[Federal Register: August 14, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 156)]
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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 72 FR 38600--38601, dated July 13, 2007) is
amended to reflect the reorganization of the Coordinating Office for
Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Section C-B, Organization and Functions, is hereby amended as
follows: Delete in their entirety the titles and functional statements
for the
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Coordinating Office for Global Health (CW), and insert the following:
Coordinating Office for Global Health (CW). The mission of the
Coordinating Office for Global Health (COGH) is to work with partners
in CDC and around the glove through technical assistance and health
system development to promote improved health and health diplomacy, and
protect citizens of the U.S. and the world.
To carry out its mission, working with and through global programs,
COGH: (1) Serves as the principal Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) organization to develop and foster collaborations,
partnerships, program integration, and resource leveraging among public
and private organizations and to increase the CDC's global health
impact in order to achieve global health goals; (2) coordinates review
of current global health status and evolving issues; (3) provides
strategic direction for CDC's global health policies and programs; (4)
identifies and develops activities to ensure CDC's technical expertise
is used to maximize global health impact; (5) stimulates global health
research and program development based on assessments of current global
health needs and available resources; (6) conducts and stimulates
activities to strengthen global health capacity and systems through
public health workforce, systems, and process development and
improvements; (7) coordinates cross-cutting CDC global health
activities and global health emergency response efforts; and (8)
manages CDC global field operations through a system of regional and
country directors.
Office of the Director (CWA). (1) Manages, directs, and evaluates
the activities of COGH; (2) provides leadership in the formulation and
implementation of CDC's global health strategies, policies, and goals;
(3) advises the Director, CDC, on global health issues; (4) ensures
coordination of the CDC response to global health emergencies; (5)
leads the development of, and fosters strategic and working
partnerships, in support of the global health goals; (6) coordinates
CDC's legislative agenda and activities related to global health; (7)
provides leadership in determining requirements for CDC's funding and
staffing needs for global health programs; (8) manages the distribution
of, and provides oversight for, CDC categorical global health program
funding; (9) coordinates, in cooperation with the Office of Strategy
and Innovation, the development, measurement, and assessment of
progress toward CDC's global health goals, efforts to improve global
health equity, fostering of excellence and innovation, and executive
decision support; (10) coordinates, in cooperation with Office of the
Chief of Public Health Practice and the Office of the Chief Science
Officer, CDC's global health practice and science activities; (11)
coordinates, in cooperation with the Office of Enterprise
Communications, internal and external global health communications,
media relations, issues management across CDC global programs, and
develops and maintains the COGH intra-, extra-, and internet and web
sites; (12) coordinates, in cooperation with the Office of Workforce
and Career Development, efforts to ensure a competent and sustainable
CDC and global health workforce through workforce and career
development for CDC internationally assigned staff, both direct hires
and locally employed staff, and assisting partner countries in their
workforce and career development efforts; (13) convenes and supports
the Global Health Leadership Board; (14) provides business services
support for COGH and program services for global health programs; (15)
develops and implements supplemental administrative policies and
procedures that govern business administration, procurement practices,
facilities management, time and attendance reporting, travel, records
management, personnel and a wide scope of other business services; (16)
plans, coordinates, tracks, and provides management advice and
direction of fiscal management for the organization's annual budgets
and spend plans; (17) provides consultation on human capital needs and
facilitates hiring and training practices as described in the Office of
Personnel Management and agency guidelines; (18) coordinates and
manages all business services related to management, administration,
and training for COGH; (19) working with and through global programs,
coordinates issues related to telecommunications, office space and
design, physical security, procurement of equipment, furniture, IT
services, and facilities management; (20) provides assistance in
formulating, developing, negotiating, managing, and administering
various COGH contracts; and (21) maintains liaison with the other
offices within COGH and other business services offices within CDC.
Global Program Services Office (CWA2). The mission of the Global
Program Services Office (GPSO) is to support CDC-wide programs and
staff through the efficient, professional and timely delivery of
critical global health mission-support services. To carry out its
mission, GPSO performs the following functions: (1) Provides agency-
wide support for global travel services; (2) provides agency-wide
leadership and support in ensuring consistency for global assignments,
systems, and operations; (3) provides a point of contact for overseas
staff for deployment support, services, and entitlements; (4)
administers the CDC Exchange Visitors Program and is responsible for
agency-wide immigration-related activities; (5) provides leadership,
expertise and technical assistance to CDC programs regarding extramural
and procurement transactional functions; (6) provides a liaison with
the Department of State for embassy related issues; (7) provides a
liaison with the information technology office, global program offices,
and overseas offices to advocate and coordinate global technology and
systems; and (8) consults regularly with CDC Programs on strategic and
operational issues regarding mission-support services provided by COGH-
GPSO through a Governance Council and Customer Feedback Forum.
