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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Submission for Office of Management 

and Budget Review; Child Support 

Annual Data Report and Instructions 

(OCSS–157) (Office of Management 

and Budget #: 0970–0177) 

AGENCY: Office of Child Support 

Services; Administration for Children 

and Families; U.S. Department of Health 

and Human Services. 

ACTION: Request for public comments. 

SUMMARY: The Administration for 

Children and Families (ACF), Office of 

Child Support Services (OCSS), is 

requesting the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) to approve the Child 

Support Annual Data Report and 

Instructions (OCSS–157), with minor 

revisions, for an additional three years. 

The current OMB approval expires on 

March 31, 2025. 

DATES: Comments due February 20, 

2025. OMB must make a decision about 

the collection of information between 30 

and 60 days after publication of this 

document in the Federal Register. 

Therefore, a comment is best assured of 

having its full effect if OMB receives it 

within 30 days of publication. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. You can also obtain 

copies of the proposed collection of 

information by emailing infocollection@

acf.hhs.gov. Identify all emailed 

requests by the title of the information 

collection. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Description: States must annually 

provide OCSS with their child support 

information pertaining to case 

inventory, performance status, and 

accomplishments in the following areas: 

paternity establishment; services 

requested and provided; medical 

support; collections due and 

distributed; staff; program expenditures; 

non-cooperation and good cause; and 

administrative enforcement. The 

information collected from the OCSS– 

157 allows OCSS to (1) report child 

support activities to Congress as 

required by law; (2) calculate States’ 

incentive measures for performance and 

assess performance indicators used in 

the program; and (3) help OCSS monitor 

and evaluate State child support 

programs. 

OCSS made minor revisions to the 

instructions and report to make them 

easier for the respondents to understand 

and complete. Additionally, OCSS 

updated the name of the federal child 

support office from the Office of Child 

Support Enforcement (OCSE) to the 

Office of Child Support Services 

(OCSS). 

Respondents: State Child Support 

Agencies. 

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES

Information collection instrument 

Total number 

of annual 

respondents 

Number of 

annual 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

annual 

burden hour 

per response 

Annual 

burden hours 

OCSS Annual Report and Instructions (OCSS–157) ...................................... 54 1 7 378 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 652(a) and (g) and 

669. 

Mary C. Jones, 

ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2025–01245 Filed 1–17–25; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4184–41–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Indian Health Service 

Organization, Functions, and 

Delegations of Authority; Indian Health 

Service Headquarters, Office of 

Information Technology and the Office 

of Management Services, Part GAG, 

GAL 

AGENCY: Indian Health Service, 

Department of Health and Human 

Services. 

ACTION: Final notice. 

SUMMARY: This Notice advises the public 

that the Indian Health Service (IHS) 

proposes Part GAG, GAL, of the 

Statement of Organization, Functions, 

and Delegations of Authority of the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS), 47053–67, December 

11, 1987, as amended, November 9, 

1995, December 19, 1996, as amended 

July 12, 2004, as amended, May 6, 2005, 

as amended October 17, 2005, as 

amended, August 21, 2009, and most 

recently December 26, 2018, is hereby 

amended to reflect a reorganization of 

the Indian Health Service (IHS). The 

new organizational structure was 

approved by the Secretary of Health and 

Human Services on January 2, 2025. The 

purpose of this reorganization proposal 

is to update the current approved IHS, 

Office of Information Technology (GAG) 

and the Office Management Services 

(GAL) in their entirety and replace them 

with the following: 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The IHS is 

an Operating Division within the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS) and is under the 

leadership and direction of a Director 

who is directly responsible to the 

Secretary of Health and Human 

Services. The IHS Headquarters is 

reorganizing the following major 

component: Office of Information 

Technology (OIT) and the Office of 

Management Services (OMS). 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3101. 

Office of Information Technology (OIT) 

(GAG) 

(1) Provides Chief Information Officer 

(CIO) services and advises the Director, 

Indian Health Service (IHS), on all 

aspects of information resource 

management, information technology 

(IT), and Health IT; (2) ensures Agency 

compliance with related Federal 

statutes, executive orders, regulations, 

and policies; (3) directs the 

development, implementation, and 

maintenance of policies, procedures, 

standards, and architecture for 

information resource management, IT, 

and Health IT activities and services in 

the IHS; (4) provides IHS Area Offices 

and Service Units with sufficient 

training and oversight to manage IT and 

Health IT responsibilities; (5) directs the 

IT enterprise architecture, governance, 

category management, and Artificial 

Intelligence (AI) programs for the 

Agency; (6) directs strategic planning 

and budgeting processes for information 

resources, IT, and Health IT; (7) 

oversees the development and 

implementation of information resource 


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management, IT, and Health IT 

initiatives in the IHS including the IHS 

Health IT Modernization Program; (8) 

directs the design, development, 

implementation, and support of robust 

information systems and services used 

in the IHS; (9) directs the activities of 

the IHS IT Investment Review Board 

(ITIRB) in assessing, implementing, and 

reviewing the Agency’s investment in 

information systems; (10) manages 

contracts and associated chargebacks for 

information resource management, IT, 

and Health IT related software, 

equipment, and support services in 

collaboration with appropriate 

acquisition authorities; (11) through the 

Chief Information Security Officer, 

directs the development, 

implementation, and management of the 

IHS IT Cybersecurity program to protect 

the information resources, IT, and 

Health IT of the IHS; (12) oversees 

compliance with Federal cybersecurity 

laws, regulations, and policy and 

issuance of IHS information security 

policies, procedures, and guidelines; 

(13) oversees all aspects of the IHS 

cybersecurity program including audit 

compliance, risk and coordination, IHS 

security architecture and engineering 

design, and the security-related incident 

response program, IHS security 

awareness training programs, IHS 

information system disaster recovery, 

contingency planning and response, and 

cybersecurity vulnerability 

management; (14) leads the IHS 

Cybersecurity Operations Center to 

monitor IT/Health IT systems 24 hours 

a day, seven days a week; (15) oversees 

IT systems privacy; (16) provides IT 

services and support to the IHS, Tribal, 

and Urban Indian Health Programs (I/T/ 

U), including the Resource and Patient 

Management System (RPMS), the 

Electronic Health Record (EHR), and the 

National Patient Information Reporting 

System (NPIRS); (17) provides 

informatics leadership through the Chief 

Medical Information Officer and Chief 

Health Informatics Officer to 

strategically align clinical and technical 

activities to improve healthcare 

services; (18) identifies opportunities for 

improvement of IHS healthcare and 

public health services through the 

adoption of new technologies; (19) 

manages the IHS Health Information 

Management (HIM) program; (20) 

oversees the development of IHS HIM 

policies and practice standardization 

including issuance of enterprise-wide 

HIM standard operating procedures; (21) 

ensures that IHS Area Offices and 

Service Units have sufficient HIM 

training and oversight to manage HIM 

responsibilities; (22) provides guidance 

on accreditation standards, legislative, 

and regulatory requirements concerning 

HIM to ensure IHS compliance; (23) 

