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implementation guide are available on

the NIP website at www.cdc.gov/nip/

registry.

Matters To Be Discussed:

Agenda items include:

• Introduction to Registries

• Introduction to CIRSET and

immunization data exchange

—Why registries need standards

—Which registries are participating

—What was done historically

—Status of standards and HL7

• Needs of Immunization Registries

• CDC’s Role—Guidelines and

Coordination

• Vendor Opportunities

• Open Discussion of Solutions and

Problems

• Next Steps

Agenda items are subject to change as

priorities dictate.

Contact Person for More Information:

Susan Abernathy or Julie Gamez,

Program Analysts, Systems

Development Branch, Data Management

Division, National Immunization

Program, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, NE,

M/S E–62, Atlanta, Georgia 30333,

telephone 404/639–8245, fax 404/639–

8171.

The Director, Management Analysis

and Services office has been delegated

the authority to sign Federal Register

notices pertaining to announcements of

meetings and other committee

management activities, for both the

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention and the Agency for Toxic

Substances and Disease Registry.

Dated: February 21, 2001.

John Burckhardt,

Acting Director, Management Analysis and

Services Office, Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and

Families

Statement of Organization, Functions,

and Delegations of Authority

This notice amends Part K of the

Statement of Organization, Functions,

and Delegations of Authority of the

Department of Health and Human

Services (DHHS), Administration for

Children and Families (ACF) as follows:

Chapter KP, the Office of the Deputy

Assistant Secretary for Administration

(ODASA), previously amended on

October 6, 1999, (64 FR 54330) and

January 2, 1998, (63 FR 81). This notice

reflects the restructuring of the Office of

the Deputy Assistant Secretary for

Administration.

This Chapter is amended as follows:

1. Chapter KP, Office of the Deputy

Assistant Secretary for Administration

a. Delete KP.10 Organization in its

entirety and replace with the following:

KP.10 Organization. The Office of the

Deputy Assistant Secretary for

Administration is headed by the Deputy

Assistant Secretary who reports to the

Assistant Secretary for Children and

Families. The Office is organized as

follows:

• Office of the Deputy Assistant

Secretary for Administration (KPA)

• Office of Information Services

(KPB)

• Office of Financial Services (KPC)

• Office of Organizational

Development Services (KPD)

• Office of Customer Service and

Administration (KPE)

• Executive Secretariat Office (KPG)

• Equal Employment Opportunity

and Civil Rights Staff (KPH)

• Office of Administrative Services

and Facilities Management (KPL)

b. Delete KP.20 Functions, Paragraph

A, in its entirety and replace with the

following:

KP.20 Functions. A. Office of the

Deputy Assistant Secretary for

Administration (ODASA) directs and

coordinates all administrative activities

for the Administration for Children and

Families (ACF). The Deputy Assistant

Secretary for Administration serves as

ACF’s: Chief Financial Officer; Chief

Grants Management Officer; Federal

Manager’s Financial Integrity Act

Management Control Officer; Principal

Information Resource Management

Official serving as Chief Information

Officer; Deputy Ethics Counselor;

Personnel Security Representative; and

Reports Clearance Officer. The Deputy

Assistant Secretary for Administration

serves as the ACF liaison to the Office

of the General Counsel and, as

appropriate, initiates action in securing

resolution of legal matters relating to

management of the agency, and

represents the Assistant Secretary on all

administrative litigation matters.

The Deputy Assistant Secretary for

Administration provides day-to-day

executive leadership and direction to

the Equal Employment Opportunity and

Civil Rights Staff; Executive Secretariat

Office; Office of Administrative Services

and Facilities Management; Office of

Customer Service and Administration;

Office of Financial Services; Office of

Information Services; Office of

Organizational Development Services;

and Office of State Systems Policy. The

Deputy Assistant Secretary for

Administration represents the Assistant

Secretary in HHS and with other

Federal agencies and task forces in

defining objectives and priorities, and in

coordinating activities associated with

reinvention and continuous

improvement initiatives.

c. Delete KP.20 Functions, Paragraph

B, in its entirety and replace with the

following:

