Notice2022-18094
Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 162 (Tuesday, August 23, 2022)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
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
HHS (45 FR 67772-76, dated October 14, 1980, and corrected at 45 FR
69296, October 20, 1980, as amended most recently at 87, 42478-42483,
dated July 15, 2022) is amended to reflect the reorganization of the
Center for Preparedness and Response, Deputy Director for Public Health
Service and Implementation Science, CDC. This reorganization approved
by the Director, CDC, on July 18, 2022, will advance the nation's
preparedness and response for public health emergencies and threats,
provide enhanced oversight of scientific research laboratories, and
eliminate workflow inefficiencies.
Section C-B, Organization and Functions, is hereby amended as
follows:
Delete in its entirety the titles and mission and function
statements for the Center for Preparedness and Response (CBC) and
insert the following:
Center for Preparedness and Response (CBC). The mission of the
Center for Preparedness and Response (CPR) is to advance the nation's
preparedness and response for public health emergencies and threats. To
carry out its mission, CPR: (1) fosters collaborations, partnerships,
integration, and resource leveraging to increase the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) health impact and achieve
population health goals; (2) provides strategic direction to support
CDC's public health preparedness and response efforts; (3) manages CDC-
wide preparedness and emergency response programs; (4) maintains CDC's
platforms for emergency response operations--including the Emergency
Operations Center (EOC), the Public Health Emergency Preparedness
Cooperative Agreement Program and the Select Agent and Toxins
regulatory program; (5) communicates the mission, functions and
activities of public health preparedness and emergency response to
internal and external stakeholders; (6) provides program support,
technical assistance, guidance and fiscal oversight to state, local,
tribal and territorial public health department grantees; (7) provides
CDC's core incident management structure to coordinate and execute
preparedness and response activities; (8) regulates the possession, use
and transfer of select agents and toxins and the importation of
etiological agents, hosts, and vectors of human disease to protect
public health in the United States; (9) provides the centralized
management and coordination of national scenario capabilities planning
and exercising of these plans for CDC; and (10) leads in developing and
executing a national Polio Virus (PV) containment program, and
minimizes the risk of PV release through effective implementation and
oversight of the global poliovirus containment plan in the U.S.
Office of the Director (CBC1). (1) Provides overall leadership,
oversight, and guidance for all CPR programs; (2) oversees the
development of policy, long-range plans, and programs of the Center,
(3) ensures the enforcement of overarching policies and guidelines
developed by federal agencies, HHS, and CDC Staff Offices; (4) manages
CPR preparedness and response activities; (5) coordinates program
activities with other CDC components, other federal, state and local
government agencies, and the private sector groups; (6) provides
leadership for the coordination of technical assistance to other
countries and international organizations in establishing and
implementing preparedness programs; (7) provides leadership, direction,
coordination and evaluation of science and health-related activities
for priority programs and emergency response agenda; (8) implements
public health statutory responsibilities; (9) provides executive
coordination for research programs and science policies for the Center;
(10) maintains liaison with other federal, state, and local agencies,
institutions, and organizations; (11) coordinates CPR public health
science efforts to protect the public's health; (12) develops capacity
within the states to integrate new and existing preparedness and
emergency response principles into operational and programmatic
expertise within CPR programs; (13) utilizes best practices to collect,
analyze, and interpret data and disseminate scientific information to
enable internal and external partners to make actionable decisions;
(14) integrates science, data analytics and visualization into science
products; (15) coordinates CPR involvement in CDC public health ethics
activities; (16) represents CPR on various CDC/ATSDR scientific
committees, work groups, and taskforces; (17) provides leadership and
guidance in the development and implementation of goals, objectives,
priorities, policies, program planning, management and operations of
all general activities within the Center; (18) oversees, manages,
directs, coordinates, and evaluates all Center management and
operations activities; (19) coordinates with all Center offices and
divisions in determining and interpreting operating policy and in
ensuring their respective management input for specific program
activity plans are included; (20) provides leadership for implementing
statutory and compliance responsibilities across the Center; (21)
provides overall issue management, health policy and partnership
development direction to the Center; (22) provides and directs overall
internal and external communication strategies for the Center; (23)
provides leadership for and assessment of all administrative management
activities to assure coordination for all management and program
matters, such as coordinating risk management and emergency response
activities; (24) provides overall programmatic direction for planning
and management oversight of allocated
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resources, human resource management and general administrative
support; (25) directs and coordinates activities in support of the
Department's Equal Employment Opportunity program, diversity
enhancement and employee professional development opportunities; and
(26) reviews the effectiveness and efficiency of all administration and
operations of CPR programs.
