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Dated: October 30, 2014. 

Leslie Kux, 

Assistant Commissioner for Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2014–26237 Filed 11–4–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Health Resources and Services 

Administration 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC)/Health Resources 

and Services Administration (HRSA) 

Advisory Committee on HIV, Viral 

Hepatitis, and Sexually Transmitted 

Disease (STD) Prevention and 

Treatment 

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services 

Administration (HRSA), HHS. 

ACTION: Notice; correction. 

SUMMARY: The Health Resources and 

Services Administration published a 

notice in the Federal Register, FR 2014– 

25199 (October 23, 2014), announcing 

the meeting for the Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC)/Health 

Resources and Services Administration 

(HRSA) Advisory Committee on HIV, 

Viral Hepatitis and STD Prevention and 

Treatment. The action is to provide 

correction to the virtual meeting audio 

access code. 

Correction: In the Federal Register, 

FR 2014–25199 (October 23, 2014), 

please make the following corrections: 

Join the meeting by: 

1. (Audio Portion) Calling the Toll free 

Phone Number 1–888–942–8515 and 

providing the Participant Pass Code 

9582370, and 

2. (Visual Portion) Connecting to the 

Advisory Committee Adobe Connect Pro 

Meeting using the following URL: 

https://hrsa.connectsolutions.com/

cdchrsa_advcmt/. 

Dated: October 29, 2014. 

Jackie Painter, 

Acting Director, Division of Policy and 

Information Coordination. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Indian Health Service 

Organization, Functions, and 

Delegations of Authority 

Part G 

Indian Health Service 

Part G, of the Statement of 

Organization, Functions, and 

Delegations of Authority of the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS), as amended at 70 FR 

60350, October 17, 2005, and most 

recently as amended at 75 FR 38112, 

July 1, 2010 is hereby amended to 

establish an Office of Human Resources 

(OHR) and transfer the functions and 

staff from the Program Integrity and 

Ethics Staff (renamed as Division of 

Personnel Security and Ethics), Division 

of Commissioned Personnel Support, 

and Division of Human Resources, from 

the Office of Management Services and 

the Division of Health Professions 

Support, from the Office of Public 

Health Support to the Office of Human 

Resources within the IHS Headquarters 

(HQ) organizational structure. The OHR 

will ensure a competent work force 

appropriately assigned to carry out the 

IHS mission. The changes will relocate 

major human resources (HR) 

components within a single 

organization that reports to the Director, 

IHS. The Office will provide leadership 

and accountability of Agency personnel 

requirements, recruitment and 

retention, management, and training 

and development objectives and 

activities to support the Agency’s 

mission. 

Office of Human Resources (OHR) 

(GAN) 

(1) Advises the Director, IRS, on HR 

goals, objectives, policies, and priorities 

of the Agency and the HR profession; (2) 

provides leadership, direction, and 

oversight of Agency-wide HR activities 

that support the IHS organization and 

programs; (3) develops and maintains 

strategic and operational HR plans to 

ensure a current and future work force 

for management, program delivery, and 

administrative support systems; (4) 

furthers the Agency’s Indian Preference 

by ensuring compliance with Indian 

Preference statutory and policy 

requirements; (5) develops, 

promulgates, and administers Agency 

HR guidelines, and instructions in 

accordance with Office of Personnel 

Management (OPM), HHS, Public 

Health Service policies and the Indian 

Health Care Improvement Act (IHCIA), 

as amended; (6) ensures consistency in 

recruitment, training, and development 

applications, approaches, and outcomes 

by administering an Agency-wide HR 

system of functional responsibility, 

authority, and accountability; (7) issues 

standards to monitor and evaluate all 

IRS training and development activities 

and ensures that expenditures for 

recruitment, training, and development 

support the Agency’s mission and goals; 

(8) provides Agency-wide policy 

guidance, consultation, and technical 

assistance on all IHS HR management, 

recruitment, and retention activities; (9) 

manages Agency work force information 

and conducts analyses, including trends 

analysis and forecasting necessary for 

Agency HR planning, management, and 

evaluation; (10) administers an Agencywide information clearinghouse on HR 

recruitment, training, and development 

that serves all IHS organizations and 

Tribal health programs; (11) directs the 

Agency-wide scholarship, loan 

repayment, professional recruitment 

and retention, training, and 

development systems; (12) administers 

personnel management operations and 

services for HQ organizational units; 

(13) ensures a safe, healthy, and 

productive work environment for IHS 

personnel to carry out their assigned 

duties and responsibilities, and that HR 

factors are part of the Agency’s decision 

making processes; (14) establishes and 

maintains liaison and coordination with 

a variety of public and private 

organizations to provide the IHS with 

up-to-date HR recruitment, 

management, training, retention and 

development technologies; (15) ensures 

that organization and program changes 

involve assessments of appropriate HR 

requirements, including work design, 

knowledge, skills, abilities, and work 

load; (16) prepares reports and studies 

reflecting IHS HR activities in response 

to the Congress, other Federal agencies, 

and Tribal Governments; and (17) 

participates in cross-cutting issues and 

processes, including, but not limited to 

emergency preparedness/security, 

budget formulation, self-determination 

issues, Tribal shares computations and 

resolution of audit findings as may be 

needed and appropriate. 

