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involved, its tribal government must

also approve that portion of the project

applicable to it. The applicant will be

responsible for providing assurance in

accordance with the appropriate

guidelines and form provided in the

application kit.

Should human subjects review be

required, the proposed workplan should

incorporate timelines for such

development and review activities.

Application Submission and Deadline

The original and two copies of the

application PHS Form 5161–1 (Revised

7/92, OMB Number 0937–0189) must be

submitted to Sharron P. Orum, Grants

Management Officer, Grants

Management Branch, Procurement and

Grants Office, Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention (CDC), 255 East

Paces Ferry Road, NE., Room 314, Mail

Stop E–18, Atlanta, Georgia 30305, on or

before August 2, 1996.

1. Deadline: Applications shall be

considered as meeting the deadline if

they are either:

(a) Received on or before the deadline

date; or

(b) Sent on or before the deadline date

and received in time for submission to

the objective review group. (Applicants

must request a legibly dated U.S. Postal

Service postmark or obtain a legibly

dated receipt from a commercial carrier

or the U.S. Postal Service. Private

metered postmarks shall not be

acceptable as proof of timely mailing.)

2. Late Application: Applications that

do not meet the criteria in 1.(a) or 1.(b)

above are considered late applications.

Late applications will not be considered

in the current competition and will be

returned to the applicant.

Where To Obtain Additional

Information

A complete program description,

information on application procedures,

application package, and business

management technical assistance may

be obtained from Albertha Carey, Grants

Management Specialist, Grants

Management Branch, Procurement and

Grants Office, Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention (CDC), 255 East

Paces Ferry Road, NE., Room 314, Mail

Stop E–18, Atlanta, Georgia 30305,

telephone (404) 842–6508, fax (404)

842–6513, or Internet or CDC WONDER

electronic mail at

<ayc1@opspgo1.em.cdc.gov>.

Technical assistance may be obtained

from Diane Clark, Public Health

Nutritionist, Division of Nutrition,

National Center for Chronic Disease

Prevention and Health Promotion,

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC), Mail Stop K–25, 4770

Buford Highway, NE., Atlanta, Georgia

30341–3724, telephone (770) 488–4913,

fax (770) 488–4728, or Internet or CDC

WONDER electronic mail at

<ldc2@ccddn1.em.cdc.gov>.

Please refer to Announcement 651

when requesting information and

submitting an application.

Potential applicants may obtain a

copy of ‘‘Healthy People 2000’’ (Full

Report; Stock No. 017–001–00474–0) or

‘‘Healthy People 2000’’ (Summary

Report; Stock No. 017–001–00473–1)

referenced in the ‘‘Introduction’’

through the Superintendent of

Documents, Government Printing

Office, Washington, DC 20402–9325,

telephone (202) 512–1800.

Dated: June 28, 1996.

Joseph R. Carter,

Acting Associate Director for Management

and Operations, Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention (CDC).

[FR Doc. 96–17098 Filed 7–03–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4163–18–P

Statement of Organization, Functions,

and Delegations of Authority

Part C (Centers of 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 60 FR 52199, October

5, 1995) is amended to (1) establish the

National Center for HIV, STD, and TB

Prevention (NCHSTP) within the

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC) to strengthen and

enhance the ability to prevent and

control the spread of HIV/AIDS in the

United States and throughout the world,

and (2) abolish the National Center for

Prevention Services.

Section C–B, Organization and

Function, is hereby amended as follows:

After the functional statement for the

Immunization Services Division (CJ4),

National Immunization Program (CJ),

insert the following:

National Center for HIV, STD, and TB

Prevention (CK). The mission of this

organization is to provide leadership in

preventing and controlling human

immunodeficiency virus infection, other

sexually transmitted diseases, and

tuberculosis by collaborating with

community, state, national, and

international partners and applying well

integrated, multi-disciplinary programs

of research, surveillance, technical

assistance, and evaluation. In carrying

out this mission, the National Center for

HIV, STD, and TB Prevention

(NCHSTP): (1) coordinates the

development of CDC short- and longrange plans for preventing the spread of

HIV infection in the United States; (2)

allocates and tracks CDC resources for

HIV prevention programs; (3) conducts

national public information and

awareness activities; (4) coordinates HIV

prevention activities with other Federal

agencies and with international

organizations, including the World

Health Organization in conjunction with

the Associate Director for International

Health; (5) plans, directs, and

coordinates national programs of

assistance involving preventive health

services to state and local health

agencies; (6) assists state and local

health agencies in integrating and

coordinating preventive services

delivered by private and public

organizations in the community and in

assuring delivery of preventive services

to all persons regardless of

socioeconomic status; (7) assists states

and localities in specifying major health

problems in the community and in

formulating technical theories on which

intervention strategies can be based; (8)

serves as the primary focus for assisting

states and localities through grants and

other mechanisms, in establishing and

maintaining prevention and control

programs directed toward health

problems related to acquired

immunodeficiency syndrome, sexually

transmitted diseases, and tuberculosis;

(9) maintains operational knowledge of

the nature, scope, and occurrence of

preventable health problems; (10)

conducts operational research to

improve the assistance programs; (11)

assesses program operations and public

health practices and provides technical

assistance to states in the operation of

preventive health service programs; (12)

maintains liaison with other U.S.

governmental agencies, state and local

health agencies, national organizations,

and educational institutions; (13)

provides technical assistance to other

nations; (14) in carrying out the above

functions, collaborates, as appropriate,

with other Centers, Institute, and Offices

(CIOs) of the CDC.

Office of the Director (CKI). (1)

Provides leadership and guidance on

the development of goals and objectives,

policies, program planning and

development, program management and

operations of the activities of the

NCHSTP; (2) manages, directs,

coordinates, and evaluates the Center’s

activities; (3) facilities closer linkages

between HIV, STD, and TB surveillance

activities and prevention programs at all

levels; (4) facilitates collaboration,

integration, and multi-disciplinary
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approaches to enhance the effectiveness

of HIV, STD, and TB prevention

programs; (5) facilitates integration of

science and prevention programs

throughout the NCHSTP; (6) enhances

the coordination and integration of HIV,

STD, and TB prevention services for

individuals and populations at

increased risk for more than one of these

infections; (7) coordinates the

integration of CDC funding of state and

local health departments for HIV, STD,

and TB prevention; (8) facilities the

assignment of field staff in accordance

with CDC and NCHSTP priorities and

objectives; (9) reassesses the role of

NCHSTP field staff assignees to state

and local health jurisdictions and

restructures career development plans

accordingly; (10) provides and

coordinates administrative and program

support services; (11) provides technical

information services to facilitate

dissemination of relevant public health

information; (12) facilitates

collaboration with national health

activities with CDC components, other

agencies and organizations, and foreign

governments on international health

activities; (13) provides oversight for the

programmatic coordination of HIV, STD,

and TB activities between NCHSTP and

other CIOs and, as the lead CIO for these

programs, develops recommendations to

the CDC Director in concert with other

CIOs, for distribution of HIV, STD, and

TB fund CDC-wide; (14) advises the

Director, CDC, on other policy matters

concerning NCHSTP activities.

Resource Management Office (CK12).