Information Resources Office (CBC13). (1) Reports all IT project
costs, schedules, performances, and risks; (2) provides expert
consultation in application development, information science, and
technology to efficiently use resources; (3) performs technical
evaluation and integrated baseline reviews of all information systems'
products and services prior to procurement to ensure software purchases
align with CPR strategy; (4) coordinates all enterprise-wide IT
security policies and procedures with the Office of the Chief
Information Officer; (5) ensures operations are in accordance with CDC
Capital Planning and Investment Control guidelines; (6) ensures
adherence to CDC enterprise architecture policies, guidelines, and
standards; (7) ensures coordination of data harmonization and systems
interoperability within CPR and facilitates linkage to related CDC-wide
strategies; (8) coordinates with divisions and offices to determine IT
needs and to develop strategic and action plans; and (9) provides
leadership in the Center's IRGC and coordinated with CDC's ITDG.
Office of Communications (CBC14). (1) serves as the principal
advisor to CPR OD on health communication and marketing practice,
research, evaluation, and science; (2) provides oversight to ensure the
quality of health communication and marketing campaigns and products
created by CPR and its divisions; (3) serves as CPR communications
clearance office for health communication campaigns and products; (4)
provides strategic counsel and coordination for CPR strategic
communication, health literacy, and social marketing programs in
collaboration with OD and division-level staff; (5) coordinates and
provides Center input on communication activities; (6) coordinates CDC
and CPR brand management, policy guidance, and governance of CPR
content on digital channels and websites per HHS and CDC policy for the
use of communication platforms; (7) collects/analyzes user data/metrics
from communication channels and technologies to assess system
performance, usability, accessibility, and usefulness; (8) develops and
implements all proactive media outreach and reactive media responses
for the Center; (9) serves as liaison to key offices for obtaining CDC
and HHS media clearance on products/activities; and (10) provides
ongoing communication leadership and support to CPR's Office of the
Director and divisions in furthering the Center's mission.
Office of Policy, Planning, and Evaluation (CBC16). (1) serves as
liaison with CDC/OD and other Centers, Institute, and Offices (CIOs)
policy offices, other government agencies, and external partners on
policy, program, legislative, and budgetary issues related to CPR and
divisions; (2) provides consultation, support and service to CPR
divisions and CPR OD Offices for policy, planning, and evaluation; (3)
leads annual CPR budget formulation and development of appropriations
materials; (4) provides expertise and guidance for strategic planning
and performance measurement; (5) oversees and coordinates CPR
accountability activities, including Government Accountability Office
and Inspector General studies, Freedom of Information Act audits and
reviews; (6) develops and manages policy and program materials for
stakeholders and partnership activities, including with governmental,
non-governmental and private sector organizations; (7) maintains
liaison with Congress on matters including appropriations, legislative
bill tracking, and legislative requests, testimony for hearings,
congressional inquiries, etc.; (8) oversees the preparation and routing
of controlled correspondence, review clears, and other issues
management related materials; and (9) assists divisions in the
development and clearance of Federal Register Notices, rulemaking, and
other documents for public comment.
