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The Office of Management (OM) provides exceptional customer service, guidance, and education on resource and administrative management activities to protect human and animal health. There are four organizations within OM in addition to the Immediate Office of the Associate Director of Management:

Immediate Office of the Associate Director of Management
Human Capital Management Staff
Talent Development Staff
Financial Management Staff
Business Informatics Staff

Immediate Office of the Associate Director of Management:

The Immediate Office (IO) of the Associate Director of Management provides executive leadership and direction for management and administrative programs, policies, and issues at the Center and Agency levels. The IO partners with Centers and Offices throughout the Agency as well as our Field partners in the Office of Inspections and Investigations (OII) to protect and promote the health of humans and animals by ensuring the safety of the American food supply, the safety of animal food and devices, and the safety and effectiveness of animal drugs. 

The IO is responsible for managing CVM and OM crosscutting projects. Some examples include:

  • Provides authoritative guidance and leadership in the evaluation, analysis, development, coordination, and implementation of business and operational elements including user fee management and reauthorizations; human capital management; staff development and training; budget formulation and execution; information technology; facilities management; and safety and security management.
  • Develops and implements the Center’s short- and long-range strategic and tactical plans.
  • Provides leadership and direction for the management and administrative interface with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), and other federal agencies to ensure compliance with statutes, executive orders, and administrative directives.
  • Performs program evaluations, analyses, and assessments, and special studies of key issues relative to policy review and oversight. Directs a variety of special projects or assignments of substantial significance to the Center.

Human Capital Management Staff:

  • Provides human capital services to recruit, engage, and retain a highly skilled, committed, and diverse workforce for the Center. Develops and implements the Center’s short- and long-range strategic and tactical plans.
  • Serves as a partner with the FDA human resources organizations for the Center’s human capital management programs.
  • Provides strategic advice, guidance, and consultation to Center leadership on human capital matters to advance the Center’s accomplishment of its mission.
  • Provides leadership and support to the Center in the areas of outreach, hiring, and onboarding; performance management; awards and recognition; employee engagement; employee retention; timekeeping and leave; flexible workplace programs; ethics; and Commissioned Corps.

Talent Development Staff:

  • Oversees the Center’s talent development program focusing on holistic individual development, including training, relationship-based learning, and experiential learning to support different learning needs and styles.
  • Directs the analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation of competency-based professional development programs in supervisory; leadership; relationship; wellbeing; diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility; regulatory; scientific; administrative/information technology; retirement/financial; safety; and other operational areas to create a rich environment for employee development and engagement.
  • Creates connections between continuous learning, knowledge management, and the High-Performance Organization philosophy so that learning is intentional, experiential, practical, applicable, actionable, and meets the unique challenges of our work environment.
  • Conducts assessments to strengthen organizational culture, enhance the leadership pipeline, and develop the workforce at large to ensure continuous improvement related to achieving CVM’s critical public health mission.
  • Leverages cutting-edge learning technologies and platforms to offer an enhanced and flexible learning environment to support different learning styles and align with the Center’s ever-changing work environment.

Financial Management Staff:

  • Leads the development, formulation, and analysis of the Center’s performance budget through all phases of the Congressional budget processes, including development of performance measures.
  • Provides budget execution (Salaries, Expenses, and User Fees) and fiscal accounting services for the Center. Monitors and provides officials with continual awareness of committed, obligated, and forecasted payroll and operating funds.
  • Provides administration and conducts analyses of the Animal Drug Use Fee Act and Animal Generic Drug User Fee Act. Manages and tracks Congressional requirements including collections and performance.
  • Develops and coordinates acquisitions, provides advice and guidance, and serves as the liaison between the Center and the FDA to ensure proper execution of contracts, grants, interagency agreements, and purchase cards.
  • Leads executive performance management for the Center including coordinating the Center’s senior executive performance plan process and development of the Center’s organizational assessment submission.
  • Conducts evaluations for the Center such as cost analysis, internal control assessments, and environmental scans to assess risk and support, inform, and improve short- and long-term strategic planning.
  • Leads strategic and tactical planning of Departmental, FDA, and Center goals and priorities, including CVM’s Strategic Roadmap.
  • Leads CVM’s time reporting system.

Business Informatics Staff:

  • Serves as the liaison between the Center and the Office of Digital Transformation by strategizing, reviewing, and prioritizing the information technology (IT) needs of the Center.
  • Promotes the FDA’s IT guidelines and policies within the Center and helps prepare business artifacts and funding justifications for the IT needs in support the Center’s business programs.
  • Manages the Center’s IT portfolio; completes and reports Capital Planning and Investment Control functions to the Department; and provides governance and oversight to the Center’s IT investments.
  • Serves as the liaison between the Center and the FDA for all asset management activities, including policy, compliance, and surplus.
  • Provides expertise in records and information management to support mission-related and administrative records for the Center.


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