Global Operations Management Office (CWA23). (1) Advises the COGH
Director and Chief Management Official on important issues related to
assignments, systems, and operations for international activities
impacting programmatic implementation; (2) services as the focal point
for CDC services for international assignees; (3) coordinates the
operational support services for CDC global programs; (4) coordinates
development of policies for overseas services management, locally
employed staff, and overseas travel; (5) coordinates and documents
international services management policy agency-wide with the
Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and with the Department
of State (DOS), ascertaining the need for, and proposing administrative
improvements and legislative requirements to improve operations and
avoid management problems; (6) participates as a member of the
government-wide working group for the interagency system for management
of shared administrative support services (ICASS), overseas building
operations and rightsizing liaison, capital security cost-sharing
reconciliation, and property management (inventory, government-owned
vehicles, furniture, furnishings, appliances, equipment); (7) in
carrying out the above responsibilities, coordinates activities with
coordinating center/offices/implementing programs,
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DHHS, Office of Global Health Affairs, other governmental and non-
governmental organizations, and other partners, as appropriate; (8)
administers CDC Exchange Visitors Program and is responsible for
agency-wide immigration-related activities; (9) coordinates processes
for all overseas staff assignments including family support; (10)
provided agency-wide passport, visa, and clearance services; (11)
services as the CDC office responsible for obtaining DHHS and DOS
clearances/approvals for all international TDY travel by CDC employees;
(12) provides travel services to CDC employees traveling overseas
including order issuance, country and DHHS clearances, as well as
voucher preparation in support of the CDC global mission; (13) provides
services to CDC employees stationed overseas who commence entitlement
travel; (14) provides support and services to overseas assignees who
are removed from their post for medical or security reasons; (15)
provides reports to CDC programs regarding work volume, process
timeliness, travel costs and customer satisfaction results; and (16)
provides policy expertise to all employees performing international,
entitlement or emergency travel.
Extramural and Procurement Services Office (CWA24). (1) Working
with and through global programs, provides support in the development
and implementation of Funding Opportunity Announcements and Request for
Financial Assistance; (2) as an extension of program, provides
leadership in establishing and implementing the Objective Review Panel
Process leading to funding determinations; (3) monitors and evaluate
the business services components of recipient organizations achievement
of goals and objectives; (4) manages the credit card processes for CDC
programs with an overseas presence; (5) coordinates and approves
individual international credit card transactions for CDC programs with
an overseas presence; (6) manages the procurement processes from
request to implementation; (7) participates in strategic planning
development and implementation of CDC program support goals; and (8)
provides routine and continuous feedback to recipients of Extramural
and Program Support services and their managers regarding services
provided.
Division of Global Preparedness and Program Coordination (CWE). The
Division of Global Preparedness and Program Coordination supports CDC
global programs for global health preparedness and global health
protection and promotion through leadership and coordination for global
health programs. This includes agency-level oversight for CDC's system
of international offices, and cross-cutting situational awareness for
health status, program status, and partnership issues in all geographic
regions of the world. To carry out its mission, the division performs
the following functions: (1) Fosters collaborations, partnerships,
integration, and resource leveraging to increase CDC's impact and
achieve global health goals; (2) manages and supports all CDC global
health field operations using CDC Country Director or Country
Representative structures where there are multiple CDC programs in a
country; (3) provides, in cooperation and coordination with GPSO,
support for all CDC global health field operations; (4) coordinates
management and oversight of critical global health preparedness and
emergency response activities across CDC, including situational
awareness and partnership management at the global and regional level;
(5) coordinates with and responds to requests from a wide array of
internal CDC and external partners and stakeholders; and (6) provides
stewardship and leadership support to global health preparedness
programs housed in the division.
Office of the Director (CWE1). (1) Provides leadership, oversight
and overall direction for the activities of the division; (2) provides
leadership and guidance on policy, program planning and evaluation,
program management, and operations; (3) plans, allocates, and monitors
resources; (4) provides leadership and management oversight in carrying
out CDC global field programs; (5) provides liaison with other CDC
organizations, other Federal agencies, national ministries of health,
international organizations, non-governmental organizations, private
sector, and others with whom CDC cooperates in global health programs
and activities; (6) in collaboration with the COGH Science Officer, and
the Associate Directors of Science from the CDC global programs,
promotes high standards in science and ethics among CDC's international
activities; and (7) in collaboration with the COGH Strategy and
Innovation Officer, translates strategy and innovation concepts and
initiatives out to the network of CDC international offices.
Global Disease Detection and Emergency Response Branch (CWEB). The
Global Disease Detection and Emergency Response Branch provides
leadership and works with partners around the globe to increase
preparedness to prevent and control naturally-occuring and man-made
threats to health. Specifically, it: (1) Administers CDC's Global
Disease Detection program through coordination with relevant
implementing programs; (2) coordinates global aspects of CDC's
terrorism preparedness and emergency response activities in
collaboration with CDC's Coordinating Office for Terrorism Preparedness
and Emergency Response; (3) plans, supports, and coordinates
international influenza pandemic preparedness in collaboration with
relevant partners in CDC and DHHS; (4) provides leadership and support
for the CDC global emergency preparedness and response program designed
to prevent, if possible, and to prepare for, detect and respond to
biological, chemical, radiological incidents, naturally occurring or
man-made, of international interest; (5) works cooperatively with all
CDC and U.S. government organizations involved in global emergency
preparedness and response as well as with World Health Organization and
other international organizations and partner countries; (6) assists in
developing country-level epidemiologic, laboratory, and other capacity
to ensure country emergency preparedness and response to outbreaks and
incidents of local importance and of international interest; and (7)
maintains staff in the Director's Emergency Operations Center to serve
as a central focus for CDC's global outbreak/incident response
activities.
