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the Budget Oversight and Analysis 

Activity and the Budget Execution 

Services Activity; (5) provides 

leadership, consultation, guidance, and 

advice on financial policy and internal 

quality assurance matters for CDC; (6) 

develops, analyzes, and evaluates 

financial management policies, 

guidelines, and services which have 

CDC-wide impact; (7) works with 

personnel from all disciplines within 

CDC to identify the areas in which 

financial policy needs to be 

strengthened; (8) reviews, assesses, and 

recommends financial policy that is 

consistent with internal controls and the 

hierarchy of federal and DHHS policies 

and procedures; (9) ensures that 

resources are safeguarded against fraud, 

waste, and abuse, managed 

economically and efficiently, and that 

desired results are achieved; (10) 

reviews and independently assesses the 

soundness, adequacy, and application of 

budgetary and accounting controls; (11) 

reviews the reliability and integrity of 

financial and budget information, and 

the means used to identify, measure, 

classify, and report such information; 

(12) reviews the adequacy and 

effectiveness of systems and procedures 

having an impact on expenditures of 

funds and use of resources; and (13) 

assesses the reliability and accuracy of 

accounting and budgetary data and 

reports. 

Budget Oversight and Analysis 

Activity (CAJEC2). (1) Supports the 

formulation and budget analysis 

oversight of CDC’s annual budget, and 

provides agency-level and departmental 

budget execution functions and 

reporting; (2) oversees budget execution 

services provided to terrorism and 

stockpile, global health, workforce 

career development, and OD/OCOO 

functions; (3) develops standard 

operating procedures for budget 

processes, collaborates with the Chief 

Learning Officer and Corporate 

University to develop appropriate 

training for Budget Execution staff in 

the areas of budget analysis, accounting, 

program analysis, and business systems 

tools to develop proficiency in daily 

operations, and provides technical 

assistance in the interpretation of rules 

and regulations. 

Budget Execution Services Activity 

(CAJEC3). (1) Provides budget execution 

services to CC/COs and NCs; (2) 

coordinates budget services through 

formalized and integrated 

communication with CC/COs and NC 

programs throughout its service offering 

to ensure effective and efficiently 

delivery of services to its customers; and 

(3) supports the formulation of NC 

annual budgets, develops spending 

plans, and manages budget execution 

activities ensuring funds are expended 

in accordance with Congressional 

intent. 

Financial Services Branch (HCAJEE). 

(1) Develops and implements policies 

and procedures for all accounts payable, 

disbursement, and travel functions at 

CDC; (2) coordinates activities of the 

Financial Services Branch with FMO’s 

Director, Accounting Branch, Budget 

Execution Branch, Budget Formulation 

and Public Health Policy Branch, and 

Financial Systems Branch; (3) 

coordinates the development of new 

financial systems to automate accounts 

payable and disbursement operations, 

and maintains and serves as the CDC 

focal point on all existing automated 

payment and disbursement systems; (4) 

reviews obligation documents and 

payment requests from a variety of 

private sector and government sources 

to determine the validity and legality of 

the requests, and provides electronic 

authorization to the Department of the 

Treasury to issue checks or electronic 

funds transfers for valid payment 

requests; (5) compiles and submits a 

variety of cash management and travel 

reports required by the Department of 

the Treasury and various other outside 

agencies; (6) acts as liaison with the NCs 

and outside customers to provide 

financial information, resolve problems, 

and provide training and information on 

payment, travel, and disbursement 

issues; (7) serves as the CDE subject 

matter expert on all financial matters 

dealing with international travel, 

assignments, and payments; and (8) 

analyzes internal reports to provide 

management information on topics such 

as interest expenses, workload, and 

various other performance indicators. 

After the functional statement for 

Payment and Travel Services Section 

(CAJEES3), insert the following: 

Budget Formulation and Public 

Health Policy Branch (CAJEG). (1) 

Provides leadership, consultation, 

guidance, and advice on matters of 

budget formulation, public health policy 

development, budget and performance 

integration, and Congressional 

appropriations for CDC and the Agency 

for Toxic Substances and Disease 

Registry; (2) develops the CDC budget in 

accordance with DHHS, OMB, and 

Congressional requirements, policies, 

procedures, and regulations; (3) 

maintains liaison with the Office of the 

Secretary, OMB, GAO, other 

government organizations, and Congress 

on financial management matters; (4) 

develops materials for, and participates 

in, budget reviews and hearings before 

DHHS, OMB, and Congress; (5) provides 

leadership, consultation, guidance, and 

advice in implementing performance 

systems, including the Performance 

Assessment and Rating Tool 

assessments, Key Performance 

Indicators, and CDC’s Government 

Performance Results Act program; and 

(6) collaborates with other parts of CDC 

in the development and implementation 

of long-range program and financing 

plans. 