Division of Personnel Security and 

Ethics (DPSE) (GANA) 

(1) Advises the IHS Director and IHS 

management and supervisors of 

appropriate corrective and remedial 

actions to address or correct 

improprieties by Agency employees; (2) 

directs and provides leadership in the 

formulation of plans, guidance and 

evaluation of the IHS Personnel Security 

and Drug Testing Programs; (3) manages 

and directs the IHS ‘‘Ethics Program’’, 

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including the implementation of all 

requirements, providing advice to the 

IHS Director and serving as the Agency 

liaison with all outside investigative 

organizations related to personnel 

matters, such as the Office of Special 

Counsel, the Government 

Accountability Office (GAO) and the 

Office of Inspector General (OIG); (4) 

directs and monitors the annual 

required ethics training and ethics 

training of new employees within the 

required dates; (5) directs the factfinding and resolution of allegations 

against Agency personnel of 

impropriety such as mismanagement of 

resources, fraud, waste, and abuse 

violations of the Standards of Ethical 

Conduct, Hatch Act and political 

activity and other forms of waste; (6) 

administers the IHS-wide management 

of the Agency hotline reports of 

allegations; and (7) develops and 

implements IHS directives and training 

for Standards of Ethical Conduct, Hatch 

Act and political activity, allegations 

and investigations of administrative 

fraud, waste and abuse, drug testing, 

and personnel security. 

Personnel Security Branch (PSB) 

(GANA1) 

(1) Administers and coordinates the 

IRS personnel security program and IHS 

drug testing program; (2) administers 

and coordinates all background checks 

and adjudicates findings; (3) coordinates 

with the OPM on tracking background 

checks for all Agency personnel; (4) 

works with IHS Area Office Personnel 

Security Representatives on timely 

processing of backgrounds and 

adjudication of findings; and (5) 

provides guidance for determining 

position sensitivity in accordance with 

the OPM requirements for position 

sensitivity and public trust. 

Ethics Branch (EB) (GANA2) 

(1) Administers and coordinates the 

IHS ethics program, including the 

implementation of all requirements and 

providing advice to the Agency on 

actions necessary to ensure compliance 

with ethics laws and policies; (2) 

reviews and approves public financial 

disclosure statements; (3) supervises 

and audits the confidential financial 

reports filed by regular and special 

government employees; (4) reviews and 

clears all requests for approval of 

outside activity and requests to accept 

travel expenses from non-Federal 

sources; (5) provides advice and 

assistance to current and former 

employees to ensure that decisions they 

make, and actions they take, are not, nor 

appear to be, affected by any question of 

conflict of interest; and (6) trains 

Agency employees on ethics statutes 

and regulations. 

Division of Commissioned Personnel 

Support (DCPS) (GANB) 

(1) Acts as the liaison between IHS 

and the Office of the Surgeon General 

(OSG), Division of Commissioned Corps 

Personnel and Readiness (DCCPR), and 

Division of Systems Integration; (2) 

advises the IHS Director, HQ Office 

Directors, Area Directors, supervisors, 

administrators, managers, officers and 

dependents regarding commissioned 

personnel benefits, policies, procedures, 

and regulations, as the IHS primary 

point of contact for commissioned 

personnel management; (3) develops 

Agency policies, procedures, and 

recommendations to Agency senior 

leadership regarding commissioned 

personnel management and provides 

recommendations to the DCCPR 

regarding commissioned corps policy; 

(4) provides direct support to the IHS 

Director and/or the Agency 

representative to the OSG as the 

Agency’s official Surgeon General’s 

Policy Advisory Council representative; 

(5) produces resource materials and 

conducts training sessions on 

commissioned personnel issues for 

officers, supervisors, and commissioned 

personnel specialists in IHS Area 

Offices; (6) manages the Agency honor 

and service award program for 

commissioned personnel; (7) facilitates 

and monitors the progress of Agency 

commissioned personnel adverse 

actions to assure accuracy, timeliness, 

and completion; (8) prepares reports 

reflecting INS commissioned corps 

activities in response to requests from 

Agency leadership, Congress, other 

Federal agencies, and Tribal 

Governments; (9) reviews and processes 

all commissioned personnel actions for 

the Agency; (10) develops and manages 

all Agency commissioned personnel 

direct access positions; (11) provides 

oversight and coordination of 

Temporary, Permanent, and Exception 

Proficiency Promotion processes; (12) 

evaluates need, develops, and provides 

commissioned personnel training, 

orientation, workshops, and seminars; 

