Notice2023-14705
Reorganization of the National Center for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Public Health Infrastructure and Workforce
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July 12, 2023
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Health and Human Services DepartmentCenters for Disease Control and Prevention
Abstract
CDC has modified its structure. This notice announces the reorganization of the State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Public Health Infrastructure and Workforce, henceforth referred to as the Public Health Infrastructure Center (PHIC). PHIC reorganized to enhance and enable coordination for partners collectively working to bolster the Nation's public health infrastructure.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 132 (Wednesday, July 12, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44338-44343]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-14705]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Reorganization of the National Center for State, Tribal, Local,
and Territorial Public Health Infrastructure and Workforce
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: CDC has modified its structure. This notice announces the
reorganization of the State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Public
Health Infrastructure and Workforce, henceforth referred to as the
Public Health Infrastructure Center (PHIC). PHIC reorganized to enhance
and enable coordination for partners collectively working to bolster
the Nation's public health infrastructure.
DATES: This reorganization was approved by the Director of CDC on June
28, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: D'Artonya Graham, Office of the Chief
Operating Officer, Office of the Director, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, MS TW-2, Atlanta, GA 30329.
Telephone 770-488-4401; Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#770512180510043714131459101801"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4436212b362337042720276a232b32">[email protected]</span></a>.
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 88 FR 9290-9291, dated
February 13, 2023) is amended to reflect the reorganization of the
National Center for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Public Health
Infrastructure and Workforce, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention. Specifically, the changes are as follows:
I. Under Part C, Section C-B, Organization and Functions, insert
the following:
<bullet> National Center for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial
Public Health Infrastructure and Workforce (CH)
<bullet> Office of the Director (CH1)
<bullet> Office of Tribal Affairs and Strategic Alliances (CH12)
<bullet> Office of Rural Health (CH13)
<bullet> Division of Jurisdictional Support (CHB)
<bullet> Office of the Director (CHB1)
<bullet> Capacity Building and Strategic Resource Management Branch
(CHBB)
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<bullet> Public Health Infrastructure Capacity Building and
Implementation Branch (CHBC)
<bullet> Program Services and Innovation Branch (CHBD)
<bullet> Division of Partnership Support (CHC)
<bullet> Office of the Director (CHC1)
<bullet> Partnership Resources Management Branch (CHCB)
<bullet> Partnerships and Performance Improvement Branch (CHCC)
<bullet> Division of Workforce Development (CHD)
<bullet> Office of the Director (CHD1)
<bullet> Education and Training Services Branch (CHDB)
<bullet> Epidemiology and Laboratory Workforce Branch (CHDC)
<bullet> Field Services Workforce Branch (CHDD)
<bullet> Public Health Workforce Branch (CHDE
II. Under Part C, Section C-B, Organization and Functions, add the
following functional statements:
National Center for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Public
Health Infrastructure and Workforce (CH). The National Center for
State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Public Health Infrastructure and
Workforce, henceforth referred to as the Public Health Infrastructure
Center (PHIC), strengthens the Nation's public health infrastructure by
providing underlying systems, processes, and expertise across critical
cross-cutting functional areas and bolstering the agency's core
capabilities. In carrying out its mission, PHIC: (1) engages and
coordinates relationships with jurisdictions and CDC's public health
partners to provide enterprise management of programs that build and
maintain the Nation's public health infrastructure (PHI); (2) enhances
experiences for funded partners and state, tribal, local, and
territorial (STLT) jurisdictions; (3) develops strategic goals and
objectives, provides leadership, scientific oversight, and guidance for
PHI; (4) proactively engages and collaborates with Centers, Institute,
and Offices (CIOs) across the agency to support jurisdictions, external
partnerships, and CDC's internal workforce; (5) streamlines and
coordinates cross-cutting funding mechanisms in support of PHI; (6)
provides support through specific workforce development programming,
guidance, technical assistance (TA), and funding for jurisdictions; (7)
invests in internal workforce development programs that directly
reinforce CDC's capacity to support jurisdictions; (8) identifies and
supports implementation of cross-cutting evidence-based approaches to
improve public health agency and system performance; (9) establishes
and maintains effective strategic relationships, partnerships, and
alliances with organizational elements of the public health system; and
(10) leads evaluation and reporting activities on the effectiveness of
partnership engagement and performance of funding mechanisms.
