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material on its Web site prior to the 

meeting, the background material will 

be made publicly available at the 

location of the advisory committee 

meeting, and the background material 

will be posted on FDA’s Web site after 

the meeting. Background material is 

available at http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/ 

dockets/ac/acmenu.htm, click on the 

year 2008 and scroll down to the 

appropriate advisory committee link. 

Procedure: Interested persons may 

present data, information, or views, 

orally or in writing, on issues pending 

before the committee. Written 

submissions may be made to the contact 

person on or before February 20, 2008. 

Oral presentations from the public will 

be scheduled between approximately 1 

p.m. and 2 p.m. on February 28th and 

11:15 to 12:15 on February 29th. Those 

desiring to make formal oral 

presentations should notify the contact 

person and submit a brief statement of 

the general nature of the evidence or 

arguments they wish to present, the 

names and addresses of proposed 

participants, and an indication of the 

approximate time requested to make 

their presentation on or before February 

11, 2008. Time allotted for each 

presentation may be limited. If the 

number of registrants requesting to 

speak is greater than can be reasonably 

accommodated during the scheduled 

open public hearing session, FDA may 

conduct a lottery to determine the 

speakers for the scheduled open public 

hearing session. The contact person will 

notify interested persons regarding their 

request to speak by February 12, 2008. 

Persons attending FDA’s advisory 

committee meetings are advised that the 

agency is not responsible for providing 

access to electrical outlets. 

FDA welcomes the attendance of the 

public at its advisory committee 

meetings and will make every effort to 

accommodate persons with physical 

disabilities or special needs. If you 

require special accommodations due to 

a disability, please contact Lee L. 

Zwanziger at least 7 days in advance of 

the meeting. 

FDA is committed to the orderly 

conduct of its advisory committee 

meetings. Please visit our Web site at 

http://www.fda.gov/oc/advisory/ 

default.htm for procedures on public 

conduct during advisory committee 

meetings. 

Notice of this meeting is given under 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 

U.S.C. app. 2). 

Dated: February 3, 2008. 

Randall W. Lutter, 

Deputy Commissioner for Policy. 

[FR Doc. 08–588 Filed 2–5–08; 3:58 pm] 

BILLING CODE 4160–01–S 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Office of the Secretary 

Office of Inspector General 

Statement of Organization, Functions, 

and Delegations of Authority 

This notice amends Part A (Office of 

the Secretary), chapter AF of the 

Statement of Organization, Functions, 

and Delegations of Authority for the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS) to reflect title changes 

and responsibilities within the Office of 

Inspector General’s (OIG) Office of 

Investigations (OI). The statement of 

organization, functions, and delegations 

of authority conforms to and carries out 

the statutory requirements for operating 

OIG. These organizational changes are 

primarily to balance investigative 

operations and investigative support 

functions within OI, more clearly 

delineate responsibilities for the 

activities within this office, and 

facilitate the most efficient and effective 

health care fraud investigations. Chapter 

AF was last amended on December 21, 

2006 (71 FR 76676). 

As amended, sections AFJ.00, AFJ.10, 

and AFJ.20 of Chapter AF now read as 

follows: 

* * * * * 

Section AFJ.00, Office of 

Investigations—Mission 

The Office of Investigations (OI) is 

responsible for conducting and 

coordinating investigative activities 

related to fraud, waste, abuse, and 

mismanagement in HHS programs and 

operations, including wrongdoing by 

applicants, grantees, and contractors, or 

by HHS employees in the performance 

of their official duties. The office serves 

as OIG liaison to Department of Justice 

on all matters relating to investigations 

of HHS programs and personnel, and 

reports to the Attorney General when 

OIG has reasonable grounds to believe 

Federal criminal law has been violated. 