Office of Science and Public Health Practice (CBC17). (1) provides
oversight and direction for the Board of Scientific Counselors by
ensuring FACA compliance and assuring the Board provides advice and
guidance on preparedness and response activities conducted by CDC and
CPR; (2) ensures CPR compliance with the statutes, regulations, and
policies governing the conduct of science by the federal government,
including but not limited to: protecting the rights and welfare of
humans in research, ensuring compliance with Paperwork Reduction Act,
and providing guidance to protect individuals' privacy and
confidentiality; (3) develops and maintains the CPR clearance policy
and performs scientific review and clearance of CPR products to ensure
the quality of publications; (4) engages CPR division ADSs, staff,
other CDC CIOs to develop and maintain cross-cutting scientific
partnerships, ensure mutual awareness of activities, and promote
scientific capacity and quality within CPR; (5) engages with CPR staff,
other CDC CIOs, the academic community, federal agencies, and non-
government research and practitioner organizations to develop and
maintain partnerships, ensure mutual awareness of activities and
advocate for evidence-informed practice related to populations with
access and functional needs and activities as part of the Populations
with Access and Functional Needs activity; (6) proposes, develops, and
conducts research projects that address the needs of populations with
access and functional needs during response and ensures these needs are
addressed within CPR funded research solicitations; (7) maintains a
network of population-specific subject matter experts across CDC,
fostering a Community of Practice that addresses health equity issues
for preparedness and response; (8) provides staffing coordination and
scientific expertise through the Emergency Operations Center At-Risk
Task Force during emergency responses and exercises; (9) provides
scientific laboratory preparedness leadership to promote science and
innovation to improve all-hazard preparedness conducted across CDC CIOs
and with federal, state, local and territorial public health and other
partners, and activities; (10) provides scientific management and
oversight of the Strategic Capacity Building and Innovation Program
(SCIP) laboratory preparedness and response portfolio, provides
technical guidance, and supports building CDC capability and capacity
to respond to public health emergencies in conjunction with CDC CIOs;
(11) fosters opportunities to support CDC's mission through
partnerships across government, non-profit organizations, and
businesses; (12) fosters innovation and strategic foresight to mitigate
risks, address current and future gaps, and inform partnerships and
investments; (13) develops annual CDC priorities, sub-allocates
funding, and conducts performance monitoring for CDC preparedness and
response, and activities through SCIP; (14) advances and coordinates
CDC preparedness and response to public health emergencies by building
and sustaining epidemiology, surveillance, laboratory science, and
medical countermeasures capability and capacity in partnership with CDC
CIOs; (15) manages and allocates appropriated funds to
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activities across the agency that improve CDC preparedness and
response; and (16) monitors progress and evaluates outcomes of SCIP
investments in coordination with CDC CIOs; (17) leads the strategic
investment of CPR funding for external partners to conduct applied
research, disseminate, and translate science into evidence-based
practices to improve federal, state, local and territorial preparedness
and response to all hazards, and activities; (18) leads, collaborates
on, and supports the creation of knowledge to advance public health
emergency preparedness, response, and recovery policy and practice;
(19) provides technical assistance and scientific clearance for
products submitted to CPR related to applied research; (20) provides
support and technical assistance to CPR programs in the administration
and management of research grants, cooperative agreements, and
contracts; and (21) provides development, implementation, support and
technical assistance regarding policies and procedures for research
funding proposals and announcements, technical review, award
selections, and award administration/management to sponsoring
divisions, applicants, and awardees.