Geographic and Program Coordination Branch (CWEC). (1) Directs and
manages human and financial resources in consolidated CDC country
offices; (2) provides leadership, support and coordination for the
agency-wide responsibilities of CDC country offices; (3) provides core
support and coordination to CDC country offices through regional
liaison teams, in cooperation with the GPSO; (4) facilitates new
opportunities for international activities of the national centers'
programs, and provides technical and management support for existing
activities; (5) promotes partnerships and coordination in strategic
areas with key country, regional, international and U.S. Government
institutions; (6) provides leadership on cross-cutting global health
issues; and (7) coordinates country-based assessments, planning and
performance monitoring and evaluation.
Division of Global Public Health Capacity Development (CWF). The
Division of Global Public Health Capacity Development contributes to
improving the health of the people of the United States and other
nations by partnering with ministries of health, educational
institutions, Federal
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agencies, and international organizations to strengthen capacity of
countries around the world to improve public health. To carry out its
mission, the division performs the following functions: (1) Works with
partners to build strong, transparent, and sustained public health
systems through training, consultation, capacity building, and
technical assistance in applied epidemiology, public health
surveillance, evaluation, and laboratory systems; and promotes
organizational excellence in public health through strengthening
leadership and management capacity; (2) assists in developing and
implementing COGH policy on public health system strengthening and
sustainability; and (3) collaborates with other ODC organizations,
Federal agencies, international agencies, partner countries, and non-
governmental organizations assisting ministries of health to build
public health capacity in other areas of public health.
Office of the Director (CWF1). (1) Provides leadership, overall
direction, and evaluation for the division; (2) formulates and
implements CDC's strategy for developing global public health capacity
in applied epidemiology, public health systems, laboratory operations
and management, and leadership; (3) provides leadership and guidance on
policy, program planning, program management, and operations; (4)
plans, allocates, and monitors resources; (5) provides leadership in
assisting national ministries of health, international agencies, and
non-governmental organizations in the delivery of epidemiologic
services and the development of international epidemiologic networks;
(6) provides liaison with other CDC organizations, other Federal
agencies, national ministries of health, and international
organizations; and (7) provides consultations with partners and
stakeholders including nongovernmental organizations and the private
sector on program development and overall public health systems and
sub-systems.
Sustainable Management Development Program (CWF12). (1) Partners
with ministries of health, educational institutions, and non-
governmental organizations in developing countries, to promote
organizational excellence in public health through strengthening
leadership and management capacity; (2) works with partners to build
capacity for public health leadership and management development
through a multi-phased approach including situational analysis,
capacity development, technical assistance, and sustainability; (3)
develops strategic institutional partnerships for public health
leadership and management capacity-building efforts; (4) develops
faculty to enhance in-country leadership and management training
capacity through the Management for International Public Health course
and in-country training-of-trainers; (5) provides support to training
faculty in partner institutions to conduct performance needs
assessments; develops locally appropriate curricula; and designs in-
country leadership and management workshops that provide participants
with practical skills needed to manage public health teams, programs,
and organizations; and (6) works with partner institutions to ensure
the long-term sustainability of global public health leadership and
management development programs.
Capacity Development Branch (CWFB). (1) With partners, designs and
conducts evidence-based instruction in public health disciplines needed
to strengthen their public health systems, including instructional
design, epidemiology, surveillance, laboratory operations and
management, communications, and economic evaluation; (2) working with
the technical program components, provides consultation to ministries
of health in development of surveillance systems (e.g. Integrated
Disease Surveillance, injury, chronic diseases, infectious diseases,
etc.); (3) creates and maintains computer-based and distance-based
learning methods, and develops the capacity of partners to create,
evaluate, and share their own; (4) develops and evaluates competency-
based training materials; (5) maintains a divisional training material
library and Web site; and (6) collaborates within CDC and with national
or international organizations in development of competency-based
training materials, evaluation of training, and design of surveillance
systems needed to accomplish the mission.
Program Development Branch (CWFC). (1) Assists partners in
assessing their needs for health systems strengthening; (2) plans,
directs, supports, and coordinates field epidemiology and laboratory
training programs, Data for Decision Making Projects, and other
partnerships with ministries of health; (3) provides leadership and
management oversight in assisting ministries of health in capacity
building by training epidemiologists and other health professionals
through the development of competency-based, residency-style, applied
training programs; (4) provides leadership and expertise in assisting
national ministries of health to utilize trained public health workers
for developing health policy, and implementing and evaluating health
programs; (5) assigns and manages expert consultants as long-term, in-
country advisors to ministry of health programs; and (6) collaborates
within CDC, with other Federal agencies, and with national and
international organizations in support of partner programs.
Dated: August 3, 2007.
William H. Gimson,
Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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