(1) Plans, coordinates, and provides

administrative and management advice

and guidance for NCHSTP; (2) provides

and coordinates Center-wide

administrative, management, and

support services in the areas of fiscal

management, personnel, travel,

procurement, facility management, and

other administrative services; (3)

coordinates NCHSTP requirements

relating to small purchase

procurements, VISA procurements,

material management, and intra-agency

agreement/reimbursable agreements; (4)

provides lead fiscal management for

contracts and supportive fiscal

management for grants and cooperative

agreements; (5) serves as a liaison for

external inquiries of current fiscal year

funding expenditures; (6) coordinates

facility management issues, problems

and changes, physical security issues,

and policies regarding

telecommunications, office furniture

and equipment; (7) provides oversight

and management of NCHSTP conference

rooms, support and setup of Envision

services and assistance with audiovisual equipment; (8) provides meeting

planning assistance and services, serves

as Project Officer and liaison for any

meeting planning contractors, negotiates

with vendors for providing conference

location, rental of equipment; (9)

maintains liaison with CIOs, Staff

Offices, Staff Service Offices, and

NCHSTP staff.

Communications Office (CK13). (1)

Provides technical assistance to

Divisions on issues management, public

affairs, and health communications

strategies; (2) collaborates with external

organizations and the news, public

service, and entertainment and other

media to ensure that effective findings

and their implications for public health

reach the public; (3) collaborates closely

with Divisions to produce materials

designed for use by the news media,

including press releases, letters to the

editor, public service announcements,

television programming, video news

releases, and other electronic and

printed materials; (4) secures

appropriate clearance of these materials

within NCHSTP and CDC; (5)

coordinates the development and

maintenance of Center-wide information

systems through an Internet Home Page;

(6) develops strategies and operational

systems for the proactive dissemination

of effective findings and their

implications for prevention partners and

the public; (7) apart from the clearing

houses, hotlines, or other contractual

mechanisms, responds to public

inquiries and distributes information

materials; (8) provides editorial,

graphics, and publishing services for

NCHSTP staff; (9) operates a Centerwide Information Center; (10) maintains

liaison with CDC public affairs and

communications staff offices.

Prevention Informatics Office (CK14).

(1) Designs, develops, and maintains a

Center-wide network to facilitate the

dissemination and availability of

information; (2) designs, develops, and

supports Center-wide consolidated

application file servers, remote access

servers, and administrative database

servers; (3) collaborates with Divisions

to coordinate, plan, and advocate for

training to ensure that all staff have and

fully utilize their IRM environment; (4)

provides a focus for joint planning

within NCHSTP both long-term and

short-term; (5) conducts cost-benefit,

cost effectiveness, and economic

analyses, evaluation, and other special

studies related to the impact of

advanced information processing

technology on NCHSTP programs; (6)

provides a centralized research and

development function and, in

consultation with Division IRM staff,

undertakes research and development

projects; (7) develops unified Centerwide administrative systems and

advocates and supports the commitment

of resources to application

development; (8) establishes the

Center’s Internet file servers and

supports organizational components to

disseminate or access information on

the Internet; (9) maintains liaison with

the Office of Program Support and CIO

IRM offices.

Planning and Evaluation Office

(CK15). (1) Reviews, prepares, and

coordinates congressional testimony

and briefing documents, and analyzes

the implications of legislation and

legislative proposals; (2) maintains

liaison with the CDC Office of Program

Planning and Evaluation and the

Financial Management Office; (3) plans

and coordinates the annual program

planning process; (4) establishes

procedures and proposes approaches for

the development of future year annual

budget initiatives; (5) maintains liaison

with CIOs in determining and

interpreting operating policy and in

ensuring their respective management

input for specific program activity

plans; (6) interprets general policy

directives and proposed legislation

relation to NCHSTP program goals and

objectives; (7) coordinates the

development and review of

congressional reports; (8) serves as the

coordination point for Inspector General

and General Accounting Office audits

and reviews; (9) coordinates and

manages external groups such as

advisory committees; (10) serves as

central point for Office of Management

and Budget clearances, controlled

correspondence, Freedom of

Information Act requests, and Privacy

Act inquiries; (11) advises on activities

that might affect other CIOs.

Prevention Support Office (CK16). (1)

Serves as an initial point of contact

between partners and NCHSTP

programs; (2) provides guidance and

coordination to Divisions on crossdivisional negotiated agreements; (3)

facilitates NCHSTP shifts to the

administration of non-categorical, crosscutting grants/cooperative agreements;

(4) facilitates state and local crossdivisional issues identification and

solutions; (5) advocates for consistent

and judicious interpretation and

application of established Center-level

policy related to cross-divisional issues

and field staff management; (6)

strengthens communications among

Divisions, field staff, and partners; (7)

facilitates Center-wide public health

advisor/associate recruitment for field

assignments; (8) provides focal point for

cross-divisional issues related to field

staff deployment; (9) facilitates the
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development of a Center-wide field staff

career development plan; (10) assures

consistency in Center-wide procedures

for field staff selection, assignment, and

transfer processes; (11) facilitates and

provides consultation on field staff

human resource management issues;

(12) advocates the use of information

technology to strengthen the

communications among the divisions,

field staff, and partners; (13) advocates

for the disease-specific needs of

Divisions and grantees; (14) develops,

reviews, and implements policies,

methods, and procedures for NCHSTP

extramural assistance programs; (15)

provides financial tracking for Centerwide extramural grants and cooperative

agreements; (16) provides consultation

and technical assistance to NCHSTP

program officials in the planning,

implementation, and administration of

assistance programs; (17) participates in

evaluation of project resources and the

resolution of audit exceptions; (18)

assures the appropriate projection of

needs and executes shifts in project

funds between geographic areas to

accommodate personnel in lieu of cash;

(19) develops and implements objective

review processes, including use of

special emphasis panels, for competitive

application cycles; (20) assures Centerwide consistency in providing review of

continuation assistance applications;

(21) interprets general policy directives,

proposed legislation, and appropriations

language for implications on extramural

programs; and (22) provides liaison with

OPS and OD staff offices.

Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention

(CK2). (1) In cooperation with other CDC

components, administers operational

programs for the prevention of human

immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection

and acquired immunodeficiency

syndrome (AIDS); (2) provides

consultation, training, statistical,

promotional, educational,

epidemiological, and other technical

services to assist state and local health

departments, as well as national, state,

and local nongovernmental

organizations, in the planning,

development, implementation, and

overall improvement of HIV prevention

programs; (3) conducts epidemiologic,

surveillance, behavioral, etiologic,

communications, and operational

research into factors affecting the

prevention of HIV/AIDS; (4) develops

recommendations and guidelines on the

prevention of HIV/AIDS and associated

illnesses; (5) monitors sentinel

surveillance of HIV infection and

infectious diseases and other

complications of HIV/AIDS, as well as

surveillance of risk behaviors associated

with HIV transmission; (6) conducts

national and international HIV

transmission; (6) conducts national and

international HIV/AIDS surveillance,

epidemiologic investigations, and

studies to determine risk factors and

transmission patterns of HIV/AIDS; (7)

evaluates prevention and control

activities in collaboration with other

CDC components; (8) provides

assistance and consultation on issues

related to epidemiology, surveillance,

programmatic support, research,

evaluation methodologies, and fiscal

and grants management to state and

local health departments,

nongovernmental organizations,

national organizations, and other

research institutions; (9) promotes

linkages between health department

HIV/AIDS programs and other

governmental and nongovernmental

partners who are vital to effective HIV/

AIDS prevention efforts; (10) provides

consultation to other PHS Agencies,

medical institutions, private physicians,

and international organizations or

agencies; (11) provides information to

the scientific community and the

general public through publications and

presentations; (12) works closely with

The National Center for Infectious

Diseases (NCID) on HIV/AIDS

surveillance and epidemiologic

investigations that require laboratory

collaboration, and on activities related

to the investigation and prevention of

HIV-related opportunistic infections;

(13) implements national HIV/AIDS

prevention communications programs

and develops strategic communications

activities and services at the national

level to inform and educate the

American public about HIV/AIDS,

especially individuals whose behavior

places them at risk for HIV infection;

(14) provides technical support to CDC

assignees to state and local health

departments who are working on HIV/

AIDS surveillance and prevention

activities.

