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Dated: December 4, 2024. 

P. Ritu Nalubola, 

Associate Commissioner for Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2024–29247 Filed 12–11–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4164–01–C 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Office of the Secretary 

Statement of Organization, Functions, 

and Delegations of Authority 

AGENCY: Office of the General Counsel, 

Office of the Secretary, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This document revises and 

restates the Statement of Organization, 

Functions, and Delegations of Authority 

for the Department of Health and 

Human Services, Office of the General 

Counsel (OGC). Issuance of this 

Statement of Organization rescinds all 

prior Statements of Organization. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rachel Park, Principal Deputy General 

Counsel, Office of the General Counsel, 

Office of the Secretary, 200 


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U.S. FOOD & DRUG APMINIS.TRAT!ON 

2) Remove from the website the current EUA Customer Letter, the Fact Sheets for 

Healthcare Providers, and the corresponding fustructions for Use addendum for the B. 

Braun Space and Outlook Pumps; and 

3) Notify customers, via the B. Braun website, that the EUA for the B. Braun infusion 

pumps has been revoked, and that customers should dispose of the Customer Letter, the 

Fact Sheets for Healthcare Providers, and the fustructions for Use addendum for the B. 

Braun Space and Outlook Pumps. 

In an additional email, dated September 25, 2024, you indicated that you also intend to: 

l) fustruct customers to dispose of the EDA-specific IFU addendum and to use the device 

with the 510(k) cleared labeling; and 

2) Offer customers the ability to either dmvnload the electronic copy of the 51 0(k)-cleared 

device labeling from B. Braun's website or contact the customer representative to request 

a paper copy of the same, as needed. 

The authorization of a device for emergency use under section 564 of the Federal Food, Drug, 

and Cosmetic Act (the Act) (21 U.S.C. 360bbb-3) may, pursuant to section 564(g)(2) of the Act, 

be revoked when circumstances make such revocation appropriate to protect the public health or 

safety (section 564(g)(2)(C) oftheAct). Because B. Braun Medical fuc. has requested that FDA 

revoke the EDA for the Perfusor Space Syringe Infusion Pump System, lnfusomat Space 

Volumetric fufusion Pump System, and Outlook ES, FDA has determined that it is appropriate to 

protect the public health or safety to revoke this authorization. Accordingly, FDA hereby 

revokes, pursuant to 564(g)(2)(C), EUA200227 for the B. Braun Perfusor Syringe Infusion Pump 

System, Outlook ES and the fufusomat Space Volumetric Infusion Pump. As of the date of this 

letter, the Perfusor Space Syringe fufusion Pump System, fufusomat Space Volumetric fufusion 

Pump System, and Outlook ES are no longer authorized for emergency use by FDA 1. 

Notice of this revocation ·will be published in the Federal Register, pursuantto section 564(h)(1) 

of the Act. • 

Sincerely, 

!Isl/ 

Ellen J. Flannery, J.D. 

Deputy Center Director for Policy 

Director, Office of Policy 

Center for Devices and Radiological Health 

Food and Drug Administration 

1 As outlined in our April I, 2020, EUA letter, the R Braun Space and Outlook Prnnps have each respectively 

received marketing authorization from FDA under section 510(1,) of the Act This EUA revocation does not inipact 

the 510(1()-cleared devices or their indications for use. 

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office 

of the Secretary (OS) Statement of 

Organization, Functions, and 

Delegations of Authority for the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services, Office of the General Counsel 

(OGC), should now read as follows: 

Section I. Mission 

The General Counsel is responsible 

for providing all legal services and 

advice to the Secretary, Deputy 

Secretary, and all subordinate 

organizational components of the 

Department. Under direction of the 

General Counsel, the Office of the 

General Counsel (OGC) serves as the 

sole officially designated source of legal 

advice and services to the Department’s 

operating and staff divisions (except the 

OIG) to ensure that all the operating and 

staff divisions receive uniform advice. 

The Office of the Inspector General 

(OIG) is authorized to have its own 

Office of the Counsel to the Inspector 

General (OCIG). 62 FR 30859 (June 5, 

1997). 

