of care provided, characteristics of
those treated, prevalence, and such other useful data;
--administers community mental health services block grants and
other programs providing direct assistance to States;
--collects, synthesizes, and disseminates mental health information
and research findings to States and other governmental and mental
health-related organizations, and the public;
--collaborates with other Federal, State, and sub-State units of
government and the private sector to improve the system of treatment and
social welfare supports for seriously mentally ill adults and severely
emotionally disturbed children and adolescents;
--conducts activities to promote advocacy, self-help, and mutual
support and to ensure the legal rights of mentally ill persons,
including those in jails and prisons; and
--collaborates with the alcohol, drug abuse, and mental health
institutes of NIH on service research issues, as well as on other
programmatic issues.
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Sources of Information
Office of the Secretary
Inquiries on the following subjects may be directed to the specified
office, Department of Health and Human Services, Humphrey Building, 200
Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20201.
Civil Rights For information on enforcement of civil rights laws
contact, the Office for Civil Rights, Cohen Building, Washington, DC
20201. Phone, Washington, DC, metropolitan area, 202-863-0100, or TDD,
202-863-0101. Outside Washington, DC, metropolitan area, 800-368-1019,
or TDD, 800-537-7697.
Consumer Activities Contact the Office of Consumer Affairs. Phone, 202-
395-7900.
Contracts and Small Business Activities For information concerning
programs, contact the Director, Office of Small and Disadvantaged
Business Utilization. Phone, 202-690-7300.
Office of Inspector General General inquiries may be directed to the
Office of Inspector General, Department of Health and Human Services,
330 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20201.
IG Hotline Individuals wishing to report fraud, waste, or abuse against
Department programs should write to: Office of Inspector General, HHS-
TIPS Hotline, P.O. Box 23489, L'Enfant Plaza Station, Washington, DC
20026-3489. Phone (toll-free), 800-447-8477 (HHS-TIPS).
Publications Single copies of most Office of Inspector General
publications are available free of charge by calling, 202-619-1142.
Employment Inquiries regarding applications for employment and the
college recruitment program should be directed to the Director, Human
Resources Service, Program Support Center, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville,
MD 20857. Phone, 301-443-1200.
Locator Inquiries about the location and telephone numbers of HHS
offices should be directed to the Information Technology Service, HHS
Locator, Room G-644, Wilber H. Cohen Building, 330 Independence Avenue
SW., Washington, DC 20201. Phone, 202-619-0257.
Office of Public Health and Science Inquiries should be directed to the
Assistant Secretary for Health, Rm. 716G, Hubert H. Humphrey Building,
200 Independence Ave. SW., Washington, DC 20201. Phone, 202-690-7694.
Administration for Children and Families
General inquiries may be directed to the Administration for Children and
Families, Department of Health and Human Services, 370 L'Enfant
Promenade SW., Washington, DC 20447. Phone, 202-401-9200.
Contracts Contact the Division of Acquisition Management, Office of
Program Support. Phone, 202-401-5149.
Information Center Contact the Office of Public Affairs, 7th Floor,
Aerospace Building, 370 L'Enfant Promenade SW., Washington, DC 20744.
Phone, 202-401-9215.
Mental Retardation Call or write the President's Committee on Mental
Retardation, ACF, for information on HHS mental retardation programs.
Phone, 202-619-0634.
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
Inquiries on the following subjects may be directed to the appropriate
office at the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, Department of
Health and Human Services, 2101 E. Jefferson St., Rockville, MD 20852.
Grants Contact the Chief, Grants Management Branch. Phone, 301-594-
1447.
Contracts Contact the Chief, Contracts Management Branch. Phone, 301-
594-1445.
Employment Inquiries should be addressed to the Chief, Human Resources
Management Staff. Phone, 301-594-2408.
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Publications Single copies of most publications produced by the Agency
are available free of charge from the AHCPR Publications Clearinghouse,
P.O. Box 8547, Silver Spring, MD 20907. Phone (toll-free), 800-358-9295.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Inquiries on the following subjects may be directed to the office
indicated at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department
of Health and Human Services, 1600 Clifton Road NE., Atlanta, GA 30333.