(13) acts as a subject matter expert and 

advises Agency travel officials on 

commissioned personnel travel and 

Joint Federal Travel Regulation policy; 

(14) coordinates with DCCPR on all 

Agency deployment processes, obtains 

Agency approvals for officer 

deployments, provides oversight and 

tracks the status of Agency 

commissioned personnel during 

deployments; (15) facilitates and 

monitors all medical and compensation 

processes (including special pays) for 

accuracy, timeliness, and completion; 

and (16) advises Agency supervisors on 

the performance, discipline, and 

conduct of commissioned personnel. 

Division of Human Resources (DHR) 

(GANC) 

(1) Provides overall leadership and 

direction for the IHS HR program; (2) 

evaluates, establishes and implements 

HR policies for Agency-wide use and 

provides leadership to ensure 

implementation; (3) provides advice, 

consultation, guidance and assistance to 

IHS Leadership, Areas, and Regional HR 

Centers on civil service HR issues, 

programs and policies; (4) provides 

leadership and direction to the IFS 

Regional HR Centers; (5) provides 

recruitment, classification, and 

performance management services for 

all Senior Executive Service positions; 

and (6) manages the overall IHS 

appointment authority, personnel and 

pay action functions for civil service 

employees. 

HR Systems and Analytics Branch 

(HRSAB) (GANC1) 

(1) Serves as advisor to IHS leadership 

on HR systems solutions for IHS 

business needs; (2) provides project 

management for enterprise HR systems 

and functional aspects of IHS public 

and internal Web sites; (3) collaborates 

with business process owners to 

perform requirements analysis, 

selection, testing, implementation, 

deployment, and support and 

recommend future enhancements for 

HHS HR systems and reporting 

solutions; (4) analyzes HR metrics/

benchmarks, internal DHR business 

practices, processes, and programs to 

enable the organization to make better 

decisions concerning our human capital 

resources; (5) coordinates and 

implements system access requirements 

which uphold the IHS security policies; 

and (6) serves as H–IS advocates for 

Human Resources Information System 

programs to ensure they meet IRS 

business and process needs. 

HQ Client Services Branch (CSB) 

(GANC2) 

(1) Provides core HR advice, 

operational functions and services (in 

the areas of strategic recruitment, 

staffing, delegated examining, position 

classification, payroll, timekeeping, 

performance management, awards, and 

Federal benefit programs), strategic 

human capital and workforce planning, 

succession planning, E-government HR 

initiatives and strategic planning for IHS 

HQ Offices; (2) provides advice, 

consultation, guidance and assistance to 

HQ Office Directors, management 

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officials, employees and other 

customers on HR operational services, 

programs, and policies; (3) interfaces 

with staff of the other DHR Branches to 

provide for a full range of HR 

operational services to the HQ; and (4) 

complies with Indian Preference 

statutory and policy requirements in HR 

practices. 

Workforce Relations and Policy Branch 

(WRPB) (GANC3) 

(1) Develops, administers and 

evaluates a variety of services, products, 

and program policies in the areas of 

employee and labor relations, 

performance management and awards; 

(2) provides HR advisory and consulting 

services to IHS management and 

Regional HR management and staff 

while developing, administering, and 

evaluating compensation policy and 

programs designed to recruit, 

compensate, and retain a highly 

qualified, motivated, and diverse 

workforce; (3) provides support and 

assistance to the IHS leadership with 

planning and preparing IHS workforce 

programs; (4) responsible for the 

development and implementation of HR 

policies, and management of HR 

delegations of authority; (5) develops 

and provides guidance and oversight for 

policy for Title 5 employment 

mechanisms, and coordinates HR 

programs and policies with HHS; and 

(6) responds to a variety of HR issues 

and cases that arise from the IHS HQ 

and Areas that are precedent-setting, 

controversial, and/or require sensitive 

handling. 