Office of the Director (CK21). (1)

Plans, directs, and evaluates the

activities of the Division; (2) develops

goals and objectives and provides

national leadership and guidance in

HIV/AIDS prevention policy

formulation and program planning and

development; (3) provides leadership

for developing research in

epidemiologic, communications, and

behavioral aspects of HIV/AIDS

prevention, and in coordinating

activities between the Division and

others involved in HIV/AIDS

investigations, research, and prevention,

including other CIOs and national-level

prevention partners who influence HIV/

AIDS prevention programs; (4) provides

oversight for human subjects review of

protocols and coordinates human

subjects review training; (5) maintains

lead responsibility for HIV/AIDS

strategic communications and

coordinates communications on major

issues related to prevention,

surveillance, or policy; (6) coordinates

the response to the national media on

HIV/AIDS issues within the Division

and between the Division and the Office

of Public Affairs; (7) ensures

multidisciplinary collaboration in HIV/

AIDS prevention activities; (8) provides

leadership and guidance for program

management and operations, as well as

the development of data management

systems and training and educational

programs; (9) coordinates the

development of guidelines and

standards to ensure ongoing effective

HIV prevention programs and their

evaluations; (10) oversees the creation of

materials designed for use by the media,

including press releases, letters to the

editor, and other print and electronic

materials and programs and ensures

appropriate clearance of these materials;

(11) ensures that Deputy Directors and

subject area specialists are prepared for

interaction with the media as needed;

(12) oversees the preparation of

speeches and Congressional testimony

on HIV/AIDS for the Division Director,

the NCHSTP Director, the CDC Director,

and other public health officials; (13)

coordinates international HIV/AIDS

activities of the Division and ensures

coordination within CDC, as

appropriate; (14) provides program

management and administrative and

technical support services for

intramural, extramural, domestic, and

international HIV/AIDS activities; (15)

collaborates, as appropriate, with

nongovernmental organizations to

achieve the mission of the division; (16)

in carrying out these activities,

collaborates, as appropriate, with other

divisions and offices of NCHSTP, and

with other CIOs throughout CDC.

International Activity (CK211). (1)

Designs and executes epidemiologic and

interventional studies of HIV infection

and its associated illnesses in nations;

(2) develops and conducts

epidemiologic studies of risk factors for

AIDS and HIV transmission; (3) assists

in the design, implementation, and

evaluation of AIDS prevention and

control activities; (4) manages

international field sites and staff

assigned to those sites; (5) in

collaboration with NCID, conducts

international surveillance and studies of

HIV genotypic variants and their

epidemiologic and diagnostic
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implications; (6) provides technical

assistance to other nations to develop

AIDS case surveillance systems; (7)

assists foreign governments in carrying

out seroprevalence studies and surveys;

(8) collaborates with other Branches in

assisting developing countries in the

design, implementation, and evaluation

of strategies to protect their blood

supplies; (9) coordinates with other

CIOs in CDC that have similar

international responsibilities; (10)

provides consultation to WHO, USAID,

and other organizations whose mission

is to prevent and control HIV infection

and related outcomes; (11) collaborates

with national and international

organizations to strengthen public

health infrastructures at the country

level, leading to technical and

managerial sustainability of national

HIV prevention and control programs;

(12) assists national and international

organizations in identifying, developing,

and promoting HIV interventions and

technologies that are feasible, effective,

and culturally appropriate for use in

developing countries.

Technical Information Activity

(CK212). (1) Provides scientific,

statistical, visual, and technical

information on HIV/AIDS, in

cooperation with other CDC

organizations, to health care

professionals, public health officials,

prevention partners, and the general

public; (2) develops policy and

procedures that utilize technology and

resources for information dissemination

and management; (3) provides

information services, including

electronic publications, bibliographies,

and current awareness information; (4)

develops and maintains HIV/AIDS

information and training materials for

dissemination via the Internet and other

electronic means; (5) maintains a

specialized collection of HIV/AIDS

resources, the HIV/AIDS Resource

Center, that includes reprints, Morbidity

and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)

articles, and journals; (6) prepares HIVrelated publications, including articles

and guidelines published in the MMWR

and other medical and scientific

journals; (7) reviews HIV/AIDS

materials from outside organizations

and other agencies for technical and

scientific accuracy; (8) provides lead

scientific/technical support for the CDC

National AIDS Hotline and the CDC

National AIDS Clearinghouse; (9)

prepares, edits, and monitors clearance

of manuscripts for publication in

scientific and technical journals and

publications; (10) tracks and coordinates

controlled and general correspondence;

(11) prepares responses and coordinates

the provision of materials requested by

Congress; (12) prepares reports,

speeches, and Congressional testimony

on HIV/AIDS for the Division Director,

the NCHSTP Director, the CDC Director,

and other public health officials; (13)

coordinates preparation of documents

for annual program review with the

Directors of NCHSTP and CDC; (14)

prepares HIV/AIDS briefing reports for

Director, CDC; (15) serves as the

Division liaison with the Management

Analysis and Services Office (MASO) to

ensure appropriate management and

disposition of Federal records; (16)

coordinates responses and maintains

records for Freedom of Information Act

requests; (17) designs, develops, and

produces visual information for

widespread dissemination using

computer graphics, desktop publishing,

and video production services to

support scientific presentations,

publications, and training for HIV/AIDS.

Behavioral Intervention Research

Branch (CK22). (1) Applies current

theory, practice, and empirical findings

in designing and conducting research on

state-of-the-art interventions to prevent

HIV infection; (2) summarizes and

synthesizes the interventions to prevent

HIV infection; (3) collaborates with HIV

prevention partners within and outside

CDC in identifying research priorities,

designing intervention research, and

translating and diffusing research

findings to HIV prevention programs; (4)

contributes to the intervention research

literature by publishing regularly in

peer-reviewed journals and CDCsponsored publications.

Community Assistance, Planning, and

National Partnerships Branch (CK23).