oversees the analyses and management 

of enterprise data developed, acquired, 

or stored by the IHS; (24) ensures 

accessibility to IT services; (25) directs 

and leads all aspects of IHS IT and 

Health IT customer experience, OIT selfdetermination activities, OIT public 

affairs and communications needs, IT 

asset management, knowledge 

management, and service desk activities 

including the provision of IHS IT and 

Health IT systems end user support; (26) 

furnishes IHS-wide video conferencing 

solutions and services including 

telehealth support; (27) provides 

program and project management and 

related support for IHS-developed and 

acquired information resources and 

technology products and services; (28) 

provides contract management support 

for information resources, IT, and 

Health IT initiatives, including strategic 

sourcing efforts and enterprise wide IT 

procurements and chargebacks; (29) 

advises the IHS Director on all aspects 

of privacy and the IHS-wide privacy 

program including people, processes, 

and technologies; (30) ensures 

compliance with applicable privacy and 

system of records notice requirements, 

develops and evaluates privacy statutes, 

regulations, and policies, and manages 

privacy risks consistent with the 

Agency’s mission; (31) manages, 

administers, implements and monitors 

the IHS’s Paperwork Reduction Act and 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) information collection/activities, 

including providing guidance, 

requirements and procedures for 

obtaining OMB approvals and/or 

extensions for IHS information 

collections; (32) provides leadership 

and guidance for the IHS Forms 

Management Program; (33) oversees the 

IHS Records Management Program 

through the IHS Records Management 

Officer; (34) advises the IHS Director on 

all aspects of records management and 

provides Agency-wide Records 

Management Program leadership, 

guidance and support; (35) ensures the 

accountability and integrity of records 

management and disposition of records 

including litigation holds; (36) develops 

and recommends policies and 

procedures for the protection and 

disposition of IHS records and oversees 

the evaluation of records management 

activities in the IHS; (37) develops and 

implements a management control 

system for evaluation of records 

management functions IHS-wide; (38) 

participates in cross-cutting issues and 

processes that involve information 

resources, IT, and Health IT including, 

but not limited to, emergency 

preparedness/security, budget 

formulation, self-determination issues, 

Tribal shares computations, and 

resolution of audit findings as may be 

needed and appropriate; and (39) 

represents the IHS and enters into IT 

and Health IT agreements with Federal, 

Tribal, State and other organizations. 

Division of Information Technology 

(GAGA) 

(1) Provides IT services and advises 

the CIO on all aspects of Health IT; (2) 

develops and supports clinical and 

business practice healthcare 

applications such as the RPMS and the 

EHR; (3) develops healthcare data 

export applications to feed analytical 

processes; (4) obtains system and 

business requirements from 

stakeholders for system design; (5) 

provides quality assurance and risk 

management for software development; 

(6) develops, implements, and 

maintains policies, procedures, and 

standards for system development and 

technology products and services in the 

IHS; (7) develops and maintains Health 

IT strategic planning documents; 

(8) develops and maintains the IHS 

enterprise architecture; (9) develops and 

implements Health IT management 

initiatives in the IHS; (10) ensures the 

IHS IT infrastructure resource 

consolidation and standardization 

efforts support the IHS healthcare 

delivery and program administration; 

(11) develops, maintains, and manages 

the centralized processes and systems 

that support interoperability between 

internal and external stakeholders for 

the transmission and receipt of health 

information; (12) provides training and 

documentation for IHS developed 

software implementation, maintenance, 

and best practices; (13) provides input 

into HIM policy and procedures and 

ensures development activity complies 

with regulations and policy; (14) 

ensures development and operation 

activity complies with applicable 

security guidance, regulations, and 

policy; (15) provides program and 

project management and related support 

for IHS developed and acquired 

information resources and technology 

products and services; (16) provides 

contract management support for Health 

IT initiatives; (17) participates in crosscutting issues and processes that 

involve IT and Health IT; and (18) 

represents the IHS to Federal, Tribal, 

State, and other organizations. 


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Division of Program Management and 

Budget (GAGB) 

(1) Advises the CIO on all business 

aspects of information resources, 

program and project management; (2) 

develops information resource policies 

and procedures; (3) develops the IHS IT 

budget and related documents; (4) 

provides budget analyses and reports to 

the CIO; (5) develops strategies for 

presenting the IHS IT budget to I/T/Us; 

(6) provides technical analyses, 

guidance, and support for IHS capital 

planning and investment control 

activities; (7) manages the IHS portfolio 

management tool; (8) manages the 

activities of the IHS ITIRB in assessing, 

implementing and reviewing the 

Agency’s information systems; (9) 

develops program and project 

management policies and procedures; 

(10) identifies alternatives among 

internal and external sources and 

recommends the best sources to supply 

information resource and technology 

products and services to the IHS; (11) 

develops information resource and 

technology project governance 

structures to support effective program 

and project management; (12) provides 

and coordinates IHS Healthcare Connect 

Fund Services under the Rural Health 

Care Program (RHC), a division of the 

Universal Service Fund (USF) and 

administered by the Universal Service 

Administrative Company (USAC), to 

offset the high cost of rural 

telecommunication services; (13) 

provides IHS Section 508 coordination 

services; (14) provides Radio Frequency 

Spectrum Management coordination 

services; (15) provides contract liaison 

services to appropriate acquisition 

authorities; (16) provides program and 

project management and related support 

for IHS developed and acquired 

information resources and technology 

products and services; (17) provides IT 

contract management support and 

manages enterprise-wide IT chargebacks 

for IT initiatives; (18) participates in 

crosscutting issues and processes that 

involve IT and Health IT; and (19) 

represents the IHS to Federal, Tribal, 

State, and other organizations. 

Division of Information Technology 

Operations (GAGC) 

(1) Advises the CIO on all aspects of 

implementing and deploying computer 

systems including RPMS; (2) develops, 

implements, and maintains IHS 

standards, policies, and procedures for 

IT operations; (3) maintains LISTSERV 

capabilities; (4) performs web 

monitoring and filtering services; (5) 

designs and implements websites in 

compliance with Section 508 of the 

Rehabilitation Act (29 U.S.C. 794d) 

accessibility regulations; (6) operates 

and maintains data centers; (7) provides 

Domain Name Services; (8) designs, 

implements, and maintains IHS’ 

backbone network infrastructure; (9) 

monitors network infrastructure for 

anomalies; (10) supports enterprise 

office automation and cybersecurity in 

Microsoft 365 and subsequent 

environments; (11) provides program 

and project management support for 

systems design and deployment to 

ensure customer satisfaction; (12) 

provides contract management support 

for IT initiatives; (13) participates in 

crosscutting issues and processes that 

involve information resources and 

technology program and project 

management; and (14) represents the 

IHS to Federal, Tribal, State, and other 

organizations. 

