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to any matter under investigation or 

compliance review for failure to comply 

with the confidentiality provisions of 

the Patient Safety and Quality 

Improvement Act of 2005. Section 

922(f)(2) of the Public Health Service 

Act, 42 U.S.C. 299b–22(f)(2), provides 

that section 1128A of the Social 

Security Act shall apply to CMPs under 

the Patient Safety and Quality 

Improvement Act of 2005. As noted 

above, section 1128A incorporates by 

reference section 205(d) and (e) of the 

Social Security Act, which authorizes 

the issuance and enforcement of 

subpoenas. 

These delegations shall be exercised 

under the Department’s existing 

delegation of authority on the issuance 

of regulations and existing policy on the 

issuance of regulations. 

In addition, I hereby affirm and ratify 

any actions taken by the Director of the 

Office for Civil Rights or his 

subordinates which involved the 

exercise of the authority delegated 

herein prior to the effective date of these 

delegations. 

These delegations are effective 

immediately. 

Michael O. Leavitt, 

Secretary. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Office of the Secretary 

Statement of Organization, Functions, 

and Delegations of Authority 

Part A, Office of the Secretary, 

Statement of Organization, Functions, 

and Delegations of Authority of the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS) is being amended at 

Chapter AB, Deputy Secretary, Chapter 

ABE, ‘‘Security Clearance and Drug 

Testing Office (ABE),’’ as last amended 

at 67 FR 71568–70, dated December 2, 

2002. This reorganization is to establish 

the Office of Security and Strategic 

Information (ABE), as a direct report to 

the Deputy Secretary. The changes are 

as follows: 

I. Under Part A, Chapter AB, 

‘‘Security Clearances and Drug Testing 

Office (ABE),’’ delete in its entirety, and 

replace with the following: 

Office of Security and Strategic 

Information (ABE) 

ABE.00 Mission. 

ABE.10 Organization. 

ABE.20 Function. 

Section ABE.00 Mission. On behalf 

of the Secretary and the Deputy 

Secretary, the Office of Security and 

Strategic Information (OSSI) provides 

broad Department-wide policy 

direction, standards setting, 

coordination, and performance 

assessment for organizational 

components within HHS in the areas of: 

physical security; personnel security 

and suitability; security awareness; 

information security, including the 

safeguarding of classified material and 

classification management; 

communication security; security and 

threat assessments; and strategic 

information programs and activities. 

OSSI functions as a platform to further 

HHS’ roles in its various missions for 

protecting and improving the public 

health of the Nation, by protecting 

employees and visitors and 

Departmentally owned and occupied 

critical infrastructure, and by assuring 

the integration of strategic medical, 

public health, biomedical, and national 

security information. OSSI engages in 

and manages multiple internal 

Department and external relationships 

with other Federal Government 

Departments and agencies and external 

constituencies. OSSI directly manages 

and administers the flow of classified 

information and provides national 

security information services to all 

components within the Office of the 

Secretary (OS). 

Section ABE.10 Organization. The 

Office of Security and Strategic 

Information (ABE) is headed by a 

Director who reports directly to the 

Deputy Secretary, and includes the 

following components: 

• Immediate Office (ABE). 

• Division of Physical Security 

(ABE1). 

• Division of Personnel and Classified 

Information Security (ABE2). 

• Division of Strategic Information 

(ABE3). 

Section ABE.20 Functions. 

1. Immediate Office (ABE). The 

Immediate Office of the OSSI is 

responsible for the following: (1) 

