80 FR 57182 - Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 183 (September 22, 2015)

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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 80 FR 34643-34644, dated June 17, 2015) 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 its entirety the function statements for the Office of 
Director (CA) and insert the following:
    Office of the Director (CA). (l) Manages and directs the activities 
of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); (2) provides 
leadership for the implementation of CDC's responsibilities related to 
disease prevention and control; (3) advises the Assistant Secretary for 
Health and the Surgeon General on policy matters concerning CDC 
activities; (4) participates in the development of CDC goals and 
objectives; (5) provides overall direction and coordination to the 
epidemiologic activities of CDC; (6) coordinates CDC response to health 
emergencies; (7) provides liaison with other governmental agencies, 
international organizations including the World Health Organization and 
the U.S. Agency for International Development, learning institutions, 
and other outside groups; (8) coordinates, in collaboration with the 
Public Health Service (PHS) Office of International Health, 
international health activities relating to disease prevention and 
control; (9) in cooperation with PHS Regional Offices, provides or 
obtains technical assistance for State and local health departments and 
private and official agencies as needed; (10) provides overall 
direction to, and coordination of, the scientific/medical programs of 
CDC; (11) oversees and provides leadership for laboratory science, 
safety, and quality management; (12) plans, promotes, and coordinates 
an ongoing program to assure equal employment opportunities in CDC; 
(13) provides leadership, coordination, and assessment of 
administrative management activities; (14) coordinates with appropriate 
PHS staff offices on administrative and program matters; (15) 
coordinates the consumer affairs activities for CDC; and (16) provides 
leadership, policy guidance, coordination, technical expertise, and 
services to promote the development and implementation of the agency's 
Genomics Program.
    After the title and mission statement for CDC Washington Office 
(CAB), insert the following:
    Office of the Associate Director for Laboratory Science and Safety 
(CAC). In carrying out its mission, the Office of the Associate 
Director for Laboratory Science and Safety: (1) Provides scientific, 
technical, and managerial expertise and leadership in the development 
and enhancement of laboratory safety programs; and (2) oversees and 
monitors the development, implementation, and evaluation of the 
laboratory safety and quality management programs across CDC.
    Delete in its entirety the function 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, OCS: (1) Serves as the principal advisor to the Director 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 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, 
strengthening and expanding priority business partnerships and 
strategic engagements; 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 Director's schedule, travel, and oversees 
the development of briefing materials; (2) manages executive and senior 
level meetings, inclusive of preparing for and

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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) Interfaces 
on behalf of the OD with CDC budget and operations personnel on cross-
cutting functions; (2) coordinates the development, implementation, 
tracking (including spending plan), and reporting of OD budget; (3) 
oversees administrative functions for OD, including strategic 
recruitment, personnel actions, training and employee development, 
space requests and allocation, procurement and distribution of 
equipment and supplies; (4) manages temporary senior staff within OD 
such as staff on details and Intergovernmental Personnel Actions; (5) 
reviews request for official reception and representation funds; and 
(6) organizes plans for safety, security, asset and information 
management for OD and OCS.
    Public Private Partnerships Team (CAT14). (1) Coordinates and 
furthers strategic partnerships and private sector engagement 
activities with an emphasis on business sector; (2) 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; (3) provides an avenue of outreach to the corporate and 
philanthropic sector about CDC's critical priorities and sponsors/
convenes in support of OD; (4) coordinates approval of all draft 
proposals for new project partnerships involving CDC and the CDC 
Foundation; and (5) leads conflict of interest review of all gifts 
offered to the agency.

Division of Issues Management, Analysis and Coordination (CATC)

    (1) Identifies and triages issues across OD 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 and ensures controlled correspondence 
responses and reports reflect CDC/ATSDR's priorities and positions on 
critical public health issues; (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 and 
coordinates the use of the official CDC/ATSDR controlled correspondence 
tracking system throughout CDC; (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 the Department of Health and Human Services 
(HHS); (6) communicates findings and status of current and ongoing 
issues, trends and opportunities to senior leadership, CIOs and HHS 
through formal advisories, alerts and briefings on key agency issues; 
(7) 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 Director and senior leadership, and for a wide 
variety of documents that require the approval of various officials 
within HHS; (8) works in collaboration with other OD offices to build 
issues management capacity throughout the agency through training and 
networking with CIO leadership and staff; (9) provides integrated 
policy analysis and strategic consultation to the Director and senior 
leadership on major issues affecting CDC; (10) liaises with HHS Office 
of the Secretary as appropriate on critical issues on behalf of the 
Chief of Staff and 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; (11) provides a forum for OD offices for 
discussion and decision-making on policy related issues and Director 
priorities and manages controlled correspondence and clearance of non-
scientific documents including the flow of decision documents and 
correspondence for action by the Director; (12) provides leadership in 
identifying regulatory priorities and supports development of 
regulations for the Department and coordinates inspector general and 
General Accountability Office audit and evaluation engagements related 
to CDC/ATSDR; (13) tracks and coordinates review of clearance of 
regulations under development and serves as CDC's point of contact for 
the Federal Document Management System and maintains all official 
records relating to the decisions and official actions of the Director; 
(14) develops and distributes leadership reports, including the White 
House/HHS Weekly Cabinet Report and weekly situation reports on 
emerging issues impacting HHS and the White House; (15) manages 
internal communication for OCS; (16) manages the electronic signature 
of the Director and other OD executives, ensures consistent application 
of CDC correspondence standards and styles and ensures agency training 
and communication updates on the controlled correspondence; and (17) 
coordinates the activities related to OD liaison officer function 
during a CDC Emergency Operations Center activation.