Microsoft 365 Services Branch 

(GAGC1) 

(1) Manages and maintains Microsoft 

365 applications and services Agencywide; (2) oversees user access, security 

policies, and compliance within the 

Microsoft 365 environment; (3) 

identifies, researches, recommends, and 

implements Microsoft 365 solutions and 

applications such as Teams, Office, 

Outlook, PowerApps, PowerAutomate, 

Power BI, OneDrive, and SharePoint; (4) 

develops new applications to improve 

productivity using the Microsoft Power 

Platform, Teams, Office, Graph, 

SharePoint that support integrations 

with multiple IHS tools and data sets; 

and (5) builds Artificial Intelligence 

solutions using Microsoft Copilots and 

Azure AI. 

Division of Information Security 

(GAGD) 

(1) Advises the CIO on all aspects of 

information security; (2) develops, 

implements, and monitors the IHS 

Information Security program to ensure 

adequate protection and security of 

information systems; (3) oversees 

performance of required security 

activities and serves as the main point 

of contact for cybersecurity support and 

guidance; (4) manages IHS cybersecurity 

audit response and coordination and 

regularly reviews audit and system log 

reports; (5) coordinates activities with 

internal and external organizations 

reviewing the IHS’s information 

resources for fraud, waste, and abuse; 

(6) advises the CIO on IHS risk and 

compliance issues related to 

information system authorization and 

accreditation; (7) manages IHS security 

architecture and engineering design; (8) 

directs the IHS cybersecurity incident 

response program; (9) oversees 

development and maintenance of 

information security policies, 

procedures, and guidelines to safeguard 

information resources, IT, and Health IT 

systems; (10) develops and implements 

employee information security 

awareness training programs; (11) 

manages the Agency’s information 

system disaster recovery and 

contingency planning; (12) ensures 

development and review of IHS IT 

security plans and information system 

security documentation with system 

owners; (13) manages the IHS 

Cybersecurity Operations Center (CSOC) 

to monitor IT systems 24 hours a day, 

seven days a week; (14) serves as the 

OIT’s lead for information system 

privacy, including development of 

privacy policies for IT systems and the 

assessment of privacy controls for IT 

systems; (15) directs the continuous 

process of cybersecurity vulnerability 

management; (16) provides program and 

project management and related support 

for IHS-developed and acquired 

information resources and technology 

products and services regarding 

information security; (17) provides 

contract management support for IT 

initiatives regarding information 

security; (18) participates in 

crosscutting issues and processes that 

involve information security; and (19) 

represents the IHS to Federal, Tribal, 

State, and other organizations regarding 

information security. 

Information Systems Security Officers 

Branch (GAGD1) 

(1) Advises the Division of 

Information Security (DIS) Director on 

the security of information systems; (2) 

develops, recommends, and oversees 

the implementation of policies, 

procedures, and standards in support of 

information systems security; (3) 

develops and maintains information 

system security documentation with the 

system owner; (4) ensures required 

security activities are performed; (5) 

regularly reviews audit and system log 

reports; (6) serves as the main point of 

contact for cybersecurity support and 

guidance; and (7) maintains 

relationships and consults with IHS, 

Federal, Tribal, State, and other 

organizations. 

Cybersecurity Audit Response and 

Coordination Branch (GAGD2) 

(1) Advises the DIS Director on 

internal and external audit-related 

activities; (2) develops, recommends, 

and oversees the implementation of 

policies, procedures, and standards in 

support of audit response and 

coordination; (3) provides program level 

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of information system deficiencies and 

resolution of audit findings as may be 

needed and appropriate; and (4) 

maintains relationships and consults 

with IHS, Federal, Tribal, State, and 

other organizations. 

Cybersecurity Risk and Compliance 

Branch (GAGD3) 

(1) Advises the DIS Director on risk 

and compliance issues related to 

information system authorization and 

accreditation; (2) develops, 

recommends, and oversees the 

implementation of policies, procedures, 

and standards in support of information 

system authorization and accreditation; 

(3) assesses the risk and magnitude of 

harm that could result from 

unauthorized access, use, disclosure, 

disruption, modification, or destruction 

of information and information systems 

that support the operations and assets of 

IHS; (4) conducts security assessments 

of information systems; (5) maintains 

accreditation documentation for all 

evaluated information systems; and (6) 

maintains relationships and consults 

with IHS, Federal, Tribal, State, and 

other organizations. 

Cybersecurity Architecture and 

Engineering Branch (GAGD4) 

(1) Advises the DIS Director on 

security architecture and engineering 

design; (2) develops, recommends, and 

oversees the implementation of policies, 

procedures, and standards in support of 

security architecture and engineering 

design; (3) manages technical 

architecture and engineering design 

projects for security program initiatives; 

(4) reviews and evaluates evolving 

technologies; and (5) maintains 

relationships and consults with IHS, 

Federal, Tribal, State, and other 

organizations. 

Cybersecurity Incident Response 

Branch (GAGD5) 

(1) Advises the DIS Director on 

security-related incident response; (2) 

develops, recommends, and oversees 

the implementation of policies, 

procedures, and standards in support of 

incident response; (3) responds to 

security-related incidents on the IHS 

network; (4) provides post-incident 

reporting and analysis; (5) reviews and 

evaluates incident response toolsets; 

and (6) maintains relationships and 

consults with IHS, Federal, Tribal, State, 

and other organizations. 

Cybersecurity Policy and Security 

Awareness Branch (GAGD6) 

(1) Advises the DIS Director on 

security policies from internal and 

external authorities; (2) develops, 

recommends, and oversees the 

implementation of policies, procedures, 

and standards in support of all aspects 

of information security; (3) maintains 

awareness of evolving policy and 

security directive changes from internal 

and external authorities; (4) develops, 

maintains, and tracks compliance for 

the annual information system security 

awareness training; (5) develops 

security awareness education and 

training materials; and (6) maintains 

relationships and consults with IHS, 

Federal, Tribal, State, and other 

organizations. 

Disaster Recovery and Contingency 

Planning Branch (GAGD7) 

(1) Advises the DIS Director on 

information system disaster recovery 

and contingency planning; (2) develops, 

recommends, and oversees the 

implementation of policies, procedures, 

and standards in support of disaster 

recovery and contingency planning; (3) 

develops and maintains information 

system disaster recovery documentation 

with the system owner; (4) coordinates 

testing and execution of disaster 

recovery plans; (5) reviews and 

evaluates technologies to support 

disaster recovery and contingency 

response capabilities; and (6) maintains 

relationships and consults with IHS, 

Federal, Tribal, State, and other 

organizations. 