Section II. Organization and 

Leadership 

The Office of the General Counsel 

(OGC), under the supervision of a 

General Counsel, consists of: 

1. Immediate Office 

2. Divisions 

3. Regional Offices 

Subsection A. The Immediate Office of 

the General Counsel 

1. The Immediate Office of the 

General Counsel. 

The Immediate Office of the General 

Counsel consists of the General Counsel, 

their executive assistant(s), a Principal 

Deputy General Counsel, such other 

Deputy General Counsel as the Secretary 

deems appropriate and appoints, such 

other Special Assistant Deputy General 

Counsel, Senior Counsel, Senior 

Advisors and attorneys and staff as the 

General Counsel deems appropriate, and 

the Office of Legal Resources (OLR). 

a. The General Counsel. The General 

Counsel is the chief legal officer of the 

Department and is directly responsible 

to the Secretary. 

b. Principal Deputy General Counsel. 

The career Principal Deputy General 

Counsel is the second-ranking legal 

officer of the Department and is directly 

responsible to the General Counsel and 

the Secretary. The career Principal 

Deputy General Counsel is the ‘‘first 

assistant’’ to the General Counsel within 

the meaning of the Vacancies Reform 

Act of 1998, 5 U.S.C. 3345 et seq. 

c. Deputy General Counsels. The 

Deputy General Counsels report to the 

General Counsel and each shall be 

responsible for overseeing such 

substantive legal areas and 

corresponding OGC portfolios as 

designated by the General Counsel. 

i. Career Deputy General Counsel. 

One or more career Deputy General 

Counsels may be appointed to the 

Immediate Office. Career Deputy 

General Counsels (including the career 

Principal Deputy General Counsel) will 

generally be responsible for OGC 

management and operations, oversight 

of OLR, and such litigation, substantive, 

or programmatic portfolios and other 

duties as determined by the General 

Counsel. For performance evaluation 

purposes, a career deputy will serve as 

the rating official for all Associate 

General Counsels, Chief Counsels, the 

OLR Director, and any career Senior 

Counsel or Senior Advisor. 

ii. Non-Career Deputy General 

Counsel. One or more non-career 

Deputy General Counsels may be 

appointed to the Immediate Office. Each 

non-career Deputy shall report to the 

General Counsel and shall be assigned 

oversight of one or more portfolios 

within the Office of the General 

Counsel. 

iii. Special Assistant Deputy General 

Counsel. The General Counsel may 

designate one or more attorneys to act 

as a special assistant and to carry the 

title Special Assistant Deputy General 

Counsel. Any Special Assistant Deputy 

General Counsel shall report directly to 

the General Counsel or to such Deputy 

General Counsel as the General Counsel 

may designate. 

d. Senior Counsel, Special Counsel, or 

Senior Advisor to the General Counsel: 

Senior Counsels, Special Counsels, or 

Senior Advisors to the General Counsel 

perform such duties as may be assigned 

to them by the General Counsel, 

Principal Deputy General Counsel, or 

Deputy General Counsel. 

2. Order of Succession. 

a. General Counsel Vacancy. In the 

event of a ‘‘vacancy’’ in the position of 

General Counsel as a result of death, 

resignation, or an inability to perform 

the functions and duties of the office, 

the Principal Deputy General Counsel 

shall act in the General Counsel’s stead, 

or serve as the Acting General Counsel 

as dictated by the Vacancies Reform Act 

of 1998, 5 U.S.C. 3345 et seq. unless the 

President designates another Acting 

General Counsel pursuant to the Act. 

b. Principal Deputy General Counsel 

Vacancy. In the event of vacancies in 

offices of both the General Counsel and 

the Principal Deputy General Counsel, 

the non-career Deputy General Counsel 

with the greatest seniority in that 

position shall perform the functions of 

or serve as the Acting General Counsel 

as dictated by the Vacancies Reform Act 

of 1998, unless the President designates 

another Acting General Counsel 

pursuant to the Act. In the event that 

vacancies extend to or include all noncareer deputies, then the career Deputy 

General Counsel with the greatest 

seniority in that position shall act in or 

serve as the Acting General Counsel as 

dictated by the Vacancies Reform Act of 

1998. 

