[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 19 (Wednesday, January 29, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 4293]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-2085]
=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the Secretary; Statement of Organization, Functions,
and Delegation of Authority
Part A (Office of the Secretary), Chapter AE (Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (OASPE), of the
Statement of Organization, Functions and Delegation of Authority for
the Department of Health and Human Services (most recently amended at
61 FR 24499 on May 15, 1996) is amended to establish the Office of
Science Policy within OASPE.
I. Chapter AE, add the following as paragraph F:
F. The Office of Science Policy (OSP) is responsible for guiding
and coordinating the development of science policy throughout the
Department. As directed by the Secretary or the ASPE, OSP establishes
and leads broadly representative, multi-office working groups to
develop policy initiatives related to complex science and technology
issues that cut across the missions of several entities within the
Department. The Director, OSP frequently serves as the spokesperson for
these working groups in presentations to the Secretary, other senior
DHHS staff, to members and/or staff of the Congress, and to others
outside DHHS.
OSP is responsible for guiding and coordinating the incorporation
of science-policy considerations within regulatory proposals,
legislative proposals, Congressional testimony, press releases, and
other public documents describing major Departmental initiatives. OSP
staff provide critique and advice regarding the science-policy content
of such documents, which typically originate from DHHS Operating
Divisions or other units within the Office of the Secretary. In
selected instances, OSP initiates and directs the development of such
documents.
OSP is responsible for creating and maintaining effective
communication with scientific and technical communities outside the
Department regarding science-policy issues. This may include liaison
with the Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of
the President. It also includes active participation in inter-agency
science and technology activities (such as those sponsored by the
National Science and Technology Council) and government/private sector
collaborations related to science policy (such as those sponsored by
the National Academy of Sciences). These duties may include service as
the Secretary's representative in meetings with leaders of research
universities, scientific societies, professional associations, and
industrial organizations involved in biomedical, behavioral, or social-
science research or in the delivery of health and human services.
In all of these areas, OSP staff coordinate their activities as
appropriate with those of other components within OASPE, with other
components of the Office of the Secretary, and with the Operating
Divisions of the Department. The Director, OSP consults regularly with
the Assistant Secretary for Health in his/her role as the Secretary's
senior advisor on public health and science.
Dated: January 17, 1997.
John J. Callahan,
Assistant Secretary for Management and Budget.
[FR Doc. 97-2085 Filed 1-28-97; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4110-12-M
