Document ID: FDA-2023-N-0013-0001
Agency: fda
Document Type: Notice
Title: Statement of Organization, Functions and Delegations of Authority
Posted Date: 2023-01-26T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 17 (Thursday, January 26, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5007-5008]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-01567]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of 
Authority

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Office of Operations 
(OO), Office of Talent Solutions (OTS) has modified its structure, and 
the Office of FDA Commissioned Corps (OFCC) was established. These new 
organizational structures were approved by the Deputy Secretary of 
Health and Human Services on September, 26, 2022, and effective on 
November, 2, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tiffany Branch, Associate Director for 
Management, Office of Enterprise Management Services, Office of 
Operations, Food and Drug Administration, 3 White Flint North, 11601 
Landsdown Street, North Bethesda, MD 20852, 240-402-3156.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Introduction

    Part D, Chapter D-B, (Food and Drug Administration), the Statement 
of Organization, Functions and Delegations of Authority for the 
Department of Health and Human Services (35 FR 3685, February 25, 1970, 
60 FR 56606, November 9, 1995, 64 FR 36361, July 6, 1999, 72 FR 50112, 
August 30, 2007, 74 FR 41713, August 18, 2009, 76 FR 45270, July 28, 
2011, and 84 FR 22854, May 20, 2019) is amended to reflect the 
reorganization of the OO, OTS and establishment of OO, OFCC.
    This reorganization established the OO, OFCC. In the OTS immediate 
office realigned the Commissioned Corps Staff (CCS) functions and 
resources to OO, OFCC; established the Business Operations Staff; 
retitled the Policy and Accountability Staff to Policy, Programs, and 
Accountability Staff; and abolished the CCS.
    In the Division of Talent Services, I (DTS I) retitled the division 
to Division of Talent Solutions I (DTS I); retitled the CDER Branch 1 
to Recruitment and Staffing Branch 1; retitled the CDER Branch 2 to 
Recruitment and Staffing Branch 2; retitled the CDER Branch 3 to 
Recruitment and Staffing Branch 3 (RSB3); established the Recruitment 
and Staffing Branch 4; and established the Special Pay and Hiring 
Branch.
    In the Division of Talent Services II (DTS II) retitled the 
division to Division of Talent Solutions II (DTS II); retitled the 
CFSAN and CVM Branch to Recruitment and Staffing Branch 5; retitled OC 
and NCTR Branch to Recruitment and Staffing Branch 6; retitled the OO 
Branch to Recruitment and Staffing Branch 7; established the 
Classification Branch 1; and established the Classification Branch 2.
    In the Division of Talent Services III (DTS III) retitled the 
division to Division of Talent Solutions III (DTS III); realigned the 
CBER Branch functions and resources to DTS I/RSB3; realigned the CDRH 
Branch functions and resources to DTS II and retitled as Recruitment 
and Staffing Branch 8; realigned the CTP Branch functions and resources 
to DTS II and retitled as Recruitment and Staffing Branch 9; 
established the OTS/DTS III/Data Quality Branch 2; established the Data

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Quality Branch 3; and established Data Quality Branch 4.
    In the Division of Talent Services IV (DTS IV) realigned the ORA 
Branch 1 functions to DTS III and retitled as the Recruitment and 
Staffing Branch 10; realigned the ORA Branch 2 functions to DTS III and 
retitled as the Recruitment and Staffing Branch 11; and abolished DTS 
IV.
    In the Division of Talent Sourcing and Staffing (DTSS) realigned 
the Corporate Recruitment and Title 38 Branch functions and resources 
to the OTS Immediate Office Executive Resources Staff and retitled as 
the Scientific Programs and Executive Resources Staff; realigned the 
Scientific Staffing and Outreach Branch functions and resources to the 
OTS Immediate Office Scientific Talent Recruitment Staff and retitled 
as the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Outreach 
Staff; realigned the Customer Care and Data Quality Branch functions 
and resources to DTS III and retitled as the Data Quality Branch 1; and 
abolished DTSS.
    Under Part D, FDA, OO, OTS has been restructured as follows:
    DCNJ. ORGANIZATION. The Office of Talent Solutions is headed by the 
FDA Chief Talent Officer and includes the following organizational 
units:

Business Operations Staff
Policy, Programs, and Accountability Staff
Scientific Programs and Executive Resources Staff
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Outreach Staff
Division of Talent Solutions I
    Recruitment and Staffing Branch 1
    Recruitment and Staffing Branch 2
    Recruitment and Staffing Branch 3
    Recruitment and Staffing Branch 4
    Special Hiring and Pay Branch
Division of Talent Solutions II
    Recruitment and Staffing Branch 5
    Recruitment and Staffing Branch 6
    Recruitment and Staffing Branch 7
    Recruitment and Staffing Branch 8
    Recruitment and Staffing Branch 9
    Classification Branch 1
    Classification Branch 2
Division of Talent Solutions III
    Recruitment and Staffing Branch 10
    Recruitment and Staffing Branch 11
    Delegated Examining Branch
    Data Quality Branch 1
    Data Quality Branch 2
    Data Quality Branch 3
    Data Quality Branch 4

    Under Part D, FDA, OO has been restructured as follows:
    DCNK. ORGANIZATION. The Office of FDA Commissioned Corps (OFCC) is 
headed by the Director of FDA Commissioned Corps.

II. Delegations of Authority

    Pending further delegation, directives, or orders by the 
Commissioner of Food and Drugs, 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.

III. Electronic Access

    This reorganization is reflected in FDA's Staff Manual Guide (SMG). 
Persons interested in seeing the complete SMG can find it on FDA's 
website at: http://www.fda.gov/AboutFDA/ReportsManualsForms/StaffManualGuides/default.htm

(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3101.)

Xavier Becerra,
Secretary of Health and Human Services.
[FR Doc. 2023-01567 Filed 1-25-23; 8:45 am]
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