[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 193 (Thursday, October 6, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58431-58432]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-20057]


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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 Office of Strategy and 
Innovation within the Office of the Director, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
    After the mission statement for the Office of Chief of Public 
Health Practice (CAR), insert the following:
    Office of Strategy and Innovation (CAM). The Office of Strategy and 
Innovation (OSI) serves as the focal point for accelerating the health 
impact of CDC's work and advancing health equity within and beyond 
CDC's programs. In carrying out its mission, OSI: (1) Leads CDC's 
efforts to develop, measure and advance agency-wide health impact 
goals: (2) incorporates efforts to improve health equity in all CDC 
activities; (3) fosters strategic excellence and innovation across the 
agency; (4) provides superior decision support to CDC's executive 
leadership; and (5) leads organizational development and the transition 
process.
    Office of the Director (CAM1). (1) Develops, monitors and advances 
agency-wide goals; (2) improves health equity; (3) assesses and 
leverages health needs, science, and available resources to accomplish 
agency-wide goals; (4) provides guidance, tools, and assistance to CDC 
programs in developing and refining strategies and indicators to 
measure program effectiveness and impact; (5) applies knowledge 
management tools and decision support systems in allocation of 
resources and improves agency decisionmaking; (6) communicates key 
messages to CDC employees and partners about CDC's direction, goals and 
priorities; (7) develops, monitors and advances agency-wide goals for 
improving health equity, fostering strategic excellence and innovation 
across CDC, and organizational development and the transition process; 
(8) works directly with the strategy and innovation officers within the 
coordinating centers to accomplish its activities and institutionalize 
organizational change, improvement and accountability; and (9) 
maintains ongoing communication with the strategy and innovation 
officers to actively participate in discussions of overall goals and 
strategies at the coordinating center level, and involves the strategy 
and innovation officers in the refinement of goals, measures, and 
identification and creation of new or enhanced high priority 
programmatic areas.
    Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities (CAMB). The Office 
of Minority Health and Health Disparities (OMHD) aims to accelerate 
CDC's health impact in the U.S. population and to eliminate health 
disparities for vulnerable populations as defined by race/ethnicity, 
socio-economic status, geography, gender, age, disability status, risk 
status related to sex and gender, and among other populations 
identified to be at-risk for health disparities. To carry out its 
mission, OMHD: (1) Promotes minority health and eliminates racial and 
ethnic health disparities; (2) promotes health and the prevention of 
disease in Indian Country (i.e., American Indian and Alaska Native 
communities, their sovereign governments and other institutions in the 
U.S.); (3) develops CDC-wide health disparities elimination strategies, 
policies, goals, and programs; (4) defines disparities and eliminates 
sub-goals for each health impact goal; (5) monitors and reports 
progress toward health disparities elimination goals; (6) evaluates the 
impact of policies and programs to achieve health disparities 
elimination; (7) manages health disparities elimination goals through 
scanning, analysis, knowledge management, decision-support systems, and 
reporting (Key Performance Indicators, Government Performance and 
Results Act, Program Assessment Rating Tool); (8) mobilizes resources 
and advocates for health disparities elimination programs; (9) aligns 
use of resources with accomplishment of health disparities elimination 
goals; (10) supports internal and external partnerships to advance the 
science, practice, and workforce for eliminating health disparities 
inside and outside CDC; (11) maintains critical linkages with federal 
partners including the Office of the Secretary, Department of

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Health and Human Services, and represents CDC on related scientific and 
policy committees; (12) establishes external advisory capacity and 
internal advisory and action capacity; (13) coordinates CDC-wide 
minority health and health disparities elimination initiatives; (14) 
synthesizes, disseminates, and encourages use of scientific evidence 
regarding effective interventions to achieve health disparities 
elimination outcomes; (15) stimulates innovation in science and 
practice; and (16) provides decision support to the Executive 
Leadership Board in allocating CDC resources to agency-wide programs of 
surveillance, research, intervention, and evaluation.
    Office of Women's Health (CAMG). The Office of Women's Health (OWH) 
aims to promote and improve the health, safety, and quality of life of 
women. As a leader for women's health issues at CDC, the Office of 
Women's Health: (1) Advises the CDC Director on matters relating to 
women's health research, programs and strategies; (2) promotes the 
health and well-being of women; (3) communicates health information, 
research findings, and prevention strategies to a diverse group of 
providers, consumers, and organizations; (4) advances sound scientific 
knowledge for public health action, promotes the role of prevention, 
and works to improve the understanding of women's health priorities; 
(5) fosters partnerships and collaborations within CDC and with other 
public and private organizations, agencies, institutions, and others to 
improve the health and safety of women; (6) publishes newsletters and 
other documents that highlight prevention programs, research findings, 
publications, health campaigns, health promotion strategies, and other 
information available at CDC; (7) leads CDC Women's Health Committee by 
facilitating and coordinating agency-wide efforts and enhancing 
channels for communication and cooperation; (8) supports the 
development of future women's health and public health professionals 
through various training and student positions within the office; (9) 
prepares agency reports, briefing documents, and other materials 
addressing women's health issues; (10) stimulates and supports 
prevention research, programs, and other activities through funding; 
(11) represents the agencies at meetings, committees, workgroups, 
conferences, and briefings; (12) serves as liaison for women's health 
between CDC and other agencies and organizations; (13) develops 
opportunities for, promotes, and supports the agency as a resource for 
women's health issues; and (14) provides assistance to state and local 
programs on women's health issues.

    Dated: September 23, 2005.
William H. Gimson,
Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
(CDC).
[FR Doc. 05-20057 Filed 10-5-05; 8:45 am]
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