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debt until the Department of Health and 

Human Services publishes a revision. 

Dated: October 17, 2017. 

David C. Horn, 

Director, Office of Financial Policy and 

Reporting. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Office of the Secretary 

Office of the Assistant Secretary for 

Administration; Statement of 

Organization, Functions, and 

Delegations of Authority 

Part A, Office of the Secretary, 

Statement of Organization, Functions, 

and Delegations of Authority for the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS) is being amended at Part 

A, Chapter AJ, Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Administration (ASA), 

which was last amended at 77 FR 2729, 

dated January 19, 2012, and most 

recently at 77 FR 71004, dated 

November 28, 2012. Part A, Chapter AB, 

Section AB.20 a paragraph on Office of 

Security and Strategic Information 

(ABE), is being inserted. Part P, Program 

Support Center (PSC), Statement of 

Organization, Functions, and 

Delegations of Authority, which was last 

amended at 75 FR 369–370, dated 

January 5, 2010, is not being amended. 

This notice transfers the onboarding/ 

suitability and physical security 

functions of the Office for Security and 

Strategic Information (OSSI) to PSC. 

This transfer of functions complements 

the existing PSC component’s facilities 

management functions, parking garage 

entrance, safety-related programs, and 

other administrative functions. This 

notice also updates information 

regarding OSSI’s direct report to the 

Deputy Secretary, organizational 

structure, as well as the new roles and 

responsibilities for the Assistant Deputy 

Secretary for National Security and 

Secretary’s Senior Intelligence Official 

and for OSSI. 

A. Part P, Program Support Center, 

the statement of organization, functions, 

and delegations of Authority therein 

need not be changed as the transferred 

functions are within the scope of the 

functions of PSC as described. 

B. Under Chapter AJ, Section AJ.20, 

Functions, delete the last paragraph, 

which begins with ‘‘Office of Security 

and Strategic Information (AJS),’’ in its 

entirety. 

C. Under Chapter AB, Section AB.20, 

Functions, insert the following new 

paragraph at the end of the section with 

the following: 

Office of Security and Strategic 

Information (ABE) 

The Office of Security and Strategic 

Information is headed by the Assistant 

Deputy Secretary for National Security, 

who reports directly to the Deputy 

Secretary and also serves as the 

Secretary’s Senior Intelligence Official 

on intelligence and counterintelligence 

issues. The Assistant Deputy Secretary 

for National Security has been delegated 

original classification authority by the 

Secretary. The Assistant Deputy 

Secretary for National Security manages 

the Office of Security and Strategic 

Information (OSSI). OSSI’s vision is for 

HHS personnel to successfully 

accomplish missions worldwide in a 

security-informed manner and with the 

actionable intelligence needed, at the 

right time, for operational and policy 

decisions. OSSI’s responsibilities 

include: Integrating intelligence and 

security information into HHS policy 

and operational decisions; assessing, 

anticipating, and warning of potential 

security threats to the Department and 

our national security; and, providing 

policy guidance on and managing the 

OS implementation of the Department’s 

security, intelligence and 

counterintelligence programs. OSSI’s 

programs include national security 

adjudication, classified national security 

information management, secure 

compartmented information facilities 

management, communications security, 

safeguarding and sharing of classified 

information, cyber threat intelligence, 

and counterintelligence. In coordination 

with the Director of National 

Intelligence, OSSI has been designated 

as a Federal Intelligence Coordinating 

Office and the Assistant Deputy 

Secretary for National Security serves as 

the HHS Federal Senior Intelligence 

Coordinator. OSSI has responsibilities 

to establish implementing guidance, 

provide oversight, and manage the 

Department’s policy for the sharing, 

safeguarding, and coordinated exchange 

of information related to national or 

homeland security with other federal 

departments and agencies, including 

law enforcement organizations and the 

Intelligence Community, in compliance 

with HHS policies and applicable laws, 

regulations, and Executive Orders. 

E. Delegation of Authority. Pending 

further redelegation, directives or orders 

made by the Secretary or Deputy 

Secretary, all delegations and 

redelegations of authority made to 

officials and employees of affected 

organizational components will 

continue in them or their successors 

pending further redelegations, provided 

they are consistent with this 

reorganization. 

Eric D. Hargan, 

Acting Secretary, Department of Health and 

Human Services. 

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National Institutes of Health 

National Institute on Aging; Notice of 

Closed Meeting 

Pursuant to section 10(d) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended, 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 Institute on 

Aging Special Emphasis Panel; Infrastructure 

Development for Interdisciplinary Aging 

Studies. 

Date: November 21, 2017. 

Time: 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: National Institute on Aging, 

Gateway Building, Suite 2W200, 7201 

Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda, MD 20892 

(Telephone Conference Call). 

Contact Person: Isis S. Mikhail, MD, MPH, 

DRPH, National Institute on Aging, Gateway 

Building, 7201 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 

2C212, Bethesda, MD 20892, 301–402–7704, 

MIKHAILI@MAIL.NIH.GOV. 

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Nos. 93.866, Aging Research, 

National Institutes of Health, HHS) 

Dated: October 19, 2017. 

Melanie J. Pantoja, 

Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy. 

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