3. The Office of Legal Resources, 

Immediate Office of the General Counsel 

The Office of Legal Resources shall be 

headed by a Director, who is responsible 

for providing personnel, budget, 

correspondence, and information 

technology support to the Office of the 

General Counsel as well as providing 

legal information law services through 

the Law Library. The Director shall 

report to the career Deputy General 

Counsel responsible for OGC 

management and operations. The Office 

of Legal Resources includes six 

branches, each headed by a Director or 

Manager: 

a. Budget 

b. Correspondence 

c. Human Capital Services 

d. Information Technology 

e. Legal Information 

f. Procurement, Policy and Planning 

Subsection B. Divisions 

Each OGC Division is under the 

general supervision of the General 

Counsel. Each OGC office head reports 

directly to the designated Deputy 

General Counsel on substantive legal 

matters, litigation strategy, and other 

matters as directed by the General 

Counsel. There are ten divisions in the 

Office of the General Counsel: 

1. The Advanced Research Projects 

Agency for Health (ARPA–H) Division 

shall be headed by a Chief Counsel/ 

Associate General Counsel, who reports 

to the General Counsel through a 

designated Deputy General Counsel. 

2. The Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services Division (CMSD) 

shall be headed by an Associate General 

Counsel, who reports to the General 

Counsel through a designated Deputy 

General Counsel. The Division consists 

of three groups each headed by a Deputy 

Associate General Counsel reporting to 

the Associate General Counsel: 

a. Litigation Group 

b. Program Review Group 

c. Program Integrity Group 

The Associate General Counsel may 

designate supervisory attorneys to 

report to the Deputy Associate General 

Counsels as appropriate. 


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3. The Children, Families, and Aging 

Division (CFAD) shall be headed by an 

Associate General Counsel, who reports 

to the General Counsel through a 

designated Deputy General Counsel. 

CFAD also includes a Deputy Associate 

General Counsel, who reports to the 

Associate General Counsel. The 

Associate General Counsel may 

designate supervisory attorneys to 

report to the Deputy Associate General 

Counsel as appropriate. 

4. The Civil Rights and Health Privacy 

Division (CRD) shall be headed by an 

Associate General Counsel, who reports 

to the General Counsel through a 

designated Deputy General Counsel. 

The Division consists of two groups, 

each headed by a Deputy Associate 

General Counsel who reports to the 

Associate General Counsel: 

a. Civil Rights Team 

b. Health Privacy Team 

5. The Ethics Division (ETH) shall be 

headed by an Associate General 

Counsel, who reports to the General 

Counsel through a designated Deputy 

General Counsel. The Division consists 

of two branches, each headed by a 

Deputy Associate General Counsel 

reporting to the Associate General 

Counsel: 

a. Ethics Advice and Policy Branch 

b. Ethics Program Administration 

Branch 

The Associate General Counsel and 

Deputy Associate General Counsel for 

Ethics Advice and Policy 

simultaneously serve by secretarial 

delegation as the Department’s 

Designated Agency Ethics Official and 

Alternate Designated Agency Ethics 

Official, respectively. 

6. The Food and Drug Division (FDD) 

shall be headed by a Chief Counsel who 

shall be either a Deputy General 

Counsel or an Associate General 

Counsel. In the event that the Chief 

Counsel is an Associate General 

Counsel, they shall report to the General 

Counsel through a designated Deputy 

General Counsel. In the event that the 

Chief Counsel is a Deputy General 

Counsel, the Associate General Counsel 

shall report to the Chief Counsel. The 

Division consists of two branches, each 

of which is headed by one or more 

Deputy Associate General Counsels who 

report to the Associate General Counsel: 

a. Litigation Branch 

b. Program Review Branch 

7. The General Law Division (GLD) 

shall be headed by an Associate General 

Counsel, who reports to the General 

Counsel through a designated Deputy 

General Counsel. The Division consists 

of two branches, each headed by a 

Deputy Associate General Counsel 

reporting to the Associate General 

Counsel, as well as Assistant Deputy 

Associate General Counsels selected by 

the Associate General Counsel to 

provide oversight and supervision of 

Sections within the Division: 

a. Claims and Employment Law Branch 

b. Procurement, Fiscal, and Information 

Law Branch 

8. The Legislation Division (GCL) 

shall be headed by an Associate General 

Counsel, who reports to the General 

Counsel through a designated Deputy 

General Counsel. 