Dated: September 2, 2005. 

William H. Gimson, 

Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC). 

[FR Doc. 05–20059 Filed 10–5–05; 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 55859–55860, 

dated September 23, 2005) is amended 

to reflect the establishment of the 

Coordinating Office for Global Health at 

the Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention. 

Section C–B, Organization and 

Functions, is hereby amended as 

follows: 

Delete in its entirety the title and 

functional statement for the Office of 

Global Health (CAB). 

After the mission statement for the 

Coordinating Center for Infectious 

Diseases (CV), insert the following: 

Coordinating Office for Global Health 

(CW). The mission of the Coordinating 

Office of Global Health (COGH) is to 

provide leadership and work with 

partners around the globe to: (1) 

Increase life expectancy and years of 

quality life, especially among those at 

highest risk for premature death, 

particularly vulnerable children and 

women, and (2) increase the global 

preparedness to prevent and control 

naturally-occurring and man-made 

threats to health. To carry out its 

mission, COGH (1) fosters 

collaborations, partnerships, integration, 

and resource leveraging to increase the 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention’s (CDC) health impact and 

achieve global health goals; (2) assesses 

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evolving global health issues; (3) 

provides strategic direction to support 

CDC’s global health activities; (4) 

identifies and develops activities where 

CDC’s technical expertise maximizes 

public health impact; (5) stimulates 

research and program development by 

disseminating information acquired 

through ongoing global health 

initiatives; (6) strengthens global 

capacity in areas such as public health 

workforce and systems development; 

and (7) coordinates cross-cutting CDC 

global health activities. 

Office of the Director (CWA). (1) 

Manages, directs, and coordinates the 

activities of the office; (2) provides 

global business management and 

strategic planning support to achieve its 

objectives with measurable results; (3) 

provides leadership in the formulation 

and implementation of CDC’s global 

health strategy, and facilitates the 

development of strategic partnerships in 

support of the goals; (4) coordinates 

CDC’s legislative agenda and activities 

related to global public health; (5) 

provides leadership in policy formation, 

program operations, strategic direction, 

and fiscal oversight; (6) administers 

CDC’s global disease detection program 

through coordination with relevant 

implementing programs; (7) coordinates 

CDC’s global science and public health 

practice activities; (8) formulates and 

implements CDC’s strategy for global 

workforce and career development; and 

(9) coordinates global health 

communication issues across CDC. 

Office of Capacity Development and 

Program Coordination (CWB). The 

Office of Capacity Development and 

Program Coordination provides agencywide leadership and coordination to 

strengthen, assist, and facilitate the 

implementation of global programs 

through the Division of Epidemiology 

and Surveillance Capacity Development 

and the Sustainable Management 

Development Program. 

Office of the Director (CWB1). (1) 

Provides leadership and overall 

direction for the office; (2) provides 

leadership and guidance on global 

health program coordination, policy, 

program planning, program 

management, operations, and 

monitoring; (3) provides liaison with 

other CDC coordinating centers/ 

coordinating offices, national centers, 

other federal agencies, national 

ministries of health, and international 

organizations; and (4) strengthens global 

public health capacity in the areas of 

informatics, laboratory, science, 

program management, epidemiology, 

and surveillance. 

Sustainable Management 

Development Program (CWB12). (1) 

Strengthens public health management 

training capacity by developing a global 

network of professional management 

trainers skilled in evidence-based 

decision-making; (2) conducts needs 

assessment/planning for the 

development of regional/national 

training programs; (3) provides 

leadership in faculty development in 

Atlanta; (4) provides or facilities incountry technical assistance for 

regional/national training programs; (5) 

provides or facilities support for 

evaluation and sustainability of 

management training programs; and (6) 

collaborates within CDC, and with other 

national or international-based 

organizations in support of the 

Sustainable Management Development 

Program’s mission. 