Cybersecurity Operations Center 

Branch (GAGD8) 

(1) Provides centralized IHS 

cybersecurity operations support for 

network monitoring, incident response, 

cyber threat intelligence collection, and 

threat information sharing through the 

Cybersecurity Operations Center; (2) 

develops, recommends, and oversees 

the implementation of policies, 

procedures, and standards in support of 

the Cybersecurity Operations Center; (3) 

monitors all IHS networks, systems, and 

external facing applications and sites to 

detect suspicious activity 24 hours a 

day, seven days a week; (4) monitors 

high-value asset security to ensure 

mission-critical systems and data are 

protected; (5) categorizes, prioritizes, 

and documents security events, 

including incident alerting and sorting 

for additional investigation; (6) 

disseminates patch availability for 

vulnerabilities and shares advisories 

across the enterprise; (7) analyzes 

malware through dynamic and static 

methods; (8) coordinates incident 

analysis, correlation, and available 

response strategies with the 

Cybersecurity Incident Response 

Branch; (9) reviews and analyzes threat 

intelligence to maintain awareness and 

enhance capabilities; and (10) maintains 

relationships and consults with the IHS, 

Federal, Tribal, State, and other 

organizations. 

Cybersecurity Privacy Branch (GAGD9) 

(1) Provides oversight and serves as 

the Agency’s lead for privacy of IT 

Systems including the assessment of 

privacy controls for IT systems; (2) 

develops, recommends, and oversees 

the implementation of policies, 

procedures, and standards in support of 

the privacy of IT systems; (3) evaluates 

IT systems that collect personally 

identifiable information (PII) and 

ensures adequate protection of the 

security and privacy of PII; (4) 

coordinates privacy impact assessments 

(PIA) on all IHS IT systems 

(developmental and operational); (5) 

maintains IT system PIAs and makes 

them publicly available; (6) ensures 

adequate security and privacy practices 

and safeguards have been incorporated 

in information system lifecycle plans; 

and (7) maintains relationships and 

consults with IHS, Federal, Tribal, State, 

and other organizations. 

Cybersecurity Vulnerability 

Management Branch (GAGD10) 

(1) Manages the continuous process of 

identifying, assessing, reporting, 

managing, and remediating security 

vulnerabilities identified in all software, 

firmware, and hardware within the IHS; 

(2) develops, recommends, and oversees 

the implementation of policies, 

procedures, and standards in support of 

security vulnerability management; (3) 

supports all systems, subsystems, and 

system components owned by or 

operated on behalf of IHS with efficient 

vulnerability assessment techniques, 

procedures, and capabilities; (4) 

provides a process for all IHS 

components to submit both newly 

discovered and not publicly known 

vulnerabilities to the Vulnerability 

Management Team as soon as 

practicable; (5) conducts vulnerability 

assessments of IHS’s IT infrastructure; 

and (6) maintains relationships and 

consults with IHS, Federal, Tribal, State, 

and other organizations. 

Division of Health Information 

Technology Modernization and 

Operations (DHITMO) (GAGE) 

(1) Advises the CIO on the 

development, implementation, and 

maintenance of policies, procedures, 

and standards for Health IT 

modernization resources, technology 

products, and services; (2) oversees 

engineering, technical architecture, and 

engineering design projects for Health 

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(3) develops and maintains Health IT 

modernization strategic planning 

documents; (4) develops and maintains 

the governance framework to support 

modernization activities; (5) provides 

acquisition, IT capital planning and 

investment control, and contract 

management support for IT initiatives 

regarding Health IT; (6) directs 

modernization system and software 

testing; (7) provides oversight and 

management of the modernization test 

environments; (8) manages and controls 

IT activities of modernization projects 

throughout the system development life 

cycle; (9) develops, deploys, and 

implements Health IT management 

initiatives; (10) ensures quality of 

products, services, and infrastructures 

of technology modernization supporting 

IHS healthcare delivery and program 

administration standards; (11) supports 

the alignment of technology and 

business organizational change; (12) 

provides program and project 

management support for IHS developed 

and acquired information resources and 

technology products and services; (13) 

provides division administrative 

support services including human 

resource acquisition management, 

performance, and talent development; 

(14) provides professional 

communication development, editing, 

and records management service; (15) 

assists in the capture of contractor 

security clearance artifacts and 

management; (16) participates in 

crosscutting issues and processes that 

involve Health IT; and (17) represents 

the Division to the IHS, Federal, Tribal, 

State, and other organizations. 

Business Management and Capital 

Planning Branch (GAGE1) 

(1) Advises the DHITMO Director on 

modernization products and services in 

support of Health IT modernization; (2) 

develops, recommends, and oversees 

the implementation of policies and 

procedures for modernization products 

and services in support of Health IT 

modernization; (3) oversees acquisition 

protocols for modernization products 

and services in support of Health IT 

modernization; (4) provides advice, 

technical consultation, and training to 

DHITMO staff on project lifecycle cost 

estimates, acquisition packages, and 

capital planning and investment control 

artifacts; (5) manages contracts in 

support of Health IT modernization; (6) 

maintains fiscal commitment registers 

in coordination with Division of 

Program Management and Budget 

(DPMB) and the Office of Finance and 

Accounting; and (7) conducts fund 

reconciliations in support of the 

division operating budget. 

Program Management Operations 

Branch (GAGE2) 

(1) Advises the DHITMO Director on 

Health IT modernization program and 

project management; (2) develops, 

recommends, and oversees the 

implementation of policies, procedures, 

and standards in support of integrated 

Health IT modernization program and 

project management practices; (3) 

defines, integrates, and manages the 

Health IT modernization governance 

framework across the Health IT 

enterprise; (4) provides program and 

project management oversight, support, 

and controls of enterprise Health IT 

modernization projects throughout the 

system development life cycle; and (5) 

maintains relationships and consults 

with the IHS, Federal, Tribal, State, and 

other organizations. 

Architecture and Engineering Branch 

(GAGE3) 

(1) Advises the DHITMO Director on 

Health IT modernization architecture 

and engineering design; (2) develops, 

recommends, and oversees the 

implementation of policies, procedures, 

and standards in support of Health IT 

modernization architecture and 

engineering design; (3) manages 

engineering, technical architecture, and 

engineering design projects for 

modernization program initiatives; (4) 

validates requirements and 

configurations of data structures, 

interfaces for operational acceptance 

and implementation; (5) reviews and 

evaluates evolving IT and HIT product 

strategy; and (6) maintains relationships 

and consults with IHS, Federal, Tribal, 

State, and other organizations. 

Organizational Change Management 

Branch (GAGE4) 

(1) Advises the DHITMO Director on 

Health IT and business initiative 

organizational change management; (2) 

develops, recommends, and oversees 

the implementation of policies, 

procedures, and standards in support of 

Health IT and business initiative 

organizational change management 

throughout I/T/U healthcare programs; 

(3) establishes and matures organization 

change capabilities and documentation 

baseline; (4) manages the effect of new 

business processes, new technology, 

shifting economic landscapes, and 

changes in organizational structure and 

culture within the enterprise; (5) plans 

and manages operational readiness, 

training, and communication of 

changes; (6) develops measures to 

demonstrate benefits of change 

adoption; (7) manages partner 

engagement, readiness/deployment, and 

risk; (8) evaluates and analyzes the I/T/ 

U workforce status, planning, and 

strategy effort to support Health IT 

modernization which will impact the 

entire IHS organization; (9) assesses the 

baseline (current state) for key functions 

and capabilities required of the IHS 

organization impacted by 

modernization; (10) develops and 

implements a future state of new 

functions and capabilities, aligned to 

competencies and estimated workload 

of the future; (11) develops and 

implements a gap analysis to define 

function and skill gaps that need to be 

resolved as IHS progresses through 

modernization; (12) conducts strategic 

planning, facilitates partner 

engagement, and manages 

organizational change management 

operations; (13) engages with I/T/U 

healthcare programs to identify 

opportunities and challenges to 

incorporate in communications, 

engagement training, implementation, 

deployment, and risk/mitigation; (14) 

assesses and documents lessons learned 

through deployment and stakeholder 

feedback; (15) ensures appropriate 

consideration of the I/T/U environment 

is incorporated and factored into 

program planning, implementation, and 

deployment; and (16) influences change 

and maintains relationships with IHS, 

Federal, Tribal, State, and other 

organizations. 