Office of the Director (CH1). (1) provides the overarching vision
and strategic direction for PHIC; (2) collaborates and consults with
other Centers, working groups, state and local health departments,
other Federal agencies, and other partners, to accomplish the mission
of the center; (3) manages, directs, and coordinates the policy,
strategy, operations, and fiscal activities of PHIC; (4) works with CDC
leadership to ensure spend plans, budget planning, and budget execution
are in line with the overall public health infrastructure strategies
and priorities; (5) 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; (6) manages the coordination of
workforce development and succession planning activities, and provides
human capital management, planning, and training consultation services;
(7) co-develops execution strategies for PHIC with the division
directors; (8) ensures that the PHIC strategy is executed by the
divisions and aligned with overall CDC goals; (9) evaluates the
strategies, focus, and prioritization of the division research,
program, and corresponding budget activities; (10) defines goals and
objectives for policy formation, scientific oversight, and guidance in
program planning and development, ensuring that policy development is
consistent and appropriate; (11) reviews, prepares, coordinates, and
develops congressional testimony and briefing materials; (12)
establishes and implements a communications strategy in support of PHIC
overarching goals and priorities, ensuring that communication
distributed by the Center is timely, accurate, clear and relevant to
intended audiences; (13) leads infusion of health equity principles
into the planning, implementation, and evaluation of activities and
engagement in all parts of PHIC; (14) provides oversight on scientific
clearance and ensures quality of scientific work through setting a
scientific agenda; (15) represents PHIC and at times CDC at
professional and scientific meetings, within and outside CDC; (16) sets
the strategy for funding through grants and cooperative agreements
(CoAgs) and track accountability measures across PHIC and CDC while
reducing administrative burden to recipients; (17) promotes and
advances Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Accessibility, and Belonging;
and (18) establishes a menu of common measures and indicators for
evaluation of PHI-related programs to measure success and gaps for
building foundational capabilities.
Office of Tribal Affairs and Strategic Alliances (CH12). (1) serves
as CDC's principal point of contact for tribes and tribal serving
organizations; (2) provides CDC-wide leadership for CDCs tribal related
partnerships and activities; (3) affirms the government-to-government
relationship between CDC and American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN)
tribes; (4) connects tribal nations and tribal-serving organizations to
CDC programs by advancing connections, providing expertise, and
increasing resources to improve cross-cutting tribal public health
infrastructure helping to ensure AI/AN communities receive public
health services that keep them safe and healthy; (5) serves as CDC's
lead office and liaison on tribal public health issues and policies;
(6) collaborates and coordinates with Office of Science/HHS and other
agency tribal liaisons on HHS-wide tribal activities; (7) develops and
disseminates tribal public health strategies, policies, programs, and
systems improvements; (8) establishes partnerships and provides subject
matter expertise and technical assistance to CDC programs and external
partners; (9) enhances government-to-government relationships through
policy and consultation with tribal nations; and (10) supports
implementation of culturally responsive and traditional practices
through evidence- and practice-based models.
Office of Rural Health (CH13). (1) provides rural public health
strategic direction for CDC; (2) coordinates rural-focused public
health activities across CDC with a special emphasis on identifying and
addressing rural health disparities; (3) builds CDC capacity to address
rurality in scientific, programmatic, policy, and communications
activities; (4) identifies rural public health best practices, lessons
learned, innovative, and successful programs for dissemination; (5)
engages with governmental and non-governmental partners and rural-
serving organizations to improve rural public health services and
infrastructure; (6) provides technical assistance to CDC programs to
ensure integration of rural
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considerations into CDC grants, CoAgs, and contracts; and (7) works
with CDC workforce development initiatives to expand the pool of
practitioners with rural public health training and expertise.
Division of Jurisdictional Support (CHB). The Division of
Jurisdictional Support (DJS) ensures coordinated support so public
health agencies at all levels across the United States have the
necessary infrastructure to deliver timely public health services. The
Division will support STLT and freely associated state health
department jurisdictions to build and maintain their public health
infrastructure by managing and providing large non-categorial grants
and CoAgs, TA, and excellent customer service. The division will: (1)
improve interagency coordination of non-categorial funding mechanisms
focused on the Foundational Public Health Services; (2) reduce
administrative barriers and improve customer service; and (3)
streamline and enhance programmatic reporting.