The office serves as a liaison to CMS, 

State licensing boards, and other outside 

organizations and entities with regard to 

exclusion, compliance, and enforcement 

activities. OI works with other 

investigative agencies and organizations 

on special projects and assignments. In 

support of its mission, the office carries 

out and maintains an internal quality 

assurance system. The system includes 

quality assessment studies and quality 

control reviews of OI processes and 

products to ensure that policies and 

procedures are followed effectively, and 

are functioning as intended. 

Section AFJ.10, Office of 

Investigations—Organization 

This office is comprised of the 

following components: 

A. Immediate Office 

B. Investigations Division 1 

C. Investigations Division 2 

Section AFJ.20, Office of 

Investigations—Functions 

A. Immediate Office of the Deputy 

Inspector General for Investigations 

This office is directed by the Deputy 

Inspector General for Investigations 

(DIGI), who is responsible for the 

functions designated in the law for the 

position Assistant Inspector General for 

Investigations. The DIGI supervises the 

Assistant Inspector General for 

Investigations Division 1, the Assistant 

Inspector General for Investigations 

Division 2, and the Special Advisor who 

heads the offices described below. 

The DIGI is responsible to the 

Inspector General for carrying out the 

investigative mission of OIG and for 

providing and leading general 

supervision to the OIG investigative 

component. The Immediate Office 

provides broad guidance and instruction 

to staff and serves as the focal point for 

interaction within OIG. The Immediate 

Office handles all investigative and 

management advisory services for the 

DIGI, ensuring that the DIGI is briefed 

on all complex, sensitive, and precedent 

setting program and administrative 

issues that may significantly impact on 

OI management and the investigative 

program nationwide. The Special 

Advisor to the DIGI will supervise the 

Special Investigations Unit (SIU) 

Director and a group of inspectors. The 

SIU will conduct investigations 

concerning alleged electronic and 

computer-related violations, as well as 

conduct sensitive and complex 

investigations concerning alleged 

misconduct by OIG and some 

Department employees. Separately, the 

inspectors who report directly to the 

Special Advisor will conduct the most 

sensitive investigations involving senior 

officials, political appointees, national 

security issues, and subjects of high 

media interest. Additionally, those 

inspectors will coordinate special 

projects as assigned by the Special 

Advisor and investigations involving 

Congress and top echelon Executive 

Branch Officials. 


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B. Investigations Division 1 

This office is directed by an Assistant 

Inspector General for Investigations who 

supervises a headquarters staff and 

Special Agents in Charge. 

1. The headquarters staff assists the 

Deputy Inspector General for 

Investigations in establishing 

investigative priorities, evaluating the 

progress of investigations, and reporting 

to the Inspector General on the 

effectiveness of investigative efforts. It 

develops and implements investigative 

techniques, programs, guidelines, and 

policies. It provides programmatic 

expertise and issues information on new 

programs, regulations and statutes. It 

directs and coordinates the regional 

investigative offices. 

2. The headquarters staff identifies 

systemic and programmatic 

vulnerabilities in the Department’s 

operations and makes recommendations 

for change to the appropriate managers. 

3. This office manages the human and 

financial resources of OI, including 

developing staffing allocation plans and 

issuing policy for coordination and 

monitoring all budget, staffing and 

recruiting. 

4. This office coordinates the general 

management processes, and implements 

policies and procedures published in 

the OI Policies and Procedures Manual 

and OI Administrative Manual. It also 

coordinates a national inspection 

program to ensure compliance with the 

Federal Managers Financial Integrity 

Act, the President’s Council on Integrity 

and Efficiency, and Attorney General 

guidelines. 

5. This office coordinates with the 

other OIG components in developing 

the Work Plan and provides input to the 

Office of Inspector General Semiannual 

Report to the Congress. 

6. This office develops all derivative 

mandatory and permissive program 

exclusions, and ensures enforcement of 

exclusions imposed through liaison 

with CMS, DOJ and other governmental 

and private sector entities. It is 

responsible for developing, improving 

and maintaining a comprehensive and 

coordinated OIG database on all OIG 

exclusion actions, and promptly and 

accurately reports all exclusion actions 

within its authority to the database. It 

informs appropriate regulatory agencies, 

health care providers and the general 

public of all OIG exclusion actions, and 

is responsible for improving public 

access to information on these exclusion 

actions to ensure that excluded 

individuals and entities are effectively 

barred from program participation. 