Management Resources Office (CBC18). (1) provides leadership and
guidance for CPR's management of business operations; (2) oversees,
manages, directs, coordinates, and evaluates all Center management and
operations activities; (3) coordinates and provides oversight to the
Center's overall extramural strategy for contracts, grants, cooperative
agreements, and reimbursable agreements; (4) develops and implements
administrative policies, procedures, and operations; (5) provides and
directs overall internal and external communication strategies for the
Center; (6) conducts management and organizational analyses to review
the effectiveness and efficiency of all administration and operations
of Center programs and translates these into quality controls for
improvement; (7) provides leadership for and assessment of all
administrative management activities to assure coordination for all
management and program matters, such as coordinating risk management
and continuity of operations (COOP) activities; (8) provides overall
programmatic direction for planning and management oversight of
allocated resources, human resource management and general
administrative support; (9) provides and coordinates center-wide
administrative, management, and support services in the areas of fiscal
management, personnel, travel, procurement, facility management, and
other administrative services; (10) develops and directs employee
engagement programs; (11) analyzes workforce, succession, strategic
planning systems, and resources on an ongoing basis; and (12) directs
and coordinates activities in support of the diversity enhancement and
employee professional development opportunities.
U.S. National Authority for Containment of Poliovirus (CBC19). (1)
Minimizes the risk of poliovirus (PV) release through effective
implementation and oversight of the global poliovirus containment plan
in the U.S.; (2) provides leadership in developing and executing a
national PV containment program; (3) plans, establishes, and launches
the national survey and maintains the national inventory of PV
materials; (4) prepares and contributes to the annual national reports
on PV containment and eradication; (5) ensures U.S. facilities
transfer, inactivate or destroy PV materials appropriately, as needed;
(6) ensures containment measures are implemented for facilities
retaining PV, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) Global
Action Plan III (GAPIII); (7) develops and publishes PV containment
guidance and policies to U.S. containment requirements; (8) works with
internal and external partners to establish science-based
recommendations for PV containment; (9) audits and certifies facilities
as a PV-essential facility (PEF) according to the WHO Containment
Certification Scheme; (10) seeks WHO endorsement for U.S. PEF
certification applications; (11) provides annual training and assists
U.S. facilities working with PV materials to develop containment
programs; (12) supports the dissemination of PV-containment information
to federal, state, and local agencies, private organizations, and other
national and international agencies; (13) develops and distributes
informational products for educational and promotional activities
related to PV containment; (14) provides technical assistance and
consultations to other countries in establishing and implementing PV
containment and national inventory programs; (15) plans, directs, and
supports research focused on PV containment-related issues; (16)
investigates exposures and root cause analysis of a containment breach;
and (17) collaborates with other CDC entities, HHS agencies, academic
institutions, private organizations, Ministries of Health, WHO
Headquarters and Regional WHO offices, as appropriate.
Division of State and Local Readiness (CBCB). (1) provides program
support, technical assistance, guidance, technical integration, and
capacity building of preparedness planning across public health,
healthcare, and emergency management sectors; and (2) provides fiscal
oversight to state, local, tribal, and territorial public health
department Cooperative Agreement recipients for the development,
monitoring, and evaluation of public health capabilities, plans,
infrastructure, and systems to prepare for and respond to terrorism,
outbreaks of disease, natural disasters, and other public health
emergencies.
Office of the Director (CBCB1). (1) Provides national leadership
and guidance that supports and advances the work of state, local,
tribal, and territorial public health emergency preparedness programs;
(2) coordinates the development of guidelines and standards for
programmatic materials within the division to provide technical
assistance and program planning at the state, local, tribal, and
territorial level; (3) represents and communicates the interests and
needs of the state, local, tribal, and territorial jurisdictions on
state and local preparedness and response issues; (4) develops and
ensures effective partnerships with national stakeholders and
preparedness and response partners; (5) provides oversight and
management of division contracts, recipient awards and fiscal
accountability; and (6) manages the IT strategy and infrastructure to
support recipient programmatic and fiscal activities.
