[Federal Register: October 6, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 193)]
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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 67772-76, dated
October 14, 1980, and corrected at 45 FR 69296, October 20, 1980, as
amended most recently at 70 FR 55859-55860, dated September 23, 2005)
is amended to reflect the establishment of the Office of Strategy and
Innovation within the Office of the Director, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
After the mission statement for the Office of Chief of Public
Health Practice (CAR), insert the following:
Office of Strategy and Innovation (CAM). The Office of Strategy and
Innovation (OSI) serves as the focal point for accelerating the health
impact of CDC's work and advancing health equity within and beyond
CDC's programs. In carrying out its mission, OSI: (1) Leads CDC's
efforts to develop, measure and advance agency-wide health impact
goals: (2) incorporates efforts to improve health equity in all CDC
activities; (3) fosters strategic excellence and innovation across the
agency; (4) provides superior decision support to CDC's executive
leadership; and (5) leads organizational development and the transition
process.
Office of the Director (CAM1). (1) Develops, monitors and advances
agency-wide goals; (2) improves health equity; (3) assesses and
leverages health needs, science, and available resources to accomplish
agency-wide goals; (4) provides guidance, tools, and assistance to CDC
programs in developing and refining strategies and indicators to
measure program effectiveness and impact; (5) applies knowledge
management tools and decision support systems in allocation of
resources and improves agency decisionmaking; (6) communicates key
messages to CDC employees and partners about CDC's direction, goals and
priorities; (7) develops, monitors and advances agency-wide goals for
improving health equity, fostering strategic excellence and innovation
across CDC, and organizational development and the transition process;
(8) works directly with the strategy and innovation officers within the
coordinating centers to accomplish its activities and institutionalize
organizational change, improvement and accountability; and (9)
maintains ongoing communication with the strategy and innovation
officers to actively participate in discussions of overall goals and
strategies at the coordinating center level, and involves the strategy
and innovation officers in the refinement of goals, measures, and
identification and creation of new or enhanced high priority
programmatic areas.
Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities (CAMB). The Office
of Minority Health and Health Disparities (OMHD) aims to accelerate
CDC's health impact in the U.S. population and to eliminate health
disparities for vulnerable populations as defined by race/ethnicity,
socio-economic status, geography, gender, age, disability status, risk
status related to sex and gender, and among other populations
identified to be at-risk for health disparities. To carry out its
mission, OMHD: (1) Promotes minority health and eliminates racial and
ethnic health disparities; (2) promotes health and the prevention of
disease in Indian Country (i.e., American Indian and Alaska Native
communities, their sovereign governments and other institutions in the
U.S.); (3) develops CDC-wide health disparities elimination strategies,
policies, goals, and programs; (4) defines disparities and eliminates
sub-goals for each health impact goal; (5) monitors and reports
progress toward health disparities elimination goals; (6) evaluates the
impact of policies and programs to achieve health disparities
elimination; (7) manages health disparities elimination goals through
scanning, analysis, knowledge management, decision-support systems, and
reporting (Key Performance Indicators, Government Performance and
Results Act, Program Assessment Rating Tool); (8) mobilizes resources
and advocates for health disparities elimination programs; (9) aligns
use of resources with accomplishment of health disparities elimination
goals; (10) supports internal and external partnerships to advance the
science, practice, and workforce for eliminating health disparities
inside and outside CDC; (11) maintains critical linkages with federal
partners including the Office of the Secretary, Department of
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Health and Human Services, and represents CDC on related scientific and
policy committees; (12) establishes external advisory capacity and
internal advisory and action capacity; (13) coordinates CDC-wide
minority health and health disparities elimination initiatives; (14)
synthesizes, disseminates, and encourages use of scientific evidence
regarding effective interventions to achieve health disparities
elimination outcomes; (15) stimulates innovation in science and
practice; and (16) provides decision support to the Executive
Leadership Board in allocating CDC resources to agency-wide programs of
surveillance, research, intervention, and evaluation.
Office of Women's Health (CAMG). The Office of Women's Health (OWH)
aims to promote and improve the health, safety, and quality of life of
women. As a leader for women's health issues at CDC, the Office of
Women's Health: (1) Advises the CDC Director on matters relating to
women's health research, programs and strategies; (2) promotes the
health and well-being of women; (3) communicates health information,
research findings, and prevention strategies to a diverse group of
providers, consumers, and organizations; (4) advances sound scientific
knowledge for public health action, promotes the role of prevention,
and works to improve the understanding of women's health priorities;
(5) fosters partnerships and collaborations within CDC and with other
public and private organizations, agencies, institutions, and others to
improve the health and safety of women; (6) publishes newsletters and
other documents that highlight prevention programs, research findings,
publications, health campaigns, health promotion strategies, and other
information available at CDC; (7) leads CDC Women's Health Committee by
facilitating and coordinating agency-wide efforts and enhancing
channels for communication and cooperation; (8) supports the
development of future women's health and public health professionals
through various training and student positions within the office; (9)
prepares agency reports, briefing documents, and other materials
addressing women's health issues; (10) stimulates and supports
prevention research, programs, and other activities through funding;
(11) represents the agencies at meetings, committees, workgroups,
conferences, and briefings; (12) serves as liaison for women's health
between CDC and other agencies and organizations; (13) develops
opportunities for, promotes, and supports the agency as a resource for
women's health issues; and (14) provides assistance to state and local
programs on women's health issues.
Dated: September 23, 2005.
William H. Gimson,
Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC).
[FR Doc. 05-20057 Filed 10-5-05; 8:45 am]
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