Regional Human Resource Centers— 

(RHRO) (GANC4–8) 

Western Region (GANC4) 

Northern Plains Region (GANC5) 

Southwest Region (GANC6) 

Navajo Region (GANC7) 

Southeast Region (GANC8) 

(1) Provides overall leadership and 

direction for the IHS HR program within 

the established Region; (2) administers 

HR policies and regulations and 

provides leadership to ensure 

implementation; (3) provides advice, 

consultation, guidance and assistance to 

Area Directors, management officials, 

employees and other customers on civil 

service HR issues, programs and 

policies; (4) provides leadership and 

direction to the HR staff throughout the 

Region; (5) assures compliance with 

Indian Preference statutory and policy 

requirements in HR practices; (6) 

provides HR services throughout the 

Region, to include, but not limited to, 

strategic human capital and workforce 

planning, succession planning, Egovernment HR initiatives and strategic 

planning, HR program evaluation and 

oversight; strategic consultation, 

management advisory services, HR 

leadership, classification and pay 

administration, staffing and placement, 

personnel and payroll action processing, 

labor-management and employee 

relations, benefits administration and 

performance management; (7) provides 

advice, consultation, and assistance to 

management and when requested to 

Tribal officials on Tribal health program 

HR issues; (8) plans, administers and 

evaluates HR programs; (9) plans and 

implements HR responsibilities for IHS 

programs covered by the Region’s 

appointing authority; and (10) 

represents the Region in matters 

involving HR program responsibilities. 

Division of Health Professions Support 

(DHPS) (GAND) 

(1) Develops and implements IHS 

programs to recruit, select, assign, and 

retain health care professionals and 

coordinates these activities with the 

respective disciplines; (2) assesses 

professional staffing needs and 

coordinates the development of 

strategies and systems to satisfy these 

needs; (3) coordinates the planning and 

development of IHS strategies and 

systems to improve the morale and 

retention of all professionals; (4) 

coordinates HQ activities for physician 

residency and training programs; (5) 

coordinates the IHS National Health 

Service Corps (NHSC) program, 

including liaison and assignment of 

NHSC scholarship recipients to IRS; (6) 

develops priority sites for the loan 

repayment program; (7) coordinates 

placement of professionals with loan 

repayment obligations; (8) serves as IHS 

coordinator for preparatory, pregraduate and health professions IHS 

scholarship recipients; (9) retrieves, 

establishes, and manages information 

and data on the IHS work force; and (10) 

conducts work force data analyses, 

including trends and projections, 

identifying work force needs by major 

personnel systems, categories, and 

disciplines. 

Health Professions Support Branch 

(HPSB) (GAND1) 

(1) Develops the IHS program to 

recruit, select, assign, and retain health 

care professionals, in accordance with 

policies and guidance provided by the 

DHR; (2) assesses IHS professional 

staffing needs; (3) provides research and 

analysis functions related to recruitment 

and retention of health professionals for 

Chief Medical Officers, Clinical 

Directors, and senior clinicians; (4) 

manages and supports health 

professions education programs and 

activities; (5) processes waivers and 

defaults of participants in IHS 

scholarship programs and the IHS Loan 

Repayment Program (LRP) as mandated 

by Section 108 of the IHCIA; (6) 

coordinates the debt management 

function with the Program Support 

Center; and (7) develops and 

administers Indian Health Professions 

programs authorized by the IHCIA, as 

amended. 

Loan Repayment Branch (LRB) 

(GAND2) 

(1) Awards and places recipients in 

IHS, Tribal, and Urban sites and 

monitors and processes waivers and 

defaults of participants in the LRP as 

mandated by Section 108 of the IHCIA; 

and (2) coordinates program 

administration with the IHS Area Office 

and Service Unit personnel, particularly 

recruitment and retention activities, 

including Chief Medical Officers, 

Clinical Directors, and professional 

recruiters. 

Scholarships Branch (SB) (GAND3) 

Develops, administers, and evaluates 

programs in the IHS Scholarship 

Program authorized under the IHCIA: 

Section 102 (Health Professions 

Recruitment Program for Indians), 

Section 103 (Health Professions 

Preparatory Scholarship Program for 

Indians), Section 104 (Indian Health 

Professions Scholarship Program), 

Section 105 (IHS Extern Program), 

Section 112 (Nursing Program), Section 

114 (INMED Program), Section 120 

(Matching Grants to Tribes for 

Scholarship Programs), Section 217 

(American Indians Into Psychology 

Program), and other funded programs 

authorized under the IHCIA. 

