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Program Management
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FY
2007 Actual |
FY
2008
Enacted |
FY
2009
Estimate |
FY
2009 +/-
FY 2008 |
BA |
$146,283,000
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$141,087,000
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$141,087,000 |
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FTE |
1,068
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1,099 |
1,099 |
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Authorizing
Legislation: Section 301 of the Public Health Service
Act.
FY
2009 Authorization |
Indefinite |
Allocation
Method |
Other
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Program
Description and Accomplishments
HRSA’s Program Management activity improves
the Agency’s capability to operate complex programs
funded in FY 2009 at more than $5 billion. HRSA’s
mission is to provide the National leadership, resources
and services necessary to improve and expand access
to quality health care for all Americans. To achieve
its mission, HRSA requires sufficient qualified staff
and professional resources to operate at maximum efficiency.
The Program Management activity is the primary means
of support for these resources.
Program Management personnel plan, coordinate, and
direct technical assistance and program guidance to
clients of all of HRSA’s key programs, including:
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Health Centers and other Primary Care programs;
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Nursing programs;
- Maternal
and Child Health programs;
- Ryan
White AIDS programs
- Healthcare
Systems programs;
- Rural
Health programs; and
- Telehealth
In addition, Program Management supports agency oversight
of a broad variety of program operations funded from
other sources, which include:
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National Practitioner Data Bank;
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Health Education Assistance Loan Program; and
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Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.
Significant progress has been made in a range of Program
Management activities. The effort to improve the Information
Technology infrastructure has involved major efforts
at perimeter protection, risk assessment and security
awareness training, the costs of which have expanded
substantially. The Agency has moved forward with its
plans for strategic management of human capital. Substantial
progress has been made in terms of de-layering and
streamlining. Grants management activities have been
standardized and consolidated across the Agency through
the Office of Federal Assistance Management. This
office plans, awards, and manages HRSA’s portfolio
of grants and cooperative agreements. It provides
leadership, direction and coordination to all phases
of grants policy, administration and independent review
with oversight for all HRSA activities to ensure that
resources are properly used and protected.
HRSA has also continued to carry out the HRSA Scholars
program, bringing on more than 300 Scholars over the
life of the seven-year plan to attract a new generation
of committed health program professionals. These indicators
of Program Management performance, as well as the
performance carried out under the specific program
components reported earlier, support the FY 2009 estimate.
Funding includes costs associated with grant reviews,
processing of grants through the Grants Administration
Tracking and Evaluation System (GATES) and HRSA’s
electronic handbook, and follow-up performance reviews.
Funding History
FY
2004 |
$148,533,000 |
FY
2005 |
$147,080,000 |
FY
2006 |
$144,421,000
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FY
2007 |
$146,283,000
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FY
2008 |
$141,087,000 |
Budget
Request
The FY 2009 Request of $141,087,000 is equal to the
FY 2008 Enacted Budget. This request supports pay-related
costs, GSA rent, and includes continued funding of
the UFMS and J-1 Visa Waiver Unit. The HRSA request
includes funding to support the President’s
Management Agenda, e-Gov initiatives and Departmental
enterprise information technology initiatives identified
through the HHS strategic planning process.
UFMS has now been fully deployed. The Program Support
Center, through the Service and Supply Fund, manages
the ongoing Operations and Maintenance (O & M)
activities for UFMS. The scope of O & M services
includes post deployment support and ongoing business
and technical operations services, as well as an upgrade
of Oracle software from version 11.5.9 to version
12.0. HRSA will use $5,469,597 for these O&M costs
in FY 2009.
With the implementation of a modern accounting system,
HHS has efforts underway to consolidate and implement
automated administrative systems that share information
electronically with UFMS. These systems will improve
the business process flow within the Department, improve
Funds Control and provide a state of the art integrated
Financial Management System encompassing Finance,
Budget, Acquisition, Travel and Property. The integration
of administrative systems is the next step in making
these processes more efficient and effective.
The HHS Consolidated Acquisition System (HCAS) initiative
is a Department-wide contract management system that
will integrate with the Unified Financial Management
System (UFMS). The applications within the HCAS are
Compusearch PRISM and a portion of the Oracle Compusearch
Interface (OCI). PRISM is a federal contract management
system that streamlines the procurement process. PRISM
automates contract writing, simplified acquisitions,
electronic approvals and routing, pre-award tracking,
contract monitoring, post award tracking, contract
closeout and reporting. HRSA will use $211,698 to
support the completion of HCAS implementation in FY
2009.
See Table
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