Employment The majority of positions are in the Federal civil service.
Many medical, scientific, and technical positions are filled through the
Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service, a uniformed service of
the U.S. Government. Inquiries may be addressed to the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention Personnel Management Office (phone, 404-
639-3276); or to Division of Commissioned Personnel, Room 4A-07, 5600
Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.
Films Information concerning availability of audiovisual materials
related to program activities may be obtained from the Office of Public
Affairs. Phone, 404-639-3286.
Publications Single copies of most publications are available free of
charge from the Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention. Phone, 404-639-3534.
Bulk quantities of publications may be purchased from the
Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, DC
20402.
Food and Drug Administration
Inquiries on the following subjects may be directed to the specified
office, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human
Services, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.
Consumer Activities The Administration's Public Affairs Offices are
located in a number of cities across the country, as listed in the table
which follows. Consumer phones in these same cities provide recorded
messages of interest to the consumer. The general FDA consumer phone
number is 301-443-5006.
Contracts Contact the Director, Office of Facilities, Acquisition &
Central Services (HFA-500). Phone, 301-443-6890.
Employment The Administration uses various civil service examinations
and registers in its recruitment for positions such as consumer safety
officers, pharmacologists, microbiologists, physiologists, chemists,
mathematical statisticians, physicians, dentists, animal caretakers,
etc. Inquiries for positions in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area
should be directed to the Personnel Officer (HFA-400). Phone, 301-443-
2234.
Inquiries for positions outside the Washington, DC, area should be
directed to the appropriate local FDA office.
Schools interested in the college recruitment program should write
to the Personnel Officer (HFA-400). Phone, 301-443-2234.
Publications FDA Consumer, FDA's official magazine, is available from
the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington,
DC 20402. Phone, 202-512-1800.
Reading Rooms Freedom of Information, Room 12A-30, phone, 301-443-1813;
Hearing Clerk, Room 123, 12420 Parklawn Drive, Rockville, MD 20852,
phone, 301-443-1751; and Press Office, Room 15A-07 (or Room 3807, FB-8),
200 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20204, phone, 301-443-3285.
Speakers Speakers are available for presentations to private
organizations and community groups. Requests should be directed to the
local FDA office.
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Office Address Telephone
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Alameda, CA.................................. 1431 Harbor Bay Pkwy., 94502............................................................. 510-337-6888
Atlanta, GA.................................. 60 8th St. NE., 30309.................................................................... 404-347-7355
Baltimore, MD................................ 900 Madison Ave., 21201.................................................................. 410-962-3731
Boston, MA................................... 1 Montvale Ave., Stoneham, MA 02180...................................................... 617-279-1675
Brooklyn, NY................................. 850 3d Ave., 11232....................................................................... 718-965-5043
Buffalo, NY.................................. 599 Delaware Ave., 14202................................................................. 716-846-4461
Chicago, IL.................................. Suite 550, 300 S. Riverside Plz., 60606.................................................. 312-353-5863
Cincinnati, OH............................... 1141 Central Pkwy., 45202-1097........................................................... 513-684-3501
Cleveland, OH................................ P.O. Box 838, 3820 Center Rd., Brunswick, 44212.......................................... 216-273-1038
Dallas, TX................................... 3032 Bryan St., 75204.................................................................... 214-655-5315
Denver, CO................................... P.O. Box 25087, Bldg. 20, Denver Federal Ctr., 80225-0087................................ 303-236-3000
Detroit, MI.................................. 1560 E. Jefferson Ave., 48207............................................................ 313-226-6274
Houston, TX.................................. Suite 420, 1445 N. Loop W., 77008........................................................ 713-802-9095
Indianapolis, IN............................. Rm. 693, 575 N. Pennsylvania St., 46204.................................................. 317-269-6500
Irvine, CA................................... 14900 MacArthur Blvd., Suite 300......................................................... 714-798-7607
Kansas City, MO.............................. 1009 Cherry St., 64106................................................................... 913-752-2141
Minneapolis, MN.............................. 240 Hennepin Ave., 55401................................................................. 612-334-4100
