[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 69 (Monday, April 12, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17674-17675]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-9043]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Public Health Service
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Statement of
Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority
Part C (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) of the
Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority of
the Department of Health and Human Services (45 FR 67772-76, dated
October 14, 1980, and corrected at 45 FR 69296, October 20, 1980, as
amended most recently at 64 FR 8396, dated February 19, 1999) is
amended to reflect the restructuring of the Division of Public Health
Surveillance and Informatics, Epidemiology Program Office (EPO),
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Section C-B, Organization and Functions, is hereby amended as
follows:
Delete the functional statement for the Division of Public Health
Surveillance and Informatics (CB5) and insert the following:
(1) Collects, performs analyses, and disseminates public health
surveillance information; (2) manages and operates the National
Electronic Telecommunications System for Surveillance (NETSS), the
National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS), and the 121
Cities Mortality Reporting System; plans, coordinates, and produces
tables, graphs, maps, and figures for the ``Annual Morbidity and
Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Summary of Notifiable Diseases, U.S.''
and produces MMWR tables from NNDSS; (3) coordinates, develops,
implements, and supports CDC-wide public health information systems,
including informational and communications applications, directly, as
well as in collaboration with other Centers/Institute/Offices (CIOs);
(4) develops improved surveillance and public health informatics
methods; (5) provides consultation, technical assistance, and training
on public health surveillance and health information systems to CDC and
to other agencies and domestic and international organizations; (6)
coordinates activities of the CDC Surveillance Coordination Group; (7)
provides policy and staff support for CDC's Health Information and
Surveillance Systems Board; (8) coordinates a CDC-wide initiative aimed
at building State and local capacity to perform the core public health
function of assessment and use of data for policy development and
assurance; (9) provides program support for the development and
administration of a CDC training effort in public health informatics;
and (10) provides guidance and supervision to EIS Officers and
Preventive Medicine Residents assigned to the Division.
Delete the functional statement for the Office of the Director
(CB51) and insert the following:
(1) Provides leadership and overall direction for the Division; (2)
provides leadership and guidance on policy, program planning, program
management, and operations; (3) establishes Division goals, objectives,
and priorities; (4) monitors progress in implementation of projects and
achievement of objectives; (5) provides management, administrative, and
support services, and coordinates with appropriate EPO offices on
program and administrative matters; (6) provides liaison with other CDC
organizations, other governmental agencies, international
organizations, the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists,
and other constituent groups and partners; (7) provides leadership and
direction, in collaboration with other CIOs, in the planning and
development of computer software for use in surveillance and
epidemiology, including testing and revising computer programs; (8)
disseminates software for use by public health professionals; (9)
plans, allocates, and monitors resources; (10) provides scientific
leadership and guidance to the Division to assure highest scientific
quality and ethical standards; (11) serves as the Executive Secretariat
for CDC's Health Information and Surveillance Systems Board; (12)
provides policy support to the Board, including coordination of the
activities of the Board's subcommittees and work groups; (13) provides
technical assistance, consultation, and guidance to the Board, CDC
programs, and constituents on issues related to public health
surveillance and health information systems and the Internet; and (14)
plans and coordinates the activities of the CDC Surveillance
Coordination Group.
Delete in their entirety the title and functional statement for the
Public Health Information Systems Branch (CB53) and insert the
following:
Applied Sciences Branch (CB54). (1) Provides scientific and
epidemiologic leadership and direction in public health surveillance
and health information systems to CDC and to other agencies and
domestic and international organizations; (2) researches and develops
new and innovative approaches to the use of technology in surveillance
activities; (3) provides guidelines for development, evaluation, and
integration of NETSS and other CDC surveillance systems; (4) promotes
the dissemination and use of surveillance data; (5) evaluates
applicability of outside standards and standard vocabularies to CDC
data needs; (6) provides guidance and supervision to EIS Officers,
Preventive Medicine Residents, and Public Health Practice Specialists;
(7) coordinates a CDC-wide initiative aimed at building
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State and local capacity to perform the core public health function of
assessment and use of data for policy development and assurance; (8)
responsible for management and technical assistance of the Assessment
Initiative Cooperative Agreement; (9) provides program support for the
development and administration of a CDC training effort in public
health informatics; (10) designs curriculum and experiences for the CDC
Public Health Informatics Fellowship; and (11) recruits candidates and
provides supervision and oversite for the CDC Public Health Informatics
Fellows.
Information Technology Branch (CB57). (1) Coordinates, designs,
develops, implements, and supports CDC-wide public health,
epidemiologic, scientific, and laboratory information systems,
including database, informational, and communications applications, in
collaboration with other CDC organizations with subject matter
expertise and responsibility; (2) collaborates with CDC organizations
to jointly develop, test, and implement CDC-wide public health
information systems; (3) participates in the development or
implementation of CDC plans for public health information systems; (4)
researches and develops new and innovative approaches to public health
applications development and database design; (5) determines
appropriate technology architecture and methodology for Branch-
developed systems; (6) maintains inventories and data dictionaries of
CDC's public health data; (7) develops and recommends approaches for
public health systems and interfaces between various information
technologies for sharing data and performing cooperative applications
processing; (8) determines, in consultation with CDC organizations and
the CDC Systems Security Officer, applicable database and applications
security measures in accordance with sensitivity and criticality of the
data or system; (9) directly, as well as in collaboration with other
CIOs, evaluates and recommends CDC-wide equipment and software
acquisition for public health database and communications systems; (10)
coordinates the provision of technical support and training in the use
of CDC-wide public health information systems purchased or developed by
the Branch; and (11) coordinates public health information resource
management user groups.
Delete in their entirety the title and functional statement for the
Systems Operation and Information Branch (CB59) and insert the
following:
Surveillance Systems Branch (CB5A). (1) Provides support, technical
assistance, and training for new, developmental systems and software
for use in surveillance and epidemiology; (2) directly, as well as in
collaboration with other CIOs, provides support, technical assistance,
consultation, and training on computerized surveillance system
development, maintenance, and operation for CDC, States, and
international organizations; (3) provides service and support in the
expansion of the NETSS; (4) plans and coordinates State-supported
activities related to the NETSS; (5) analyzes needs and designs
computer systems for use by public health professionals in the
effective practice of public health surveillance and epidemiology; (6)
assures user support for programs developed and released by the
Division; (7) operates and maintains the NETSS, the NNDSS, and the 121
Cities Mortality Reporting System; (8) provides service and support to
other CDC programs and State and local health departments to enable
program-specific surveillance information to be collected and
disseminated through the NETSS; (9) provides support, technical
assistance, consultation, and training on surveillance system
development, maintenance, and operation for CDC, States, and
international organizations; (10) provides leadership and direction in
the development of mainframe systems for use in surveillance and
epidemiology, directly, as well as in collaboration with other CIOs;
(11) plans, coordinates, and produces tables, graphs, maps, and figures
for the Annual MMWR Summary of Notifiable Diseases, U.S.; (12) produces
MMWR tables from NNDSS; (13) plans, coordinates and develops training
and educational materials for all surveillance systems; (14) provides
guidance in the development, implementation, and analysis of electronic
public health data to international, State, and local groups; and (15)
creates, maintains, disseminates, and archives historical public health
data in an electronic format.
Dated: April 1, 1999.
Jeffrey P. Koplan,
Director.
[FR Doc. 99-9043 Filed 4-9-99; 8:45 am]
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