(1) In collaboration with state and local

public health and nongovernmental

national, regional, and local partners

(including the national business, labor,

media, religious, and voluntary sectors)

and other branches, CIOs, and Federal

agencies, develops and implements

programs, policies, and activities that

enable and mobilize affiliates and

communities to become involved with

and support local and statewide

strategic community planning that

improves HIV prevention programs and

activities; (2) develops, implements, and

manages strategies and resources for

HIV Prevention Community Planning,

Minority and other Community-based

Organizations Initiative, National/

Regional Minority Organizations

Initiative, National Partnerships

Program, Business Responds to AIDS/

Labor Responds to AIDS, CDC religious

initiatives, and other nongovernmental

organization, initiatives, including

cooperative agreements with the

American Red Cross, United States

Conference of Mayors, the Association

of State and Territorial Health Officials,

the National Alliance of State and

Territorial AIDS Directors, and the

National Conference of State Legislators,

that build a comprehensive public

health-private sector partnership to

prevent HIV infection/AIDS; (3) in

collaboration with other Division

components, provides technical

consultation and assistance to state and

local health departments and

nongovernmental and other prevention

partners in operational aspects of HIV

prevention; (4) monitors activities of

HIV prevention projects to ensure

operational objectives are being met; (5)

establishes guidelines and policies for

implementation and continuation of

state and local HIV prevention

programs; (6) provides technical review

of grant applications and prevention

plans; (7) conducts continuing analysis

of support utilization and career

development of field personnel and

analysis of other resource allocations

and utilization in relation to HIV

prevention; (8) provides supervision for

HIV field staff; (9) assists in the

development of new operational

programs and program solicitations for

HIV prevention; (10) coordinates

program development and

implementation with state/local/

regional community planning processes;

(11) facilitates linkages with STD and

other HIV prevention programs at all

levels to ensure coordination of harm

reduction and intervention strategies for

populations with common prevention

needs; (12) develops and monitors

systems and coordinates and provides

consultation and technical assistance for

health departments, community

planning groups, and nongovernmental

HIV prevention programs; (13) works

with national partners to foster HIV

prevention capabilities and activities in

affected communities; (14) funds and

monitors the progress of minority and

other community-based organizations

undertaking HIV prevention programs

and activities.

Epidemiology Branch (CK24). (1)

Designs and conducts epidemiologic

and behavioral studies in the United

States to determine risk factors, cofactors, and modes of transmission for

HIV infection; (2) conducts studies of

the natural history of HIV infection,

including manifestations of HIV disease

in adults, adolescents, and children; (3)

designs and conducts research on the

psychosocial and cultural determinates

of disease progression and quality of life

of infected persons; (4) conducts both

epidemiologic and behavioral studies to

evaluate appropriate biomedical
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interventions for preventing HIV

infection (primary prevention) and for

preventing manifestations of AIDS

(secondary prevention); (5) conducts

applied research, including

effectiveness trials, to assist in

evaluation of strategies, major activities,

and policies; (6) conducts epidemic aid

investigations of HIV infection and

associated infectious diseases, as well as

other illnesses related to HIV/AIDS; (7)

develops policy related to both primary

prevention of HIV infection and

secondary prevention of its severe

manifestations based on scientific

investigations and clinical trials; (8)

provides epidemiologic consultation to

state and local health departments,

other PHS Agencies, universities, and

other groups and individuals

investigating HIV/AIDS; (9) responds to

inquiries from physicians and other

health providers for information on the

medical and epidemiologic aspects of

HIV/AIDS; (10) collaborates

internationally with HIV/AIDS

researchers and the International

Activity to conduct epidemiologic

studies; (11) works closely with NCID to

determine virologic and immunologic

factors related to transmission and

natural history of HIV infection.

HIV/AIDS Surveillance Branch

(CK25). (1) Conducts surveillance of HIV

infection and AIDS in coordination with

state and local health departments to

provide population-based data for

public health policy development and

evaluation; (2) maintains, analyzes, and

disseminates information from the

national confidential registry of HIV/

AIDS cases; (3) monitors HIV-related

morbidity and mortality and the use of

PHS recommendations for prevention

and treatment of HIV infection and

AIDS; (4) promotes uses of surveillance

data for prevention and evaluation; (5)

conducts surveillance of special

populations of epidemiologic

importance, e.g., HIV–2, occupationallyrelated HIV transmission, and persons

reported with unrecognized modes of

transmission; (6) conducts populationbased surveillance of HIV-related risk

behaviors in coordination with state and

local health departments; (7) assesses

socioeconomic, educational, and other

factors of use to target and evaluate

prevention and care programs, (8)

evaluates surveillance systems for HIV

infection and AIDS and modifies

surveillance methodologies as needed to

meet changing needs of HIV/AIDS

programs; (9) manages extramural

funding of surveillance activities and

provides consultations and technical

assistance on surveillance activities and

methodologies to state and local health

departments, national, and international

organizations and agencies.

HIV Seroepidemiology Branch (CK26).

(1) Plans, develops, and coordinates

national studies of prevalence and

incidence of HIV and related infections

in selected geographic areas; (2)

provides data and serves as the focus for

information about the extent of HIV

prevalence and incidence in the United

States; (3) collaborates and provides

technical assistance to public and

private organizations regarding HIV

seroprevalence and seroincidence; (4)

works closely with other CDC

organizations in applying prevalence

and incidence data to target and

evaluate HIV prevention programs; (5)

works with the Surveillance Branch and

the Statistics and Data Management

Branch to evaluate HIV/AIDS trends in

incidence and prevalence projections;

(6) collects and analyzes HIV prevalence

and incidence data from publicly

funded HIV counseling and testing sites;

(7) conducts domestic surveillance for

HIV genotypic variations; (8)

collaborates with NCID laboratories to

develop a repository of stored sera and

cells for studies of HIV and related

infections; (9) serves as a focus for

national and international activities

related to transfusion-related HIV

transmission; and (10) assists NCID with

the evaluation of new HIV-related tests.

Prevention Communications Branch

(CK27). (1) Develops national

communications strategies for HIV/

AIDS prevention; (2) works closely with

behavioral scientists to create

communications messages that

effectively promote adoption or

maintenance of safe behaviors; (3)

promotes and facilitates the application

of social marketing principles to HIV

prevention at the state and local levels;

(4) collaborates with external

organizations and the news, public

service, and entertainment, and other

media to ensure that these effective

messages reach the public; (5) in

collaboration with the Community

Assistance, Planning, and National

Partnerships Branch, maintains a

network of prevention collaborative

partners to ensure consistent HIV

prevention messages at national, state,

and local levels; (6) works closely with

the Training and Technical Support

Systems Branch to provide technical

assistance on communications and

prevention marketing, and to coordinate

release of new scientific and

surveillance data; (7) in collaboration

with the Training and Technical

Support Systems Branch, creates and

disseminates materials that incorporate

prevention marketing principles for use

at national, state, and local levels; (8)

plans and implements the Prevention

Marketing Initiative; (9) manages the

CDC National AIDS Clearinghouse; (10)

works closely with the Behavioral

Intervention Research Branch to

disseminate research through the

Clearinghouse; (11) works closely with

the Training and Technical Support

Systems Branch to disseminate

technical assistance materials through

the Clearinghouse; (12) works closely

with all Division branches to

disseminate surveillance reports and

other scientific publications through the

Clearinghouse; (13) works closely with

other relevant offices or groups to

produce materials designed for use by

the news media, including press

releases, letters to the editor, public

service announcements, television

programming, video news releases, and

other electronic and print materials,

and, in cooperation with the Associate

Director for Management and

Operations, secures appropriate

clearance of these materials both within

and outside of the Division; (14)

develops and produces brochures and

other written materials for the public;

(15) manages the CDC National AIDS

Hotline.

Program Evaluation Branch (CK28).

(1) Evaluates the effectiveness, costs,

and impact of HIV prevention

interventions, strategies, policies, and

programs as practiced or implemented

by public health agencies and

organizations at the national/regional

and state/local levels; (2) collaborates in

the application of evaluation findings

and techniques to the ongoing

assessment and improvement of HIV

prevention programs; (3) conducts

evaluation research activities that

include studies to evaluate the

effectiveness and impact of prevention

strategies and programs, major

prevention activities, and policies;

economic evaluations of HIV

prevention, including assessments of

alternative prevention strategies to

encourage the best use of prevention

resources; and development of both

process and outcome measures that HIV

prevention programs can use to assess

their ongoing performance; (4) seeks to

advance the methodology of HIV

prevention evaluation through

evaluation research activities; (5)

applies evaluation methods to

improving HIV prevention programs,

including serving as a resource to other

branches/activities, grantees, and

prevention partners regarding

evaluation of both domestic and

international HIV prevention programs;

collaborating with other branches as

they develop, test, and disseminate
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models for quality assurance of

programs and services; and

collaborating with other branches/

activities in the development of

methods to support the systematic

assessment (including self-assessment)

and continuous improvement of HIV

prevention programs.