Program Implementation Branch (CBCBB). (1) Provides consultation,
technical assistance, and training to state, territorial, tribal, and
local health departments in management and operation of activities to
support public health emergency preparedness programs and recovery,
including the infrastructure and systems necessary to manage and use
deployed medical countermeasure assets; (2) facilitates partnerships
between public health preparedness programs at federal, state, and
local levels to ensure their consistency, sharing of promising
practices, and integration; (3) collaborates with and supports other
divisions in CPR and other national centers across CDC to ensure high
quality technical assistance is available to the grantees on
preparedness capabilities; (4) monitors programmatic activities of
cooperative agreements of state, local, tribal, and territorial
organizations to assure program objectives and key performance
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indicators are achieved, including reviews of Cities Readiness
Initiative response plans; (5) provides assistance to state and local
governments and public health agencies to prepare for effective
responses to large scale public health events; (6) evaluates and
identifies gaps in jurisdictional operational readiness and facilitates
plans and develops tools to address identified gaps; (7) maintains an
information sharing platform to post resources and facilitate the
sharing of best practices across CDC and jurisdictions; (8) improves
the delivery of technical assistance to the public health entities; (9)
serves as an agent of information to improve recipient access to
healthcare preparedness tools and expertise and (10) collaborates with
the Department during exercises or upon a federal deployment of assets.
Evaluation and Analysis Branch (CBCBC). (1) Assesses the
effectiveness of the Public Health Emergency Preparedness Cooperative
Agreement via performance measurement and evaluation; (2) develops and
coordinates a strategy to measure and report on jurisdictional
operational readiness; (3) provides analytic support and evaluation
expertise to DSLR and CPR; and (4) fosters innovation and efficiency in
evaluation and research through collaboration with healthcare and
health security partners.
Field Assignee Services Branch (CBCBD). (1) Works with recipients
to advance state and local preparedness efforts through placement of
CDC field staff within state and local public health agencies; (2)
provides scientific participation in development and implementation of
field-based science initiatives and strategies; (3) provides
situational awareness to CDC leadership when activated for public
health responses; (4) provides consultation and technical assistance to
state, territorial, tribal and local health departments in developing,
implementing, and evaluating CPR activities and performance in support
of CDC recommendations and those of their host site; (5) provides
direct support for public health preparedness and epidemiologic
capacity at the state, territorial, tribal, and local levels; (6)
contributes as leaders in preparedness and epidemiology for a myriad of
public health issues; (7) participates in the development of national
preparedness and response policies and guidelines for public health
emergencies and encourages and facilitates the transfer of guidelines
into clinical and public health practice; (8) analyzes data to assess
progress toward achieving program objectives and provides input for
program management and evaluation reports for publications; (9) serves
as liaison or focal point to assist state, territorial, tribal, and
local partners in linking with proper resources, contacts, and
obtaining technical assistance; (10) provides technical supervision and
support for the CDC field staff and trainees as appropriate; (11)
provides input into the development of branch and division policy,
priorities, and operational procedures; (12) serves as an agent of
information or technology transfer to ensure that effective methodology
in one program is known and made available to other state and local
programs; (13) analyzes technical and epidemiologic information to
present at national and international scientific meetings and publishes
programmatic, surveillance, epidemiologic information in collaboration
with host agencies; and (14) develops and implements a comprehensive
training and field placement program for entry-level public health
preparedness and response professionals.
Division of Select Agents and Toxins (CBCC). (1) Develops,
implements, and enforces select agent regulations and import permit
regulations; (2) conducts registration of entities with the United
States (academic, military, commercial, private, Federal and non-
Federal government) that use, possess and transfer select agents and
toxins; (3) establishes and maintains a national database of all
entities that possess select agents and toxins and imported biological
agents; (4) inspects entities to ensure compliance with select agent
regulations and import permit regulations that bio-safety and bio-
security regulations and national standards are met; (5) approves all
select agent or toxin transfers; (6) receives and investigates reports
of theft, loss, or release of a select agent or toxin; (7) partners
with other government agencies, public health organizations, and
registered entities to ensure compliance with the select agent
regulations and import permit regulations; (8) issues permits for the
importation of infectious biological agents and hosts or vectors of
human disease; and (9) provides guidelines and training to regulated
community on achieving compliance to the regulations.