B. The Office of Information Services

(OIS) provides centralized information

technology policy, procedures,

standards and guidelines. The OIS

Director serves as the Deputy Chief

Information Officer, supporting the

Chief Information Officer in the full

range of activities required to carry out

ACF’s information technology (IT) and

information resource management (IRM)

programs. The Office provides liaison

with OMB, GSA, and GAO on all IT and

IRM matters and manages major

interdepartmental IRM initiatives. It

directs and coordinates ACF’s Privacy

Act responsibilities. The Office

coordinates mandated OMB information

collection approvals and plans. It

directs and maintains ACF records and

forms management programs. OIS

develops long-range IRM plans;

develops IRM policy, procurement

plans and budgets for ACF information

systems. The Office develops and

implements procurement strategies for

ADP support services. OIS reviews and

analyzes all ADP acquisition

documentation for compliance with

applicable laws and regulations as well

as for procurement strategy. It

coordinates technical assistance

provided to program offices on ADP

support services procurements. The

Office develops, recommends and

implements ACF-wide policies,

procedures, standards and guidelines

concerning electronic government (egovernment). It oversees the

implementation of e-government

policies through leadership and

coordination with ACF program and

staff offices. OIS serves as the ACF

liaison with the Department and other

federal and non-federal agencies to

coordinate strategies and polices

relative to staff development and

training and e-government activities.

The Office develops training policy and

plans for ACF.

It provides leadership in directing and

managing agency-wide staff

development and training activities for

ACF. OIS is responsible for the

functional management of all

information technology and software

training, common needs training, and

management training in the agency,

including policy development,

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guidance, technical assistance and

evaluation of all aspects of career,

employee, supervisory, management

and executive training. The Office

provides leadership in managing/

overseeing and monitoring the ACF

Training Resource Center and the

Computer Training and Information

Centers. The Office develops and

manages the consolidated training

budget for the Agency.

OIS plans, manages, maintains and

operates ACF’s local area networks,

national wide area network and

personal computers; provides for

equipment and software acquisition,

maintenance and user support for enduser computing; and manages and

maintains a Help Desk for ACF users.

OIS develops and implements policies

and plans for and acquires and manages

data communications services; provides

liaison with HHS, GSA and private

firms on data communications matters;

and provides assistance to ACF

components to identify needs for and

the use of data communications

equipment and systems.

OIS designs, develops, implements

and maintains application systems to

support ACF budget, program and

administrative systems. The Office

provides technical assistance to ACF

program offices procuring system

support services; provides technical

assistance on automated systems to state

and local agencies who are users of

ACF’s computer systems; develops

software policy, procedures, standards

and guidelines and conducts major

information system reviews of ADP

systems as required by the Department.

OIS designs, develops, and maintains

system support for e-government

activities; provides technical assistance

to ACF program offices for egovernment support services; and

provides technical assistance on egovernment systems to state and local

agencies.

OIS establishes, implements,

maintains and oversees an IT security

program that assures adequate security

is provided for all agency information

collected, processed, transmitted, stored

or disseminated in general support

systems and applications. The Office

develops and implements agency-wide

policies, standards and procedures

consistent with government-wide IT

security policies; conducts the ACF

system security activities required by

OMB IT security directives; develops,

implements and maintains a security

training plan for IT professionals; and

provides security awareness training for

all ACF staff.

d. Delete KP.20 Functions, Paragraph

C, in its entirety and replace with the

following:

C. The Office of Financial Services

(OFS) supports the Deputy Assistant

Secretary for Administration in

fulfilling ACF’s Chief Financial Officer

(CFO), Management Control Officer, and

Chief Grants Management Officer

responsibilities including preparation of

the CFO 5-Year Plan; performs audit

oversight and liaison activities,

including preparing reports to Congress,

Office of the General Counsel and the

Office of the Inspector General. OFS

writes/interprets financial policy and

researches appropriation law issues;

oversees and coordinates ACF’s Federal

Manager’s Financial Integrity Act

activities; performs debt management

functions; develops and administers

quality assurance, training and

certification programs for grants

management; and is responsible for the

annual preparation and audit of ACF’s

financial statement requirements. It

develops/interprets internal policies

and procedures for ACF components

and coordinates the management of

ACF’s interagency agreement activities.

The Office provides agency-wide

guidance to program and regional office

staff on grant related issues; including

developing and interpreting financial

and grants policy, coordinating strategic

grants planning, facilitating policy

advisory groups, and assuring consistent

grant program announcements. The

Office prepares, coordinates and

disseminates action transmittals,

information memoranda, and other

policy guidance on financial and grants

management issues; provides financial

and grants administration technical

assistance to ACF staff and grantees;

directs and/or coordinates management

initiatives to improve financial

administration of ACF mandatory and

discretionary grant programs. OFS

develops and administers grants

management training for ACF program

and grants staff and administers grants

management certification for ACF grants

staff.