Office of Public Health Support (OPHS) 

(GAH) 

(1) Advises and supports the IHS 

Director on policy, budget formulation, 

and resource allocation regarding the 

operation and management of IHS, 

Tribal, and Urban Indian health 

programs; (2) provides IHS-wide 

leadership, guidance and support for 

public health program and activities 

including strategic planning, evaluation, 

Government Performance and Results 

Act (GPRA), research, epidemiology, 

and statistics; (3) provides Agency-wide 

leadership and consultation to IHS, 

Tribal, and Urban Indian health 

programs on IHS goals, objectives, 

policies, standards, and priorities; (4) 

advocates for the public health needs 

and concerns of Al/AN and promotes 

quality health care; (5) manages and 

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provides national leadership and 

consultation for IHS on assessments of 

public health medical services, research 

agendas, special pay, and public health 

initiatives for the Agency; (6) supports 

and advocates for AI/AN to access State 

and local public health programs; and 

(7) participates in cross-cutting issues 

and processes including, but not limited 

to emergency preparedness/security, 

budget formulation, self-determination 

issues, Tribal shares computations and 

resolution of audit findings as may be 

needed and appropriate. 

Division of Epidemiology and Disease 

Prevention (DEDP) (GAHA) 

(1) Prevents and controls chronic and 

communicable disease through 

epidemiology and applied public health 

practice; (2) builds capacity in Tribal 

communities through a network of 

Tribal Epidemiology Centers; (3) 

collaborates with the Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC) and 

directs staff detailed to the IRS from the 

CDC; (4) describes causes, patterns, and 

risk factors for disease and death, and 

develops public health policy and 

interventions; (5) serves IHS and Tribal 

communities through disease 

surveillance, health data management, 

analysis and reporting, community 

surveys, emergency response, training 

in public health practice and 

epidemiology, consultation to clinicians 

and technical support for public health 

activities and assessment of public 

health system performance; (6) supports 

epidemiology, disease control, and 

prevention programs for chronic 

diseases, including cancer, tobacco 

control, cardiovascular disease, 

diabetes, kidney disease, environmental 

health, maternal health, child health, 

and others; and (7) supports 

epidemiology, disease control, and 

prevention programs for communicable 

diseases, including tuberculosis, HIV/

AIDS, sexually-transmitted diseases, 

hepatitis, hantavirus, antibiotic-resistant 

infections, immunizations, bioterrorism 

preparedness and others. 

Chronic Disease Branch (CDB) 

Supports epidemiology, disease 

control, and prevention programs for 

chronic diseases, including cancer, 

tobacco control, cardiovascular disease, 

diabetes, kidney disease, environmental 

health, maternal health, child health, 

and others. 

Infectious Disease Branch (IDB) 

Supports epidemiology, disease 

control, and prevention programs for 

communicable diseases, including 

tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, sexuallytransmitted diseases, hepatitis, 

hantavirus, antibiotic-resistant 

infections, immunizations, bioterrorism 

preparedness, and others. 

Division of Program Statistics (DPS) 

(GAHB) 

(1) Plans, develops, directs, and 

coordinates an analytical statistical 

reporting program to provide data for 

measuring the health status and unmet 

health needs of the Al/AN population; 

(2) develops and coordinates the 

collection, processing, and analysis of 

demographic, patient care, and clinical 

data for the Agency; (3) maintains, 

analyzes, makes accessible, and 

publishes results from national 

demographic and clinical analyses; and 

(4) provides statistical and analytical 

consultation to other divisions and 

agencies. 

Demographics Statistics Staff (DS) 

(1) Plans, develops and executes a 

major nation-wide statistical program 

for the collection, processing, analysis 

and dissemination of demographic 

characteristics of the AT/AN population 

located throughout the United States; (2) 

coordinates with the National Center for 

Health Statistics the analysis and 

reporting of vital event information for 

the AT/AN population; and (3) provides 

statistical and analytical consultation to 

other divisions and agencies. 

Patient Care Statistics Staff (PCSS) 

(1) Plans, develops and executes a 

major nation-wide statistical program 

for the collection, processing, analysis 

and dissemination of patient care data 

and special studies with emphasis on 

health and demographic characteristics 

of the Al/AN population located 

throughout the United States; (2) 

evaluates facility workload trends and 

participates in the development of 

methodologies for constructing longrange estimates of inpatient and 

ambulatory care workloads for use in 

facility construction and planning; and 

(3) coordinates with the IHS National 

Data Repositories, the analysis and 

reporting of program, patient care and 

clinical data for the Agency. 

Division of Planning, Evaluation and 

Research (DPER) (GAHC) 

(1) Develops and coordinates Agency 

strategic planning and performance 

measurement efforts (including GPRA 

and Program Assessment Rating Tool) 

with budgeting requirements in 

consultation with IHS program staff; (2) 

provides consultation and coordination 

on the IRS budget formulation activity 

for planning and data purposes; (3) 

conducts, facilitates, solicits, 

coordinates, and evaluates communityoriented practice-based research related 

to health problems and the delivery of 

care to AI/AN people and communities 

with a major focus on improving the 

health status and systems of care; (4) 

provides guidance and support for IHSwide program evaluation projects; and 

(5) provides support for public health 

planning services, facilities and staffing. 