Office of the Director (CBCC1). (1) Manages operations; (2)
provides scientific leadership and consultation; (3) supports the
functional teams in the Office of the Director; (4) plans for and
implements sound communications efforts in order to effectively and
strategically inform and influence key internal and external
stakeholders regarding the program; (5) provides strategic planning,
facilitating oversight studies of Division of Select Agents and Toxins
(DSAT), regulatory and policy matters related to select agent and
import permit programs, and executes compliance actions to the HHS-
Office of Inspector General; (6) provides leadership and guidance to
the division in the area of biosafety, including advising on issues
involving highly complex entities; and (8) manages personnel actions,
travel, purchases as well as budget planning and execution, contracts,
and interagency agreement support for the division.
Federal Select Agent Program Operations Branch (CBCCB). (1)
Processes entity applications for registration, awarding entities
certification, processing entity amendments to their registration,
performing inspections at regulated entities; (2) prepares reports of
inspections and conducts follow-up on noted deficiencies; (3) receives
reports of the theft, loss, or release of select agents or toxins; (4)
processes requests for transfers of select agents and toxins; (5)
manages security risk assessment process with the FBI to provide
authorization for individuals to access select agents and toxins; (6)
processes reports of select agents or toxins identified through
diagnosis, verification or proficiency testing; (7) assists FBI with
criminal investigations; (8) coordinates division emergency response
activities; (9) provides expert advice to entities on compliance with
the select agent regulations; (10) serves as a liaison with the United
States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS) Select Agent Regulatory Program on
operational issues; and (11) performs inspections of foreign select
agent laboratories in accordance with National Institutes of Health/
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases agreements.
Import Permit Program Operations Branch (CBCCC). (1) Manages and
processes permit applications for the importation of infectious
biological materials that could cause disease in humans in order to
prevent their introduction and spread into the U.S.; and (2) ensures
the importation of these agents is monitored and that facilities
receiving permits have appropriate biosafety measures in place to work
safely with the imported materials.
Innovation and Information Technology Branch (CBCCE). (1) Manages
division IT development, sustainment of operations, compliance,
security and enhancement of system functions through innovation; (2)
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manages, sustains and improves the electronic Federal Select Agent
Program information system, which is a joint-agency (HHS/CDC and USDA/
APHIS), high security, web-based IT system with a two-way communication
portal for maintaining registration to work with select agents and
toxins, submission of amendments to registration, reporting theft, loss
or release of select agents and toxins, requests for transfer of select
agents and toxins, reporting identification of a select agent or toxin,
inspection reports, retention of all programmatic data and generation
of program reports; and (3) manages, sustains and improves the
electronic Import Permit Program information system, which is a
moderate security, cloud-based, electronic information system for
receiving all import permit applications from U.S. importers.
Division of Emergency Operations (CBCD). (1) administers the CDC
Emergency Management Program to facilitate preparedness for and
response to the full scope and scale of public health threats CDC
counters, domestically and internationally; (2) coordinates with all
CDC CIOs in planning, training for, exercising, managing, and
evaluating pre-response and response activities; (3) serves as the
primary CDC point of contact under the Homeland Security Presidential
Directive (HSPD-5), National Response Framework, Emergency Support
Function (ESF) #8 (Public Health and Medical Services) and provides
technical expertise and support to other ESFs; (4) maintains and
operates the CDC national-level Emergency Operations Center (EOC),
which serves as the focal point for CDC collaboration and information
sharing on a 24/7/365 basis; (5) coordinates logistical, staffing, and
emergency risk communication support for cross-CIO responses; (6)
apprises CDC leadership and outside agencies of CDC response activities
and emerging public health threats; and (7) directs relevant sections
and units within an Incident Management System (IMS) structure during
CDC emergency responses.