9. The Public Health Division (Ph.D.) 

shall be headed by an Associate General 

Counsel, who reports to the General 

Counsel through a designated Deputy 

General Counsel. The Division consists 

of four branches, each of which is 

headed by a Deputy Associate General 

Counsel reporting to the Associate 

General Counsel: 

a. Indian Health Service (IHS) Branch 

b. Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention Branch 

c. National Institutes of Health Branch 

d. Public Health and Science Branch 

10. The National Complex Litigation 

and Investigations Division (NCLID) 

shall be headed by an Associate General 

Counsel, who reports to the General 

Counsel through a designated Deputy 

General Counsel. The Division shall also 

have a designated Deputy Associate 

General Counsel for E-Discovery, who 

reports to the Associate General 

Counsel. 

Subsection C. Regional Offices 

Each OGC Regional Office is under 

the general supervision of the General 

Counsel. Each OGC office head reports 

directly to the designated Deputy 

General Counsel on substantive legal 

matters, litigation strategy, and other 

matters as directed by the General 

Counsel. There are ten OGC regional 

offices in the ten HHS Regional Offices: 

1. OGC Region 1—Boston shall be 

headed by a Chief Counsel, who reports 

to the General Counsel through a 

designated Deputy General Counsel. 

2. OGC Region 2—New York City 

shall be headed by a Chief Counsel, who 

reports to the General Counsel through 

a designated Deputy General Counsel. 

The office has a Deputy Chief Counsel, 

who reports to the Chief Counsel. 

3. OGC Region 3—Philadelphia shall 

be headed by a Chief Counsel, who 

reports to the General Counsel through 

a designated Deputy General Counsel. 

The office has a Deputy Chief Counsel, 

who reports to the Chief Counsel. 

4. OGC Region 4—Atlanta shall be 

headed by a Chief Counsel, who reports 

to the General Counsel through a 

designated Deputy General Counsel. 

The office consists of two branches, 

each of which is headed by a Deputy 

Chief Counsel reporting to the Chief 

Counsel: 

a. HHR Branch (Administration for 

Children and Families (ACF) and 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services (CMS) Program Advice and 

Litigation) 

b. General Law Branch (Personnel and 

Contract Advice and Litigation 

5. OGC Region 5—Chicago shall be 

headed by a Chief Counsel, who reports 

to the General Counsel through a 

designated Deputy General Counsel. 

The office has two Deputy Chief 

Counsels, each of whom reports to the 

Chief Counsel and oversees legal work 

in those program areas assigned to them. 

6. OGC Region 6—Dallas shall be 

headed by a Chief Counsel, who reports 

to the General Counsel through a 

designated Deputy General Counsel. 

The office consists of two branches, 

each of which is headed by a Deputy 

Chief Counsel who reports to the Chief 

Counsel: 

a. HHR Branch (Advice and Litigation) 

b. General Law Branch (Advice and 

Litigation) 

7. OGC Region 7—Kansas City shall 

be headed by a Chief Counsel, who 

reports to the General Counsel through 

a designated Deputy General Counsel. 

8. OGC Region 8—Denver shall be 

headed by a Chief Counsel, who reports 

to the General Counsel through a 

designated Deputy General Counsel. 

The office has a Deputy Chief Counsel, 

who reports to the Chief Counsel. 

9. OGC Region 9—San Francisco shall 

be headed by a Chief Counsel, who 

reports to the General Counsel through 

a designated Deputy General Counsel. 

The office consists of two branches, 

each of which is headed by a Deputy 

Chief Counsel, who reports to the Chief 

Counsel: 

a. Employment, IHS, Office of Civil 

Rights (OCR) 

b. ACF, CMS, Information Requests 

10. OGC Region 10—Seattle shall be 

headed by Chief Counsel, who reports to 

the General Counsel through a 

designated Deputy General Counsel. 

