[Federal Register: August 8, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 154)]
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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 73 FR 35140, dated June 20, 2008) is amended
to reflect the reorganization of the 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 titles and functional statements
for the Office of Strategy and Innovation (CAM) and the Office of Chief
of Public Health Practice (CAR) and 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 within and beyond CDC's programs. In carrying out
its mission, OSI: (1) Leads CDC's efforts to develop, monitor,
evaluate, and advance agency strategic direction, planning, and
priorities; (2) fosters strategic excellence and innovation across the
agency; (3) provides superior decision support to CDC's executive
leadership; (4) leads the development of health in all policies; (5)
promotes the health, safety, and quality of life of women; and (6)
improves the health of the public through law.
Office of the Director (CAM1). (1) Develops, monitors, and advances
CDC's strategic direction, planning, and priorities; (2) provides
leadership and vision for formulating and evaluating policy; (3)
fosters strategic excellence and innovation across the agency; (4)
applies knowledge management tools and decision support systems in
allocation of resources and improves agency decision-making; (5)
communicates key messages to CDC employees and partners about CDC's
strategic direction, planning, and priorities; and (6) works directly
with the strategy and innovation officers within the coordinating
centers to develop, monitor, and advance CDC strategic direction and
priorities and institutionalize organizational change, improvement, and
accountability.
Office of Women's Health (CAM12). 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.
Public Health Law Program (CAM13). The mission of the Public Health
Law Program is to improve the health of the public through law. The
program: (1) Provides technical assistance to CDC centers and to
extramural partners in developing their legal preparedness to address
the full spectrum of health protection goals; (2) collaborates with CDC
and extramural partners in developing tools for use in assessing and
improving the public health legal preparedness of the health system;
(3) strengthens the competencies of practitioners in public health,
emergency management, law, and other sectors to apply law to improve
public health; (4) supports and conducts applied research in public
health law and translates findings into practice; (5) provides
consultation and analysis in public health law to CDC programs and
extramural constituents; (6) establishes partnerships among CDC and
other organizations active in public health law and assists in
strengthening their public health law capacity and expertise; and (7)
develops and disseminates authoritative information on public health
law and public health law best practices to practitioners and policy
makers.
Office of Chief of Public Health Practice (CAR). The Office of
Chief of Public Health Practice (OCPHP) serves as the advocate,
guardian, promoter, and conscience of public health practice throughout
CDC and in the larger public health community; ensures coordination and
synergy of CDC's scientific and practice activities; and promotes and
protects the public's health through science-based, practice-relevant
standards, policies, and legal tools. To carry out its mission, OCPHP:
(1) Establishes robust partnerships among CDC programs, public health
practitioners and key sectors, including elected officials, the legal
community, and law enforcement and emergency response organizations;
(2) establishes a functional area focused specifically on standards and
improvement in practice among state and local public health systems;
(3) advances the development and implementation of a national agency
accreditation system; (4) relates relevant research and policy analysis
to public health practice; (5) monitors and anticipates public health
practice trends and issues; and (6) coordinates and addresses cross-
cutting issues related to public health practice within CDC; and (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.
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Dated: July 31, 2008.
William H. Gimson,
Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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