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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations for
Authority
Part C (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) of the
Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority of
the Department of Health and Human Services (45 FR 67772-76, dated
October 14, 1980, and corrected at 45 FR
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69296, October 20, 1980, as amended most recently at 68 FR 65935-37,
dated November 24, 2003) is amended to reflect the reorganization of
the Epidemiology Program Office.
Section C-B, Organization and Functions, is hereby amended as
follows:
Delete the mission statement for the Epidemiology Program Office
(CB) and insert the following:
(1) Plans, directs, and managed CDC-wide training and service
programs, including the Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS), the
Preventive Medicine Residency (PMR), and the Public Health Program
Specialist (PHPS) programs, as well as various internship and
fellowship programs; (2) plans, develops, edits, publishes and
disseminates the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), related
publications, and various scientific and health communication documents
and special reports; (3) serves as a focal point for the development of
innovative methods for the collection, analysis, and communication of
public health surveillance information (e.g. National Electronic
Telecommunications System for Surveillance, 121 Cities Mortality
Reporting System, and CDC WONDER); (4) in collaboration with other
Centers, Institute, and Offices (CIOs) and state health departments,
coordinates, develops, implements, and supports various public health
information systems for agency application; (5) provides consultation,
technical assistance, and training on epidemiology, public health
surveillance and informatics, health information systems, prevention
effectiveness, scientific communications, behavioral science,
statistics, and development of community health practice guidelines to
CDC/ATSDR, states, other agencies, other countries, and domestic and
international organizations; (6) provides epidemiologic assistance and
epidemic aid through the field assignment of epidemiologists; (7)
provides liaison with governmental agencies, international
organizations, the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists,
and other outside groups; (8) plans, conducts, and evaluates research
activities in various aspects of disease and injury control for global
programs; (9) promotes the development of international field
epidemiologic training programs; (10) develops, promotes, and
implements programs for international and domestic data policy
formation for decision makers to identify information needs and to use
information for improved decision making; (11) in carrying out the
above functions, collaborates, as appropriate, with the CDC Office of
the Director, other CDC CIOs, domestic and international agencies and
organizations; and (12) organizes and establishes populations for
research in urban areas.
Delete the functional statement for the Office of the Director
(CB1) and insert the following:
(1) Manages, directs, coordinates, and evaluates the activities of
EPO; (2) develops goals and objectives and provides leadership, policy
formation, scientific oversight, and guidance in program planing and
development; (3) coordinates EPO program activities with other CDC
components, other PHS agencies, other federal agencies, other
international organizations, state and local health departments,
community-based organizations, business, and industry; (4) consults and
coordinates activities with medical, scientific, and other professional
organizations interested in epidemiology, public health surveillance
and informatics, health information systems, terrorism and emergency
response, behavioral science, statistics, scientific communications,
community health practice guidelines, prevention effectiveness, and
training activities; (5) ensures quality of scientific products of EPO
staff and adherence to ethical principles and guidelines as specified
in Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) policy statements;
(6) coordinates technical assistance to states, other nations and
international organizations; (7) advises the Director, CDC, on policy
matters concerning EPO activities; (8) conducts EPO planning and
evaluation activities; (9) reviews, prepares, and coordinates
legislation, congressional testimony, and briefing documents; (10)
within the policies and guidelines of DHHS and CDC, conducts EPO
planning and evaluation activities including tracking program
objectives and performing evaluation studies; (11) coordinates the
annual EPO program briefing, including preparation of all written and
visual materials; (12) maintains liaison, on behalf of EPO, with the
CDC Foundation and other similar organizations for the coordination of
mutually beneficial collaborative activities; (13) plans and prepares
EPO promotional and marketing materials; and (14) organizes and
establishes populations for research in urban areas.