The office has a Deputy Chief Counsel, 

who reports to the Chief Counsel. 

Section III. Functions 

Subsection A. The General Counsel and 

the Office of the General Counsel 

1. The General Counsel. The General 

Counsel is authorized to promulgate 

such directives and issue such legal 

opinions as may be necessary to carry 


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out the responsibilities of the Office. 

The General Counsel, directly or 

through attorneys in the Office of the 

General Counsel, undertakes the 

following activities unless an applicable 

statute provides otherwise or the 

General Counsel has delegated the 

responsibility elsewhere: 

a. Furnishes all legal services and 

advice to the Secretary, Deputy 

Secretary, and all offices, branches, and 

units of the Department in connection 

with the operations and administration 

of the Department and its programs, 

unless otherwise expressly delegated by 

statute to another agency or official. 

b. Furnishes legal services and advice 

on such other matters as may be 

submitted by the Secretary, the Deputy 

Secretary, any other senior leaders, and 

other persons authorized by the 

Secretary to request such service or 

advice. 

c. Represents the Department in all 

litigation when such direct 

representation is not precluded by law, 

and in other cases, supervises the 

conduct of such litigation. 

d. Acts as the Department’s 

representative in communicating with 

the Department of Justice, including all 

United States Attorneys, on all civil and 

criminal matters. 

e. Acts as the Department’s 

representative in communicating with 

Office of White House Counsel and the 

Offices of General Counsel for any other 

Department or Agency. 

f. Authorizes indemnification of 

Department employees, as appropriate, 

pursuant to 45 CFR part 36. 

g. Provides legal review of all 

proposals for Federal legislation 

originating within the Department, as 

well as all proposed Federal legislation 

submitted to the Department or to any 

operating division of the Department for 

comment; as appropriate, prepares or 

reviews reports and letters to 

congressional committees, the Office of 

Management and Budget, and others on 

proposed Federal legislation; and 

prescribes procedures to govern the 

routing and review, within the 

Department, of material relating to 

proposed Federal legislation. 

h. Supervises all legal activities of the 

Department and its operating and staff 

divisions, except the OIG. 

i. Ensures that no one in the 

Department, other than those in OGC or 

expressly authorized by the General 

Counsel to do so, provides any legal 

advice to anyone in the Department that 

implies that they are functioning as a 

departmental lawyer. 

Subsection B. Functions and 

Responsibilities of the OGC Divisions 

The Divisions within OGC provide 

legal counsel to their clients, as 

described below, subject to the 

professional supervision and control of 

the General Counsel and the designated 

Deputy General Counsel. 

1. The Advanced Research Projects 

Agency for Health (ARPA–H) Division. 

The ARPA–H Division provides legal 

services to ARPA–H. 

2. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services Division (CMSD). CMSD 

provides legal services to the Centers for 

Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), 

the Office of Medicare Hearings and 

Appeals (OMHA) and the Departmental 

Appeals Board (DAB). CMSD also 

provides legal services to the Assistant 

Secretary for Technology Policy and 

Office of the National Coordinator for 

Health Information Technology (ASTP/ 

ONC). 

3. Children, Families, and Aging 

Division (CFAD). CFAD provides legal 

services to the Administration for 

Children and Families and its various 

agencies, including the Office of 

Refugee Resettlement and 

Administration for Community Living. 

In addition, the Division advises the 

Department on the 477 initiative 

authorized by the Indian Employment, 

Training, and Related Services 

Demonstration Act of 2017. 

4. Civil Rights and Health Privacy 

Division (CRD). CRD provides legal 

services for the Office for Civil Rights 

(OCR) and provides advice with respect 

to the enforcement of civil rights laws, 

conscience statutes, the Health 

Insurance and Portability and 

Accountability Act of 1996 (Social 

Security Act sec. 1171 et seq.), the 

Health Information Technology for 

Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) 

Act, and the rules implementing them 

with respect of HHS-funded programs 

and activities. CRD does not defend 

claims filed by HHS employees. 