Division of Epidemiology and 

Surveillance Capacity Development 

(CWBB). (1) Contributes to improving 

the health of the people of the United 

States (U.S.) and other nations by 

partnering with other national agencies 

and international organizations to build 

strong, transparent, and sustained 

public health systems; assesses, 

develops, promotes, and strengthens 

public health systems through training, 

consultation, capacity building, and 

other assistance in applied 

epidemiology, public health 

surveillance, evaluation, instructional 

design, and other disciplines needed for 

health policy formulation, allocation of 

health resources, direction, and 

evaluation of public health program 

operations and effectiveness; (2) 

provides input into Office of Capacity 

Development and Program Coordination 

and COGH policy on health system 

strengthening and sustainability; and (3) 

collaborates with other CDC 

organizations, US government agencies, 

international agencies, foreign 

governments, and non-profit 

organizations in support of COGH’s 

goals and activities. 

Office of the Director (CWBB1). (1) 

Provides leadership and overall 

direction for the division; (2) provides 

leadership and guidance on policy, 

program planning, program 

management, and operations; (3) plans, 

allocates, and monitors resources; (4) 

provides leadership and management 

oversight in assisting national ministries 

of health, international agencies, and 

non-profit organizations in the delivery 

of epidemiologic services and the 

development of international 

epidemiologic networks; and (5) 

provides liaison with other CDC 

organizations, other federal agencies, 

national ministries of health, and 

international organizations. 

Capacity Development Branch 

(CWBBC). (1) With partners, designs and 

conducts evidence-based instruction in 

public health disciplines needed to 

strengthen their public health systems, 

including instructional design, 

epidemiology, surveillance, 

communications, and economic 

evaluation; (2) provides consultation to 

ministries of health in development of 

surveillance systems (e.g. Integrated 

Disease Surveillance, injury, chronic 

diseases, infectious diseases, etc.); (3) 

creates and maintains computer-based 

and distance-based learning methods, 

and develops the capacity of partners to 

create, evaluate, and share their own; (4) 

develops and evaluates competencybased training materials; (5) maintains 

divisional training material library and 

website; and (6) collaborates within 

CDC and with other national or 

international-based organizations in 

development of competency-based 

training materials, evaluation of 

training, and design of surveillance 

systems needed to accomplish the 

mission. 

Program Development Branch 

(CWBBC). (1) Assists partners to assess 

their needs for health systems 

strengthening; (2) plans, directs, 

supports, and coordinates field 

epidemiology and laboratory training 

programs, Data for Decision Making 

Projects, and other partnerships with 

ministries of health; (3) provides 

leadership and management oversight in 

assisting ministries of health in training 

of epidemiologists and other health 

professionals through the development 

of competency-based, residency-style, 

applied training programs; (4) provides 

leadership and expertise in assisting 

national ministries of health to utilize 

trained public health workers for 

developing health policy, and 

implementing and evaluating health 

programs; (5) assigns and manages 

expert consultants as long-term, incountry advisors to ministry of healthy 

programs; and (6) collaborates within 

CDC and with other national and 

international organizations in support of 

partner programs. 

Office of Global Program Support 

Services (CWC). The Office of Global 

Program Support Services provides 

agency-wide leadership and support for 

assignments, systems, and operations in 

the implementing of the global health 

initiatives. The office’s function will 

provide the foundation for the 

development and application of 

consistent and equitable assignments, 

systems, and operational policies. 

Office of the Director (CWC1). (1) 

Advises the COGH Director on 

important issues related to assignments, 

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systems, and operations for 

international activities impacting 

programmatic implementation; (2) 

serves as the focal point for CDC 

international assignees and travelers; (3) 

coordinates the operational support 

services for CDC programs; (4) 

coordinates and documents 

international management policy 

agency-wide with the Department of 

Health and Human Services and with 

the Department of State, ascertaining the 

need for, and proposing, administrative 

improvements and legislative 

requirements to improve operations and 

avoid management problems; (5) 

coordinates development of policies for 

overseas management, locally employed 

staff, and overseas travel; (6) provides 

government-wide leadership for the 

working group for the interagency 

system for management of shared 

administrative support services (ICASS), 

overseas building operations and 

rightsizing liaison, capital security cost 

sharing reconciliation, and property 

management (inventory, governmentowned vehicles, property management, 

furniture, furnishing, appliances, 

equipment); (6) in carrying out the 

above responsibilities, coordinates 

activities with coordinating centers/ 

offices/implementing programs, the 

Office of Global Health Affairs, other 

governmental and non-governmental 

organizations, and other partners, as 

appropriate; (7) administers exchange 

visitor program, short-term visitors, and 

immigration activities for CDE; (8) 

coordinates processes for all overseas 

staff assignments including family 

support; and (9) provides agency-wide 

passport, visa, and clearance services. 

