Notice2023-00151
Establishment of the Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics
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Published
January 9, 2023
Effective
January 4, 2023
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Health and Human Services Department
Abstract
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has modified its structure. This notice announces the establishment of the Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 5 (Monday, January 9, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1238-1240]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-00151]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Establishment of the Center for Forecasting and Outbreak
Analytics
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has
modified its structure. This notice announces the establishment of the
Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics.
DATES: This reorganization was approved by the Secretary of Health and
Human Services on December 19, 2022, and became effective on January 4,
2023.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 87 FR 51670-51675, dated
August 23, 2022) is amended to reflect the reorganization of the Office
of the Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Background: Establishing the Center for Forecasting and Outbreak
Analytics is the result of the National Security Memorandum #1 (Section
5B) indicating the need to establish an interagency national Center and
modernize global early warning and trigger systems to prevent, detect,
respond to, and recover from emerging biological threats, as well as
Section 2404 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, Public Law 117-2,
which provides funding in support of public health data surveillance
and analytic infrastructure modernization initiatives at the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention. Specifically, the changes are as
follows:
Under Part C, Section C-B, Organization and Functions, make the
following change:
Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics (CD)
The mission of the Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics
(CFA) is to advance U.S. forecasting, outbreak analytics, and
surveillance capacities related to disease outbreaks, epidemics, and
pandemics to support public health response and preparedness. To carry
out its mission, CFA will: (1) forecast, model, and characterize the
risks associated with outbreaks; (2) inform public health decision-
makers and the public; (3) innovate public health solutions and
capabilities related to forecasting, surveillance, and analytics; (4)
accelerate access to and use of data for public health decision-makers
to mitigate the effects of disease threats; and (5) serves as a hub for
research and development for public health analytics and modeling.
Office of the Director (CD1)
(1) Provides strategic direction regarding forecasting,
surveillance, and data analytics; (2) coordinates strategic activities
in areas of outbreak, epidemic and pandemic forecasting, surveillance,
and data analytics within CDC and across the United States Government
(USG); (3) guides the facilitation and coordination across federal,
state, tribal, local, or territorial (STLT), and healthcare entities
and engagement with relevant federal advisory committees with respect
to disease modeling, forecasting, outbreak analytics, and critical data
collections to support those efforts; (4) manages, directs,
coordinates, and evaluates the activities of the Center; (5) defines
goals and objectives for policy formation, scientific oversight, and
guidance in program planning and development related to forecasting,
surveillance, and analytics; (6) provides oversight for the evaluation
of programmatic performance of forecasting, surveillance, and
analytics; (7) manages inter-governmental and external affairs and
cultivates strategic partnerships related to CFA activities; (8)
ensures scientific quality, integrity, and clearance across the Center;
(9) provides guidance and strategic oversight to the processes within
the Center that access, collect, manage, analyze, and visualize data,
including assistance for involvement with relevant federal advisory
committees and other stakeholder groups; (10) collaborates and consults
with other Centers, working groups, state and local health departments,
other federal agencies, international partners, and other partners on
CFA activities; (11) represents CFA and CDC at professional and
scientific meetings on topics consistent with CFA's mission; and (12)
establishes and oversees the two offices within the Office of the
Director.
Office of Policy and Communications (CD12)
(1) Provides leadership on issues management, budget formulation,
and performance integration; (2) reviews, coordinates, and prepares
legislation, briefing documents, Congressional testimony, and other
legislative matters; (3) coordinates the development, review, and
approval of federal regulations, Federal Register notices and
announcements, Freedom of Information Act requests, General Accounting
Office and Inspector General reports, and related activities for the
Center; and (4) establishes and implements a communication strategy in
support of CFA overarching goals and priorities.
Office of Management Services (CD13)
(1) Provides overall budgetary, employee relations, human capital
management, logistics, and administrative support; (2) provides
direction, strategy, analysis, and operational support in all aspects
of human capital management, including workforce and career development
and human resources operations; (3) manages operational budget
processes, including planning, execution, and monitoring; (4) manages
acquisition and grants management processes; (5) serves as point of
contact on all matters concerning facilities management, property
management, records management, equipment, travel, and space
utilization and improvements; and (6) serves as coordinator of
continuity of operations activities.
Inform Division (CDB)
(1) Communicates with expert disease modelers and emergency
responders to provide public health policy decision support; (2) shares
timely, actionable information with the federal government, STLT
leaders, international partners, and the public; (3) works with and
through public health partners to provide decision support and
technical assistance; (4) develops, maintains, enhances data
visualization capabilities to support CFA mission; (5) coordinates
real-time monitoring efforts between CDC subject matter experts and USG
interagency; and (6) maintains liaison with related Center staff, other
officials of CDC, USG, and private sector partners.
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Office of the Director (CDB1)
(1) Works with CFA OD to ensure spending plans and budgets are in
line with overall division strategies and priorities; (2) ensures the
CFA strategy is executed by the Inform Division and aligned with
overall CDC goals; (3) develops execution strategies for outbreak
communication, data visualization, and real-time monitoring efforts;
(4) builds leadership at the division and team levels; (5) identifies
and coordinates synergies between the division and federal, STLT, and
international partners; (6) works directly with public health partners
to provide decision support; (7) proposes resource priorities
throughout the budget cycle; (8) works with CDC procurement office to
facilitate procurement opportunities with industry partners; (9)
ensures scientific quality, integrity, and clearance across the
division; and (10) liaises with related Center staff, other officials
of CDC, USG, and private sector partners.
