[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 81 (Wednesday, April 28, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22416-22417]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-9803]
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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 14608, dated March 26, 2010) is amended
to reflect the reorganization of the Office of the Chief of Staff,
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 title and functional statements
for the Office of the Chief of Staff (CAT) and insert the following:
Office of the Chief of Staff (CAT). The Office of the Chief of
Staff (OCS) is accountable for providing strategic advice to the
Director and ensuring proactive coordination of agency-wide priorities
and policies in direct support of CDC's mission. In carrying out its
mission, the OCS: (1) Serves as the principal advisor to the Director,
CDC, on internal and external affairs of CDC; (2) convenes key
leadership for assessment, management, mitigation options, and
resolution of issues and initiatives affecting CDC's priorities and
goals; (3) provides information to senior
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management, as necessary, to make timely strategic and operational
decisions; (4) assists in assuring that CDC viewpoints are
appropriately represented in the decision making process; (5) provides
leadership in the resolution of issues that cross organizational lines;
(6) assists in determining CDC objectives and priorities; (7) provides
a conduit for background information and updates on controversial or
sensitive issues that may be raised by CDC Foundation constituents; (8)
serves as one of the Director's primary strategic liaisons with staff,
partners and the community at large; and (9) represents the Office of
the Director (OD) on any council or CDC peer organizations on
management and operational matters.
Office of the Director (CAT1). (1) Directs, manages, and
coordinates the activities of the OCS; (2) provides executive support
for the Immediate Office of the Director; (3) oversees functions of the
Meeting and Advance Team Management Activity, and Budget and Operations
Management Activity; and (4) develops goals and objectives, provides
leadership, policy formation, oversight, and guidance in program
planning and development.
Meeting and Advance Team Management Activity (CAT12). (1)
Coordinates and manages the CDC Director's schedule, travel, and
oversees the development of briefing materials; (2) manages executive
and senior level meetings, inclusive of preparing for and conducting
leadership meetings and identifying, triaging, supervising and tracking
action items stemming from these leadership meetings; (3) oversees all
activities related to the Advisory Committee to the Director and its
subcommittees and workgroups; (4) coordinates CDC Foundation requests
for the Director and senior leadership appearances at board meetings,
special events, speaking engagements, and similar external events; and
(5) manages OD-level special events and VIP visits.
Budget and Operations Management Activity (CAT13). (1) Serves as a
primary point of contact with the CDC Foundation, specifically for
coordination and decision support with other pre-established points of
contact across CDC; (2) interfaces on behalf of the OD with CDC budget
and operations personnel on cross-cutting functions; (3) coordinates
the development, implementation (including spending plan) tracking, and
reporting of the OD budget; (4) oversees administrative functions for
the OD, including strategic recruitment, personnel actions, training
and employee development, space requests and allocation, procurement
and distribution of equipment and supplies; (5) manages senior staff
within the OD such as staff on details and Intergovernmental Personnel
Actions (IPAs); (6) provides an avenue of outreach to the corporate and
philanthropic sector about CDC's critical priorities and sponsor/
convene in support of the CDC OD; and (7) coordinates approval of all
draft proposals for new project partnerships involving CDC and the CDC
Foundation.
Division of Executive Secretariat (CATB). (1) Manages controlled
correspondence and clearance of non-scientific documents including the
flow of decision documents and correspondence for action by the CDC
Director; (2) serves as the point of contact with HHS Immediate Office
of the Secretary, Executive Secretariat, for status of Secretary's
controlled correspondence and review-clear of non-scientific documents;
(3) serves as the focal point for the analysis, technical review, and
final clearance of controlled correspondence, non-scientific policy
documents and memoranda of understanding/agreement that require
approval from the CDC Director and senior leadership, and for a wide
variety of documents that require the approval of various officials
within HHS; (4) ensures controlled correspondence responses and reports
reflect CDC/ATSDR's priorities and positions on critical public health
issues; (5) maintains all official records relating to the decisions
and official actions of the Director, CDC; (6) manages the electronic
signature of the Director and other OD executives; (7) coordinates the
use of the official CDC/ATSDR controlled correspondence tracking system
throughout CDC; (8) ensures consistent application of CDC
correspondence standards and styles; (9) ensures agency training and
communication updates on the controlled correspondence; and (10)
coordinates Inspector General and General Accountability Office audit
and evaluation engagements related to CDC/ATSDR.
Division of Issues Management, Analysis and Coordination (CATC).
(1) Identifies and triages issues across the Office of the Director in
collaboration with agency leadership to ensure efficient responses to
the Director's priority issues, and helps position CDC to take
advantage of emerging opportunities; (2) supports key leadership in
assessment, management, mitigation options, and resolution of issues
and initiatives affecting CDC's priorities and goals; (3) establishes
an environmental scanning system and network throughout CDC to identify
urgent and high risk issues and opportunities related to the Director's
priorities; (4) convenes teams to assess, analyze, manage and provide
mitigation options and resolution of risks; (5) cultivates strong
vertical and horizontal relationships to facilitate effective issues
management within OD, with the Centers/Institute/Offices (CIOs) and
with HHS; (6) communicates findings and status of current and ongoing
issues, trends and opportunities to senior leadership, CIOs and I-IHS
through formal advisories, alerts and briefings on key agency issues;
(7) works in collaboration with other OD offices to build issues
management capacity throughout the agency through training and
networking with CIO leadership and staff; (8) provides integrated
policy analysis and strategic consultation to the Director, CDC and
senior leadership on major issues affecting CDC; (9) liaises with the
HHS Office of the Secretary as appropriate on critical issues on behalf
of the Chief of Staff, (10) provides a forum for OD offices for
discussion and decision-making on policy related issues and Director
priorities; (11) provides leadership in identifying regulatory
priorities and supports development of regulations for the Department;
(12) tracks and coordinates review of clearance of regulations under
development and serves as CDC's point of contact for the Federal
Document Management System; (13) develops and distributes leadership
reports, including the Secretary's 90-Day Forecast report, the Weekly
Cabinet Report and weekly situation reports; and (14) manages internal
communication for the OCS.
Dated: April 19, 2010.
William P. Nichols,
Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2010-9803 Filed 4-27-10; 8:45 am]
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