[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 57 (Thursday, March 25, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 14449]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-6375]
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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 75 FR 10296, dated March 5, 2010) is amended
to reflect the establishment of the Office of the Associate Director
for Policy.
Section C-B, Organization and Functions, is hereby amended as
follows: Delete in their entirety the title and functional statements
for the CDC Washington Office (CAQ) and insert the following:
Office of the Associate Director for Policy (CAQ). The mission of
CDCs Office of the Associate Director for Policy (OADP) is to bring
about policies that result in demonstrable improvements in public
health-globally and at the federal, state, and local levels. In
carrying out its mission, OADP: (1) Provides advice to CDC leadership
in developing agency policy and legislative strategies; (2) creates and
maintains partnerships to implement policy and legislative strategies;
(3) implements key policies to improve public health; (4) ensures the
agency's scientific credibility, reputation, and needs are respected
and supported by policy makers and stakeholders.
Office of the Director (CAQ1). (1) Provides strategic advice to CDC
leadership on overall agency direction and priorities, and drives CDC
towards actions to reduce leading preventable causes of morbidity and
mortality; (2) ensures organizational effectiveness in policy or
strategy across the agency; (3) ensures capacity throughout CDC for
policy and strategy; (4) leads the development and management of policy
agendas with federal agencies and other organizations; (5) establishes
strategy and maintains relations with key organizations and individuals
working on public health policies or legislation.
Office of Prevention through Healthcare (CAQ 12). (1) Uses policy
tools to gain the maximum preventive benefit from the clinical system
and to integrate clinical care with community health interventions; (2)
draws upon expertise and functional roles resident in other units of
the Office of the Associate Director for Policy as well as from across
CDC to apply that expertise and functionality to advancing prevention
through healthcare; (3) crafts a coordinated agency response to
implementing provisions of health reform legislation once it is
enacted.
Policy Research, Analysis, and Development Office (CAQB). (1)
Identifies and assists CDC leadership in establishing policy at
multiple levels (federal, state, local, global and in the private
sector); (2) conducts policy analysis (including regulatory, legal,
economic); (3) develops and implements strategies (including
regulatory, legal, economic) to deliver on policy priorities; (4)
coordinates agency work with the healthcare system and other health-
related organizations to advance CDCs policy agenda within the
healthcare sector; (5) develops expertise in programs, regulations, and
initiatives of other agencies that may provide opportunity for health
impact; (6) builds relations with government agencies and other
organizations to advance policy agendas, with a special emphasis on
state and local agencies; (7) monitors and evaluates impact of policy
implementation priorities; (8) identifies and assesses policy best
practices and helps diffuse and replicate those practices; (9) leads
the strengthening and development of policy capacity and talent within
CDC, as well as within the larger public health community; (10) leads
the development and implementation of CDCs health policy research
agenda; (11) ensures CDC operates in an integrated, consistent manner
in policy-related activities; (12) leverages relationships with think
tanks, policy consultancies, and academic institutions; (13) manages
selected partner cooperative agreements and contracts that focus on
policy; and (14) develops an agency-wide strategy related to advancing
policy for partner relations that are managed elsewhere in CDC.
CDC Washington Office (CAQC). (1) Directs and manages CDC
interactions with Congress; (2) leads the development and oversees the
execution of appropriations strategies; (3) develops and executes
legislative strategies; (4) builds Congressional relations; (5) tracks
and analyzes legislation; (6) develops strategy and leads response
efforts for Congressional oversight; (7) builds relations with
government agencies and other organizations to advance policy agendas,
with an emphasis on federal agencies; (8) protects and advances the
agency's reputation, scientific credibility, and interests; (9) informs
CDC leadership of current developments and provides insight into the
Washington policy environment; (10) coordinates District of Columbia-
area assignees and helps maximize their impact in supporting the
agency's strategies and priorities.
Dated: March 11, 2010.
William P. Nichols,
Acting Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2010-6375 Filed 3-24-10; 8:45 am]
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