5. Ethics Division (ETH). ETH 

administers and oversees Departmentwide implementation of comprehensive 

government ethics program 

requirements under the Ethics in 

Government Act of 1978 as amended, 

Executive Order 12731, and 

implementing regulations at 5 CFR part 

2638. This includes providing legal 

advice, training, and policy instruction 

and guidance consistent with core 

ethics program elements, including 

conflict of interest, impartiality, 

financial disclosure, outside activities, 

political activity, lobbying, preclearance ethics agreements, gifts, and 

travel payments from non-Federal 

sources. 

ETH also communicates on matters 

related to government ethics with the 

Office of Counsel to the President, the 

Office of Government Ethics, the Office 

of Special Counsel, the Office of the 

Inspector General, Special 

Investigations Unit, the Department of 

Justice, the Office of Personnel 

Management, and the General Services 

Administration. 

In addition, ETH develops 

component-specific conduct regulations 

and implementing procedures. 

6. Food and Drug Division (FDD). 

FDD acts as the legal advisor to the 

Commissioner of Food and Drugs and 

provides legal services to the Food and 

Drug Administration (FDA). This 

includes representing the FDA in 

connection with judicial and 

administrative proceedings involving 

programs administered by the FDA, 

providing legal advice and policy 

guidance for programs administered by 

the FDA, and reviewing proposed and 

final regulations and Federal Register 

notices prepared by FDA. FDD acts as 

the Department and FDA’s primary 

liaison to the Department of Justice and 

other Federal departments for programs 

administered by FDA; all criminal 

prosecutions, investigations, and civil 

matters may be referred to the 

Department of Justice only through or in 

consultation with the Chief Counsel. 

7. General Law Division (GLD). GLD 

provides legal services on business 

management activities and 

administrative operations including 

procurement, contracting, personnel, 

budget, appropriations, Federal real 

property, employment, information 

disclosure and privacy (but not health 

information privacy) and Federal tort 

claims. In addition, the Associate 

General Counsel for GLD acts as the 

Department Claims Officer. 

8. Legislation Division (GCL). GCL: 

a. Drafts all proposed legislation 

originating in the Department, reviews 

specifications for such proposed 

legislation, and reviews all proposed 

legislation submitted to the Department 

or to any constituent unit of the 

Department for comment. 

b. Prepares or reviews reports and 

letters to congressional committees, the 

Office of Management and Budget, and 

others on proposed legislation. 

c. Reviews proposed testimony of 

Department officials before 

congressional committees relating to 

pending or proposed legislation. 

d. Acts as Department liaison with the 

Office of Management and Budget on 

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e. Prescribes procedures to govern the 

routing and review, within the 

Department, of material relating to 

proposed Federal legislation. 

9. National Complex Litigation and 

Investigation Division (NCLID). NCLID 

provides legal services to all agencies 

and offices within the Department, as 

directed by the General Counsel. NCLID 

provides legal services in connection 

with complex litigation or anticipated 

complex litigation by or against the 

Department. Such litigation may 

include cases for which other OGC 

divisions or regional offices request 

NCLID participation, cases spanning 

multiple OGC divisions or regional 

offices, or cases outside the scope of 

other OGC divisions or regional offices. 

NCLD administers the OGC-wide ediscovery program and coordinates the 

use of e-discovery technology with 

agencies and offices within the 

Department. 

10. Public Health Division (Ph.D.). 

Ph.D. provides legal services to all 

Public Health Service agencies (except 

to FDA) and their programs, including 

the Office of the Surgeon General and 

the Commissioned Corps of the U.S. 

Public Health Service. Represented 

Public Health Service agencies include, 

but are not limited to: (i) the Office of 

the Assistant Secretary for Health, and 

its various programs; (ii) the Office of 

the Secretary’s Office of Minority 

Health; (iii) the Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention; (iv) the 

National Institutes of Health; (v) the 

Health Resources and Services 

Administration; (vi) the Indian Health 

Service; (vii) the Substance Abuse and 

Mental Health Services Administration; 

(viii) the Agency for Healthcare 

Research and Quality, (ix) the 

Administration for Strategic 

Preparedness and Response, and (x) the 

Agency for Toxic Substances and 

Disease Registry. 