7. This office provides advisory 

services and assistance to CMS officials, 

HHS officials, and OIG senior managers 

through liaison activity. It is responsible 

for providing program and policy 

direction necessary to accomplish all 

CMS work requirements, and to direct 

other activities in compliance with all 

legal requirements, OI policies and 

procedures. 

8. The regional offices within this 

Investigations Division conduct 

investigations of allegations of fraud, 

waste, abuse, mismanagement and 

violations of standards of conduct 

within the jurisdiction of OIG in their 

assigned geographic areas. They 

coordinate investigations and confer 

with HHS operating divisions, staff 

divisions, OIG counterparts and other 

investigative and law enforcement 

agencies. They prepare investigative and 

management improvement reports. 

C. Investigations Division 2 

This office is directed by an Assistant 

Inspector General for Investigations who 

supervises a headquarters staff and 

Special Agents in Charge. 

1. This office plans, develops, 

implements and evaluates all levels of 

employee training for investigators, 

managers, support staff and other 

personnel. It oversees a law enforcement 

techniques and equipment program. 

2. The staff provides for the personal 

protection of the Secretary, and all 

emergency operations preparedness and 

response. 

3. The office promotes and 

coordinates the adoption of advanced 

information technology forensics in the 

prevention and detection of fraud and 

provides general and specific 

coordination of programs to retrieve and 

analyze computer-based forensic 

evidence. 

4. The office operates a toll-free 

hotline for OIG to permit individuals to 

call in suspected fraud, waste, or abuse; 

refers the calls for appropriate action by 

HHS agencies or other OIG components; 

and analyzes the body of calls to 

identify trends and patterns of fraud and 

abuse needing attention. 

5. The office maintains an automated 

data and management information 

system used by all OI managers and 

investigators. It provides technical 

expertise on computer applications for 

investigations and coordinates and 

approves investigative computer 

matches with other agencies. 

6. The regional offices within this 

Investigations Division conduct 

investigations of allegations of fraud, 

waste, abuse, mismanagement and 

violations of standards of conduct 

within the jurisdiction of OIG in their 

assigned geographic areas. They 

coordinate investigations and confer 

with HHS operating divisions, staff 

divisions, OIG counterparts and other 

investigative and law enforcement 

agencies. They prepare investigative and 

management implication reports. 

Dated: February 1, 2008. 

Daniel R. Levinson, 

Inspector General. 

[FR Doc. E8–2390 Filed 2–7–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4152–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice; 30-day notice and 

request for comments; Collection Type 

Extension, without change, of a 

currently approved collection, OMB: 

1660–0010, Form Number(s): No form 

numbers associated with this collection. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, as part of its 

continuing effort to reduce paperwork 

and respondent burden, invites the 

general public and other Federal 

agencies to take this opportunity to 

comment on a proposed continuing 

information collection. In accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995, this notice seeks comments 

concerning the information collection 

outlined in 44 CFR part 71, as it pertains 

to application for National Flood 

Insurance Program (NFIP) insurance for 

buildings located in Coastal Barrier 

Resource System (CBRS) communities. 

Title: Implementation of Coastal 

Barrier Resources Act. 

OMB Number: 1660–0010. 

Abstract: When an application for 

flood insurance is submitted for 

buildings located in CBRS communities, 

one of the following types of 

documentation must be submitted as 

evidence of eligibility: (a) Certification 

from a community official stating the 

building is not located in a designated 

CBRS area, (b) A legally valid building 

permit or certification from a 

community official stating that the 

building’s start of construction date 

preceded the date that the community 

was identified in the system or c) 

Certification from the governmental 

body overseeing the area indicating that 

the building is used in a manner 

consistent with the purpose for which 

the area is protected. 


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