Office of Management Services (OMS) 

(GAL) 

(1) Provides IRS-wide leadership, 

guidance and support for the 

management of grants, acquisitions, 

records management, personal property, 

supply, and the regulations program; (2) 

formulates, administers, and 

coordinates the review and analysis of 

IRS-wide policies, delegations of 

authority, and organizations and 

functions development; (3) develops 

and oversees the implementation of 

policies, procedures and delegations of 

authority for IHS grants management 

activities, including grants added to 

self-governance compacts; (4) ensures 

that IHS policies and practices for the 

administrative functions identified 

above are consistent with applicable 

regulations, directives and guidance 

from higher echelons in the HHS and 

other Federal oversight agencies; (5) 

advises the IHS Director, in conjunction 

with the Office of the General Counsel 

(OGC), on the resolution of statutory 

and regulatory issues related to the MS 

and coordinates resolution of IHS legal 

issues with the OGC, IHS staff, and 

other Federal agencies; (6) assures that 

IHS appeal systems meet legal 

standards, in conjunction with the OGC; 

(7) coordinates the development, 

clearance, and transmittal of IHS 

responses and follow-up to reports 

issued by the OIG, the GAO, and other 

Federal internal and external 

authorities; (8) provides leadership and 

direction of activities for continuous 

improvement of management 

accountability and administrative 

systems for effective and efficient 

program support services IHS-wide; (9) 

ensures the accountability and integrity 

of grants and acquisition management, 

records management, personal property 

utilization and disposition of MS 

resources; (10) assures that the IHS 

management services, policies, 

procedures, and practices support ES 

Indian Self-Determination Act policies; 

(11) assists in the assurance of Indian 

access to State, local, and private health 

programs; (12) provides leadership and 

advocacy of the IHS mission and goals 

with the HHS, Administration, 

Congress, and other external authorities; 

and (13) participates in cross-cutting 

issues and processes including, but not 

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limited to emergency preparedness/

security, budget formulation, selfdetermination issues, Tribal shares 

computations and resolution of audit 

findings as may be needed and 

appropriate. 

Division of Management Policy and 

Internal Control (DMPIC) (GALA) 

(1) Formulates, administers, and 

supports IHS-wide policies, delegations 

of authority, and organizations and 

functions development; (2) provides 

leadership, on behalf of the IHS 

Director, to functional area managers at 

IHS HQ in developing, modifying, and 

overseeing the implementation of IHS 

policies and procedures; (3) provides 

analysis, advisory, and assistance 

services to IHS managers and staff for 

the development, clearance, and filing 

of IHS directives and delegations of 

authority; (4) serves as principal advisor 

and source for technical assistance for 

establishment or modification of 

organizational infrastructures, 

functions, and Standard Administrative 

Code configurations; (5) administers the 

IHS Management Control Program for 

assuring IHS’ compliance with 

management control requirements in the 

Federal Managers’ Financial Integrity 

Act of 1982; (6) provides assistance and 

support to special assigned task groups; 

(7) conducts special program or 

management integrity reviews as 

required; (8) oversees and coordinates 

the annual development and submission 

of the Agency’s Federal Activities 

Inventory Reform Act report to the HHS; 

(9) plans, develops, and administers the 

IHS personal property management 

program in conformance with Federal 

personal property management laws, 

regulations, policies, procedures, 

practices, and standards; (10) interprets 

regulations and provides advice on 

execution and coordination of personal 

property management policies and 

programs; (11) administers management 

systems and methods for planning, 

utilizing, and reporting on personal 

property programs, including the 

precious metals recovery program and 

IHS personal property accountability 

and control systems; (12) provides 

guidance and serves as principal 

administrative authority on Federal 

personal property management laws, 

regulations, policies, procedures, 

practices, and standards, in conjunction 

with the OGC; (13) conducts surveys 

and studies involving evaluation and 

analysis of the personal property 

management activities IHS-wide; (14) 

maintains liaison with the HHS and the 

General Services Administration (GSA) 

on personal property management 

issues and programs affecting the 11–IS; 

(15) plans, develops and administers the 

IHS Fleet Management Program; (16) 

prepares reports on IHS personal 

property activities; and (17) administers 

the local HQ personal property 

management program to include 

receiving, tagging, storage and disposal 

in addition to conducting the annual 

inventory for all HQ locations. 