Office of the Director (CBCD1). (1) Manages the day-to-day
operations of the division; (2) provides leadership and technical
assistance for emergency management before and during public health
responses; (3) coordinates and administers the daily management of
resources for the division including budget, personnel, and
acquisitions; (4) designs, develops, and maintains response information
systems and solutions for the division and CDC; (5) leads and
coordinates the development, clearance, maintenance, implementation,
and communication of public health emergency management policies and
related issues; (6) leads strategic planning and performance management
for DEO's administrative and programmatic activities; (7) develops and
supports a scientific research agenda in public health emergency
management within the division and across CDC; and (8) promotes health
equity through CDC emergency preparedness and response activities.
Emergency and Risk Communications Branch (CBCDB). (1) Prepares for
and coordinates CDC's communication response to public IMS health
threats and emergencies, serving as the agency's primary communication
liaison with federal (including through ESF #15, External Affairs),
state, tribal, local, and territorial, and international partners; (2)
identifies, develops, coordinates, and monitors strategies for
translation and delivery of CDC's emergency risk communication messages
and information to specific audiences for maximum health impact; (3)
coordinates and integrates emergency and risk communication activities
within CDC to respond to public health emergencies; (4) co-leads the
Joint Information Center within an IMS during CDC emergency responses;
(5) develops emergency risk communication recommended practices and
curriculum, and supports emergency risk communication capacity building
through technical assistance and training; (6) ensures that CDC's
emergency risk communication messages are available, timely,
accessible, understandable, culturally appropriate, and actionable; (7)
develops and manages channels and partner engagement mechanisms to
distribute emergency risk communication messages before, during, and
after public health emergencies; (8) creates and manages systems,
procedures, processes, and platforms (including CDC's Emergency
Preparedness and Response internet site) for CDC's emergency
communication activities; (9) manages and implements protocols to clear
public health emergency information; (10) conducts research,
monitoring, and evaluation to assess awareness, knowledge, attitudes,
reactions, and behaviors related to urgent health threats and refine
preparedness and emergency risk communication strategies and tactics;
and (11) supports the development, maintenance, and implementation of
policies related to public health emergency risk communication
activities.
Resource Support Branch (CBCDC). (1) Develops, maintains,
communicates, and executes policies, plans, and procedures to
coordinate logistical and personnel resource support for emergency
responses; (2) directs the Resource Support Section within an IMS
structure during CDC emergency responses; (3) manages and distributes
emergency response equipment and supplies, including personal
protective equipment (PPE), and administers the division's accountable
property inventory; (4) procures or coordinates resources (e.g.,
supplemental space, transportation, equipment, and supplies) to support
preparedness and response activities; (5) administers information
systems and communication platforms to coordinate the management of
emergency response staffing, field deployments, equipment, and
supplies; (6) leads and administers CDC emergency responder workforce
processes, procedures, and tools, and leverages related data, to
support the planning, preparation, and execution of emergency response
operations, including the identification, alignment, and assignment/
deployment of CDC staff to response roles; (7) develops and executes
processes and tools for the request, approval, notification,
coordination and tracking of all response field deployments among CDC
CIOs; and (8) provides and coordinates emergency travel services for
emergency response operations and urgent, non-routine travel for CDC
programs.
Operations Branch (CBCDD). (1) Serves as the central point of
contact between CDC and other federal, state, tribal, local,
territorial, and international agencies for public health threats and
emergencies on a 24/7/365 basis; (2) develops and maintains proficiency
on emergency management plans, protocols, and procedures to coordinate
requests for information, assistance, and resources across CDC for
public health threats and emergencies; (3) directs the Operations
Section within an IMS structure during CDC emergency responses; (4)
manages and advises on the initial IMS activation process and
notification to CDC programs and centers, on behalf of the DEO
director; (5) maintains situational awareness of disaster and emergency
response activities among other agencies via their respective EOCs to
provide a common operating picture for CDC leadership; (6) coordinates
with CDC CIOs to develop and maintain critical information requirements
and notify key leaders of time-sensitive/critical information; (7)
conducts safety and accountability monitoring of CDC staff, facilities,
and regulated entities before, during, and after incidents that may
threaten safety
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or security, in collaboration with appropriate CDC CIOs; (8) manages
the EOC facility, including its components (e.g., audiovisual and
communications equipment and tools) and processes, to maintain its
operational capability, including when COOP plans are implemented; (9)
leads CDC's Emergency Coordinator (EC) program, maintaining
communication with representatives from all CIOs on public health
preparedness and emergency response activities; and (10) supports the
development, maintenance, and implementation of policies related to
public health emergency management operations activities.