Nashville, TN................................ 297 Plus Park Blvd., 37217............................................................... 615-781-5372
New Orleans, LA.............................. 4298 Elysian Fields Ave., 70122.......................................................... 504-589-2420
Omaha, NE.................................... 200 S. 16th St., 68102................................................................... 402-331-8536
Orlando, FL.................................. Suite 120, 7200 Lake Ellenor Dr., 32809.................................................. 407-648-6922
Parsippany, NJ............................... 10 Waterview Blvd., 3d Fl., 07054........................................................ 201-351-2914
Philadelphia, PA............................. Rm. 900, 2d & Chestnut Sts., 19106....................................................... 215-597-4390
San Antonio, TX.............................. Rm. B-406, 727 E. Durango, 78206......................................................... 210-229-4528
San Juan, PR................................. 466 Fernandez Juncos Ave., 00901-3223.................................................... 809-729-6852
Seattle, WA.................................. 22201 23d Dr. SE., Bothell, WA 98021-4421................................................ 206-483-4953
St. Louis, MO................................ 808 N. Collins Alley, 63102.............................................................. 314-425-5021
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Health Care Financing Administration
Inquiries on the following subjects may be directed to the Health Care
Financing Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, 7500
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244-1850.
Contracts and Small Business Activities Contact the Director, Research
Contracts and Grants Division. Phone, 410-786-5157.
Employment Inquiries should be addressed to the Office of Human
Resources, Division of Staffing and Employee Services. Phone, 410-786-
5501.
For information on employment in a regional office, contact the
Regional Personnel Officer in the Office of the Regional Director for
that region.
Publications Contact the Distribution Management Branch, Division of
Printing and Distribution Services. Phone, 410-786-7892.
Health Resources and Services Administration
Inquiries on the following subjects should be directed to the specified
office, Health Resources and Services Administration, Department of
Health and Human Services, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.
Employment The majority of positions are in the Federal civil service.
For positions in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area and field
locations throughout the Nation, inquiries may be addressed to the
Division of Personnel, Room 14A46. Phone, 301-443-5460, or TDD, 301-443-
5278. For information on vacant positions, call 301-443-1230.
Some health professional positions are filled through the
Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service, a uniformed service of
the U.S. Government. Inquiries may be addressed to Division of
Commissioned Personnel, Room 4A-07, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD
20857.
Films Information concerning the availability of audiovisual materials
related to program activities, including films for recruiting minorities
into health professions and women into dentistry, is available from the
Office of Communications.
Publications Single copies of most publications are available free of
charge from the Office of Communications, Room 14-45, Parklawn Bldg.;
the National Maternal and Child Health Clearinghouse, 703-821-8955, Ext.
254; or the National Clearinghouse for Primary Care Information, 703-
821-
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8955, Ext. 248, Fax, 703-821-2098. Internet, http://www.os.dhhs.gov/
hrsa/. Bulk quantities of publications may be purchased from the
Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, DC
20402.
Indian Health Service
Inquiries on the following subjects should be directed to the specified
office, Indian Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services,
5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.
Employment The majority of positions are in the Federal civil service.
For positions in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area, employment
inquiries may be addressed to the Division of Personnel Management,
Office of Human Resources, Room 4B-44. Phone, 301-443-6520.
Hiring in other parts of the country is decentralized to the 12 area
offices. For specific area office addresses, see the U.S. Government
listings in the commercial telephone directories for: Aberdeen, SD;
Albuquerque, NM; Anchorage, AK; Bemidji, MN; Billings, MT; Nashville,
TN; Oklahoma City, OK; Phoenix, AZ; Portland, OR; Sacramento, CA;
Tucson, AZ; and Window Rock, AZ.
Some health professional positions are filled through the
Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service, a uniformed service of
the U.S. Government. Inquiries may be addressed to the Division of
Commissioned Personnel, Room 4A-07, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD
20857. Phone, 301-443-3464.
Publications Single copies of publications describing the Indian Health
Service and the health status of American Indians and Alaska Natives are
available free of charge from the Communications Office, Room 6-35.