Deployment Branch (GAGE5) 

(1) Advises the DHITMO Director on 

modernization enterprise deployment 

activities; (2) develops, recommends, 

and oversees the implementation of 

policies, procedures, and standards in 

support of modernization enterprise 

deployment activities; (3) plans, 

manages, and controls IT deployment 

projects throughout the system 

development life cycle; (4) analyzes 

alternative deployment strategies and 

selects or develops deployment strategy; 

(5) ensures operational environment is 

established and ready to accept the 

deployed solution (facilities, 

infrastructure, trained staff, help desk, 

etc.); (6) serves as the primary point of 

contact to end-users on matters related 

to deployment management; (7) directs 

the solution delivery schedule; (8) 

deploys, installs, and activates software 

and hardware which has passed all 

stages of verification and tests; (9) 

establishes solution performance targets 

and assesses performance of deployed 

or phased roll-outs against performance 

targets; (10) liaises between I/T/U users, 

system administrators, and application 

development staff to support the 

implementation of technology; and (11) 

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with IHS, Federal, Tribal, State, and 

other organizations. 

Product Management Branch (GAGE6) 

(1) Advises the DHITMO Director on 

the strategy, design, configuration, and 

optimization of software products of the 

IHS EHR; (2) evaluates solution 

functional workflows, feature releases, 

and application configurations; (3) 

maintains enterprise application 

configuration baselines; (4) validates 

new application features and 

functionality for impact to established 

baselines; (5) advises and maintains 

relationships with EHR clinical and 

business end-users, clinical advisory 

groups, and clinician users of all 

disciplines on product functionality and 

engages with engineering teams; (6) 

ensures application capabilities are 

aligned to regulatory requirements and 

standards for Certified Health 

Information Technology; (7) contributes 

to the development of enterprise policy 

and guidance; (8) monitors application 

performance and patterns associated 

with functionality for human-centered 

design and best practices; (9) researches 

and documents EHR clinical and 

business functionality change requests 

on behalf of change control boards, 

governance bodies, and project teams; 

and (10) implements program/project 

initiatives for improving software 

functionality, programmatic internal 

controls, and program reporting. 

Division of Enterprise Governance and 

Architecture (GAGG) 

(1) Advises the CIO on all aspects of 

IT governance and enterprise 

architecture; (2) establishes and 

maintains a robust enterprise 

architecture program that enhances the 

value of IT and Health IT used in 

support of the IHS mission; (3) 

develops, implements, and maintains 

policies, procedures, and standards for 

enterprise governance and architectural 

strategy in the IHS to support IHS 

healthcare delivery and program 

administration; (4) leads the 

development of the IHS IT Strategic 

plan and participates in organizational 

strategic planning to ensure IT and 

Health IT systems support IHS goals, 

mission, and objectives; (5) provides 

Category Management services to ensure 

compliance with Federal mandates and 

to enact standardizations of hardware, 

software, and technical support 

contracts; (6) develops, implements, and 

maintains policies, procedures, and 

standards for optimal development, 

management, and use of information 

resource management and technology 

products, data, and services within the 

IHS; (7) performs analysis of business 

structure and processes and addresses 

Agency goals through the refinement of 

the IHS enterprise architecture; (8) 

establishes and guides the evolution of 

the IHS’s business, systems, and 

technologies; (9) develops the holistic 

view of the IHS’s environment and its 

dependencies to address a planned and 

improved, but not yet realized condition 

of processes, operations, or technologies 

through enterprise-wise standards and 

organizational governance; (10) provides 

program and project management and 

related support for IHS developed and 

acquired information resources and 

technology products and services; (11) 

provides contract management support 

for enterprise-wide IT contracts and 

acquisitions; (12) drives implementation 

of the IHS Artificial Intelligence (AI) 

strategy, stands up the IHS AI 

governance structure, coordinates the 

IHS response to AI-related federal 

mandates, and fosters collaboration 

across the IHS; (13) participates in 

crosscutting issues and processes that 

involve IT and Health IT; and (14) 

represents the IHS to Federal, Tribal, 

State, and other organizations. 

Division of Data Management and 

Analytics (GAGH) 

(1) Advises the CIO on all aspects of 

enterprise data developed, acquired, or 

stored by the IHS; (2) develops, 

implements, and maintains policies, 

procedures, and standards for data 

acquired, managed, manipulated, and 

stored in the enterprise-wide IT and 

Health IT systems of the IHS; (3) 

develops long-term strategies for 

optimal development, management, and 

use of data within the IHS; (4) develops 

and deploys Agency-wide data and 

analytical platforms and tools, as well as 

a future roadmap that supports and 

anticipates stakeholder needs; (5) 

develops and matures the IHS data 

ecosystem, including the development 

of enterprise data solutions, services, 

policies, and processes; (6) promotes 

data as an Agency asset and transforms 

the Agency into a data-driven 

organization; (7) develops and matures 

the IHS enterprise-wide analytical 

capabilities including the development 

of artificial intelligence and real-time 

dash-boarding capabilities; (8) develops, 

acquires, maintains and supports the 

organizational-level data acquired, 

managed, manipulated, secured and 

stored in the enterprise-wide IT and 

Health IT systems of the IHS; (9) 

develops data policies and determines 

the best way to leverage the data that is 

collected internally and is available 

externally; (10) aligns data/data 

governance in accordance with the 

Enterprise Architecture framework; (11) 

liaisons with Data Stewards, Privacy, 

and other stakeholders to define/enforce 

data privacy and security rules; (12) 

manages enterprise data models, 

metadata catalogs, glossaries, 

dictionaries and lineage, in alignment 

with the International Organization for 

Standardization (ISO) best practices; 

(13) provides program and project 

management and related support for 

IHS-developed and -acquired 

information resources and technology 

products and services; (14) provides 

contract management support for IT 

initiatives; (15) participates in crosscutting issues and processes that 

involve IT and Health IT; and (16) 

represents the IHS to Federal, Tribal, 

State, and other organizations. 

