Office of Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management and Office of the Assistant Secretary for Resources and Technology; Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority

Résumé

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is reorganizing a portion of two offices, the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Resources and Technology (ASRT) and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management (ASAM), both of which are located within the Office of the Secretary (OS). The reorganization is designed to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of these two offices by consolidating the resource-related functions, including budget, grants, acquisition, finance, and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) coordination, under ASRT and the administrative functions under ASAM. The titles of the Assistant Secretary for Resources and Technology (ASRT) and the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management (ASAM) will also be changed to the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources (ASFR) and Assistant Secretary for Administration (ASA), respectively. This reorganization also will transfer support for the Office of Small & Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) from ASAM to ASRT, while maintaining the Office's same direct-line reporting structure to the Deputy Secretary. Finally, this reorganization will transfer