Providing overall leadership for the 

development, coordination, application, 

and evaluation of all policies and 

activities within the Department that 

relate to physical and personnel 

security, the security of classified 

information, and the exchange and 

coordination of national security-related 

strategic information with our Federal 

Government Departments and agencies 

and the national security community, 

including national security-related 

relationships with law enforcement 

organizations (LEOs) and public safety 

agencies; (2) serving as the principal 

advisor to and representative of the 

Secretary and Deputy Secretary on 

national security, physical and 

personnel security, security awareness, 

classified information security, and 

related medical, public health, and 

biomedical strategic information 

matters, including with organizations 

outside of the Department; (3) directing 

activities for all committees and work 

groups pertaining to these matters; (4) 

serving as the manager for any 

designation of representatives to 

external national security and related 

work groups; (5) providing policy 

oversight and coordination related to 

the architectural security function in the 

Office of the Assistant Secretary for 

Administration and Management 

(ASAM); the Cyber security and critical 

infrastructure functions in the Office of 

the Assistant Secretary for Resources 

and Technology (ASRT); and the Select 

Agents Program within the Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 

and other Departmental units having 

select agent responsibilities; (6) serving 

as the principal contact with the Office 

of the Director of national Intelligence, 

and all of its subsidiary organizations; 

(7) serving as the principal contact point 

for other Federal Government 

Departments and agencies that have an 

interest in the sharing of strategic or 

national security-related medical, public 

health, and related scientific 

information; (8) approving the detail or 

assignment of personnel to or from 

components of national security 

agencies, LEO, and public safety agency 

communities, and serving as supervisor 

during their term (9) working with the 

Office of the Inspector General and the 

Office of the Assistant Secretary for 

Preparedness and Response (ASPR) on 

issues of mutual interest; and (10) 

conducting periodic assessments of the 

performance of relevant systems and 

activities and providing reports and 

recommendations to the Secretary and 

Deputy Secretary. 

2. Division of Physical Security 

(ABE1). The Division of Physical 

Security (DPS) is responsible for the 

following: (1) Providing policy 

guidance, setting standards, and 

overseeing all matters pertaining to: (a) 

The physical security of facilities, 

stockpiles, vendor-managed inventories, 

logistical systems, employees, visitors, 

and contractors; (b) security functions 

during disaster and emergency 

response, including those at principal 

and alternate emergency operations 

locations, and providing assistance to 

and coordination with the ASPR for 

deployed HHS personnel, resources, 

and activities; (c) security and force 


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protection during emergency activities, 

including by working with military and 

civilian Federal Government 

Departments and agencies, State, and 

local LEOs and public safety agencies; 

(d) physical security components of 

Homeland Security Presidential 

Directives, as well as similar Directives 

or Executive Orders on national security 

matters; (2) representing the Department 

at the Interagency Security Committee, 

Information Sharing Council, and other 

similar committees and work groups; (3) 

coordinating with the ASRT on matters 

pertaining to policies for Cyber 

protections, the National Cyber Security 

Response Program, and the Critical 

Infrastructure Assurance Program and 

with the ASAM on policies pertaining 

to the architectural security program, 

and conducting periodic collaborative 

reviews of these programs; (4) serving as 

the day-to-day point of contact with 

local, State, and Federal LEOs and 

public safety agencies on OSSI-related 

subject matter; (5) coordinating 

activities with the Secretary’s 

Operations Center, when appropriate; 

and for (6) coordinating and overseeing 

the Department’s internal critical 

infrastructure protection program. 

3. Division of Personnel and 

Classified Information Security (ABE2). 

The Division of Personnel and 

Classified Information Security (DPCIS) 

is responsible for the following: (1) 

Providing policy guidance, setting 

standards, and overseeing all matters 

pertaining to: (a) Personnel security, 

national security clearances, and 

suitability programs as they apply to 

Departmental employees, consultants, 

and contractors; (b) communications 

security, including the integrity of 

classified information systems, 

technology, terminals and databases, 

and telecommunications security, and 

for direct management of these 

functions for all organizational elements 

contained within the OS; (2) 

establishing policies for and directing 

the Department’s drug-free workplace 

program; (3) initiating and conducting 

national security clearance processes 

and background investigations for 

Departmental employees, consultants, 

or contractors, and maintaining related 

records; (4) establishing Departmentwide policies and awareness programs 

for information security to include the 

control of classified and sensitive but 

unclassified (SBU) materials, secure 

information handling and storage, and 

related training programs; (5) 