Plans, Exercise, and Evaluation Branch (CBCDE). (1) Develops,
coordinates, and maintains CDC emergency operations plans, the CDC All-
Hazards Plan, event-specific incident annexes, and National Special
Security Event plans, and related procedures; (2) directs the Planning
Section within an IMS structure during CDC emergency responses; (3)
develops, publishes, and maintains contingency plans, incident action
plans, transition plans, situation reports, and evaluation products,
including through the IMS Planning Section; (4) liaises with internal
and external organizations to develop, maintain, exercise, and
implement federal and national plans; (5) leads the scheduling, design,
development, and conduct of, and participation in, CDC's public health
preparedness and response exercises, including through delivery of
threat-driven training and exercise programs; (6) coordinates CDC's
participation in the National Exercise Program and the agency's support
to other external, all-hazards exercises; (7) evaluates CDC emergency
responses and exercises to assess the agency's response capabilities;
(8) develops and disseminates After-Action Reports/Improvement Plans
and other preparedness and response evaluation products; (9) manages
CDC's Corrective Action Program and tracks improvement plans; (10)
chairs CDC's Steering Committees for Plans, Exercises, and Evaluations;
and (11) supports the development, maintenance, and implementation of
policies related to public health emergency management planning,
exercise, and evaluation activities.
Response Analytics and Decision Support Branch (CBCDG). (1) Leads
the management and maintenance of public health emergency preparedness
and response information gathering, analysis, and sharing through
knowledge management and scalable processes that support response
decision making; (2) establishes public health emergency preparedness
vocabulary and information exchange standards to meet the reporting and
information sharing requirements of cross-jurisdictional partners; (3)
compiles, correlates, analyzes, creates, and distributes reports and
visualizations to support IMS and CDC leadership decision-making; (4)
provides coordination, planning, and development support for data
collection, management, and production of analytics and geospatial
data, including GIS/mapping; (5) provides informatics, data management,
and reporting support to external federal, state, tribal, local,
territorial, and international partners; (6) conducts and supports data
management, information exchange, and risk communication among federal,
state, and local partners; and (7) supports the development,
maintenance, and implementation of policies related to public health
emergency situational awareness, data analytics and visualization, and
knowledge management activities.
Emergency Management Training and Capacity Development Branch
(CBCDH). (1) Promotes public health emergency management doctrine,
standards, guidelines, and tools through training and technical
assistance within CDC and among its domestic and international
partners; (2) conducts needs assessments, establishes role-specific
core competencies, and identifies training requirements, including for
response plans and related IMS activations; (3) develops and delivers
training curricula for emergency responders and IMS response leadership
within CDC; (4) manages public health emergency management fellowship
programs and related trainings to build emergency management leadership
capacity domestically and internationally; (5) provides direct
technical assistance to partners in public health risk assessments, the
establishment of public health emergency management programs and public
health emergency operations centers, and the execution of public health
emergency management activities during responses; (6) leads and
maintains an international community of practice for public health
emergency managers; (7) evaluates emergency response training and
capacity building programs and recommends changes to established
doctrine; and (8) supports the development, maintenance, and
implementation of policies related to public health emergency
management training and capacity building activities.
Retitle the Advance Team Activity (CAT12) to the Advance Team
(CAT12).
Retitle the Office of the Associate Director for Global Health
Diplomacy and Strategy (CAE) to the Office of the Associate Director
for Global Health Coordination (CAE).
Robin D. Bailey Jr.,
Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2022-18094 Filed 8-22-22; 8:45 am]
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