Office of the Director (CHB1). (1) develops an efficient process
for initiating, awarding, and managing non-categorial public health
infrastructure funding to STLT jurisdictional health departments; (2)
manages and implements grants management functions (monitoring,
compliance, and administration) for CDC's cross-cutting/non-categorial
grants and CoAgs; (3) coordinates with relevant cross-agency and public
health infrastructure subject matter experts to inform notice of
funding opportunity development and award processing; (4) provides TA
specific to the congressional intent of the division grants and CoAgs
assigned to DJS; (5) oversees and manages DJS clearance process for
scientific, technical, and programmatic documents; (6) manages DJS
communication activities, including communication product development,
promotion and dissemination strategies, media relations coordination,
and DJS websites; (7) reviews, prepares, coordinates, and develops
congressional testimony and briefing materials; (8) coordinates DJS
budget formulation/negotiation related to program initiatives and goals
management; (9) plans, coordinates, and provides administrative
management support, advice, and guidance to DJS in the areas of fiscal
management, procurement, property management, personnel, travel, and
other administrative services; and (10) provides fiscal management and
stewardship of grants, contracts, and CoAgs; and materiel management,
and interagency agreements.
Capacity Building & Strategic Resource Management Branch (CHBB).
(1) complies with congressional requirements for reporting and
performance measures; (2) interacts with grantees and recipients to
support basic functions of the grants or CoAgs managed and overseen by
the Branch; (3) provides data analytics for jurisdictional trends and
conducts evaluation activities for branch grants and CoAgs; and (4)
provides performance management, evaluation, and review of the grantee
performance and capacity to enhance the utilization of resources.
Public Health Infrastructure Capacity Building and Implementation
Branch (CHBC). (1) complies with congressional requirements for
reporting and performance measures; (2) interacts with grantees and
recipients to support basic functions of the grants or CoAgs managed
and overseen by the Branch; and (3) provides data analytics for
jurisdictional trends and conducts evaluation activities to improve
program operations and implementation.
Program Services and Innovation Branch (CHBD). (1) complies with
congressional requirements for reporting and performance measures; (2)
interacts with grantees and recipients to support basic functions of
the grants or CoAgs managed and overseen by the Branch; (3) provides
data analytics for jurisdictional trends and conducts evaluation
activities for branch grants and CoAgs; and (4) promotes continuous
improvement of program services by serving as an incubator for new
tools and solutions.
Division of Partnership Support (CHC). The Division of Partnership
Support (DPS) leverages partnerships to support CDC in developing the
capacity of the public health system and STLT territorial departments
of health (and ministries) to sustain and strengthen public health
foundational, infrastructure, and workforce capabilities. In addition,
DPS: (1) provides capacity-building assistance to the field to improve
public health performance; and (2) develops capacity through delivery
mechanisms that include TA (consultation and services), training
(skills building), technology and information transfer, and funding.
Office of the Director (CHC1). (1) provides oversight and guidance
of its branches, offices, and units; (2) works closely with divisions
and other CIOs to offer support, guidance, collaboration, and expertise
on partnership development and improvement; (3) facilitates TA,
training, information, funding, and technology transfer for U.S.
territories and freely associated states; (4) provides legal TA in STLT
jurisdictions; (5) oversees and manages DPS clearance process for
scientific, technical, and programmatic documents; (6) manages DPS
communication activities, including communication product development,
promotion and dissemination strategies, media relations coordination,
and DPS websites; (7) reviews, prepares, coordinates, and develops
congressional testimony and briefing materials; (8) coordinates DPS
budget formulation/negotiation related to program initiatives and goals
management; (9) plans, coordinates, and provides administrative
management support, advice, and guidance to DPS in the areas of fiscal
management, procurement, property management, personnel, travel, and
other administrative services; and (10) provides fiscal management and
stewardship of grants, contracts, and CoAgs; and materiel management,
and interagency agreements.
