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[FR Doc No: 94-11418]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (HHS)
Public Health Service
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Statement of
Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority
Part H, Public Health Service (PHS), Chapter HC (Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention), of the Statement of Organization,
Functions, and Delegations of Authority for the Department of Health
and Human Services (45 FR 67772-67776, dated October 14, 1980, and
corrected at 45 FR 69296, October 20, 1980, as amended most recently at
59 FR 4720-4721, February 1, 1994) is amended to reflect the revision
of the functional statements for the Division of Surveillance and
Epidemiology (DSE), and the Office of the Director, DSE, Epidemiology
Program Office (EPO).
Section HC-B, Organization and Functions, is hereby amended as
follows:
Delete the functional statements for the Division of Surveillance
and Epidemiology (HCB5) and the Office of the Director (HCB51) and
insert the following:
(1) Collects, analyzes, and disseminates public health surveillance
information;
(2) Develops, implements, and evaluates innovative statistical and
data management methods for application to public health surveillance
and epidemiology;
(3) Coordinates activities of the CDC Surveillance Coordination
Group;
(4) Manages and operates the National Notifiable Disease
Surveillance System and the 121 Cities Mortality Reporting System and
produces statistical tables and graphics for the Morbidity and
Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) and associated publications;
(5) Develops, manages, and supports effective national
telecommunications systems for surveillance and epidemiology;
(7) Provides consultation, technical assistance, and training on
surveillance to CDC and to other agencies and domestic and
international organizations;
(8) Develops, coordinates, and conducts special epidemiologic and
statistical studies;
(9) Provides consultation on analytic methods and data management
on surveillance and epidemiologic issues throughout CDC;
(10) Maintains, manages, and coordinates selected data bases for
use in collaborative research.
Office of the Director (HCB51). (1) Provides leadership and
direction for all activities of the Division of Surveillance and
Epidemiology; (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 outside groups; (7) plans,
allocates, and monitors resources; (8) provides scientific leadership
and guidance to the Division to assure highest scientific quality and
ethical standards; (9) plans and activities of the CDC Surveillance
Coordination Group.
Effective Date: May 2, 1994.
Claire V. Broome,
Acting Director.
[FR Doc. 94-11418 Filed 5-10-94; 8:45 am]
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