Statistics and Data Management

Branch (CK29). (1) Manages, directs,

and coordinates the statistics and data

management activities and services for

the Division; (2) provides leadership in

the development of statistical and data

management planning, policy,

implementation, and evaluation; (3)

provides Division LAN/user support

services; (4) provides data management

and statistical support for HIV/AIDS

surveillance, HIV serosurveys, and

epidemiologic studies; (5) creates

mathematical models to project the

incidence of AIDS and HIV infection; (6)

develops, monitors, and evaluates

projects to construct mathematical

models of the spread of AIDS and HIV

infection; (7) provides statistical models

of epidemiologic parameters to describe

the efficiency of HIV transmission and

the incubation time for AIDS; (8)

responds to inquiries from medical

professionals, health departments, the

media, and the public about AIDS

epidemic statistical issues, including

projections of the number of AIDS cases

and estimates of persons infected with

HIV; (9) coordinates Division work

performed under CDC-wide Information

Resource Management Office contracts

for programming services, local area

network support, and computer

hardware support.

Training and Technical Support

Systems Branch (CK2A). (1) Assesses

training and technical assistance needs

and develops strategies to address the

training of grantee organizations, other

external partners involved in HIV/AIDS

prevention programs and activities, and

Division headquarters staff; (2) works

with other branches to synthesize,

translate, and disseminate research

findings applicable to HIV prevention

program operations through training,

conferences, and other systems; (3)

conducts intramural/extramural training

and training needs assessments; (4)

manages conference grants and

conference support services; (5)

develops, maintains, and facilitates

technical support systems (such as

large-scale, on-site or distance-based,

multi-access, science-based, rapidresponse training mechanisms) to assist

HIV prevention providers in applying

sound technologies; (6) assesses

technical assistance and training needs

of HIV prevention service providers,

coordinates with other Branches, and

maintains communications between

research and program staff at CDC.

Division of Sexually Transmitted

Disease Prevention (CK3). (1) In

cooperation with other CDC

components, administers operational

programs for the prevention of sexually

transmitted diseases (STD); (2) provides

consultation, training, statistical,

educational, epidemiological and other

technical services to assist state and

local health departments in the

planning, development,

implementation, evaluation and overall

improvement of STD prevention

programs; (3) supports a nationwide

framework for effective surveillance of

STDs other than HIV; (4) conducts

behavioral, clinical, epidemiological,

preventive health services, and

operational research into factors

affecting the prevention and control of

STD; (5) provides leadership and

coordinates, in collaboration with other

NCHSTP components, research and

prevention activities that focus on STD

and HIV interaction; (6) promotes

linkages between health department

STD programs and other governmental

and non-governmental partners who are

vital to effective STD prevention efforts;

(7) provides technical supervision for

Division state and local assignees.

Office of the Director (CK31). (1)

Plans, directs and evaluates the

activities of the Division; (2) provides

national leadership and guidance in

STD prevention and control policy

formulation; program planning,

development and evaluation;

development of training, educational,

health communications and data

management systems; and program

management systems; (3) provides

administrative, fiscal, technical, and

communications support for Division

programs and units; (4) assures

multidisciplinary collaboration in STD

prevention and control activities; (5) in

cooperation with other CDC

components, provides leadership for

developing research in behavioral,

clinical, epidemiologic, and health

services aspects of STD prevention and

control, and for coordinating activities

between the Division and others

involved in STD research; (6)

coordinates the development of

guidelines and standards to assure

ongoing evaluation of STD prevention

and control programs; (7) coordinates

international STD activity of the

Division; (8) collaborates, as

appropriate, with other divisions and

offices in NCHSTP, and with other CIOs

throughout CDC; (9) collaborates as

appropriate with non-governmental

organizations to achieve the mission of

the Division; (10) establishes linkages

with other CIOs and national level

prevention partners that impact on STD

prevention and control programs.

Behavioral Interventions and

Research Branch (CK32). (1) Plans and

conducts research on individual and

group behavior patterns, their

individual and societal determinants,

and consequences as they affect STD

occurrence and transmission, and

disseminates the results of this research;

(2) in collaboration with other relevant

CDC units, plans and conducts studies

to develop, evaluate, and apply new

community and clinic-based behavioral

intervention methods to STD prevention

and control; (3) in collaboration with

other components of the Division,

NCHSTP, and CDC, plans, coordinates,

implements and monitors

demonstration projects designed to

provide information which will guide

national program direction in behavioral

intervention for STD prevention and

control; (4) in collaboration with other

components of the Division, NCHSTP,

and CDC, develops an effective

behavioral surveillance system to assist

national STD prevention efforts;

implements and evaluates new

approaches to behavioral surveillance

related to STD prevention and control;

and analyzes behavioral surveillance

data in conjunction with STD morbidity

surveillance data to guide national STD

prevention policy and program

direction; (5) in collaboration with

internal and external colleagues,

translates behavioral research findings

into programmatic interventions; (6)

provides state and local health

departments and other prevention

partners with technical assistance in the

development, implementation, and

evaluation of behavioral intervention

strategies to reduce STD morbidity; (7)

participates in STD prevention and

control reviews and guideline

development.

Epidemiology and Surveillance

Branch (CK33). (1) Provides national

and international leadership in the

design and analysis of epidemiologic

studies and surveillance data for STD to

guide STD and HIV prevention

programs; (2) plans epidemiology and

surveillance direction-setting, in

coordination with Branch staff and

leadership in Division and outside CDC;

(3) plans and develops new research

opportunities and relationships; (4)

plans and conducts scientific oversight

for focus, impact, and quality of

scientific work.

Epidemiologic Studies Section

(CK332). (1) Collaborates with a wide

network of leading researchers in

academia, other government agencies,

and international organizations in
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developing a research agenda for critical

epidemiologic and biomedical research

issues related to STD prevention and to

STD/HIV interactions; (2) plans,

implements, and publishes findings

from planned intramural and

collaborative intramural-extramural

studies; (3) studies and evaluates

various schedules of STD therapy to

assure continued efficacy of current and

proposed regimens and conducts drug

toxicity studies, where appropriate, to

determine long-term effects of

recommended therapies; (4) studies and

evaluates diagnostic tests for STD

detection; (5) collaborates with

divisions, other centers, and academic

or research institutions in conducting

laboratory-based research on STDs; (6)

provides technical assistance to state

and local agencies in conducting

epidemiological or clinical studies of

STDs; (7) participates in the

development of guidelines to translate

research findings into program practice;

(8) regularly updates STD Treatment

Guidelines to incorporate

recommendations based on new

scientific information; (9) supports and

contributes actively to the Division’s

Initiative-based teams (e.g., HIV/STD

Interactions, Infertility Prevention,

Adverse Outcomes of Pregnancy); (10)

collaborates with other branches in the

Division and with the Division of HIV/

AIDS Prevention in joint HIV/STD

program reviews; (11) provides

management and operations expertise to

on-going National STD prevention

initiatives, such as Infertility and

Syphilis in the South; (12) in

collaboration with other Division

components, develops and evaluates

mathematical models of STD

transmission dynamics and intervention

effectiveness.