Predict Division (CDD)
(1) Generates forecasts and analyses to support outbreak
preparedness and response efforts; (2) provides real-time monitoring of
disease outbreaks; (3) collaborates with federal, state, territorial,
local, and tribal leaders and international partners on performing
analytics to support decision-making; (4) assists with tabletop
exercises to match policies and resources with forecasts; (5) supports
the development of pandemic planning guidance; (6) develops scientific
collaborations to harmonize analytic approaches and develop tools; (7)
maintains analytic data sets and models during emergencies to address
questions that arise with short latency; (8) identifies and gains
access to sources of data relevant to outbreak analytics, forecasting,
and modeling; and (9) builds, maintains, and improves modeling and
forecasting platforms to be deployed during public health emergencies,
including public-facing forecasts.
Office of the Director (CDD1)
(1) Works with CFA Office of the Director to ensure spending plans
and budgets are in line with overall division strategies and
priorities; (2) ensures the CFA strategy is executed by the Predict
Division and aligned with overall CDC goals; (3) develops execution
strategies for pandemic forecasting, surveillance, and outbreak
response; (4) builds leadership at the division and team levels; (5)
evaluates the strategies, focus, and prioritization of the division;
(6) identifies and coordinates synergies between the division and
federal, STLT, and international partners; (7) facilitates tabletop
exercises; (8) proposes resource priorities throughout the budget
cycle; (9) works with CDC procurement office to facilitate procurement
opportunities with industry partners; (10) ensures scientific quality,
integrity, and clearance across the division; and (11) oversees the
development and successful deployment of modeling and forecasting
capabilities in emergency response situations.
Real Time Monitoring Branch (CDDB)
(1) Monitors outbreak events through established analytical tools
and surveillance methods; (2) generates short-term forecasts of disease
spread during an active outbreak; (3) utilizes data of previous
outbreaks to monitor and forecast the behavior of potential and/or
current outbreaks; and (4) generates multiple scenario models of
potential/current outbreaks using established methodologies.
Analytics Response Branch (CDDC)
(1) Utilizes established analytical tools to help inform decision
making for key partners during a potential and/or current outbreak; (2)
Analyzes disease spread through existing data sources to identify key
populations/settings at highest risk; (3) identifies potential economic
impact of a forecasted/ongoing outbreak event; (4) provides essential
information to key partners in decisions surrounding community
migration; (5) utilizes data analytics to inform decisions on potential
variants of a pathogen; and (6) works with key partners to inform
decisions on medical countermeasures during an active outbreak.
Technology and Innovation Division (CDE)
(1) Oversees the development, maintenance, and improvement of CFA's
analytical architecture; (2) provides high-level support for CFA's
strategic direction with respect to technology and innovative
practices; (3) oversees product development for CFA and CFA's
customers; (4) collaborates with other divisions within CFA to support
research and development and provide technical assistance on an adhoc
basis; (5) oversees the deployment of grants and cooperative agreements
to support innovation within the Center.
Office of the Director (CDE1)
(1) Works with CFA OD to ensure spending plans and budgets are in
line with overall division strategies and priorities; (2) ensures that
the CFA strategy is executed by the Technology & Innovation Division
and aligned with overall CDC goals; (3) develops execution strategies
for maintaining CFA's analytical architecture and supporting research
and development across the division; (4) builds leadership at the
division and branch levels; (5) coordinates with other divisions across
CFA to support modeling, code development, and general research &
development; (6) maintains strategic relationships with academic,
private sector, and interagency partners; (7) works with CDC
procurement office to facilitate procurement opportunities with
industry partners; and (9) ensures scientific quality, integrity, and
clearance across the division.
Technology Branch (CDEB)
(1) Establishes and maintains CFA analytical architecture; (2)
devises information technology practices and procedures, and provides
direction, innovation, planning, and evaluation for information
technology systems, services, security, and resources for CFA; (3)
monitors projects for effective focus on the analytical, informatics,
data management, and statistical infrastructure to deliver timely,
quality data, accurate analysis services, and dependable software
products and systems to customers and partners; (4) develops,
maintains, and operates analytics technology platforms; (5) engages in
product development for CFA systems, enterprise systems, and analytical
tools; (6) supports CFA in modeling and general code development, data
engineering, and software development; (7) enables cloud environment
architecture, development, deployment, and access; (8) supports CDC,
USG efforts to maintain, enhance, and develop relevant systems that
will address the CFA mission; and (9) maintains awareness of trends in
technology and evaluates technology that would benefit the CFA mission.
Innovate Branch (CDEC)
(1) Supports research and development to improve outbreak forecasts
and analyses; (2) collaborates with academic, private sector, and
interagency partners; (3) creates translational tools, products, and
enterprise enhancements to make analyses of pandemic data flexible,
fast, and scalable for CFA customers including STLT authorities; (4)
provides grants and cooperative agreements to support innovations in
data analytics and modeling.
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Delegations of Authority
All delegations and redelegations of authority made to officials
and employees of affected organizational components will continue in
them or their successors pending further redelegation, provided they
are consistent with this reorganization.
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3101)
Xavier Becerra,
Secretary of Health and Human Services.
[FR Doc. 2023-00151 Filed 1-6-23; 8:45 am]
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