[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 154 (Friday, August 8, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46300-46301]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-18177]


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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 73 FR 35140, dated June 20, 2008) is amended 
to reflect the reorganization of the 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 titles and functional statements 
for the Office of Strategy and Innovation (CAM) and the Office of Chief 
of Public Health Practice (CAR) and 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 within and beyond CDC's programs. In carrying out 
its mission, OSI: (1) Leads CDC's efforts to develop, monitor, 
evaluate, and advance agency strategic direction, planning, and 
priorities; (2) fosters strategic excellence and innovation across the 
agency; (3) provides superior decision support to CDC's executive 
leadership; (4) leads the development of health in all policies; (5) 
promotes the health, safety, and quality of life of women; and (6) 
improves the health of the public through law.
    Office of the Director (CAM1). (1) Develops, monitors, and advances 
CDC's strategic direction, planning, and priorities; (2) provides 
leadership and vision for formulating and evaluating policy; (3) 
fosters strategic excellence and innovation across the agency; (4) 
applies knowledge management tools and decision support systems in 
allocation of resources and improves agency decision-making; (5) 
communicates key messages to CDC employees and partners about CDC's 
strategic direction, planning, and priorities; and (6) works directly 
with the strategy and innovation officers within the coordinating 
centers to develop, monitor, and advance CDC strategic direction and 
priorities and institutionalize organizational change, improvement, and 
accountability.
    Office of Women's Health (CAM12). 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.
    Public Health Law Program (CAM13). The mission of the Public Health 
Law Program is to improve the health of the public through law. The 
program: (1) Provides technical assistance to CDC centers and to 
extramural partners in developing their legal preparedness to address 
the full spectrum of health protection goals; (2) collaborates with CDC 
and extramural partners in developing tools for use in assessing and 
improving the public health legal preparedness of the health system; 
(3) strengthens the competencies of practitioners in public health, 
emergency management, law, and other sectors to apply law to improve 
public health; (4) supports and conducts applied research in public 
health law and translates findings into practice; (5) provides 
consultation and analysis in public health law to CDC programs and 
extramural constituents; (6) establishes partnerships among CDC and 
other organizations active in public health law and assists in 
strengthening their public health law capacity and expertise; and (7) 
develops and disseminates authoritative information on public health 
law and public health law best practices to practitioners and policy 
makers.
    Office of Chief of Public Health Practice (CAR). The Office of 
Chief of Public Health Practice (OCPHP) serves as the advocate, 
guardian, promoter, and conscience of public health practice throughout 
CDC and in the larger public health community; ensures coordination and 
synergy of CDC's scientific and practice activities; and promotes and 
protects the public's health through science-based, practice-relevant 
standards, policies, and legal tools. To carry out its mission, OCPHP: 
(1) Establishes robust partnerships among CDC programs, public health 
practitioners and key sectors, including elected officials, the legal 
community, and law enforcement and emergency response organizations; 
(2) establishes a functional area focused specifically on standards and 
improvement in practice among state and local public health systems; 
(3) advances the development and implementation of a national agency 
accreditation system; (4) relates relevant research and policy analysis 
to public health practice; (5) monitors and anticipates public health 
practice trends and issues; and (6) coordinates and addresses cross-
cutting issues related to public health practice within CDC; and (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.


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    Dated: July 31, 2008.
William H. Gimson,
Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. E8-18177 Filed 8-7-08; 8:45 am]
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