[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 219 (Wednesday, November 14, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64083-64084]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-5634]


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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 72 FR 45430-45433, dated August 14, 2007) is 
amended to reflect the reorganization of the Office of Enterprise 
Communication, Office of the Director, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
    Section C-B, Organization and Functions, is hereby amended as 
follows: Delete in their entirety the functional statements for the 
Office of Enterprise Communication (CAU) and the Office of the Director 
(CAU1), and insert the following:
    Office of Enterprise Communication (CAU). The mission of the Office 
of Enterprise Communication (OEC) is to assure CDC's leadership role in 
promoting public health and preventing disease by fostering an 
organizational culture that ensures coordination and prompt response to 
urgent issues and concerns; anticipates and elevates issues that shape 
the Agency's position; upholds and safeguards our credibility and 
confidence of employees, partners, and public; and promotes effective 
and efficient communication networks and products. To carry out its 
mission, OEC (1) plans, directs, coordinates, and facilitates 
communication activities related to policy issues and situations with 
serious and cross-cutting potential organizational impact; (2) provides 
leadership, technical assistance, and consultation to the agency's 
coordinating centers/offices (CC/COs), national centers (NCs), and 
offices in reputational risk communication and reputational management; 
(3) provides leadership, technical assistance, and consultation to the 
agency's CC/COs, NCs, and offices in establishing best business 
communication practices and strategic principles to maximize 
effectiveness; (4) conducts environmental scanning to determine 
emerging threats to the agency's reputation; (5) implements external 
communication strategies to promote and protect the agency's brand; (6) 
provides guidance on best practice in internal and external 
communication; (7) assists the CC/COs, their NCs, and partners in 
identifying and building needed expertise and state-of-the-art 
technology, logistical support, and other capacities required for 
effective external and internal policy/public affairs communication, 
and media relations; (8) positions the agency to respond quickly, 
fairly, openly, and honestly to challenges and potential problems; (9) 
maintains liaison with officials from the Department of Health and 
Human Services (DHHS), other Federal and state public health agencies, 
and private sector organizations to coordinate communication programs 
and strategies of mutual concern; and (10) identifies and promotes the 
use of the latest information technologies to support and coordinate 
CDC's enterprise-wide communication efforts throughout the CC/COs.
    Office of the Director (CAU1). (1) Ensures CDC communication 
activities follow policy directions established by DHHS; (2) 
establishes and interprets policies and determines priorities for 
communicating the value and benefits of CDC programs; (3) establishes, 
administers, and coordinates CDC's media relations policies in a manner 
to ensure that communication efforts reflect the scientific integrity 
of all CDC research, programs, and activities, and that such 
information is factual, accurate, and targeted toward improving public 
health; (4) provides leadership and guidance on developing and 
implementing external public relations strategies to communicate upward 
and outward to customers, partners, and other stakeholders; (5) 
provides leadership and guidance on developing and implementing 
internal public relations strategies to communicate to the agency's 
workforce; (6) facilitates coordination throughout the agency to ensure 
the use of consistent and repetitive messages that achieve awareness 
and understanding; (7) facilitates coordination throughout the agency 
to ensure the distribution of messages through the right channels and 
to the appropriate audience; (8) provides guidance on leadership 
communication effectiveness; (9) provides leadership in the development 
and implementation of proactive strategies and practices for effective 
issue management and public affairs activities; (10) provides 
leadership and guidance in using efficient and transparent processes to 
communicate the decision-making activities of CDC's leadership; (11) 
facilitates the activation of situation-specific teams of experts and 
specialists to develop and implement communication strategies to 
respond to and resolve controversial public issues, influence public 
attitude and perception, and support and promote the business of the 
agency in a scientific and positive manner; (12) collaborates with 
stakeholders and partners, responsible for the planning, coordination 
and management of the Conference Center located in the Global 
Communications Center (GCC) on the Roybal Campus; manages the 
infrastructure support for functions within the Scientific 
Communication Center provided by contract; (13) manages the functions 
of common used space in the GCC and Building 21, First Floor, on the 
Roybal Campus; (14) provides conference management support to internal 
and external customers for meetings held in the GCC and Building 21, 
First Floor; and (15) creates and maintains liaisons with the CC/CO 
Enterprise Communication Officers Executive Leadership Board, CDC 
Foundation, and Emergency Communications System to monitor and respond 
to issues that are a threat to the business of the agency.
    Delete in its entirety the functional statement for the Management 
Analysis and Services Office (CAJG) and insert the following:
    Plans, coordinates, and provides CDC-wide management and 
information services in the following areas: policy development, 
management and consultation; management studies and surveys; internal 
controls program; delegations of authorities; organizations and 
functions; Federal Advisory Committee management; records management; 
most efficient organization implementation; printing procurement; 
electronic forms design and management; mail center services and 
operations; information quality; competitive sourcing; and office 
automation services and support.
    Delete items (4) and (8) of the functional statement for the 
Management and Information Services Branch (CAJGC), Management Analysis

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and Services Office (CAJG), and renumber the remaining items 
accordingly.

    Dated: November 5, 2007.
William H. Gimson,
Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 07-5634 Filed 11-13-07; 8:45 am]
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