coordinating national security clearance 

interchange between Federal 

Government Departments and agencies 

and other organizations; (6) directing a 

Department-wide international traveler 

training and awareness program and 

foreign visitor awareness program; (7) 

within the OS, headquarters facilities, 

and continuity sites, directly managing 

classified materials, access to sensitive 

compartmented information facilities 

9SCIFs) and information storage areas, 

secure audio and video systems, and 

other classified and secure 

communications systems; (8) 

establishing and overseeing Departmentwide policies for similar functions and 

resources within the Department; (9) 

establishing and overseeing Departmentwide policies for document 

classification management; and for (10) 

establishing standards to ensure 

awareness of appropriate practices to 

safeguard confidential and classified 

information held by the Department. 

4. Division of Strategic Information 

(ABE3). The Division of Strategic 

Information (DSI) is responsible for the 

following: (1) Establishing policies and 

procedures to share and convey 

sensitive and classified information to 

users in the Department; (2) receiving, 

assessing, and evaluating products, 

reports, and other strategic information 

for applicability in the context of the 

various public health and science 

missions of the Department; (3) 

providing briefings, digests, and 

science-based reviews and assessments 

related to strategic and classified 

information; (4) controlling the flow of 

mission-driven sensitive, classified, and 

strategic information within OS, and 

coordinating the flow between other 

components of the Department; (5) 

coordinating and superintending the 

flow of strategic national securityrelated public health and science 

information to and from HHS personnel 

detailed or assigned to national security 

agencies, LEOs, and public safety 

agencies; (6) managing and providing 

liaison for open source information 

programs and workgroups and the 

Information Sharing Environment 

Council; (7) providing policy direction 

for procedures to facilitate the 

identification of circumstances that are 

a potential vulnerability or threat to 

security; (8) conducting analyses of 

potential or identified risks to security 

and safety and working with agencies to 

develop methods to address them, 

including assisting in program 

implementation, performance 

evaluation, and oversight; and for (9) 

promoting cross-agency and interDepartmental information sharing and 

scientific analysis collaborations. 

II. Continuation of Policy: Except as 

inconsistent with this reorganization, all 

statements of policy and interpretations 

with respect to the functions contained 

in this reorganization, heretofore issued 

and in effect prior to the date of this 

reorganization, are continued in full 

force and effect. 

III. Delegations of Authority: All 

delegations and redelegations of 

authority made to officials and 

employees of affected organizational 

components will continue in them or 

their successors pending further 

redelegation, provided they are 

consistent with this reorganization. 

VI. Funds, Personnel and Equipment: 

Transfer of organizations and functions 

affected by this reorganization shall be 

accompanied in each instance by direct 

and support funds, positions, personnel, 

records, equipment, supplies and other 

resources. 

Dated: April 3, 2007. 

Michael O. Leavitt, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 07–1873 Filed 4–13–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4150–03–M 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institute of Environmental 

Health Sciences (NIEHS); Request for 

Public Comments on the Review of the 

Centers for Children’s Environmental 

Health and Disease Prevention 

Program 

AGENCY: National Institutes of Health 

(NIH), Department of Health and Human 

Services. 

ACTION: Request for comments. 

SUMMARY: As part of an effort to evaluate 

the NIEHS research portfolio of 

investigator-initiated research on 

children’s environmental health, the 

NIEHS convened an independent panel 

to review the Centers for Children’s 

Environmental Health and Disease 

Prevention Program (‘‘Children’s 

Centers’’) in cooperation with the U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency 

(EPA). The panel was convened as a 

working group to the NIEHS National 

Advisory Environmental Health 

Sciences Council (NAEHS). At this time, 

the NIEHS seeks public comment on the 

working group report for consideration 

by the NAEHS Council, the NIEHS, and 

EPA’s Office of Research and 

Development (ORD) in evaluating the 

best approaches for future funding of 

children’s environmental health 

research. The report is available at 

http://www.niehs.nih.gov/conferences/ 

od/cehr/report.htm. 

DATES: Please submit comments on or 

before May 15, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be 

submitted to Dr. Kristina Thayer 


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