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health priorities; (2) improves the 

understanding and use of law as a 

public health tool by CDC programs and 

extramural partners; (3) establishes 

robust partnerships among CDC 

programs, public health practitioners 

and key sectors, including elected 

officials, the legal community, and law 

enforcement and emergency response 

organizations; (4) establishes a 

functional area focused specifically on 

standards and improvement in practice 

among state and local public health 

systems; (5) advances the development 

and implementation of a national 

agency accreditation system; (6) relates 

relevant research and policy analysis to 

public health practice; (7) monitors and 

anticipates public health practice trends 

and issues; and (8) coordinates and 

addresses cross-cutting issues related to 

public health practice within CDC. 

Dated: August 10, 2005. 

William H. Gimson, 

Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC). 

[FR Doc. 05–17072 Filed 8–26–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4160–18–M 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

Statement of Organization, Functions, 

and Delegations of Authority 

Part C (Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention) of the statement of 

Organization, Functions, and 

Delegations of Authority of the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (45 FR 67772–76, dated 

October 14, 1980, and corrected at 45 FR 

69296, October 20, 1980, as amended 

most recently at 70 FR 46527–46530, 

dated August 10, 2005) is amended to 

reflect the establishment of the 

Coordinating Center for Infectious 

Diseases at the Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention. 

Section C–B, Organization and 

Functions, is hereby amended as 

follows: 

After the mission statement for the 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (C), insert the following: 

Coordinating Center for Infectious 

Diseases (CV). The mission of the 

Coordinating Center for Infectious 

Diseases (CCID) is to protect health and 

enhance the potential for full, satisfying 

and productive living across the 

lifespan of all people in all communities 

related to infectious diseases. 

To carry out its mission, CCID: (1) 

Fosters collaborations, partnerships, 

integration, and resource leveraging to 

increase CDC’s health impact and 

achieve population health goals; (2) 

helps investigate and diagnose 

infectious diseases of public health 

significance; (3) coordinates applied and 

operational research to define, prevent, 

and control infectious diseases; (4) 

assists in providing consultation and 

training to help state and local health 

departments plan, develop, implement 

and improve immunization programs; 

(5) coordinates research and operational 

programs to prevent and control 

vaccine-preventable diseases; (6) assists 

in providing technical assistance to 

states, localities, and other nations to 

investigate and diagnose sexually 

transmitted diseases (STDs), 

tuberculosis (TB), human 

immunodeficiency virus (HIV) 

infections, and retroviruses; and 

coordinates applied and operational 

research on the spread, diagnosis, 

prevention and control of HIV, other 

STDs, TB, and non-TB mycobacteria, 

and non-HIV retroviruses. 

Office of the Director (CVA). Manages, 

coordinates, and evaluates the activities 

of the CCID; (2) communicates 

overarching goals and objectives and 

provides leadership, scientific oversight 

and guidance in program planning and 

development; (3) coordinates assistance 

provided by CCID to other CDC 

components, other federal, state, and 

local agencies, the private sector and 

other nations; (4) provides and 

coordinates resource management 

support services for CCID, (e.g., for 

grants, cooperative agreements, and 

other assistance mechanisms); (5) 

coordinates workforce development 

activities within CCID and coordinates 

the recruitment, assignment, technical 

supervision, and career development of 

staff, with emphasis on goals for equal 

employment opportunity and diversity 

where appropriate; (6) assists in the 

development and implementation of a 

comprehensive communication program 

for CCID, assuring that the center’s 

health information is accurately and 

appropriately represented to a diversity 

of constituencies and ensuring 

integration with CDC-wide 

communications activities; (7) provides 

liaison with other governmental 

agencies, international organizations, 

and outside groups representing the 

infectious disease activities of CDC; and, 

(8) collaborates as appropriate with 

other coordinating centers, offices, and 

institutes of CDC, other public health 

service agencies, and other federal 

agencies. 

Dated: August 10, 2005. 

William H. Gimson, 

Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC). 

[FR Doc. 05–17074 Filed 8–26–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4160–18–M 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

Statement of Organization, Functions, 

and Delegations of Authority 

Part C (Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention) of the statement of 

Organization, Functions, and 

Delegations of Authority of the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (45 FR 67772–76, dated 

October 14, 1980, and corrected at 45 FR 

69296, October 20, 1980, as amended 

most recently at 70 FR 46527–46530, 

dated August 10, 2005) is amended to 

reflect the establishment of the 

Coordinating Center for Health 

Information and Service at the Centers 

for Disease Control and Prevention. 

Section C–B, Organization and 

Functions, is hereby amended as 

follows: 

After the mission statement for the 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (C), delete the title 

Coordinating Center for Health 

Information and Service (CP) and insert 

the following: 

Coordinating Center for Health 

Information and Service (CP). The 

mission of the Coordinating Center for 

Health Information and Service (CCHIS) 

is to assure that CDC provides highquality information and programs in the 

most effective ways to help people, 

families, and communities protect their 

health and safety. Through continuous 

consumer input, prevention research, 

and public health information 

technology, we identify and evaluate 

health needs and interests, translate 

science into actions to meet those needs, 

and engage the public in the excitement 

of discovery and the progress being 

made to improve the health of the 

nation. 

In carrying out its mission, the CCHIS 

(1) fosters collaborations, partnerships, 

integration, and resource leveraging to 

increase CDC’s health impact and 

achieve population health goals; (2) 

disseminates and evaluates CDC 

programs and products; (3) manages 

programs, messages to the public, and 

policies in innovative ways; (4) 

monitors, analyzes, and disseminates 

high quality, timely health information