Division of Administrative Services 

(DAS) (GALB) 

(1) Plans, develops and directs 

program support and general services 

programs; (2) provides policy guidance 

and support in the development, 

planning, and implementation of 

administrative functions; (3) serves as 

liaison with the HHS and the GSA on 

logistics issues affecting the IHS; (4) 

monitors, evaluates, and reports on 

administrative programs and services; 

(5) provides guidance and oversight to 

the IHS on the control and safeguard of 

classified national security information; 

(6) plans, develops and administers the 

IHS-wide Homeland Security 

Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD–12) 

program to include providing leadership 

on the Physical Access Control Systems, 

and the Physical Security Program in a 

collaborative role with the Office of 

Environmental Health and Engineering; 

(7) provides special transportation and 

security; (8) provides leadership and 

guidance for the IHS Forms 

Management Program; (9) administers 

physical security, facility management, 

space management services, GSA lease 

management, telecommunication 

services, parking management, 

including the employee transit subsidy 

program, and HSPD–12 badge issuance 

for HQ; (10) administers the IRS mail 

and commercial printing programs; (11) 

provides leadership and coordination in 

the planning, development, operation, 

oversight, and evaluation of special 

office support projects for office 

relocations, and inter- and intra-agency 

activities; (12) plans, develops, and 

administers the IRS policies on supply 

management in conformance with 

Federal supply management laws, 

regulations, policies, procedures, 

practices, and standards; (13) interprets 

regulations and provides advice on 

execution and coordination of supply 

management policies and programs; (14) 

administers management systems and 

methods for planning, utilizing, and 

reporting on administrative supply 

management programs, including the 

IHS supply accountability and controls 

systems; (15) provides guidance and 

serves as principal administrative 

authority on Federal supply 

management laws, regulations, policies, 

procedures, practices, and standards, in 

conjunction with the OGC; (16) 

conducts surveys and studies involving 

evaluation and analysis of the supply 

management activities IHS-wide; (17) 

maintains liaison with the HHS and the 

GSA on supply management issues and 

programs affecting the IRS; (18) prepares 

reports on IHS supply; and (19) plans, 

develops, and administers an integrated 

IRS supply system. 

Division of Acquisitions Policy (DAP) 

(GALC) 

(1) Develops, recommends, and 

oversees the implementation of policies, 

procedures and delegations of authority 

for the acquisition management 

activities in the IRS, consistent with 

applicable regulations, directives, and 

guidance from higher echelons in the 

HHS and Federal oversight agencies; (2) 

advises the Director, OMS, of proposed 

legislation, regulations, and directives 

that affect contracts in the IHS; (3) 

provides leadership for compliance 

reviews of all IHS acquisition 

operations; (4) oversees completion of 

necessary corrective actions; (5) 

manages for the Agency, the HHS 

acquisition training and certification 

program; (6) supports and maintains the 

IHS Contract Information System and 

controls entry of data into the HHS 

Contract Information System; (7) serves 

as the IHS contact point for contract 

protests and the HHS contact for 

contract-related issues; (8) reviews and 

makes recommendations for approval/

disapproval of contract-related 

documents such as: Pre- and post-award 

documents, unauthorized commitments, 

procurement planning documents, 

Justification for Other Than Full and 

Open Competition waivers, deviations, 

and determinations and findings that 

require action by the Agency Head of 

the Contracting Activity, or the Office of 

the Secretary; (9) processes unsolicited 

proposals for the IHS; (10) coordinates 

the IHS Small Business programs; and 

(11) oversees compliance with the Buy 

Indian Act. 

Division of Grants Management (DGM) 

(GALD) 

(1) Directs grants management and 

operations for the IHS; (2) awards and 

administers grants and cooperative 

agreements for IHS financial assistance 

programs; (3) provides assistance for the 

resolution of audit findings for grant 

programs; (4) manages for the Agency, 

the HHS grants training and certification 

program; (5) continuously assesses 

grants operations; (6) oversees 

completion of necessary corrective 

action plans; (7) reviews and makes 

recommendations for improvements in 

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management systems; (8) serves as the 

IHS liaison with the HHS and the public 

for grants and other financial assistance 

programs within the IHS; (9) maintains 

the Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance for IHS financial assistance 

programs; (10) conducts grants-related 

training for IHS staff, grantees, and 

potential grantees; (11) coordinates 

payment to grantees, including 

scholarship recipients; and (12) 

establishes and maintains the IHS 

automated Grants Information System 

and controls data entry into the HHS 

automated Grants Information System. 

