Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority Office of Communications and Operations Support

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 119 (Tuesday, June 22, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 33315]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-15806]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration


Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of 
Authority Office of Communications and Operations Support

    Part F of the Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations 
of Authority; for the Department of Health and Human Services, Health 
Care Financing Administration (HCFA), Federal Register, Vol. 62, No. 
129, pp. 36294-36295, dated Monday, July 7, 1997, is amended to reflect 
a reorganization in the Office of Communications and Operations 
Support.
    The specific change will transfer the Audit Liaison Staff from the 
Office of Financial Management to the Office of Communications and 
Operations Support to ensure timely resolution of all audit findings 
and recommendations.
    The specific amendments to part F are described below:
    Section F.10.A.5., Health Care Financing Administration, is amended 
by the creation of a new Division of Audit Liaison in the Office of 
Communications and Operations Support, Operations Support Group, and 
adding the function of this new Division to the Office functional 
statement. The existing functional statement is superseded by the 
following revision:

Office of Communications and Operations Support (FAL)

    •  Serves a neutral broker coordination role, including 
scheduling meetings and briefings for the Administrator and 
coordinating communications between and among central and regional 
office, in order to ensure that emerging issues are identified early, 
all concerned components are directly and fully involved in policy 
development/decision making and that all points of view are presented.
    •  Coordinates and monitors assigned Agency initiatives which 
are generally tactical, short-term and cross-component in nature (e.g., 
legislative implementation).
    •  Provides operational and analytical support to the 
Executive Council.
    •  Manages speaking and meeting requests for or on behalf of 
the Administrator and Deputy Administrator and researches and writes 
speeches.
    •  Coordinates agency-wide communication policies to insure 
that messages for external audiences appropriately incorporate Agency 
themes.
    •  Coordinates the preparation of manuals and other policy 
instructions to insure accurate and consistent implementation of the 
Agency's programs.
    •  Manages the Agency's system for developing, clearing and 
tracking regulations, setting regulation priorities and corresponding 
work agendas; coordinates the review of regulations received for 
concurrence from departmental and other government agencies and 
develops routine and special reports on the Agency's regulatory 
activities.
    •  Manages the Agency-wide clearance system to insure 
appropriate involvement from Agency components and serves as a primary 
focal point for liaison with the Executive Secretariat in the Office of 
the Secretary.
    •  Operates the agency-wide correspondence tracking and 
control system and provides guidance and technical assistance on 
standards for content of correspondence and memoranda.
    •  Formulates strategies to advance overall communications 
goals and coordinates the design and publication process in electronic 
and other media for HCFA electronic information, publications and 
reports to ensure consistency with other information.
    •  Provides management and administrative support to the 
Office of the Attorney Advisor and staff.
    •  Acts as audit liaison with the General Accounting Office 
(GAO) and the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG).
    The function of this newly-created Division was deleted from the 
functional statement of the Office of Financial Management.

    Dated: May 28, 1999.
Nancy-Ann Min DeParle,
Administrator, Health Care Financing Administration.
[FR Doc. 99-15806 Filed 6-21-99; 8:45 am]
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