Partnership Resources Management Branch (CHCB). (1) coordinates
CDC-wide funding for regional and national non-governmental public
health partner organizations; (2) monitors programmatic activities of
funded partner organizations to assure program objectives and key
performance indicators are achieved; (3) develops, designs, and deploys
TA related to compliance and monitoring for programs and funding
mechanisms with STLTs; (4) implements process improvements and lessons
learned for partner programs, mechanisms, and relationships; (5)
supports and manages partner CoAgs and other mechanisms for fiscal
support and monitoring of expenditures; (6) provides leadership in
evaluating and improving the performance of funded partnerships; (7)
supports and provides oversight for funding mechanisms with academic
partner organizations to enhance development of public health and
health professionals skilled in improving the health of populations;
(8) coordinates the development of Notices of Funding Opportunity,
Interim Progress Report Guidance, and Continuation Applications for
partner organizations; (9) develops materials to support partners and
collaborates in documenting partnership tools and resources; (10)
assesses TA needs of recipients and develops strategies to address
those needs; (11) complies with Federal requirements for awarding,
monitoring, and reporting activities under Federal funding mechanisms;
and (12) interacts with grantees, recipients, and Federal staff to
provide guidance
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and support of the grants and CoAgs managed and overseen by the Branch.
Partnerships and Performance Improvement Branch (CHCC). (1)
proactively explores, engages, and leverages partnerships with external
agencies and organizations to support current and emerging priorities,
including emergency response activations, health equity, social
determinants of health, and other public health priorities; (2)
provides leadership and subject matter expertise on public health
practice and performance for CDC, external agencies and organizations,
and the field to explore innovations and advance efficiencies and
effectiveness of public health programs, services, and business
processes; (3) advances the professional development and capabilities
of the public health workforce through training and the support of
frameworks and tools that are used by STLT public health agencies; (4)
promotes practices and foster cross-sector relationships (e.g.,
healthcare, social services, transportation, housing, behavioral
health) to better address equity, the social and structural
determinants of health, and population health outcomes; (5) provides
support, guidance, and tools within CDC and for use in STLT
jurisdictions that strengthen collaborations and leverage partnerships
that will improve the public health system; (6) serves as a lead and
subject matter expert for CDC support of the national accreditation
program for health departments and advance STLT agency readiness to
meet national standards and achieve and sustain accreditation; (7)
conducts or leverages assessments and uses data to identify
opportunities to improve public health systems and public health agency
structure, operations, and performance; and (8) develops and
disseminates evidence of successful public health agency and system
improvement strategies and partnership and collaboration practices
Division of Workforce Development (CHD). The Division of Workforce
Development (DWD) aims to improve health outcomes through a diverse,
flexible, and highly trained public health workforce. In carrying out
its mission, DWD: (1) plans, directs, and manages programs that develop
the current and future public health workforce; (2) provides leadership
in scientific workforce education and development, including quality
assurance, technical consultation, and evaluation; and (3) provides
leadership to facilitate or coordinate CDC and partner strategic
workforce initiatives to increase the capability of the current
workforce, expand pipeline programs to recruit new talent, strengthen
systems to support the workforce, and leverage partnerships to
maximally achieve goals.
Office of the Director (CHD1). (1) provides executive-level
scientific leadership, managerial oversight, and strategic direction
for DWD; (2) develops goals and objectives that promote principles of
diversity and health equity, and provides leadership, policy formation,
scientific oversight, and guidance in scientific education and
professional development program planning and development; (3) plans,
coordinates, and develops workforce-related research for DWD; (4)
ensures adherence and provides training to DWD on CDC and HHS science-
related policies; (5) oversees and manages DWD clearance process for
scientific, technical, and programmatic documents; (6) manages DWD
communication activities, including communication product development,
promotion and dissemination strategies, media relations coordination,
and DWD websites; (7) responds to Freedom of Information Act requests
and controlled correspondence; (8) coordinates all DWD program reviews;
(9) reviews, prepares, coordinates, and develops congressional
testimony and briefing materials; (10) leads division programmatic
evaluation activities, assists DWD programs in establishing performance
metrics, and coordinates regular reviews with programs to ascertain
status on meeting of the metrics; (11) coordinates DWD budget
formulation/negotiation related to program initiatives and goals
management; (12) ensures/promotes the use of best practices in
scientific education and professional development processes, services,
and products; (13) provides leadership and guidance on new developments
and national trends for public health workforce education and training;
(14) establishes policies and standards for public health education and
training activities/initiatives, including but not limited to,
competency development, quality assurance, and evaluation, and works
collaboratively within DWD and other components of CDC to ensure their
implementation and adoption; (15) develops and implements a
crosscutting framework for planning, implementing, and evaluating
fellowship training programs that provide service to the organizations
where fellows are assigned and the communities they serve, and are
responsive to the needs of CDC's internal workforce and to the needs of
DWD's external partners; (16) manages pilot fellowship programs in
early stages of development, as needed; (17) develops and manages
unified DWD-wide administrative systems and supports the commitment of
resources for application development; (18) plans, coordinates, and
provides administrative management support, advice, and guidance to DWD
in the areas of fiscal management, procurement, property management,
personnel, travel, and other administrative services; (19) provides
fiscal management and stewardship of grants, contracts, and CoAgs; and
materiel management, and interagency agreements; (20) coordinates
management information systems and analyses of data for improved
utilization of DWD resources; (21) directs systems analysis and design,
programming, and systems training as it relates to implementation of
new and existing administrative, management, and executive information
systems; (22) provides leadership to coordinate CDC and partner
strategic workforce initiatives to increase capability of existing
workforce, expand pipeline programs to recruit new talent, and
strengthen systems to support the workforce; (23) provides strategic
coordination of fellowship recruitment activities, marketing and
materials development, and engagement with potential fellowship
applicants; and (24) provides equitable opportunities for staff
professional development (e.g., training, coaching, and mentoring).