 James Seligman,
Acting Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
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H. Tanis, Jr., Saint Peter, Minnesota; dated June 17, 2015) is amended to scientific, technical, and managerial
Linda M. Pell, Saint Peter, Minnesota; reflect the reorganization of the Office of expertise and leadership in the
Lola Grace Pell, Saint Peter, Minnesota; the Director, Centers for Disease Control development and enhancement of
Samantha T. Pell, Saint Peter, and Prevention. laboratory safety programs; and (2)
Minnesota; Sandra S. Pell, Saint Peter, Section C–B, Organization and oversees and monitors the development,
Minnesota; and Thomas C. Pell, Saint Functions, is hereby amended as implementation, and evaluation of the
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both in Saint Peter, Minnesota. Manages and directs the activities of the Office of the Chief of Staff (CAT). The
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(Robert L. Triplett III, Senior Vice Prevention (CDC); (2) provides accountable for providing strategic
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Dallas, Texas 75201–2272: CDC’s responsibilities related to disease proactive coordination of agency-wide
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Trustee of the Catharine C. Whittenburg goals and objectives; (5) provides overall convenes key leadership for assessment,
Testamentary Trust; and Stewart L. direction and coordination to the management, mitigation options, and
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Armstrong Family Group; to acquire technical assistance for State and local may be raised by CDC Foundation
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Bankers, Inc., and thereby indirectly official agencies as needed; (10) Director’s primary strategic liaisons
acquire voting shares of Kleberg Bank, provides overall direction to, and with staff, partners and the community
N.A., both in Kingsville, Texas. coordination of, the scientific/medical at large, strengthening and expanding
programs of CDC; (11) oversees and priority business partnerships and
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science, safety, and quality represents the Office of the Director
management; (12) plans, promotes, and (OD) on any council or CDC peer
Associate Secretary of the Board.
coordinates an ongoing program to organizations on management and
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in CDC; (13) provides leadership, Office of the Director (CAT1). (1)
coordination, and assessment of Directs, manages, and coordinates the
administrative management activities; activities of the OCS; (2) provides
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND (14) coordinates with appropriate PHS executive support for the Immediate
HUMAN SERVICES staff offices on administrative and Office of the Director; (3) oversees
program matters; (15) coordinates the functions of the Meeting and Advance
Centers for Disease Control and Team Management Activity, and Budget
consumer affairs activities for CDC; and
Prevention and Operations Management Activity;
(16) provides leadership, policy
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and Delegations of Authority expertise, and services to promote the provides leadership, policy formation,
development and implementation of the oversight, and guidance in program
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and Prevention) of the Statement of After the title and mission statement Meeting and Advance Team
Organization, Functions, and for CDC Washington Office (CAB), insert Management Activity (CAT12). (1)
Delegations of Authority of the the following: Coordinates and manages the Director’s
Department of Health and Human Office of the Associate Director for schedule, travel, and oversees the
Services (45 FR 67772–76, dated Laboratory Science and Safety (CAC). In development of briefing materials; (2)
October 14, 1980, and corrected at 45 FR carrying out its mission, the Office of manages executive and senior level
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conducting leadership meetings and priorities and positions on critical official records relating to the decisions
identifying, triaging, supervising and public health issues; (3) establishes an and official actions of the Director; (14)
tracking action items stemming from environmental scanning system and develops and distributes leadership
these leadership meetings; (3) oversees network throughout CDC to identify reports, including the White House/
all activities related to the Advisory urgent and high risk issues and HHS Weekly Cabinet Report and weekly
Committee to the Director and its opportunities related to the Director’s situation reports on emerging issues
subcommittees and workgroups; (4) priorities and coordinates the use of the impacting HHS and the White House;
coordinates CDC Foundation requests official CDC/ATSDR controlled (15) manages internal communication
for the Director and senior leadership correspondence tracking system for OCS; (16) manages the electronic
appearances at board meetings, special throughout CDC; (4) convenes teams to signature of the Director and other OD
events, speaking engagements, and assess, analyze, manage and provide executives, ensures consistent
similar external events; and (5) manages mitigation options and resolution of application of CDC correspondence
OD-level special events and VIP visits. risks; (5) cultivates strong vertical and standards and styles and ensures agency
Budget and Operations Management horizontal relationships to facilitate training and communication updates on