Surveillance and Special Studies

Section (CK333). (1) Provides leadership

in the design and analysis of

surveillance data for STD, and in the

use of surveillance data to guide STD

and HIV prevention programs; (2) in

collaboration with other Division

components, analyzes surveillance data

and develops innovative surveillance

strategies for use at the local level in

estimating STD prevalence, incidence,

sequelae, and health impact; (3) takes

lead responsibility for coordinating EPI–

AIDS; (4) conducts surveillance studies

to develop more precise methods to

identify persons infected with STD/HIV;

(5) provides technical assistance to state

and local agencies in conducting

surveillance of STD; (6) participates in

collaborations with other Division staff

in STD/HIV epidemiologic and

surveillance investigations and outbreak

control investigations; (7) participates in

the development of guidelines and

training to assist in translating

surveillance research findings into

operational-programmatic practice; (8)

participates in STD/HIV prevention

program reviews; (9) supports and

contributes actively to initiative-based

teams (e.g., HIV/STD Interactions,

Infertility Prevention, Adverse

Outcomes of Pregnancy); (10) provides

management and surveillance

operations expertise to on-going

National STD prevention initiatives,

such as Infertility and Syphilis in the

South; (11) publishes findings from

planned intramural and collaborative

intramural-extramural surveillance

studies.

Program Development and Support

Branch (CK34). (1) In collaboration with

other Division components, provides

technical consultation and assistance to

state and local health departments, nongovernmental, and other prevention

partners in operational aspects of STD

prevention and control; (2) monitors

activities of STD prevention projects to

assure operational objectives are being

met; (3) establishes guidelines and

policies for implementation and

continuation of state and local STD

prevention and control programs; (4)

establishes guidelines and standards for

STD negotiated agreements and assures

implementation; (5) provides technical

review and funding recommendations

related to grant applications; (6)

conducts continuing analysis of field

personnel and other resource allocations

and utilization in relation to STD

prevention and control; conducts site

review to identify and resolve STD

prevention problems in project areas; (7)

provides technical support and

supervision, including analysis of

performance and development, for STD

field staff; (8) assists in the development

of new operational programs and

program solicitations for STD

prevention and control; (9) facilitates

coordination within state/local project

areas regarding STD activities with

other program partners; (10) coordinates

program development and

implementation with state/local/

regional community planning processes;

(11) facilitates linkages with HIV

prevention programs at all levels to

assure coordination of harm reduction

and intervention strategies for STD and

HIV.

Program Evaluation and Preventive

Health Services Research Branch

(CK35). (1) Develops and evaluates

methodologies for conducting program

evaluation and preventive health

services research related to STD

prevention and control; (2) plans,

coordinates and disseminates the results

of evaluation studies for a wide variety

of behavioral, clinical, and operational

program issues including access (and

barriers) to care, quality of care, health

care delivery systems and the impact of

these on STD-related clinical/behavioral

outcomes; (3) serves as a bridge in

translating program relevant research

into STD program operations; including

cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit

analyses; (4) develops preventive health

services models for a variety of STDrelated issues including counseling/

testing, partner notification, and

integration of services; (5) in

collaboration with other components of

the Division, NCHSTP, and CDC,

explores and evaluates the role of

managed care and other private sector

entities in STD prevention and control

efforts; (6) in collaboration with other

components of the Division, conducts

studies to develop new or to refine old

methods of STD prevention; (7) in

conjunction with other branches,

establishes guidelines and standards for

operational program development and

evaluation; (8) provides technical

assistance to state and local health

departments and other prevention

partners in building program evaluation

and preventive health services research

capacity.

Statistics and Data Management

Branch (CK36). (1) Provides leadership

in the development of statistical and

data management planning, policy,

implementation, and evaluation; (2)

collaborates with Division researchers

in the design, implementation and

analysis of studies; (3) coordinates the

collection, compilation, analysis and

dissemination of national STD

surveillance data, including STD-related

behavioral and health services data and

STD morbidity data, and other large

databases related to STD prevention and

control efforts; (4) supports local/state

health departments in the timely

reporting, data processing and analysis

of STD data, including electronic

transmission of STD surveillance

(morbidity) data; (5) develops,

implements, and supports data systems

for information management in local,

state, and national STD prevention

programs; (6) provides data management

and statistical support for STD

surveillance and epidemiologic studies;

(7) assists state/local STD prevention

programs in identifying STD outbreaks,

and participates in such outbreak

investigations by providing data

analysis; (8) in collaboration with other

components of the Division, NCHSTP,

and CDC, develops and participates in

studies/surveys of the prevalence of:
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sexual and drug using behaviors which

increase the risk of STD infection,

factors associated with risk behaviors,

and health care seeking, utilization and

provider behaviors; (9) provides advice

and consultation regarding data

management and statistical issues to

other Division components; (10) in

collaboration with other Division

components develops and evaluates

mathematical models of STD

transmission dynamics and intervention

effectiveness.

Training and Health Communication

Branch (CK37). (1) Provides leadership

in development, implementation, and

evaluation of training programs for

providers of interventions to prevent

and control STDs; (2) maintains and

evaluates the performance of the

national network of STD/HIV

Prevention Training Centers, STD

Public Health and Epidemiology

Fellowships, and other professional

training programs; (3) establishes

communication networks with national

organizations involved with STD-related

training of medical and paramedical

personnel; (4) identifies training needs,

designs programmatic training and

career development initiatives, and

plans, implements, and evaluates

training programs for STD program staff;

(5) provides technical assistance to state

and local STD prevention programs in

developing, implementing, marketing,

and evaluating their STD prevention

training and community education

activities; (6) performs technical reviews

of intervention initiatives and proposals

and advises other Division units on the

need for and the form of training and

health communications components; (7)

either directly or in cooperation with

other CDC components, provides STD

information and education to private

and public organizations at the national

level and provides technical assistance

to other Federal agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and

national organizations to improve and

coordinate STD-related community

educational activities; (8) assists other

CDC components in planning,

conducting, coordinating, and

evaluating national programs for STD

communication education; (9) assists in

the development and dissemination of

educational materials for national STD

prevention programs; (10) participates

in the development of guidelines and

program-specific instructional materials

to be used in STD intervention,

supervision, and management; (11)

promotes the appropriate use of new

technologies in distance learning and

rapid communication with prevention

partners; and (12) manages the CDC

National STD Hotline and provides

technical assistance to the CDC National

AIDS Hotline.

Division of Tuberculosis Elimination

(CK4). (1) In cooperation with other CDC

components, administers and promotes

a national program for the prevention,

control, and elimination of tuberculosis

(TB) which includes the formulation of

national policies and guidelines; (2)

supports a nationwide framework for

surveillance of tuberculosis and

evaluation of national TB prevention

and control program performance; (3)

provides consultation, training,

statistical, promotional, educational,

epidemiological, and other technical

services to assist state and local health

departments, international health care

providers, and other partners, in the

planning, implementation, evaluation,

and overall improvement of TB control

programs; (4) detects and investigates

outbreaks of TB; (5) conducts

operational and behavioral research; (6)

provides support for the Federal

Tuberculosis Task Force; (7) supports

and collaborates with the National

Tuberculosis Controllers Association to

promote effective national

communications and coordinated

feedback on urgent policy and program

performance issues; (8) provides

technical supervision and training to

Federal assignees working in state and

local tuberculosis control programs; (9)

participates in the development of

policies and guidelines for human

immunodeficiency virus (HIV)

prevention and control activities within

TB populations at high risk; (10)

provides policy leadership for, and

guides implementation and evaluation

of tuberculosis prevention and control

activities in HIV prevention and control

programs; (11) works to prevent the

importation of TB from other countries;

(12) oversees the development and

operation of Tuberculosis Model

Centers.