Education and Training Services Branch (CHDB). (1) plans, directs,
and manages training design, development, consultation, and delivery,
and accredits educational activities for entry level public health
professionals and the existing public health workforce; (2) identifies
and implements best practices and methods for developing the public
health workforce; (3) develops evidence-based policies and standards
for public health education and training activities and initiatives,
including but not limited to, competency development, quality
assurance, and evaluation, and provides TA within DWD and other
components of CDC to ensure their implementation and adoption; (4)
develops and maintains appropriate liaisons with all fellowship
programs in DWD and provides TA to other programs across the agency to
ensure the development of rigorous educational programs based on the
science of adult learning and instructional technology; (5) facilitates
a cross-cutting approach and sharing of educational/evaluation lessons
learned and tools across DWD programs, as well as other programs
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across the agency; (6) provides guidance in planning and implementation
of the educational components of complex learning systems and processes
to support the public health workforce to ensure data requirements are
consistent with the evaluation framework and capture educational
outcomes of learners; (7) maintains knowledge of continuing education
standards and applies quality assurance practices required to uphold
national accreditations; (8) assesses need and demand for additional
accreditations to support professional license and certification needs
of technical and professional staff within the public health workforce;
(9) develops and maintains internal and external partnerships to foster
best practices in the design and delivery of educational activities and
training; (10) maintains knowledge of information technology and
learning standards as they apply to education and training to
demonstrate and promote compliance and best practices by CDC programs;
(11) applies the principles of instructional systems design and
learning theory to design, develop, deliver, and evaluate informational
and instructional products; (12) implements and maintains technology-
based systems to support learners; (13) curates and promotes quality
educational opportunities and resources for learners across public
health and healthcare; (14) adapts information systems and processes to
reflect current best practices and adherence to accreditation
requirements; and (15) provides TA and guidance to learners, course
providers, and learning group administrators for DWD learning systems.
Epidemiology and Laboratory Workforce Branch (CHC). (1) plans,
directs, and manages CDC-wide training and service programs for
teaching and training future public health professionals, and supports
the existing workforce; (2) plans, directs, and evaluates middle school
and high school student program pipeline activities intended to
increase the number of individuals aware of and choosing a career in
public health; (3) sponsors complementary activities to train teachers
to develop lesson plans of public health significance for middle and
high school students; (4) develops and implements a formal plan to
evaluate the effectiveness of all fellowship program activities; (5)
conducts site visits and maintains liaison with supervisors of Epidemic
Intelligence Service Officer (EISOs) and Laboratory Leadership Service
(LLS) fellows within CDC and in field assignments; (6) coordinates the
assignment and deployment of EISOs and LLS fellows in response to
natural disasters, terrorist events, and other large scale public
health emergencies; (7) provides TA, consultation, resources, and
training for DWD, other components of CDC, and the broader health
workforce (e.g., state and local workers), including, but not limited
to the development and dissemination of standard curricula, training,
and related materials, in epidemiology; (8) maintains liaison with
alumni within and outside CDC to assist with training, recruitment, and
promotional activities; (9) responds to domestic and international
requests for assistance and consultation (e.g., Epi-Aids, Lab-Aids);
(10) maintains liaison with other governmental agencies, academic
institutions and organizations, state and local health agencies,
private health organizations, professional organizations, and other
outside groups; (11) assumes an active national and international
leadership role in applied epidemiology training; and (12)
collaborates, as appropriate, with the CDC Immediate Office of the
Director (CDC IOD), other CIOs, and domestic and international agencies
to carry out the functions of the branch
Field Services Workforce Branch (CHDD). (1) leads and manages the
Public Health Associate Program; (2) coordinates across CDC, STLT
health agencies, and other non-governmental public health entities to
support the temporary and ongoing placement of CDC field staff within
STLT and non-governmental public health agencies; (3) conducts site
visits with CDC field staff and maintains liaison with field site
placement reporting supervisors; (4) tracks, assesses, and reports on
the demographics and needs of CDC field staff; and (5) develops and
disseminates information and tools to support CDC field staff.
