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Acknowledgments
Performance Improvement 1999:
Evaluation Activities of the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services describes the continuous efforts of the various HHS agencies
to examine service and research programs for the efficiency of their operations
and their effectiveness in achieving objectives. The planning, development, and
coordination of those evaluations is largely the responsibility of the
following HHS planning and evaluation offices:
- Administration for Children and
Families
- Office of Planning, Research and
Evaluation
- Howard Rolston, Director
- Administration on Aging
- Office of Program Operations and
Development
- Edwin Walker, Director
- Agency for Health Care Policy and
Research
- Office of the Administrator
- Lisa Simpson, Deputy
Administrator
- Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease
Registry
- Office of Policy and External
Affairs
- Georgi A. Jones, Director
- Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
- Office of Program Planning and
Evaluation
- Kathy Cahill, Director
- Food and Drug
Administration
- Office of Planning and
Evaluation
- Paul L. Coppinger, Associate
Commissioner
- Health Care Financing
Administration
- Office of Strategic
Planning
- Barbara S. Cooper, Director
- Health Resources and Services
Administration
- Office of Planning, Evaluation and
Legislation
- Paul W. Nannis, Director
- Indian Health Service
- Office of Public Health
- Leo Nolan, Director
- National Institutes of
Health
- Office of Science Policy and Technology
Transfer
- Lana Skirboll, Associate
Director
- Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Planning and Evaluation
- Office of Program Systems
- Delores Parron, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Program Systems
- Office of Public Health and
Science
- Linda Meyers, Acting Director, Office
of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration
- Office of Policy and Program
Coordination
- Mary Knipmeyer, Director
Preparation of this report and the noted
appendices was coordinated by staff in the Office of the Assistant Secretary
for Planning and Evaluation, under the supervision of Delores Parron, Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Program Systems. Responsible staff include Mike
Herrell, Paul Johnson, and Carolyn Solomon. Development and production of the
report was supported, under contract, by the services of Amanda Utts and Susan
Belsinger of Sanad Support Technologies, Inc.; Reid Jackson, Wayne Hall, and
Carolyn Paxton of the South Carolina State University Policy Analysis
Consortium; Lydia Paddock, Editorial Consultant; and David Peabody and Toni
Garrison of the HHS Graphics Center. The following persons from HHS agencies
contributed to writing, collecting information on evaluation activities, and
reviewing the report:
- Administration for Children and
Families
- James V. Dolson
- Helen Howerton
- Administration on Aging
- Saadia Greenberg
- Agency for Health Care Policy and
Research
- Wendy Perry
- Harvey Schwartz
- Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease
Registry
- Woodrow Garrett
- Donna Jones
- Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
- Nancy Cheal
- Nancy Chalmers
- Food and Drug
Administration
- Kathleen McEvoy
- Mary Gamunev
- Health Care Financing
Administration
- William Saunders
- Sydney Galloway
- Health Resources and Services
Administration
- Anabel Crane
- Indian Health Service
- Frank Marion
- Sarah Crazythunder
- Debbie Melton
- National Institutes of
Health
- John Uzzell
- Joan Bailey
- Office of Public Health and
Science
- Linda Bailey
- Valerie Welsh
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration
- Nancy Pearce
- Jerri Scott-Pinckney
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