[Federal Register: November 14, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 219)]
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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 45430-45433, dated August 14, 2007) is
amended to reflect the reorganization of the Office of Enterprise
Communication, Office of the Director, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
Section C-B, Organization and Functions, is hereby amended as
follows: Delete in their entirety the functional statements for the
Office of Enterprise Communication (CAU) and the Office of the Director
(CAU1), and insert the following:
Office of Enterprise Communication (CAU). The mission of the Office
of Enterprise Communication (OEC) is to assure CDC's leadership role in
promoting public health and preventing disease by fostering an
organizational culture that ensures coordination and prompt response to
urgent issues and concerns; anticipates and elevates issues that shape
the Agency's position; upholds and safeguards our credibility and
confidence of employees, partners, and public; and promotes effective
and efficient communication networks and products. To carry out its
mission, OEC (1) plans, directs, coordinates, and facilitates
communication activities related to policy issues and situations with
serious and cross-cutting potential organizational impact; (2) provides
leadership, technical assistance, and consultation to the agency's
coordinating centers/offices (CC/COs), national centers (NCs), and
offices in reputational risk communication and reputational management;
(3) provides leadership, technical assistance, and consultation to the
agency's CC/COs, NCs, and offices in establishing best business
communication practices and strategic principles to maximize
effectiveness; (4) conducts environmental scanning to determine
emerging threats to the agency's reputation; (5) implements external
communication strategies to promote and protect the agency's brand; (6)
provides guidance on best practice in internal and external
communication; (7) assists the CC/COs, their NCs, and partners in
identifying and building needed expertise and state-of-the-art
technology, logistical support, and other capacities required for
effective external and internal policy/public affairs communication,
and media relations; (8) positions the agency to respond quickly,
fairly, openly, and honestly to challenges and potential problems; (9)
maintains liaison with officials from the Department of Health and
Human Services (DHHS), other Federal and state public health agencies,
and private sector organizations to coordinate communication programs
and strategies of mutual concern; and (10) identifies and promotes the
use of the latest information technologies to support and coordinate
CDC's enterprise-wide communication efforts throughout the CC/COs.
Office of the Director (CAU1). (1) Ensures CDC communication
activities follow policy directions established by DHHS; (2)
establishes and interprets policies and determines priorities for
communicating the value and benefits of CDC programs; (3) establishes,
administers, and coordinates CDC's media relations policies in a manner
to ensure that communication efforts reflect the scientific integrity
of all CDC research, programs, and activities, and that such
information is factual, accurate, and targeted toward improving public
health; (4) provides leadership and guidance on developing and
implementing external public relations strategies to communicate upward
and outward to customers, partners, and other stakeholders; (5)
provides leadership and guidance on developing and implementing
internal public relations strategies to communicate to the agency's
workforce; (6) facilitates coordination throughout the agency to ensure
the use of consistent and repetitive messages that achieve awareness
and understanding; (7) facilitates coordination throughout the agency
to ensure the distribution of messages through the right channels and
to the appropriate audience; (8) provides guidance on leadership
communication effectiveness; (9) provides leadership in the development
and implementation of proactive strategies and practices for effective
issue management and public affairs activities; (10) provides
leadership and guidance in using efficient and transparent processes to
communicate the decision-making activities of CDC's leadership; (11)
facilitates the activation of situation-specific teams of experts and
specialists to develop and implement communication strategies to
respond to and resolve controversial public issues, influence public
attitude and perception, and support and promote the business of the
agency in a scientific and positive manner; (12) collaborates with
stakeholders and partners, responsible for the planning, coordination
and management of the Conference Center located in the Global
Communications Center (GCC) on the Roybal Campus; manages the
infrastructure support for functions within the Scientific
Communication Center provided by contract; (13) manages the functions
of common used space in the GCC and Building 21, First Floor, on the
Roybal Campus; (14) provides conference management support to internal
and external customers for meetings held in the GCC and Building 21,
First Floor; and (15) creates and maintains liaisons with the CC/CO
Enterprise Communication Officers Executive Leadership Board, CDC
Foundation, and Emergency Communications System to monitor and respond
to issues that are a threat to the business of the agency.
Delete in its entirety the functional statement for the Management
Analysis and Services Office (CAJG) and insert the following:
Plans, coordinates, and provides CDC-wide management and
information services in the following areas: policy development,
management and consultation; management studies and surveys; internal
controls program; delegations of authorities; organizations and
functions; Federal Advisory Committee management; records management;
most efficient organization implementation; printing procurement;
electronic forms design and management; mail center services and
operations; information quality; competitive sourcing; and office
automation services and support.
Delete items (4) and (8) of the functional statement for the
Management and Information Services Branch (CAJGC), Management Analysis
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and Services Office (CAJG), and renumber the remaining items
accordingly.
Dated: November 5, 2007.
William H. Gimson,
Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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