Public Health Workforce Branch (CHDE). (1) plans, directs, and
manages CDC-wide training and service programs for teaching and
training future public health professionals, and supports the existing
workforce with a focus on data science and leadership; (2) operates and
maintains an accredited preventive medicine residency program for
physicians in CDC through the Accreditation Council for Graduate
Medical Education and a complementary fellowship program for public
health veterinarians; (3) establishes and implements overall branch
policies, plans, and procedures; (4) develops and implements a formal
plan to evaluate the effectiveness of all fellowship program
activities, including the completion of program activities by fellows
and residents, the quality of field and headquarters assignments,
performance of fellows/residents, and effectiveness of educational
activities; (5) conducts site visits and maintains liaison with
supervisors of fellows/residents within CDC and in field assignments;
(6) coordinates the assignment and deployment of fellows/residents in
response to natural disasters, terrorist events, and other large scale
public health emergencies; (7) provides TA, consultation, resources,
and training for DWD, other components of CDC, and the broader health
workforce (e.g., state and local workers), including, but not limited
to the development and dissemination of standard curricula, training,
and related materials, in preventive medicine, informatics, prevention
effectiveness and leadership/management and policy; (8) maintains
liaison with alumni within and outside CDC to assist with training,
recruitment, and promotional activities; (9) responds to domestic and
international requests for assistance and consultation (e.g., Info-
Aids, Econ-Aids); (10) maintains liaison with other governmental
agencies, academic institutions and organizations, state and local
health agencies, private health organizations, professional
organizations, and other outside groups; (11) assumes an active
national and international leadership role in applied public health
sciences training in preventive medicine, public health informatics,
prevention effectiveness, and leadership and management, and policy;
(12) collaborates, as relevant, with the CDC IOD, other CIOs, and
domestic and international agencies to carry out the functions of the
branch; (13) fosters closer linkages between academia and public health
practice; (14) supports and provides oversight for CoAgs with academic
partner organizations to enhance development of public health and
health professionals skilled in improving the health of populations;
(15) provides technical consultation to academic associations regarding
improvements in curriculum and experiential learning opportunities; and
(16) works with partners in academia, state and local health agencies,
public health and health professional organizations to address public
health educational needs, including developing population health
competencies for academia to improve health professional education
(e.g., schools of medicine, nursing, and public health).
III. Under Part C, Section C-B, Organization and Functions, the
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following organizational unit is deleted in its entirety:
<bullet> Center for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Support (CBD)
<bullet> Office of the Director (CBD1)
<bullet> Office of Public Health Law Services (CBD12)
<bullet> Office of Tribal Affairs and Strategic Alliances (CBD13)
<bullet> Office of Insular Affairs (CBD14)
<bullet> Division of Performance Improvement and Field Services (CBDB)
<bullet> Office of the Director (CBDB1)
<bullet> Performance Development, Evaluation and Training Branch
(CBDBB)
<bullet> Field Services Branch (CBDBC)
<bullet> Division of Program and Partnership Services (CBDC)
<bullet> Office of the Director (CBDC1)
<bullet> Health Department Program Branch (CBDCB)
<bullet> National Partnership Branch (CBDCC)
<bullet> Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services
(CPN)
<bullet> Office of the Director (CPN1)
<bullet> Division of Scientific Education and Professional Development
(CPND)
<bullet> Office of the Director (CPND1)
<bullet> Education and Training Services Branch (CPNDB)
<bullet> Epidemiology Workforce Branch (CPNDC)
<bullet> Population Health Workforce Branch (CPNDD)
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)
Robin D. Bailey, Jr.,
Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2023-14705 Filed 7-11-23; 8:45 am]
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