[Federal Register: May 25, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 100)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of
Authority.
Part C (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) of the
Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority of
the Department of Health and Human Services (45 FR 67722-76, dated
October 14, 1980, and corrected at 45 FR 69296, October 26, 1980, as
amended most recently at 70 FR 28540-28541, dated May 18, 2005) is
amended to reorganize the Office of Security and Emergency
Preparedness, Office of the Chief Operating Officer.
Section C-B, Organization and Functions, is hereby amended as
follows:
Delete in its entirety the functional statement for the Office of
Security and Emergency Preparedness (CAJ8), Office of the Chief
Operations Officer (CAJ) and insert the following:
Office of Security and Emergency Preparedness (CAJJ). The Office of
Security and Emergency Preparedness (OSEP), serves as CDEC's lead
organizational entity for providing the overall framework, direction,
coordination, implementation, oversight and accountability for the
threat information analyses and infrastructure protection program. OSEP
serves as the primary liaison for Homeland Security activities,
provides a secure work environment for CDC/ATSDR personnel, visitors
and contractors, and plans and implements the agency's crisis
management activities which ensure a continued public health response
to the nation.
Office of the Director (CAJJ1). (1) Directs, manages, coordinates
and evaluates the programs and activities of the Office of Security and
Emergency Preparedness (OSEP); (2) develops goals and objectives and
provides leadership, policy formulation and guidance in program
planning and development; (3) prepares, reviews, and coordinates
budgetary, informational, and programmatic documents; (4) serves as the
agency's primary link to federal, state, and local law enforcement
intelligence, homeland security and emergency response agencies; (5)
coordinates, in collaboration with the appropriate OSEP and CDC
components, security and emergency preparedness activities; (6) advises
the director, CDC, on policy matters concerning OSEP programs and
activities; (7) coordinates development and review of regulatory
documents and congressional reports; (8) analyzes proposed legislation
with respect to OSEP's programs, goals and objectives; (9) provides
leadership and operational and technical support for the development
and implementation of intelligence activities; (10) gathers, analyzes
and disseminates intelligence; and identifies training needs and
recommends specific training objectives to be met and the methods to
achieve them (i.e. Security Awareness Counterintelligence Awareness);
(11) provides policy and implementation guidance on the standards for
the use of classified document control for CDC; (12) manages and
operates the agency's secure communications systems and classified
documents control procedures; (13) acts as Communications Security
Custodian for all classified matters involving the National Security
Agency; (14) manages 24-hour operations of CDC's secure communications
office; (15) transports classified and unclassified information between
CDC and the Armed Forces Courier Service; (16) manages operation of the
U.S. Department of State cable system for CDC; (17) maintains CDC's
emergency destruction plan for classified material and equipment; (18)
develops cost analysis for communications interoperability plans
throughout CDC; (19) manages such frequency usage for CDC, Office of
Security and Emergency Preparedness; (20) conducts preliminary
investigations of security violations relative to the loss or
compromise/suspected compromise of sensitive, classified or crypto-
logic materials or devices throughout CDC; (21) performs prepublication
review of Classified and Sensitive Information; (22) performs security
audits, inspections, and staff assistance/training visits in CDC Field
Offices and distant operating locations world-wide; (23) serves as the
field locations primary link to OSEP physical security operations,
personnel reliability operations, intelligence and counter intelligence
operations, and emergency preparedness operations; (24) responsible for
implementing, maintaining, and updating of CDCs Integrated Emergency
Management Program, Emergency Response Plan (ERPs) and CDC Continuity
Of Operations (COOP) communications vehicles; (25) provides leadership
and coordination in planning and implementation for internal emergency
incidents affecting any CDC leased or owned facilities; (26)
coordinates and provides training to all campus Emergency Response
Teams, the Emergency Support Team, and the Executive Management Team;
(27) conducts and evaluates annual tabletop, functional, and full-scale
exercises for all CDC facilities with ERPs, (28) provides
recommendations for future emergency management and emergency response
related programs, policies, and/or procedures; (29) provides global
security oversight in coordination with US embassies.
Physical Security Operations Branch (CAJJB). (1) Provides
coordination, guidance, and security operations to all facilities CDC-
wide including all owned and leased sites; (2) provides campus-wide
access control for all CDC facilities in the metro Atlanta area; (3)
oversees Security Operations Center (SOC); (4) provides management and
oversight of contract Guard Force and local police; (5) controls badge
and ID operations; (6) responsible for physical security during
emergency operations; (7) promotes theft prevention, provides training
and conducts investigations; (8) conducts site surveys to assess all
physical
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security activities and correct deficiencies and implement improvement
as necessary; (9) maintains all security related equipment, to include,
but not limited to, x-ray machines metal detectors, CCTV systems,
Cardkey Systems, etc.; (10) manages security at all owned and leased
facilities in the Atlanta area; (11) manages Locksmith Office; (12)
maintains inventory controls and measures and implements, installs,
repairs, and re-keys all locks with emphasis on the overall physical
security of CDC and its owned and leased facilities; (13) provides
security recommendations to CIO's regarding capabilities and
limitations of locking devices; (14) provides combination change
services to organizations equipped with cipher locking devices; (15)
coordinates with engineers and architects on CDC lock and keying
requirements for new construction; (16) operates the security control
room 24 hours a day, seven days a week; (17) maintains 24-hour
emergency notification procedures; (18) manages and maintains the
emergency alert system; (19) improves and expands video monitoring to
ensure the security of all employees, visitors, contractors and the
general public while at the CDC; (20) reviews and grants access to
Select Agent laboratories for individuals when the properly approved
paperwork is presented for processing.
Personnel Suitability and Select Agent Compliance Branch (CAJJC).
(1) Maintains compliance with the Select Agent rule (42 CFR Part 73)
for Select Agents housed within the CDC; (2) conducts background
investigations and personnel suitability adjudications for employment
with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in accordance with
5 CFR 731, Executive Order 12968 and Executive Order 10450; (3) submits
documentation for security clearances, and maintains an access roster
in a security clearance database; (4) implements high risk
investigations such as Public Trust Investigations for employees GS-13s
and above who meet Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
criteria standards for employees working in Public Trust positions; (5)
conducts adjudications for National Agency Check and Inquiry (NACI)
cases and assists DHHS in adjudicating security clearance cases; (6)
provides personnel security services for full time employees (FTEs),
guest researchers, visiting scientists, students, contract employees,
fellows, and the commissioned corps; (7) conducts initial ``Security
Education Briefing'' and annual Operational Security (OPSEC) Training;
(8) coordinate employee drug testing; (9) maintains inventory controls
and manages inventory systems; (10) responsible for providing
identification badges and cardkey access for personnel within all CDC
metro Atlanta area facilities as well as some out-of-state CDC
campuses; (11) enrolls particular individuals in the biometric encoding
computer; (12) maintains hard copy records of all individuals' requests
and authorizations for access control readers.
Dated: April 1, 2005.
William H. Gimson,
Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC).
[FR Doc. 05-10397 Filed 5-24-05; 8:45 am]
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