Project Organization

NEDSS is a collaborative effort among state and local public health partners, and numerous CDC staff and contractors. The success of NEDSS is dependent upon the assistance and expertise of these partners and the coordinated efforts of diverse scientific and public health disciplines. Using software development industry standards, formal processes for identifying the public health needs in the system (business requirements) are developed through Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions that involve all principal stakeholders which include state and local public health representatives associated with such national bodies as: The Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, The National Association of City and County Health Officials, The Association of Public Health Laboratories, The National Association of Public Health Statistics and Information Systems, The National Association of Health Data Organizations and similar entities representing the needs of particular programmatic areas.

NEDSS activities are coordinated and managed through the Office of Integrated Health Information Systems in the Office of Director, CDC.

Project Governance

• CDC Information Council Consisting of representatives from CDC Centers, Institutes and Offices (CIOs), as well as representatives from partner organizations, the CIC is responsible for policy issues concerned CDC's information technology architecture and provides oversight for the NEDSS Project Architecture (formerly the responsibility of HISSB).

Partner Organizations

• Association of State and Territorial Health Officers (ASTHO) • Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) • Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) • National Association of Public Health Statistics and Information Systems (NAPHSIS) • National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) • National Association of Health Data Organizations (NAHDO)

Advisory Council

• NEDSS Operational Working Group (NOW Group) Consisting of representatives from CDC Centers, Institutes and Offices, and contractor organizations working on NEDSS-related systems development {Computer Science Corporation (CSC) and SAIC}, the NOW Group is responsible for ensuring that CIO/Programmatic and NEDSS goals and objectives are compatible, input on the NEDSS Project Architecture, review of design and implementation progress and resolution of issues that cross multiple subgroups.

PHIN and NEDSS Technical Oversight  - Information Resource Management Office

• John Loonsk, MD, Associate Director for Informatics (Technical Architect) • Joseph Reid, Technical Project Lead • Barry Rhodes, Data Exchange (messaging) & Database Management • Dan Pollock, Data Modeling and Standardized Vocabulary • Laura Conn, Exec Sec for Governance (CDC Information Council) • Tim Morris, Outbreak Management Activities

NEDSS Programmatic Oversight - Integrated Health Information Systems Office

• Claire Broome, MD, Senior Advisor to the Director • Timothy Broadbent, MPA, Deputy Director • Wendolyn Scott, Task Administrative Assistant/Computer Science Corporation

NEDSS Extramural Grants Program

• Robert Pinner, MD, Director, Office of Surveillance, National Center for Infectious Disease • Katherine Robinson, MPH, Epidemiologist, NEDSS Base System Deployment • Christopher Jason Hall, State Grant Administration, Office of Surveillance, National Center for Infectious Disease

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