Office of the Director (CK41). (1)

Plans, provides leadership and guidance

in program planning and management,

policy formulation, and development of

training, surveillance, and research

programs; (2) directs and evaluates the

operations of the Division; (3)

establishes contact with, and promotes

tuberculosis activities of, other national

organizations which have an important

role to play in achieving tuberculosis

elimination; (4) provides administrative

support services for the Division; (5)

collaborates and coordinates Division

activities with other components of

NCHSTP and CDC; (6) provides

administrative and technical support to

the statutorily mandated Advisory

Committee for the Elimination of

Tuberculosis (ACET); provides

administrative and technical support for

the National Coalition for the

Elimination of Tuberculosis (NCET).

International Activity (CK412). (1)

Coordinates Division and NCHSTP

international TV activities; (2)

coordinates the assessment of

immigration and its impact on TB

patterns in the United States and the

evaluation of overseas TB screening

procedures for immigrants and refugees;

(3) conducts and coordinates

operational research and

demonstrations to improve both the

overseas screening for tuberculosis of

immigrants and refugees and the

domestic follow-up of those entering

with suspected TB, in collaboration

with Division of Quarantine, NCID; (4)

promotes the improved recognition and

management of tuberculosis among the

foreign-born through special studies on

the U.S./Mexico border and at other

overseas sites; (5) collaborates with the

nation of Botswana, the World Health

Organization (WHO), the World Bank,

the International Union Against

Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases

(IUATLD), and the United States

Agency for International Development

(USAID), and others, to conduct

investigations into the diagnosis,

management and prevention of

tuberculosis in persons with and

without HIV infection.

Communications and Education

Branch (CK42). (1) Provides

coordination and oversight for Division

responses and relations with the media

and public and serves as the first point

of contact for telephonic and written

requests for information from the media

and public; (2) presents communication

and education issues to the Advisory

Committee for the Elimination of

Tuberculosis and to Division

management staff; (3) develops,

produces, disseminates, and evaluates

educational pamphlets and other

materials providing tuberculosis

information to the scientific community

as well as the general population; (4)

provides writer/editor support to the

Division and coordinates and tracks

materials for purposes of editing,

clearance and approval for publications

and presentations; (5) periodically

conducts training and education needs

assessments and identifies resources

available for health department TB

control officers and senior managers, TB

nurse consultants, TB training/

education directors and for senior staff

carrying out TB activities in other

programs or facilities serving persons at

high risk for TB; (6) develops, conducts,

and coordinates formal training courses

on tuberculosis for State and big city TB
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program managers and nurse

consultants; (7) based on needs

assessments, develops and conducts or

coordinates train-the-trainer courses for

staff who train and/or supervise

frontline TB program staff; (8) assists in

planning and coordinating agendas

necessary to conduct tuberculosis

conferences and workshops sponsored

by the Division; (9) provides

coordination and oversight for duty

officer functions; (10) provides technical

assistance to health departments and

other health care providers in assessing

and meeting their training needs and in

assessing the impact of their training

and education activities; (11) provides

graphic support to the Division and

senior field staff; (12) organizes and

maintains a library of scientific and

non-scientific information related to TB;

(13) provides consultation and

assistance in coordinating training and

education activities carried out by other

CDC programs, Model TB Centers, and

NCET members; (14) develops and

provides support for, or coordinates a

TB Voice and FAX Information System;

(15) assists in developing or

coordinating a clearing house of TB

training and education resources; (16)

maintains inventory of training

opportunities and coordinates with

employees and supervisors training

necessary for staff to carry out their

duties.

Computer and Statistics Branch

(CK43). (1) Provides computer

programming, systems analysis,

information management, and statistical

services to the Division; (2) consults and

assists in the development and

implementation of appropriate data

collection and management methods; (3)

collaborates in the analysis of data and

in the preparation of materials for

publication; (4) maintains expertise in

information science and technology to

effect the best use of the division’s

resources; (5) provides technical

assistance in the selection and use of

equipment, systems, and services to

process information; (6) manages

security for the Division’s information

systems; (7) maintains computer

hardware; (8) provides training and

consultation to headquarters and field

staff in the use of computer hardware

software; (9) develops, distributes,

provides training for and supports the

TB Information Management System

(TIMS) to facilitate the collection and

analyses of data, both patient and

program, to improve the effectiveness of

prevention and control activities.

Field Services Branch(CK44). (1)

provides medical and programmatic

consultation to assist state and local

health departments in developing,

implementing, and evaluating their

activities toward achieving tuberculosis

prevention, control, and elimination; (2)

promotes adoption of CDC tuberculosisrelated policies by national

organizations, health departments and

health care providers; (3) acts as

advocate for health departments when

conveying resource needs; (4)

participates in development of national

policies and guidelines for tuberculosis

elimination; (5) evaluates tuberculosis

program performance and provides

technical assistance to states and

localities for improving program

operations; (6) develops funding

guidelines, coordinates reviews, makes

funding recommendations, and

monitors performance of programmatic

portion of Tuberculosis Cooperative

Agreements with state and local health

departments; (7) provides supervision to

medical staff assigned to state and local

health departments; (8) analyses data to

assess progress toward achieving

national TB objectives and prepares

program management and evaluation

reports for publication; (9) supports

program consultants in providing

technical assistance and

recommendations to health

departments; (10) encourages and

facilitates the transfer of new technology

and guidelines into clinical and public

health practice.

Field Operations Section I (CK442).

(1) Serves as liaison or focal point to

assist TB controllers in linking with

proper resource persons and obtaining

technical assistance, both within and

outside the Division; (2) conducts a

continuing analysis of the effectiveness

of field personnel and utilization of

other resources in relation to the

tuberculosis problems; (3) provides

consultation and assists state and local

health departments in the methodology

and application of tuberculosis control

techniques recommended by CDC; (4)

acts as advocate for state and local

health departments during needs

assessments and requests for resources;

(5) provides technical supervision and

support for the CDC field staff; (6)

identifies specific management,

operational, and staff performance

problems associated with not achieving

TB control objectives or with not

implementing essential TB components,

and recommends solutions; (7) provides

input into the development of branch

and division policy, priorities and

operational procedures; (8) coordinates

technical reviews of cooperative

agreement applications and makes

appropriate funding recommendations;

and (9) serves as an agent of technology

transfer to ensure that good program

methodology in one program is known

and made available to other state and

local programs.

Field Operations Section II (CK443).

(1) Serves as liaison or focal point to

assist TB controllers in linking with

proper resource persons and obtaining

technical assistance, both within and

outside the Division; (2) conducts a

continuing analysis of the effectiveness

of field personnel and utilization of

other resources in relation to the

tuberculosis problems; (3) provides

consultation and assists state and local

health departments in the methodology

and application of tuberculosis control

techniques recommended by CDC; (4)

acts as advocate for state and local

health departments during needs

assessments and requests for resources;

(5) provides technical supervision and

support for the CDC field staff; (6)

identifies specific management,

operational, and staff performance

problems associated with not achieving

TB control objectives or with not

implementing essential TB components,

and recommends solutions; (7) provides

input into the development of branch

and division policy, priorities and

operational procedures; (8) coordinates

technical reviews of cooperative

agreement applications and makes

appropriate funding recommendations;

(9) serves as an agent of technology

transfer to ensure that good program

methodology in one program is known

and made available to other state and

local programs.