Phone, 301-443-3593.
National Institutes of Health
Inquiries on the following subjects may be directed to the office
indicated at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, or
the address given.
Contracts For information on research and development contracts,
contact the Office of Contracts Management. Phone, 301-496-4422. For all
other contracts, contact the Office of Procurement Management. Phone,
301-496-2501.
Employment A wide range of civil service examinations and registers are
used. Staff fellowships are available to recent doctorates in biomedical
sciences. College recruitment is conducted as necessary to meet
requirements. Write to the Office of Human Resource Management. Phone,
301-496-2404.
Public Health Service Commissioned Officer Program For information on
the Commissioned Officer programs at NIH and the program for early
commissioning of senior medical students in the Reserve Corps of the
Public Health Service, contact the Division of Senior Systems. Phone,
301-496-1443.
Environment Research on the biological effects of chemical, physical,
and biological substances present in the environment are conducted and
supported by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences,
Research Triangle Park, NC 22709. Phone, 919-541-2605.
Films Research and health-related films are available for loan from the
National Library of Medicine, Collection Access Section, Bethesda, MD
20984. Films are available for purchase from the National Audiovisual
Center, General Services Administration, Washington, DC 20409.
Publications Publications, brochures, and reports on health and disease
problems, medical research, and biomedical communications are available
from the Division of Public Information, Office of Communications,
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892. Phone, 301-496-4461.
Single copies of the following publications are available from NIH:
Journal of National Cancer Institute; Environmental Health Perspectives;
Scientific Directory and Annual Bibliography; NLM--Medline (brochure),
NIH Publications List, Index Medicus, Cumulated Index Medicus Annual,
and Research Grants Index may be ordered from the Government Printing
Office, Washington, DC 20402.
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Program Support Center
General inquiries may be directed to the Program Support Center,
Department of Health and Human Services, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville,
MD 20857.
Inquiries on a particular Service area should be referred as
follows:
Employment Inquiries may be directed to the following offices:
--Southwest Personnel Operations Division, Room 1040, Cohen
Building, Washington, DC 20201. Phone, 202-619-2560;
--Parklawn Personnel Operations Division, Room 17-48, Parklawn
Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. Phone, 301-443-6900;
or
--Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, Room 4A-18 Parklawn
Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. Phone, 301-594-3360.
Human Resources Service Contact the Director of Human Resources,
Program Support Center, Rockville, MD 20857. Phone, 301-443-1200.
Financial Management Service Contact the Chief Financial Officer,
Program Support Center, Rockville, MD 20857. Phone, 301-443-1478.
Administrative Operations Service Contact the Director of Operations,
Program Support Center, Rockville, MD 20857. Phone, 301-443-2516.
Information Technology Service Contact the Director of Information
Technology, Program Support Center, Rockville, MD 20857. Phone, 301-443-
9343.
For additional information on the Program Support Center, please
refer to the Center's Internet site, located at http//www.os.dhhs.gov/
psc/.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Inquiries on the following subjects may be directed to the specified
office, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration,
Department of Health and Human Services, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville,
MD 20857.
Contracts Contact the Director, Division of Grants and Contracts
Management. Phone, 301-443-3334.
Employment Inquiries should be addressed to the Director, Division of
Personnel Management. Phone, 301-443-3408.
Publications The Office of Management, Planning, and Communications
collects and compiles alcohol and drug abuse prevention literature and
other materials, and supports the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention
national clearinghouse for alcohol and drug information and the Regional
Alcohol and Drug Awareness Resource Network to disseminate such
materials among States, political subdivisions, educational agencies and
institutions, health and drug treatment and rehabilitation networks, and
the general public. It also supports a clearinghouse to serve as a focal
point for information dissemination to meet the mental health service
needs of professionals. Contact the Associate Administrator for
Communications. Phone, 301-443-8956.
For further information concerning the Department of Health and Human
Services, contact the Information Center, Department of Health and Human
Services, 200 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20201. Phone, 202-
619-0257.