Division of Customer Experience (DCX) 

(GAGJ) 

(1) Advises the CIO and Deputy CIO 

on all aspects of IHS IT and Health IT 

customer experience, OIT public affairs 

and communications needs, IT asset 

management, knowledge management, 

and service desk activities; (2) oversees 

development, implementation, and 

maintenance of DCX policies and 

procedures; (3) directs the development 

and implementation of Agency 

initiatives that improve customer 

relations, experiences, and 

communication with OIT, Federal 

partners, Tribes, and Urban Indian 

organizations; (4) leads performance 

improvement initiatives that follow 

human-centered design principles to 

improve customer relations, customer 

experience, and internal user 

experience; (5) oversees planning, 

coordination, and execution of all OIT 

internal and external communications 

and public affairs; (6) manages OIT selfdetermination activities including 

development, maintenance, and 

publication of the OIT Service Catalog, 

OIT Programs, Functions, Services, and 

Activities, and Tribal Leader/Urban 

Indian Organization Leader 

correspondence; (7) represents OIT at 

Tribal Delegation Meetings, Tribal 

conferences, and other forums internal 

and external to IHS to present OIT’s 

program, services, functions, and 

activities (PSFAs) and Tribal shares and 

develops remediation plans for 

resolution of Tribal issues for OIT senior 

leadership; (8) oversees lifecycle 

management of enterprise information 

resources and technology products 

including application software, 

hardware and peripherals; (9) 

coordinates with DHITMO for emerging 

EHR support needs and revisions to 

workflows; (10) oversees IHS-wide 

Service Desk operations; (11) centralizes 

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across OIT; (12) directs specialized 

projects to solve IT and Health IT 

procurement problems for customers; 

(13) manages end user and IT employee 

training and education; (14) provides 

contract management support for IT 

initiatives; (15) manages the DCX 

budget, human resources, performance 

management, and strategic planning; 

(16) participates in cross-cutting issues 

and processes that involve IT and 

Health IT; and (17) represents the IHS 

to Federal, Tribal, State, and other 

organizations. 

Information Technology Customer 

Experience Branch (GAGJ1) 

(1) Advises the DCX Director on 

improvements to IT and Health IT 

products, solutions, and services to 

improve the customer experience; (2) 

develops, recommends, maintains, and 

implements OIT customer experience 

policies and procedures; (3) collects and 

analyzes quantitative and qualitative 

data to capture Voice of the Customer 

and creates process flows from the IT 

and Health IT customer’s perspective 

(e.g., journey maps and personas); (4) 

collects business requirements and 

sustains IT and Health IT service 

contracts between IHS and Area offices; 

(5) develops and integrates continuous 

improvement approaches and 

methodologies to enhance the IT and 

Health IT customer experience; (6) 

identifies opportunities to streamline 

processes and eliminate bottlenecks 

impacting the IT and Health IT 

customer experience and internal user 

experience; (7) prioritizes high-value 

and high-impact IT and Health IT 

customer experience initiatives; (8) 

defines goals and metrics to identify 

trends and better understand the IT 

customer experience; (9) manages 

technology and process changes, 

including cost, schedule, quality, risk, 

stakeholder management, and 

organization change; (10) manages 

complex customer cases and resolves 

requests the Service Desk cannot 

address; (11) participates in resolution 

of cross-cutting issues and processes 

that involve IT and Health IT customer 

experiences; and (12) represents the 

DCX to Federal, Tribal, State, and other 

organizations. 

Information Technology 

Communications Branch (GAGJ2) 

(1) Advises the DCX Director on OIT 

internal and external communications 

and public affairs activities; (2) 

develops, recommends, maintains, and 

implements OIT communications 

policies and procedures; (3) directly 

supports all OIT public affairs and 

communications needs in coordination 

with IHS Public Affairs and Executive 

Secretariat; (4) directly supports all OIT 

Tribal Consultation/Urban Confer 

communications and congressional 

engagement communication needs; (5) 

communicates IT and Health IT 

initiatives and associated changes, 

including the management of customer 

engagement and communication 

strategies; (6) ensures broad 

dissemination of IT and Health IT 

Service changes and information 

campaigns; (7) manages 

communications and messaging for 

cross-cutting issues and processes that 

involve IT and Health IT; (8) identifies 

IHS IT/Health IT training needs; (9) in 

coordination with other OIT 

organizations, plans and executes end 

user and IT employee training and 

education for both compliance and 

uptake of new IT capabilities; and (10) 

represents the DCX to Federal, Tribal, 

State, and other organizations. 

Information Technology Asset 

Management Branch (GAGJ3) 

(1) Advises the DCX Director on IT 

asset management including software, 

hardware, and peripheral assets; (2) 

develops, recommends, maintains, and 

implements OIT IT asset management 

policies and procedures; (3) provides 

efficient, transparent, and timely 

support to leverage, and manage 

enterprise software and hardware 

solutions; (4) tracks and projects 

enterprise requirements for software, 

mobile devices, hardware, and 

peripheral needs according to the 

lifecycle plan of each product; (5) 

identifies customer requirements for 

end-user hardware, peripherals, and 

software; (6) manages the acquisition 

and administration of enterprise-wide 

computer programs and applications, 

including software licenses, operating 

systems, hardware, peripheral 

equipment, and mobile devices; (7) 

administers, installs, and maintains 

enterprise-wide desktop application 

software; (8) administers, installs, and 

maintains enterprise-wide computer 

hardware, peripheral equipment, 

operating systems, and mobile devices, 

including enterprise-level preparation of 

end-user equipment; (9) maintains and 

publishes the OIT Service Catalog; (10) 

maintains and serves as the OIT 

repository for IT service level 

agreements; (11) maintains and serves as 

an OIT repository for Authority to 

Operate (ATO) certificates for solutions 

and services in the OIT Service Catalog; 

(12) manages accountability for IT 

property throughout the IHS; and (13) 

represents the DCX to Federal, Tribal, 

State, and other organizations. 

Information Technology Knowledge 

Management Branch (GAGJ4) 

(1) Advises the DCX Director and 

Deputy CIO on knowledge management 

activities; (2) develops, recommends, 

maintains, and implements OIT 

knowledge management policies and 

procedures; (3) ensures OIT adherence 

to information handling policies and 

supports user information and file 

organization, sharing, and storage; (4) 

analyzes and improves the efficiency 

and transparency of OIT enterprise 

services and knowledge management 

framework and services; (5) collaborates 

with all OIT organizations to promote 

the use of the organization’s knowledge 

assets; (6) develops and maintains enduser backup systems, including 

SharePoint development, data tagging, 

archiving, and automatic cloud backup 

of end-user data; (7) develops software 

documentation for end users; (8) creates 

self-service articles for multiple 

applications; (9) manages and 

coordinates IT professional 

development training for OIT staff; (10) 

conducts reviews, develops reports, and 

alerts organizational users on training 

updates; and (11) represents the DCX to 

Federal, Tribal, State, and other 

organizations. 