OFS is responsible for developing

departmental policies and procedures

under which States obtain Federal

financial participation in the cost of

automated systems development to

support programs funded under the

Social Security Act. It serves as the

departmental focal point and

coordinator for the development and

implementation of strategies and

policies related to payment integrity,

welfare systems integration, electronic

benefit transfer and related initiatives

and programs; and provides leadership

and guidance to interagency work

groups in these areas for the

Department.

The Office provides policy guidance,

management leadership and

coordination regarding the optimum

inter-operation of the multitude of

complex Federal, State, local, tribal and

private information technology systems

used to carry out ACF programs. OFS

provides leadership and coordination in

the areas of systems assessments,

systems design and planning, systems

integration, data exchanges, information

management, information security and

electronic information exchanges. The

Office leads ACF activities associated

with business continuity contingency

planning and with information

technology partnership planning which

occurs between ACF and its program

partners.

e. Delete KP.20 Functions, Paragraph

D, in its entirety and replace with the

following:

D. The Office of Organizational

Development Services (ODS) advises the

Assistant organizational analysis and

development including: delegations of

authority; planning for new

organizational elements; and planning,

organizing and performing studies,

analyses and evaluations related to

structural, functional and organizational

issues, problems and policies to ensure

organizational effectiveness. The Office

administers ACF’s system for review,

approval and documentation of

delegations of authority. The Office

provides technical assistance and

guidance to ACF offices on intracomponent organizational proposals

and is responsible for development and/

or review of inter-component

organizational proposals. The Office

develops policies and procedures for

implementing organizational

development activities and provides

leadership of assigned ACF special

initiatives arising from Departmental,

federal and non-federal directives to

improve service delivery to customers

and to enhance employee work

environment. The Office manages and

administers ACF’s Alternate Dispute

Resolution (ADR) Program and other

programs impacting the employee work

environment, including developing and

providing guidance, policies and

procedures for ACF offices and serving

as liaison with the Department and

other federal agencies for coordination

of strategies and processes for the ADR

and other assigned programs.

The Office coordinates assigned

agency-wide management initiatives

that include: coordination and

implementation of the HHS and ACF

employee work life program;

administrative guidance and support to

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the HHS and ACF Labor-Management

Partnership Councils and other assigned

Workgroups; and coordination of

Departmental and other employee

surveys. The Office provides guidance

to ACF program/staff/regional offices in

developing strategies for

implementation of initiatives; seeks

counsel and advice from the Department

and other federal agencies; and develops

evaluation instruments to measure the

success of ACF initiatives. The Office

manages and coordinates designated

incentive awards programs.

f. Delete KP.20 Functions, Paragraph

E, in its entirety and replace with the

following:

E. The Office of Customer Service and

Administration (OCSA) advises the

Assistant Secretary, through the Deputy

Assistant Secretary for Administration,

on human resource management for

ACF; and provides direction, leadership

and management of the internal

administrative activities of the Office of

the Deputy Assistant Secretary for

Administration.

OCSA provides leadership, direction

and oversight for human resource

management services provided to ACF

through a contract and supplemental

memoranda of understanding (MOUs)

with the Program Support Center (PSC).

OCSA, in collaboration and

coordination with the PSC, provides

advice and assistance to ACF managers

in their personnel management

activities, including recruitment,

selection, position management,

performance management, designated

performance and incentive awards and

employee assistance programs and other

services to ACF employees. OCSA

provides management, direction and

oversight of the following personnel

administrative services: the exercise of

appointing authority, position

classification, awards authorization,

performance management evaluation,

personnel action processing and record

keeping, merit promotion, special hiring

and placement programs. OCSA serves

as liaison between ACF, the Department

and the Office of Personnel

Management. It provides technical

advice and assistance on personnel

policy, regulations and laws. OCSA

formulates and interprets policies

pertaining to existing personnel

administration and management matters

and formulates and interprets new

human resource programs and

strategies.

OCSA, in collaboration and

coordination with the PSC, provides

oversight and management advisory

services on all ACF labor management

and employee relations issues. The

Office plans and coordinates ACF

employee relations and labor relations

activities, including the application and

interpretation of the Federal Labor

Management Relations Program,

collective bargaining agreements,

disciplinary and adverse action

regulations and appeals. OCSA

participates in the formulation and

implementation of policies, practices

and matters affecting bargaining unit

employees’ working conditions by

assuring management’s compliance with

the Federal Labor Relations Program (5

U.S.C. Chapter 71). The Office

maintains oversight, leadership and

direction of the labor-management and

employee relations services provided

under contract with the PSC.