Dated: September 2, 2005. 

William H. Gimson, 

Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC). 

[FR Doc. 05–20058 Filed 10–5–05; 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 55859–55860, 

dated September 23, 2005) is amended 

to reflect the establishment of the 

national Center for Public Health 

Informatics within the Coordinating 

Center for Health Information Service, 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention. 

Delete in its entirety the titles and 

functional statements for the 

Information Resources Management 

Office (CAJ5). 

After the mission statement for the 

National Center for Health Statistics 

(CPC), insert the following: 

National Center for Public Health 

Informatics (CPE). The National Center 

for Public Health Informatics (NCPHI) 

protects and improves the public’s 

health through discovery, innovation, 

and service in health information 

technology and informatics. Informatics 

can be defined as the collection, 

classification, storage, retrieval, and 

dissemination of recorded knowledge. 

Public health informatics can be defined 

as the systematic application of 

information and computer science and 

technology to public health practice, 

research and learning. NCPHI assumes a 

leadership role for CDC in public health 

informatics and health information 

technology; ensures progress on CDC 

information resources, informatics, and 

health information systems and 

standards; facilitate cross-national 

center collaboration on informatics and 

health information projects; and 

advances and supports health 

information and informatics initiatives, 

systems, and activities across public 

health. 

Office of the Director (CPE1). (1) 

Plans, directs, coordinates, implements, 

and manages activities of the National 

Center for Public Health Informatics; (2) 

develops and recommends policies and 

procedures relating to informatics 

resources management and support 

services as appropriate; (3) develops 

vision and strategies for informatics and 

its application within public health both 

nationally and internationally; (4) 

assesses CDC-wide needs for informatics 

support; (5) collects external input on 

informatics and applies the knowledge 

gained to agency decision-making; (6) 

establishes CDC-wide informatics 

priorities, including opportunities for 

redirecting resources to areas of greater 

impact; (7) provides for the informatics 

response for cross-cutting urgent and 

emergent needs; (8) establishes 

measures of success/effectiveness of 

CDC informatics activities and provides 

guidance to CDC programs on applying 

these measures; (9) evaluates 

informactics services based on internal 

and external input; (10) establishes and 

maintains internal CDC processes for 

decision making regarding standards, 

guidelines, policies that have 

applicability throughout CDC; (11) 

establishes and ensures the consistent 

application of the CDC enterprise 

architecture to align systems and 

platforms with CDC business objectives 

and goals and optimize the use of 

information resources; (12) establishes 

and ensures the consistent application 

of the CDC unified process to define a 

clear approach to deliver successful 

projects that comply with federal 

regulations and policies and CDC and 

Public Health Information Network 

standards; (13) establishes and ensures 

the adoption of CDC-wide standards and 

specifications that facilitate 

interoperability across sectors and 

provides consistency of functionality; 

(14) establishes relationships for public 

health infromatics across CDC and with 

state and local public health 

organizations and other partners on 

informatics methods, processes, and 

policies; (15) optimizes the portfolio of 

CDC’s informatics projects and systems, 

identifying and facilitating 

opportunities for cross-coordinating 

center/coordinating office/national 

center collaboration in order to leverage 

investments and promote efficiency and 

integration; (16) promotes the 

integration of informatics systems (e.g. 

surveillance) and approaches across 

CDC; (17) collaborates and coordinates 

with all CDC organizations on 

informatics and health information 

technology issues and works closely 

with the Chief Information Officer on 

the interrelationships between 

informatics and information technology 

services, security, and information 

technology capital planning. 

Enterprise Architecture Activity 

(CPE12). (1) Establishes, leads and 

manages the CDC enterprise information 

technology program; (2) ensures that the 

enterprise architecture and its 

associated standards and specifications 

are applied properly throughout 

information resources activities; (3) 

develops, facilitates and maintains 

processes and procedures for evaluating 

and incorporating new technology and 

standards in CDC’s information resource 

environment; (4) develops and 

establishes CDC’s information resource 

current, transitional, and future state 

technology architectures; (5) leads and 

staffs across-agency Enterprise 

Architecture Board; (6) represents CDC 

on Department of Health and Human 

Services and other federal and health 

architecture initiatives; (7) provides 

subject matter expertise on the direction 

and application of technology; (8) 

establishes and manages communities of