Delete the functional statement for the Office of Scientific and
Health Communications (CB12) and insert the following: (1) Plans,
coordinates, edits, and produces the MMWR series and various special
reports and publications; (2) provides editorial services and support
to EPO; (3) develops, implements, and evaluates innovative methods for
the communication of scientific and health information by EPO and its
domestic and international constituents; (4) assists EPO and its
constituents in identifying and building needed expertise, state-of-
the-art technology, logistical support, and other capacities required
to conduct effective scientific and health communication in domestic
and international settings; (5) provides expert consultation and
training to EPO, other CIOs, and outside domestic and international
constituencies on development of effective messages, materials, and
methods to clearly and effectively communicate risks and prevention
recommendations, including written, oral, and visual communication; (6)
provides leadership, coordination, and collaboration for the planning
and management of EPO communications with other CDC programs and
outside organizations in scientific and health communications,
including serving as the primary EPO liaison with the CDC Office of
Communication; (7) works closely with state and federal agencies and
EPO domestic and international constituents to develop health
information networks and to promote information sharing; (8) in
conjunction with the CDC Office of Communication, collaborates with
organizations in the public and private sectors to market prevention
strategies; (9) coordinates EPO's information-sharing activities,
including involvement on the Internet; (10) develops, plans,
coordinates, edits, and produces the weekly component of the MMWR
series; (11) participates with other office personnel for the delivery
of services and training to external organizations, both domestic and
international, in the area of scientific and health communications;
(12) provides EPO-wide desktop publishing support, including the
support of the MMWR series; (13) develops, plans, coordinates, edits,
and produces other components of the MMWR series, including the MMWR
Recommendations and Reports, CDC Surveillance Summaries, and the Annual
Summary of Notifiable Diseases; (14) plans, coordinates, edits, and
produces other EPO and CDC program publications; (15) provides
editorial services for work to be published outside CDC; (16) assists
in review of EPO documents for editorial clearance for all
publications; (17) develops and manages an internship program in
scientific and health publications
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management; and (18) participates with other office personnel for the
delivery of services and training to external organizations, both
domestic and international, in scientific and health communications.
Delete the functional statement for the Office of Program
Management and Operations (CB13) and insert the following:
(1) Provides leadership, oversight, and guidance in the management
and operations of EPO's programs; (2) plans, coordinates, and provides
administrative management support, advice, and guidance to EPO,
involving the areas of fiscal management, personnel, travel, and other
administrative services; (3) coordinates the development of the EPO
annual budget submission; (4) directs and coordinates the activities of
the office; (5) conducts management analyses of EPO programs and staff
to ensure optimal utilization of resources and accomplishment of
program objectives; (6) plans, allocates, and monitors EPO resources;
(7) maintains liaison and collaborates with other CDC components and
external organizations in support of EPO management and operations; (8)
plans, coordinates, and provides information resource management
support, advice, and guidance to EPO; (9) sets policies and procedures;
(10) provides leadership and oversight of EPO's program management and
operations; (11) plans, allocates, and monitors EPO-wide resources;
(12) works closely with other federal agencies involved with EPO
interagency agreements; (13) coordinates EPO requirements relating to
procurement, materiel management, and intragency agreements; (14)
provides fiscal management and stewardship of grants, contracts, and
cooperative agreements; (15) develops and implements administrative
policies, procedures, and operations, as appropriate for EPO, and
prepares special reports and studies, as required, in the
administrative management areas; and (16) conducts management analyses
of EPO programs and resources to ensure optimal utilization of
resources and accomplishment of program objectives.
Office of Strategic Alliance for Prevention (CB14). (1) Provides
leadership to CDC and other organizations to promote and support
effective partnerships for prevention; (2) provides leadership and
supports CDC's activities related to managed care organizations, public
and private purchasers of health care, public health agencies,
accrediting organizations, the health care delivery system, consumers,
and others; (3) provides leadership to CDC and other organizations to
promote and support effective partnerships for prevention among the key
players in the nation's health care delivery system, including managed
care organizations, public and private purchasers of health care, State
and local health departments, public health agencies, accrediting
organizations, care providers, consumers, and others; (4) advises CIOs
on program and research needs as they relate to managed care and
partnerships for prevention; (5) represents CDC in work with other
governmental agencies and the private sector to improve health care
quality and patient safety through initiatives such as the cross-
governmental QuIC (Quality Interagency Coordinating) Task Force, the
National Quality Report, the National Quality Forum, and the National
Committee for Quality; (6) administers and manages contract research
related to systems of care delivery; (7) provides coordinative support
for CDC's Clinical Performance Measurement Working Group and Managed
Care Working Group; and (8) facilitates communication and collaboration
between CDC scientists and managed care researchers.
Delete the mission statement for the Division of Prevention
Research and Analytic Methods (CB7) and insert the following:
(1) Provides leadership to CDC and other organizations about best
practices based on research and scientific evidence by conducting
scientific research, developing analytic methods in prevention
effectiveness, and producing evidence-based products; (2) develops
evidence-based recommendations for the use or non-use of population-
based health interventions; (3) promotes CDC's capacity to conduct
collaborative health services research with other CDC CIOs, other
federal agencies, and state and local health departments; (4) provides
leadership in the acquisition, application, and evaluation of economic,
and decision science methods for use in public health; (5) develops
capacity in the public health community to conduct and use prevention
effectiveness studies; (6) develops new methods for evaluating delivery
of preventive services; (7) provides consultation, technical assistance
and training on analytic methods in prevention effectiveness, including
prevention effectiveness, epidemiologic, evaluation, and behavioral
studies issues to CDC and to other agencies and domestic and
international organizations; and (8) develops projects in defined urban
populations in which to evaluate the effectiveness of prevention
activities.