OCSA is responsible for formulation,

planning, analysis and development of

ACF human resource policies and

programs, workforce planning,

retirement and benefits counseling and

liaison functions to the Department on

ACF payroll matters.

OCSA formulates and oversees the

implementation of ACF-wide policies,

regulations and procedures concerning

all aspects of the Senior Executive

Service (SES), and SES-equivalent

recruitment, staffing, position

establishment, compensation, award,

performance management and related

personnel areas. The Office manages the

ACF SES performance recognition

systems and provides services for

functions of the Executive Secretary to

the Executive Resources Board and the

Performance Review Board.

OCSA coordinates Schedule C and

executive personnel activity with the

Office of the Secretary and is the focal

point for data, reports and analyses

relating to Schedule C, SES and

Executive-level personnel.

OCSA administers the ACF Ethics

Program, the Personnel Security

Program and the Drug Testing Program

in coordination with the Department’s

Office of Government Ethics, the Office

of General Counsel and the Office of

Security and Drug Testing.

OCSA provides direction in meeting

the human resource management needs

within ODASA. The Office is

responsible for providing leadership,

guidance, oversight and liaison

functions for ODASA personnel related

issues and activities as well as other

administrative functions within

ODASA. OCSA coordinates with the

Department to provide ODASA staff

with personnel services including

position management, performance

management, employee recognition,

staffing, recruitment, employee and

labor relations, employee assistance,

payroll liaison, staff development and

training, and special hiring and

placement programs. OCSA develops

and maintains systems to track

personnel actions to keep the Deputy

Assistant Secretary for Administration

and OA Office Directors informed about

the status of personnel actions,

employee programs, services and

benefits.

g. Delete KP.20 Functions, Paragraph

F, in its entirety.

h. Delete KP.20 Functions, Paragraph

G, in its entirety and replace with the

following:

G. The Executive Secretariat Office

(ExecSec) ensures that issues requiring

the attention of the Assistant Secretary,

Deputy Assistant Secretaries and/or

executive staff are addressed on a timely

and coordinated basis and facilitates

decisions on matters requiring

immediate action including White

House, Congressional and Secretarial

assignments. The Office serves as the

ACF liaison with the HHS Executive

Secretariat. It receives, assesses and

controls incoming correspondence and

assignments to the appropriate ACF

component(s) for response and action

and provides assistance and advice to

ACF staff on the development of

responses to correspondence. The Office

provides assistance to ACF staff on the

use of the controlled correspondence

system. The Office coordinates and/or

prepares congressional correspondence;

and tracks development of periodic

reports and facilitates departmental

clearances. The Director of the

Executive Secretariat Office serves as

the Freedom of Information Act Officer

for ACF and coordinates hot line calls

received by the Office of Inspector

General and the General Accounting

Office relating to ACF operations and

personnel.

i. Delete KP.20 Functions, Paragraph

H, in its entirety and replace with the

following:

H. The Equal Employment

Opportunity and Civil Rights Staff

(EEOCRS) serves as the principal

advisor, through the Deputy Assistant

Secretary for Administration, to the

Assistant Secretary on all aspects of the

Agency Equal Employment Opportunity

and Civil Rights program.

The Staff serves as the liaison

between ACF and the HHS Office for

Civil Rights. The Staff directs and

manages the ACF Equal Employment

Opportunity and Civil Rights program

in accordance with Equal Employment

Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

regulations and HHS guidelines. The

immediate oversight is provided by a

staff under the direction of the ACF EEO

Officer. The Staff plans, develops and

evaluates programs and procedures

designed to identify and eliminate

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discrimination in employment, training,

incentive awards, promotion and career

opportunities. They are responsible for

implementing and evaluating a costeffective, timely and impartial system

for processing individual complaints of

discrimination under Title VII of the

Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended.

The Staff provides information,

guidance, advice and technical

assistance to ACF supervisors and

managers on affirmative employment

planning and other means of achieving

parity and promoting work force

diversity. The Staff is responsible for

ensuring that ACF-conducted programs

do not discriminate against recipients

on the basis of race, color, national

origin, age or disability. The Staff

monitors and implements civil rights

compliance actions under Title VI,

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of

1973, as amended and the Age

Discrimination Act of 1975, as

amended. The Staff implements the

applicable provisions of the Americans

With Disabilities Act of 1990.

j. Delete KP.20 Functions, Paragraph

L, in its entirety and replace with the

following:

L. The Office of Administrative

Services and Facilities Management

(OASFM) directs and manages ACF’s

administrative support services, and

facilities management programs and

activities.

