[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 
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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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