Service Desk Operations Branch 

(GAGJ5) 

(1) Advises the DCX Director on 

Service Desk activities; (2) develops, 

recommends, maintains, and 

implements OIT service desk operations 

policies and procedures; (3) manages 

national and Headquarters service desk 

requests and tickets; (4) delivers IHS 

service desk support 24 hours a day, 

seven days a week; (5) provides a single 

point of contact (SPOC) for end-user 

computer systems and associated 

hardware and operating systems service 

requests and their resolution; (6) 

provides a SPOC for end-user EHR, 

desktop, and office automation software 

service requests and their resolution; (7) 

builds and maintains an IT 

Infrastructure Library (ITIL) used as a 

knowledge base and self-service portal 

for customers; (8) proactively detects 

and solves complex reoccurring 

incidents and improves processes 

through development of action plans to 

address future incidents; (9) provides 

service desk metrics on the team’s 

effectiveness, including a variety of key 

performance indicators such as calls per 

service desk technician, first call 

resolution, turnaround time, and client 

satisfaction; (10) provides end user 

telecommunications support; (11) 

furnishes IHS-wide video conferencing 

solutions and services; (12) collaborates 


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with other DCX branches to identify and 

implement business process 

improvement processes; and (13) 

represents the DCX to Federal, Tribal, 

State, and other organizations. 

Office of Management Services (OMS) 

(GAL) 

(1) Advises the IHS Director on all 

aspects of the management of grants, 

acquisitions, personal property and fleet 

management, Indian Health Manual 

(IHM) directives, and the regulations 

program, inclusive of Freedom of 

Information Act (FOIA) requests, and 

provides Agency-wide guidance and 

support for these programs; (2) 

formulates, administers, and 

coordinates the review and analysis of 

IHS-wide policies in the IHM, including 

delegations of authority, and provides 

guidance on development; (3) develops 

and oversees the implementation of 

policies, procedures and delegations of 

authority for the IHS, including IHS 

grants management activities, and grants 

added to self-governance compacts; (4) 

ensures that IHS policies and practices 

for the administrative functions 

identified above are consistent with 

applicable regulations, directives and 

guidance from higher echelons in the 

HHS and other Federal oversight 

agencies; (5) advises the IHS Director on 

regulatory issues related to the IHS; (6) 

provides overall coordination and 

leadership for policies, services, 

including the continuity of operations 

plans, deployment, and public health 

infrastructure for the IHS Headquarters 

(HQ) emergency preparedness plans 

consistent with those of the Department 

of Homeland Security and the HHS, 

addressing the IHS mission critical 

elements of emergency plans; (7) 

provides leadership and direction of 

activities for continuous improvement 

of management accountability and 

administrative systems for effective and 

efficient program support services IHSwide; (8) ensures the accountability and 

integrity of grants and acquisition 

management, personal property 

utilization and disposition of IHS 

resources; (9) oversees and administers 

the Agency FOIA activities; (10) 

participates in cross-cutting issues and 

processes, including but not limited to, 

quality assurance, internal controls, 

recruitment, budget formulation, and 

resolution of audit findings as may be 

needed and appropriate; (11) 

coordinates with HQ Offices on the 

development of emergency 

preparedness plans, policies, and 

services, including the continuity of 

operations plans, deployment, and 

public health infrastructure, as 

appropriate; (12) provides support with 

approvals and adherence to policies for 

HQ regarding Agency conference and 

meeting approvals; (13) assures that the 

IHS OMS services, policies, procedures, 

and practices support IHS Indian SelfDetermination Act policies; and (14) 

oversees and coordinates the annual 

development and submission of the 

Agency’s Federal Activities Inventory 

Reform Act report to the HHS. 

Division of Asset Management (DAM) 

(GALA) 

(1) Plans, develops, and administers 

the IHS personal property and supply 

management program in conformance 

with Federal personal property 

management laws, regulations, policies, 

procedures, practices, and standards; (2) 

interprets regulations and provides 

advice on execution and coordination of 

personal property and supply 

management policies and programs; (3) 

administers management systems and 

methods for planning, utilizing, and 

reporting on personal property and 

supply programs, including the precious 

metals recovery program and IHS 

personal property and supply 

accountability and control systems; (4) 

provides guidance and serves as 

principal administrative authority for 

IHS on Federal personal property and 

supply management laws, regulations, 

policies, procedures, practices, and 

standards; (5) conducts surveys and 

studies involving evaluation and 

analysis of the personal property and 

supply management activities IHS-wide; 

(6) maintains liaison with the HHS and 

the General Services Administration 

(GSA) on personal property and supply 

management issues and programs 

affecting the IHS; (7) plans, develops 

and administers the IHS Fleet 

Management Program; (8) prepares 

reports on IHS personal property and 

supply management activities; and (9) 

administers the local HQ personal 

property management program to 

include receiving, tagging, storage and 

disposal in addition to conducting the 

annual inventory for all HQ locations. 

Division of Administrative and 

Emergency Services (DAES) GALB 

(1) Administers physical security, 

facility management, space management 

services, parking management, the IHS 

mail and commercial printing programs, 

and Homeland Security Presidential 

Directive 12 (HSPD–12) badge issuance 

for HQ; (2) serves as point of contact 

with the HHS, Administration for 

Strategic Preparedness and Response 

(ASPR)/Secretary’s Operation Center, 

and the GSA on logistics and issues 

affecting the IHS; (3) plans, develops 

and administers the Mail and 

Commercial Printing Programs; (4) 

provides leadership, development, and 

execution of special HQ office support 

projects for office relocations, and interand intra-Agency activities; (5) 

coordinates with OIT to provide 

telecommunication services to HQ; (6) 

administers Physical Security, Facility 

Management, Space Management 

Services, Telecommunication Services, 

and Parking Management within HQ; (7) 

provides overall coordination and 

leadership for the IHS HQ emergency 

preparedness plans consistent with 

those of the Department of Homeland 

Security and HHS, addressing the IHS 

mission critical elements of emergency 

plans; (8) provides leadership for the 

development of emergency 

preparedness plans, policies, and 

services, including the continuity of 

operations plans, deployment, and 

public health infrastructure; (9) 

coordinates IHS HQ with the IHS Area 

Offices activities and available resources 

of other government and nongovernment programs for essential 

services related to homeland security 

and emergency preparedness; (10) 

coordinates periodic national 

emergency preparedness exercises with 

the HHS and Area Offices; (11) 

maintains and administers the HQ 

emergency preparedness equipment 

including the office-site and alternative 

locations; (12) advocates for the 

emergency preparedness needs and 

concerns of American Indian and 

Alaska Native (AI/AN) and promotes 

these program activities at the local, 

state, national, and international levels; 

and (13) serves as an information 

gathering and dissemination point for 

local and national emergency 

preparedness information including 

situational awareness. 