Research and Evaluation Branch

(CK45). (1) Identifies and evaluates new

public health strategies for the

prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of

tuberculosis and infections with M.

tuberculosis, in collaboration with

others; (2) identifies and investigates

behavioral and operational factors

affecting health-care seeking and

treatment outcomes; (3) identifies and

investigates new drugs, drug delivery

systems, and immunologic agents for

the treatment and prevention of

tuberculosis; (4) evaluates the economic

and public health impact of existing and

alternative prevention, diagnostic, and

treatment strategies; (5) based on

findings from research studies,

recommends prevention, diagnostic,

and treatment methods for national

tuberculosis elimination strategies; (6)

provides consultation to national and

international organizations on

prevention, diagnosis, and treatment

strategies and research needs.

Prevention Effectiveness Section

(CK452). (1) Conducts studies of aspects

of health care systems that impact on

health-care seeking and treatment

outcome for tuberculosis patients, such
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as studies of directly observed therapy

in various settings and in-patient

compared to out-patient management of

tuberculosis; (2) develops

methodologies for evaluation of

tuberculosis treatment and prevention

program activities and develops

strategies and tools for program selfevaluation; (3) conducts studies of

health-care provider tuberculosis

control practices and assesses the extent

to which recommended practices are

implemented; (4) conducts studies to

assess the cost-effectiveness and public

health impact of recommended

practices; (5) conducts studies to

evaluate and compare strategies to

improve the operation of tuberculosis

treatment and prevention programs; (6)

develops strategies and tools for TB

programs to assess the cost-effectiveness

of various TB prevention and control

interventions; (7) conducts research on

individual and social factors affecting

health-care seeking and treatment

outcomes related to tuberculosis; (8) in

collaboration with the Communications

and Education Branch, conducts

formative research on approaches to

patient and provider education and

public communications; (9) provides

consultation to national and

international organizations on

behavioral and operational research

needs and study designs; (10)

coordinates the writing of studies for

publication of manuscripts in scientific

journals, MMWR, etc; (10) presents

findings at national and scientific

meetings.

Therapeutic and Diagnostics Section

(CK453). (1) Conducts studies of new

drug regimens used in the prevention

and treatment of tuberculosis, including

dosage, duration, and toxicity; (2)

conducts studies of new drugs, drug

delivery systems, immunologic agents

and other treatments for tuberculosis

and latent infection with

Mycobacterium tuberculosis; (3) in

collaboration with others, conducts

studies of new diagnostic tests in

clinical and field trials of more specific

and rapid tests to diagnose tuberculosis

and latent infection with M.

tuberculosis; (4) conducts studies to

evaluate the safety and efficacy of

recommended regimens for the

treatment and prevention of

tuberculosis; (5) provides consultation

and assistance to national and

international organizations on the

design and conduct of clinical trials and

research needs; (6) coordinates the

writing of studies for publication of

manuscripts in scientific journals,

MMWR, etc; (7) presents findings at

national clinical and scientific meetings;

(8) provides support and oversight for

the distribution of investigational drugs

for the treatment and prevention of

tuberculosis by NCID.

Surveillance and Epidemiology

Branch (CK46). (1) Directs national

surveillance of tuberculosis morbidity

and mortality; (2) based on the analysis

of surveillance data, recommends

strategies for national tuberculosis

elimination activities; (3) conducts

studies of special epidemiologic

significance; (4) responds to public and

private inquiries about outbreaks; (5)

assesses the prevalence and trends of

mycobacterial infections in the United

States; (6) develops more precise

epidemiologic methods to identify

persons with mycobacterial infections;

(7) assesses the risk, in collaboration

with NCID and the National Institute for

Occupational Safety and Health, of

mycobacterial infections and diseases

among different segments of the

population, such as health care workers,

correctional facility employees and

inmates, and homeless persons; (8)

provides consultation to other federal

agencies, state and local health

departments, and national

organizations.

Epidemiology Section (CK462). (1)

Conducts and coordinates investigations

of major outbreaks of tuberculosis,

including multidrug-resistant

tuberculosis; (2) analyzes investigation

findings and relates the results and

recommendations of the investigations

to the involved outside agencies and

State health departments; (3) conducts

studies to assess the characteristics of

persons with M. tuberculosis and HIV

co-infection in order to develop and

implement intervention strategies, in

collaboration with others; (4) conducts

case control, cohort, and other studies of

the epidemiology of TB disease and

infection; (5) conducts studies of

restriction fragment length

polymorphism (RFLP) techniques in the

epidemiology of tuberculosis, in

collaboration with others; (6) assess the

prevalence of, and risk factors for,

infection with M. tuberculosis in the

United States through surveys and

special studies; (7) conducts studies of

the epidemiology of drug resistance in

the United States, in collaboration with

others; (8) prepares manuscripts for

publication in scientific journals, and

the MMWR; (9) presents findings at

scientific meetings; (10) responds to

public and private inquiries about the

epidemiology of tuberculosis.

Surveillance Section (CK463). (1)

Conducts national surveillance for

tuberculosis morbidity through the

expanded surveillance system; (2)

implements and provides technical

support for the computer software used

by the state and local health

departments to transmit data from the

reporting areas to CDC; (3) analyzes data

from the surveillance system to

determine risk factors for the increases

and/or decreases in tuberculosis

morbidity and disseminates results

through scientific journals, periodic

reports and public presentations; (4)

monitors the impact of immigration to

the trends and projections of TB

morbidity in the United States; (8)

responds to public and private inquiries

about surveillance findings.

Delete in its entirety the title and

functional statement for the National

Center for Prevention Services (CM).

Dated: June 20, 1996.

David Satcher,

Director, Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC).

[FR Doc. 96–16855 Filed 7–3–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4160–18–M

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. 94F–0393]

Asahi Denka Kogyo K. K.; Withdrawal

of Food Additive Petition

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration,

HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Food and Drug

Administration (FDA) is announcing the

withdrawal, without prejudice to a

future filing, of a food additive petition

(FAP 4B4434), filed by Asahi Denka

Kogyo K. K., proposing that the food

additive regulations be amended to

provide the expanded safe use of

phosphorous acid, cyclic

neopentanetetrayl bis(2,6-di-tert-butyl4-methylphenyl)ester as an antioxidant

and/or stabilizer at a level not to exceed

0.25 percent by weight in olefin

copolymers in contact with certain food

categories, and at levels not to exceed

0.10 percent by weight in either olefin

copolymers or polypropylene in contact

with certain other food categories.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vir

D. Anand, Center for Food Safety and

Applied Nutrition (HFS–216), Food and

Drug Administration, 200 C St. SW.,

Washington, DC 20204, 202–418–3081.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a notice

published in the Federal Register of

November 23, 1994 (59 FR 60363), FDA

announced that a food additive petition

(FAP 4B4434) had been filed by Asahi

Denka Kogyo K. K., 2, Sirahata 5-

Chome, Urawa City, Saitama 366, Japan.

The petition proposed to amend the

food additive regulations in § 178.2010