Notice2024-19809
Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority
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Published
September 4, 2024
Effective
July 2, 2024
Issuing agencies
Health and Human Services DepartmentStrategic Preparedness and Response Administration
Abstract
This notice announces revisions to the organizations within the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR).
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 171 (Wednesday, September 4, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71913-71914]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-19809]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response
Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of
Authority
AGENCY: Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces revisions to the organizations within
the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR).
DATES: These revisions were approved by the Administrator and Assistant
Secretary of ASPR on July 2, 2024, and became effective on July 2,
2024.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Part A, Office of the Secretary, Statement
of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority of the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is being amended at
Chapter AN, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and
Response (ASPR), as last amended at 88 FR 10125 (Feb. 16, 2023), 85 FR
8302 (Feb. 13, 2020), 83 FR 33941 (July 18, 2018), 79 FR 70.535 (Nov.
26, 2014), 78 FR 25277 (April 30, 2013), 78 FR 7784 (Feb. 4, 2013), 75
FR 35.035 (June 21, 2010) to refine the functions within ASPR to more
closely align with ASPR's Operating Division status and expansion of
mission which includes preparing for and responding to ever-increasing
man-made and naturally occurring threats which have the potential to
degrade public health, access to healthcare, access to emergency
medical services, and national security.
In 2023, ASPR underwent a major reorganization that was designed to
recognize the Agency's expanded scope of work as a new Operating
Division, simplify the organizational structure, provide greater role
clarity, and increase collaboration across teams. These changes were
targeted in nature and focused on areas where the mission had recently
expanded. Since the implementation of ASPR's 2023 reorganization, the
Agency has undergone additional, modest adjustments to its
organizational structure to better clarify missions, roles, and
responsibilities at the Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS)-level, Office-
level, and Division level. Substantive changes to ASPR organizations
are noted below. The changes are as follows:
Global Change: Naming Conventions for ASPR Components
To more closely align with the maturation of ASPR's Operating
Division status and mission of the organization, the titles for the
ASPR component overseen by an ASPR Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) are
now called ``Centers'' instead of ``Offices.'' The chart below provides
the previous title and the new title.
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Previous title New title
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Immediate Office of the ASPR........... Immediate Office of the ASPR
(no change).
Office of Administration............... Center for Administration.
Office of Preparedness................. Center for Preparedness.
Office of Response..................... Center for Response.
Office of Biomedical Advanced Research Center for the Biomedical
Development Authority. Advanced Research Development
Authority.
Office of HHS Coordination, Operations, Center for the HHS Coordination
and Response Element. Operations and Response
Element.
Office of Industrial Base Management Center for Industrial Base
and Supply Chain. Management and Supply Chain.
Office of the Strategic National Center for the Strategic
Stockpile. National Stockpile.
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The following organizational updates by Center are modifications
from the Agency's 2023 reorganization. All other organizational
structure remains as previously noticed in the 2023 Federal Register
Notice.
Center for Administration
<bullet> New Office: Office of Facilities Management
<bullet> Office Name Change: Update Office of Human Capital to Office
of Human Resources
Center for Preparedness
<bullet> Office Name Change: Update Office of Security and Intelligence
to Office of Security, Vetting, and Protection
<bullet> Office Name Change: Update the Office of Information
Management, Data, and Analytics to Office of Data, Analytics, and
Information Advantage
Center for Industrial Base Management and Supply Chain
<bullet> Office Name Change: Update Office of Personal Protective
Equipment and Durable Medical Equipment to Office of Critical Medical
Equipment
<bullet> Office Name Change: Update Office of Advanced Manufacturing
Technologies to the Office of Enabling Innovations and Technologies
Center for the HHS Coordination Operations and Response Element
In 2022, the Secretary of HHS transitioned the DOD-HHS partnership
that was formerly called Operation Warp Speed into ASPR as the HHS
Coordination and Operations Response Element or H-CORE. Moving H-CORE
fully into ASPR provided ASPR with sole responsibility for the
development, manufacture, and distribution of the nation's COVID-19
vaccines and therapeutics.
H-CORE reports to the Administrator and Assistant Secretary for
Preparedness and Response (the ASPR) and works in partnership with
other entities across ASPR, such as the Center for the Biomedical
Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), the Center for the
Strategic National Stockpile (SNS), and the Center for Industrial Base
Management and Supply Chain (IBMSC), to deploy vaccines, therapeutics,
and other medical countermeasures products and supplies to the American
public during infectious disease outbreaks and other public health
emergencies. H-CORE coordinates and accelerates the logistics readiness
and operations in response to infectious diseases, public health
emergencies, and disasters in support of the ASPR.
H-CORE is headed by a Deputy Assistant Secretary and includes the
following components:
<bullet> Office Name Change: Update from Office of Analytics to Office
of Analytics, Data, and IT
<bullet> Office Name Change: Update from Office of Plans to Office of
Planning and Operational Coordination
<bullet> Office of Supply, Production, and Distribution
<bullet> New Office: Office of Infectious Disease Response
<bullet> Delete Office: Office of Security and Assurance
<bullet> Delete Office: Office of Vaccine Development Coordination
<bullet> Delete Office: Office of Therapeutics Development Coordination
I. Delegations of Authority: All delegations and redelegations of
authority made to officials and employees of affected organizational
components will endure pending further redelegation, provided they are
consistent with this reorganization.
All updates herein supersede any prior directives pertaining to the
establishment of Agency components, including but not limited to
directives pertaining to the establishment of H-CORE.
The Administrator and Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and
Response of ASPR, Dawn O'Connell, having reviewed and approved this
document, authorizes Adam DeVore, who is the Federal Register Liaison,
to electronically sign this document for purposes of publication in the
Federal Register.
Adam DeVore,
Federal Register Liaison, Administration for Strategic Preparedness and
Response.
[FR Doc. 2024-19809 Filed 9-3-24; 8:45 am]
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