Division of Regulatory Affairs (GALE) 

(1) Manages the IHS’ overall 

regulations program and 

responsibilities, including determining 

the need for and developing plans for 

changes in regulations, developing or 

assuring the development of needed 

regulations, and maintaining the various 

regulatory planning processes; (2) serves 

as IHS liaison with the Office of the 

Federal Register on matters relating to 

the submission and clearance of 

documents for publication in the 

Federal Register; (3) assures proper 

Agency clearance and processing of 

Federal Register documents; (4) informs 

management and program officials of 

regulatory activities of other Federal 

agencies; (5) manages the IHS review of 

non-IHS regulatory documents that 

impact the delivery of health services to 

Indians including but not limited to 

access and civil rights aspects and State 

Medicaid waiver applications by 

coordinating with the OGC Public 

Health Division; (6) advises the IHS 

Director and serves as liaison with the 

OGC on such matters as litigation, 

regulations, related policy issues, and 

administrative support issues; (7) 

determines the need for and obtains 

legal clearance of IRS directives and 

other issuances; (8) coordinates legal 

issues with the OGC, IHS, HHS 

components, and other Federal 

agencies, including the identification 

and formulation of legal questions and 

advising on the implementation of OGC 

opinions; (9) assures that IHS’ appeals 

processes meet legal standards; (10) 

advises on and participates in Indian 

Self-Determination and Education 

Assistance Act appeals and hearings; 

(11) advises on the administration of the 

contract health services (CHS) appeals 

system and is a participant in the IRS 

Director’s CHS appeal decisions; (12) 

manages the retrieval and transmittal of 

information in response to requests 

received under the Freedom of 

Information Act (FOIA), Privacy Act, the 

Health Insurance Portability and 

Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy and 

the Health Information Technology for 

Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) 

Act, in collaboration with the Public 

Affairs Staff; (13) ensures the security of 

sensitive and/or confidential 

information when responding to FOIA, 

Privacy Act, HIPAA Privacy, and 

HITECH Act issues; (14) advises the IHS 

Director regarding requests for IHS 

employees to serve as expert witnesses 

when IRS is not a party to the suit; (15) 

provides leadership and guidance for 

the IHS Records Management Program; 

(16) develops and recommends policies 

and procedures for the protection and 

disposition of JETS records and oversees 

the evaluation of records management 

activities in the IRS; (17) develops and 

implements a management control 

system for evaluation of records 

management functions IHS-wide; (18) 

maintains and updates various 

regulatory agendas; (19) manages, 

administers, implements and monitors 

the IRS’s Paperwork Reduction Act and 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) information collection/activities; 

(20) provides guidance and technical 

assistance to JETS regarding information 

collection requirements and procedures 

for obtaining OMB approvals and 

extensions for IHS information 

collections; (21) coordinates the 

implementation and the application of 

Privacy Act, HIPAA Privacy, and 

HITECH Act requirements, including 

but not limited to HIPAA and HITECH 

Act compliance; (22) maintains and 

distributes the Compendium of Legal 

Opinions; (23) reviews IHS directives 

and other issuances for needed legal 

clearances; (24) advises on the impact 

on IHS and the Indian community of 

State and Federal health reforms; and 

(25) provides policy review and advice 

on the need for or application of legal 

opinions. 

Section GA–40, Indian Health Service— 

Delegations of Authority 

All delegations of authority and redelegations of authority made to IHS 

officials that were in effect immediately 

prior to this reorganization, and that are 

consistent with this reorganization, 

shall continue in effect pending further 

re-delegation. 

This reorganization shall be effective 

on 11/01/2014. 

Dated: October 24, 2014. 

Yvette Roubideaux, 

Acting Director, Indian Health Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

National Center for Complementary & 

Alternative Medicine; Notice of Closed 

Meeting 

Pursuant to section 10(d) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is 

hereby given of the following meeting. 

The meeting will be closed to the 

public in accordance with the 

provisions set forth in sections 

552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C., 

as amended. The grant applications and 

the discussions could disclose 

confidential trade secrets or commercial 

property such as patentable material, 

and personal information concerning 

individuals associated with the grant 

applications, the disclosure of which 

would constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy. 

Name of Committee: National Center for 

Complementary and Alternative Medicine 

Special Emphasis Panel; P50 Botanical 

Centers. 

Date: December 17–18, 2014. 

Time: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & 

Conference Center 5701 Marinelli Road, 

Bethesda, MD 20852. 

Contact Person: Martina Schmidt, Ph.D., 

Scientific Review Officer, Office of Scientific 

Review, National Center for Complementary 

& Alternative Medicine, NIH, 6707 

Democracy Blvd., Suite 401, Bethesda, MD 

20892, 301–594–3456. 

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Nos. 93.213, Research and Training 

in Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 

National Institutes of Health, HHS) 

Dated: October 30, 2014. 

Michelle Trout, 

Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

Center for Scientific Review; Notice of 

Closed Meetings 

Pursuant to section 10(d) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is 

hereby given of the following meetings. 

The meetings will be closed to the 

public in accordance with the 

provisions set forth in sections 

552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C., 

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