The Office provides, prepares,

coordinates and disseminates

information, policy and procedural

guidance on administrative and

facilities management issues on an

agency-wide basis. It directs and/or

coordinates management initiatives to

improve ACF administrative and

facilities management services with the

goal of continually improving services

while containing costs.

OASFM maintains budgetary controls

on administrative services accounts,

reconciling accounting reports and

invoices, and monitoring all spending.

The Office controls credit card for small

purchases on behalf of the Agency.

OASFM establishes and manages

contracts and/or blanket purchase

agreements for administrative support

and facilities management services,

including space design, building

alteration and repair,

telecommunications, reprographics,

physical security, moving, labor,

property management and inventory,

systems furniture acquisitions and

assembly, and fleet management.

The Office provides management and

oversight of ACF mail delivery services

and activities, including Federal and

contractor postal services nationwide,

covering all classes of U.S. Postal

Service mail, priority and express mail

services, and courier services, etc.

OASFM directs all activities

associated with the ACF Master Housing

Plan, including coordination and

development of the agency long-range

space budget; planning, budgeting,

identification, solicitation, acceptance

and utilization of office and special

purpose space, repairs, and alterations;

serving as principal liaison with GSA

and other Federal agencies, building

managers and facilities engineers,

architects and commercial

representatives, for space acquisition,

negotiation of lease terms, dealing with

sensitive issues such as handicapped

barriers, space shortages, and security. It

develops and maintains space floor

plans and inventories, directory boards,

and locator signs. OASFM serves as the

lead for ACF in coordination and liaison

with Departmental, GSA, Federal

Protective Service, and other Federal

agencies on implementation of federal

physical security directives. The Office

is responsible for planning and

executing the Agency’s environmental

health, safety and physical security

programs, ensuring that appropriate

occupational health and safety and

occupant emergency evacuation plans

are in place. It serves as principal

liaison with private and/or Federal

building managers for all administrative

services and facilities management

activities. The Office is responsible for

issuing, managing and controlling badge

and cardkey systems to control access to

agency space for security purposes.

OASFM develops and/or implements

agency telecommunications

management policy in accordance with

Federal regulations and procedures. The

Office reviews and directs payment of

agency telephone invoices. It

recommends and advises on the design

and function of telecommunications

systems, based on user needs, costs and

technological availability. OASFM

communicates directly with private

industry service providers to coordinate

the acquisition, installation and

maintenance of voice/data

telecommunications equipment and

systems. It is responsible for other

sources of communications capability

such as pagers, cellular phone service,

cable TV service, and audio

conferencing equipment and service. It

updates and maintains the ACF LANbased telephone directory, handles the

distribution of all commercial

directories and updates and maintains

the databases for telephone lines and

equipment inventories.

OASFM plans, manages/operates

employee transportation programs,

including shuttle service and fleet

management; employee and visitor

parking; and commuter services and

programs including transit subsidies

and ridesharing. The Office develops

and implements ACF travel policies and

procedures consistent with Federal

requirements. The Office provides

technical assistance and oversight;

coordinates ACF use of the Travel

Management System; manages

employee participation in the Travel

Charge Card program, and coordinates

Travel Management Center services for

ACF. OASFM purchases and tracks

common use supplies, stationery and

publications. It plans and manages

reprographic services.

The Office develops and implements

policies and procedures for the ACF

Personal Property Management

Program, including managing the ACF

Personal Property Inventory, and other

personal property activities.

Dated: February 21, 2001.

Elizabeth M. James Duke,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for

Administration.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services

Administration

Notice of Filing of Annual Reports of

Federal Advisory Committee

Notice is hereby given that pursuant

to section 13 of Public Law 92–463,

fiscal years 1999 and 2000 annual

reports for the following Health

Resources and Services

Administration’s Federal advisory

committee has been filed with the

Library of Congress: Health Professions

and Nurse Education Special Emphasis

Panel.

Copies are available to the public for

inspection at the Library of Congress

Newspaper and Current Periodical

Reading Room, James Madison

Memorial Building, Room LM–133, First

Street and Independence Avenue, SE.,

Washington, DC. Copies may be

obtained from: Jennifer Burks, M.S.N.,

Executive Secretary, Health Professions

and Nurse Education Special Emphasis

Panel, Parklawn Building, Room 8C–23,

5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland

20857, Telephone (301) 443–6339.