Activity (CAT13). (1) Interfaces on effective issues management within OD, the controlled correspondence; and (17)
behalf of the OD with CDC budget and with the Centers/Institute/Offices (CIOs) coordinates the activities related to OD
operations personnel on cross-cutting and with the Department of Health and liaison officer function during a CDC
functions; (2) coordinates the Human Services (HHS); (6) Emergency Operations Center
development, implementation, tracking communicates findings and status of activation.
(including spending plan), and current and ongoing issues, trends and
reporting of OD budget; (3) oversees James Seligman,
opportunities to senior leadership, CIOs Acting Chief Operating Officer, Centers for
administrative functions for OD,
and HHS through formal advisories, Disease Control and Prevention.
including strategic recruitment,
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personnel actions, training and
issues; (7) serves as the focal point for
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(4) manages temporary senior staff
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within OD such as staff on details and
Intergovernmental Personnel Actions; that require approval from the Director
and senior leadership, and for a wide Centers for Disease Control and
(5) reviews request for official reception
variety of documents that require the Prevention
and representation funds; and (6)
organizes plans for safety, security, asset approval of various officials within
HHS; (8) works in collaboration with Statement of Organization, Functions,
and information management for OD and Delegations of Authority
and OCS. other OD offices to build issues
Public Private Partnerships Team management capacity throughout the Part C (Centers for Disease Control
(CAT14). (1) Coordinates and furthers agency through training and networking and Prevention) of the Statement of
strategic partnerships and private sector with CIO leadership and staff; (9) Organization, Functions, and
engagement activities with an emphasis provides integrated policy analysis and Delegations of Authority of the
on business sector; (2) serves as a strategic consultation to the Director Department of Health and Human
primary point of contact with the CDC and senior leadership on major issues Services (45 FR 67772–76, dated
Foundation, specifically for affecting CDC; (10) liaises with HHS October 14, 1980, and corrected at 45 FR
coordination and decision support with Office of the Secretary as appropriate on 69296, October 20, 1980, as amended
other pre-established points of contact critical issues on behalf of the Chief of most recently at 80 FR 34643–34644,
across CDC; (3) provides an avenue of Staff and serves as the point of contact dated June 6, 2015) is amended to
outreach to the corporate and with HHS Immediate Office of the reflect the reorganization of the National
philanthropic sector about CDC’s Secretary, Executive Secretariat, for Institute for Occupational Safety and
critical priorities and sponsors/ status of Secretary’s controlled Health, Centers for Disease Control and
convenes in support of OD; (4) correspondence and review clear of Prevention.
coordinates approval of all draft non-scientific documents; (11) provides Section C–B, Organization and
proposals for new project partnerships a forum for OD offices for discussion Functions, is hereby amended as
involving CDC and the CDC Foundation; and decision-making on policy related follows:
and (5) leads conflict of interest review issues and Director priorities and After the title and the function
of all gifts offered to the agency. manages controlled correspondence and statement for the Western States
clearance of non-scientific documents Division (CCQ) insert the following:
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Analysis and Coordination (CATC) documents and correspondence for (CCR). Provides leadership for the
(1) Identifies and triages issues across action by the Director; (12) provides prevention of work-related illness,
OD in collaboration with agency leadership in identifying regulatory injury, and fatalities of mine workers
leadership to ensure efficient responses priorities and supports development of through research and prevention
to the Director’s priority issues, and regulations for the Department and activities of the Pittsburgh Mining
helps position CDC to take advantage of coordinates inspector general and Research Division (PMRD). Specifically
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emerging opportunities; (2) supports key General Accountability Office audit and PMRD: (1) Conducts field studies to
leadership in assessment, management, evaluation engagements related to CDC/ identify emerging hazards, to
mitigation options, and resolution of ATSDR; (13) tracks and coordinates understand the underlying causes of
issues and initiatives affecting CDC’s review of clearance of regulations under mine safety and health problems, and to
priorities and goals and ensures development and serves as CDC’s point evaluate the effectiveness of
controlled correspondence responses of contact for the Federal Document interventions; (2) develops engineering
and reports reflect CDC/ATSDR’s Management System and maintains all and behavioral-based interventions,

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80 FR 57182 - Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICESCenters for Disease Control and Prevention

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 183 (September 22, 2015)

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