Delete the functional statement for the Office of the Director
(CB71) and insert the following:
(1) Manages, directs, and coordinates the research agenda and
activities of the division; (2) provides leadership and guidance and
strategic planning, policy, program and project priority planning and
setting, program management, and operations; (3) establishes division
goals, objectives, and priorities; (4) monitors progress in
implementation of projects and achievement of objectives; (5) plans,
allocates, and monitors resources; (6) provides management
administrative and support services, and coordinates with appropriate
EPO offices on program and administrative matters; (7) provides liaison
with other CDC organizations, other governmental agencies,
international organizations, and other outside groups; (8) provides
support for internal scientific advisory groups; (9) provides
scientific leadership and guidance to the division to assure highest
scientific quality and professional standards; (10) provides
coordinative support for CDC's Behavioral and Social Sciences Work
Group; and (11) develops within CDC outcome evaluation capacity and
systematic methods for evaluating health outcomes.
Delete the title and functional statement for the Prevention
Effectiveness Branch (CB72) and insert the following:
Prevention Effectiveness and Health Economics Branch (CB72). (1)
Establishes capacity in the public health community to conduct and use
economic and decision analysis; (2) provides and maintains leadership
in the development, acquisition, application, and evaluation of
economic, decision science methods for use in public health; (3)
conducts research about methods for public health economics and
decision making; (4) provides economic technical assistance and
training, consultation, direction, review and information resources to
other organizational units within EPO and throughout CDC; (5)
integrates prevention research with policy needs; (6) assists in making
recommendations for policy decisions on public health policy based on
prevention effectiveness of each prevention strategy; (7) conducts
systematic literature reviews on the effectiveness, cost effectiveness,
and other effects of population-based health promotion and disease
prevention strategies and identifies gaps in evidence which can inform
additional
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research; (8) and supports CDC's Health Economics Research Group
(HERG).
Delete in their entirety the titles and functional statements for
the Community Preventive Services Guide Section (CB732) and the
Evaluation and Behavioral Science Methods Section (CB733), within the
Statistics and Epidemiology Branch (CB73), Division of Prevention
Research and Analytic Methods (CB7).
After the Statistics and Epidemiology Branch (CB73), insert the
following:
Community Guide and Evidence Branch (CB74). (1) Convenes and
supports the independent Task Force on Community Preventive Services
which develops evidence-based recommendations for the use or non-use of
population-based health interventions; (2) produces and promotes use of
the Guide to Community Preventive Services (Community Guide), a
compilation of the systematic reviews, evidence-based recommendations,
and research needs; (3) performs evidence reviews of the efficacy and
effectiveness of prevention activities not associated with the
Community Guide; (4) assists CDC and other Federal and non-Federal
partners to understand, use, refine, and communicate methods for
conducting systematic reviews; (5) assists CDC and other federal and
non-Federal partners to link reviews of evidence to guidelines
development and/or program implementation; (6) coordinates and manages
large and diverse teams of internal and external partners in the
systematic preview process; (7) coordinates and manages a working group
of CDC, DHHS, and non-governmental partners to develop and/or refine
methods for conducting systematic reviews; (8) provides consultations
for implementing Community Guide recommended strategies; (9)
coordinates and manages a working group of CDC, DHHS and non-
governmental partners to diffuse Community Guide reviews,
recommendations, and research needs to appropriate audiences throughout
the U.S. health care and public health systems; (10) participates in
the development of national and regional public/private partnerships to
enhance prevention research and the translation of evidence into policy
and action; (11) conducts scientific evaluation of the Division-related
prevention activities; (12) identifies opportunities for and conducts
passive and active dissemination of the Community Guide reviews and
recommendations and integration of these products into decision-making
process; (13) identifies and conducts passive and active dissemination
of research needs identified in the Community Guide to key partners who
have the capacity to fund and/or conduct additional research that would
close gaps identified in the systematic reviews process; (14)
communicates the Community Guide's reviews, recommendations, and
research needs beyond the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
and the American Journal of Preventive Medicine (AJPM) publications via
other journals, books, the world wide web, and other media; (15)
designs and conducts programmatic, process and outcome evaluation
strategies for all stages of development and diffusion of the Guide to
Community Preventive Services; (16) creates materials and manages
dissemination of the Community Guide and other Division tools that
promote effective decision making and use of effective prevention
tools; (17) assists in making recommendations for prevention and policy
decisions; (18) provides technical assistance; (19) provides
coordination support for CDC's Behavioral and Social Sciences Work
Group; and (20) develops within CDC outcome evaluation capacity and
systematic methods for evaluating health outcomes.
Dated: December 16, 2003.
William H. Gimson,
Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC).
[FR Doc. 03-31907 Filed 12-31-03; 8:45 am]
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