[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 181 (Tuesday, September 19, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 48518]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-23135]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Public Health Service
National Institutes of Health; Statement of Organization,
Functions, and Delegations of Authority
Part H, Chapter HN (National Institutes of Health) of the Statement
of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority for the
Department of Health and Human Services (40 FR 22859, May 27, 1975, as
amended most recently at 60 FR 30092, June 7, 1995) is amended to
reflect the reorganization of the Office of the Director, National
Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (OD/NIAID). The
reorganization consists of the following: (1) Retitle the Office of
Financial Management (HNM12) to the Office of Financial Management and
Technology Transfer (HNM12) and revise the functional statement; and
(2) retitle the Office of Policy Analysis and Technology Transfer
(HNM16) to the Office of Policy Analysis (HNM16) and revise the
functional statement. This reorganization will enable the NIAID to
better fulfill its mission by restructuring the OD/NIAID to better
integrate related program areas and streamline operations.
Section HN-B, Organization and Functions is amended as follows:
(1) Under the heading Office of Financial Management (HNM12),
delete the title and functional statement in their entirety and
substitute the following:
Office of Financial Management and Technology Transfer (HNM12). (1)
Is the principal organization that provides advice to the NIAID
Director, Deputy Director, and senior staff on all financial management
and technology transfer issues affecting the NIAID; (2) has functional
responsibilities in financial management and technology transfer, and
(3) is intricately involved in (a) program planning, (b) budget
preparation and execution, (c) developing position papers for the NIAID
Director and other senior staff, (d) managing NIAID's extensive
technology transfer program, and (e) accelerating the transfer of NIAID
technology to the private sector.
(2) Under the heading Office of Policy Analysis and Technology
Transfer (HNM16), delete the title and functional statement in their
entirety and substitute the following:
Office of Policy Analysis (HNM16). (1) Serves as principal advisor
to the Institute Director, Deputy Director, and Division Directors
regarding the planning, evaluation, and program, policy, and
legislative analytical needs of the Institute; (2) provides support and
serves as liaison to program managers in coordinating, integrating, and
articulating long-range program goals and strategies; (3) is
responsible for the development and coordination of the Institute's
annual Planning and Reporting process; (4) maintains a continuing
liaison with program planning, evaluation, and legislation counterparts
in other ICDs in the OD/NIH; (5) advises Institute Task Forces to
assure that the charge and work of the Task Forces are directed toward
the projected planning and evaluation needs of the Institute; (6)
conducts the intra-institute program assignments of all research,
training, career and fellowship grant applications; (7) analyzes,
interprets, and classifies the scientific content of research grants,
contracts, and intramural research projects, and manages the scientific
information data and coding of the Multi-Axis Coding System (MACS); (8)
directs and coordinates all program evaluation activities, assessing
the impact and focus of programs which are of major concern to the
Institute; (9) advises on material for all stages related to
Congressional budget presentations; (10) designs, develops and
maintains the computer-based scientific and fiscal data collection,
storage, and retrieval system for the Institute's contracts, grants,
intramural research projects, fellowships and training awards; (11)
directs and coordinates the legislative liaison, legislative tracking
and analysis for the Institute; (12) manages the Executive Secretariat
(controlled correspondence) functions for the Institute; and (13)
serves as the focus for communications for trans-NIH concerns.
Dated: August 9, 1995.
Harold Varmus,
Director, NIH.
[FR Doc. 95-23135 Filed 9-18-95; 8:45 am]
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