Division of Acquisition Policy (DAP) 

(GALC) 

(1) Manages all aspects of the 

Agency’s acquisition program in 

accordance with Federal acquisition 

regulations, policies, and initiatives; (2) 

manages all aspects of the Agency’s 

acquisition program consistent with 

Federal acquisition regulations, policies, 

initiatives, and guidance from higher 

echelons in HHS and Federal oversight 

agencies; (3) advises the OMS Director, 

Deputy Director for Management 

Operations, and other senior staff of 

proposed legislation, regulations, and 

directives that affect contracting in the 

IHS; (4) provides leadership for 

compliance reviews of all IHS 

acquisition operations and oversees 

completion of necessary corrective 

actions; (5) collaborates on Agency 

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acquisitions or contracts; (6) manages 

the Agency’s acquisition workforce 

training and certification programs; (7) 

manages the IHS Contract Information 

System and controls entry of data into 

HHS Contract Information System; (8) 

serves as the IHS contact point for 

contract protests and HHS contact for 

contract-related issues; (9) oversees and 

implements the agency’s contract 

planning, solicitation, review, 

negotiation, award, post-award 

administration, and contract closeout 

activities; (10) processes unsolicited 

proposals for the IHS; (11) coordinates 

the IHS Small Business programs; (12) 

oversees compliance with the Buy 

Indian Act; (13) manages the Agency’s 

Government Purchase Card (GPC) 

program; and (14) manages and oversees 

compliance and oversight of all 

acquisition operations activities within 

the Agency. 

Division of Grants Management (DGM) 

(GALD) 

(1) Directs grants management and 

operations for the IHS; (2) authorizes, 

awards and administers discretionary 

grants and cooperative agreements for 

IHS financial assistance programs; (3) 

provides guidance for the resolution of 

audit findings for grant programs; (4) 

manages the IHS grants training and 

certification program; (5) continuously 

assesses grants operations; (6) oversees 

implementation of corrective action 

plans for recipients receiving IHS 

discretionary grant support; (7) reviews 

and makes recommendations for 

improvements in current grantee and 

potential grantee management systems; 

(8) serves as the IHS liaison to HHS 

Office of Grants and the public for 

discretionary grants and cooperative 

agreements authorized by the IHS; (9) 

maintains the SAM.gov Assistance 

Listings (formerly the Catalog of Federal 

Domestic Assistance) for IHS financial 

assistance programs; (10) provides 

guidance technical assistance, grantsrelated training and assistance for IHS 

staff, grantees, and applicants; (11) 

liaison to the HHS Quality Service 

Management Office (QSMO) for Grants; 

(12) controls data entry into the grant 

award system; (13) maintains the 

official, electronic grant files for funded 

grants and controls data entry into the 

grant award system; (14) maintains the 

official, electronic grant files for funded 

grants; (15) coordinates payment to 

scholarship recipients in coordination 

with the Division of Health Professions 

Support Office of Human Resources; 

(16) manages the clearance and approval 

process for all IHS grant funding notices 

in Grants.gov; and (17) reviews and 

coordinates inter- and intra-agency 

agreements as well as Memoranda of 

Understanding in collaboration with HQ 

Offices. 

Division of Regulatory and Policy 

Coordination (DRPC) (GALE) 

(1) Manages the IHS’s overall 

regulations program and 

responsibilities, including determining 

the need for and developing plans for 

changes in regulations, developing or 

assuring the development of needed 

regulations, and maintaining the various 

regulatory planning processes; (2) serves 

as IHS liaison with the Office of the 

Federal Register (FR) on matters relating 

to the submission and clearance of 

documents for publication in the FR; (3) 

assures proper Agency clearance and 

processing of FR documents; (4) informs 

management and program officials of 

regulatory activities of other Federal 

agencies; (5) advises the OMS Director 

on such matters as regulations, related 

policy issues, and administrative 

support issues; (6) manages the retrieval 

and transmittal of information in 

response to requests received under the 

FOIA, in collaboration with the Public 

Affairs Staff; (7) coordinates with Office 

of General Counsel (OGC) to determine 

disclosure or deny release of IHS 

records under FOIA; (8) coordinates 

requests for information with the Area 

FOIA coordinators; (9) identifies and 

informs the IHS Privacy Officer of FOIA 

related difficulties across the IHS; (10) 

ensures the security of sensitive and/or 

confidential information when 

responding to FOIA issues; (11) 

researches and applies legal 

determinations to respond requests and 

releasable material; (12) maintains and 

updates various regulatory agendas; (13) 

formulates, administers, and supports 

IHS-wide policies, delegations of 

authority, and organizations and 

functions development; (14) provides 

leadership, on behalf of the IHS 

Director, to functional area managers at 

IHS HQ in developing, modifying, and 

overseeing the implementation of IHS 

policies and procedures; (15) provides 

analysis, advisory, and assistance 

services to IHS managers and staff for 

the development, clearance, and filing 

of IHS directives and delegations of 

authority; (16) serves as principal 

advisor and source for technical 

assistance for establishment or 

modification of organizational 

infrastructures, functions, and Standard 

Administrative Code configurations; 

(17) advises the IHS Director and serves 

as liaison with OGC on such matters as 

litigation, regulation, related policy 

issues, and administrative support 

issues; and (18) ensures the security of 

sensitive and/or confidential 

information when responding to FOIA 

and other regulatory issues. 

Section GA–40, Indian Health Service— 

Delegations of Authority 

All delegations of authority and redelegations of authority made to IHS 

officials that were in effect immediately 

prior to this reorganization, and that are 

consistent with this reorganization, 

shall continue in effect pending further 

re-delegation. 

Xavier Becerra, 

Secretary of Health and Human Services. 

[FR Doc. 2025–00535 Filed 1–17–25; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4166–14–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

National Institute of Neurological 

Disorders and Stroke; Notice of Closed 

Meetings 

Pursuant to section 1009 of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended, notice is hereby given of the 

following meetings. 

The meetings will be closed to the 

public in accordance with the 

provisions set forth in sections 

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

as amended. The contract proposals and 

grant applications the discussions could 

disclose confidential trade secrets or 

commercial property such as patentable 

material, and personal information 

concerning individuals associated with 

the contract proposals, the disclosure of 

which would constitute a clearly 

unwarranted invasion of personal 

privacy. 

Name of Committee: National Institute of 

Neurological Disorders and Stroke Special 

Emphasis Panel; Phase 1 Clinical Trial 

Contract Review. 

Date: February 10, 2025. 

Time: 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate contract 

proposals. 

Address: National Institutes of Health, 

Neuroscience Center, 6001 Executive 

Boulevard, Rockville, MD 20852. 

Meeting Format: Virtual Meeting. 

Contact Person: Joel A Saydoff, Ph.D., 

Scientific Review Officer, Scientific Review 

Branch, Division of Extramural Activities, 

NINDS/NIH/DHHS, NSC, 6001 Executive 

Boulevard, Rockville, MD 20852, 301–496– 

9223 joel.saydoff@nih.gov. 

Name of Committee: National Institute of 

Neurological Disorders and Stroke Initial 

Review Group Neurological Sciences and 

Disorders A Study Section NSD–A Review 

Meeting. 

Date: February 13–14, 2025. 

Time: 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. 


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