Subsection C. Functions and 

Responsibilities of the OGC Regional 

Offices 

An OGC regional office is located in 

each of the ten HHS regions, each of 

which is led by a Regional Director 

appointed by the Secretary. The Chief 

Counsel of each Region is the 

Department’s legal representative in that 

Region. Regional offices within OGC 

provide a full range of legal services, 

subject to the professional supervision 

and direction of the General Counsel 

and the designated Deputy General 

Counsel. This includes providing legal 

advice and representation in 

administrative and judicial litigation 

regarding programs operated by the 

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid 

Services, the Administration for 

Children and Families, the 

Administration for Community Living, 

and Public Health Service agencies 

including the Indian Health Service, the 

Health Resources and Services 

Administration, the Substance Abuse 

and Mental Health Services 

Administration, and the Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention; 

providing legal services to the Office for 

Civil Rights, including advice and 

representation in administrative and 

judicial litigation with respect to the 

enforcement of civil rights laws and the 

Health Insurance and Portability and 

Accountability Act of 1996 (Social 

Security Act sec. 1171 et seq.); and 

providing legal advice and 

representation in administrative and 

judicial litigation relating to business 

management activities and 

administrative operations, such as 

employment and labor relations, 

information disclosure and privacy, 

Federal tort claims, and suspensions, 

disallowances, and other recoveries of 

payments made under HHS programs, of 

HHS components operating in their 

regions. 

The HHS regional offices are located 

in the following cities and cover all 

States and territories of the United 

States, as well as three independent 

states in the Pacific. 

1. OGC Region 1—Boston covers 

Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, 

New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and 

Vermont. 

2. OGC-Region 2—New York City 

covers New York, New Jersey, Puerto 

Rico, and the Virgin Islands. 

3. OGC Region 3—Philadelphia covers 

Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, 

Virginia, West Virginia, and the District 

of Columbia. 

4. OGC Region 4—Atlanta covers 

Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, 

Mississippi, North Carolina, South 

Carolina, and Tennessee. 

5. OGC Region 5—Chicago covers 

Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, 

Minnesota, Wisconsin, and the Bemidji 

Area Office of the Indian Health Service 

(IHS). 

6. OGC Region 6—Dallas covers 

Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, 

Oklahoma, Texas, as well as the 

Albuquerque and Oklahoma City Area 

Offices of the Indian Health Service 

(IHS). 

7. OGC Region 7—Kansas City (MO) 

covers Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and 

Nebraska. 

8. OGC Region 8—Denver covers 

Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, 

South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming, as well 

as the Great Plains and Billings Area 

Offices of the Indian Health Service 

(IHS). 

9. OGC Region 9—San Francisco 

covers Arizona, California, Hawaii, 

Nevada, Guam, American Samoa, 

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 

Islands, the Federated States of 

Micronesia, the Republic of the 

Marshall Islands, the Republic of Palau, 

as well as the California Area, Navajo 

Area, Phoenix Area, and Tucson Area 

Offices of the Indian Health Services 

(IHS). 

10. OGC Region 10—Seattle covers 

Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, as 

well as the Alaska Area and Portland 

Area Offices of the Indian Health 

Services (IHS). 

Xavier Becerra, 

Secretary, Department of Health and Human 

Services. 

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Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended, notice is hereby given of the 

following meeting. 

The meeting will be closed to the 

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provisions set forth in sections 

552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C., 

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the discussions could disclose 

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property such as patentable material, 

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applications, the disclosure of which 

would constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy. 

Name of Committee: National Center for 

Advancing Translational Sciences Special 

Emphasis Panel; Clinical Trial Readiness for 

Rare Diseases. 

Date: March 6, 2025. 

Time: 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Address: National Center for Advancing 

Translational Sciences, National Institutes of 

Health, 9609 Medical Center Drive, 

Rockville, MD 20892 (Video Assisted 

Meeting). 

Contact Person: Alumit Ishai, Ph.D., 

Scientific Review Officer, Office of Grants 

Management and Scientific Review, National 

Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, 

National Institutes of Health, 9609 Medical 

Center Drive, Suite 1E504, Bethesda, MD 

20892, (301) 827–5819, alumit.ishai@nih.gov. 


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