Chief Environmental Health Officer UpdateCAPT Michael M. Welch, RS, MSEH

June 21, 2011

COF Category DayNew Orleans, LA

Presentation Topics Overview of Category Strength and

Agency Assignments COSTEP’s OSG Accountability Billet Transformation EHO Readiness COER’s EHO Promotions OSG/CPO Initiatives

Size of Corps from 1982-2011  1982 1987 1992 1997 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2010 2011

Medical 2062 1659 1811 1575 1239 1213 1147 1095 1069 922 893

Dental 827 559 711 641 513 500 486 459 450 357 332

Nurse 582 741 1009 995 1143 1208 1280 1311 1323 1557 1540

Eng 543 564 570 491 403 410 412 399 398 436 423

Scien 229 261 281 270 262 271 261 255 253 298 304

EHO 273 285 338 351 363 392 376 377 373 378 367

Vet 90 91 109 100 99 97 91 89 85 89 88

Pharm 452 533 722 744 825 871 905 921 929 1076 1100

Diet 74 63 88 74 80 79 86 94 93 97 99

Ther 84 89 103 96 122 118 118 118 127 147 146

HSO 24 95 802 699 742 803 819 860 860 1184 1187

Total 5840 5441 6544 6036 5791 5942 5981 5977 5960 6541 6479

PHS CC 1985 and 2011 Category Officers Percent

Change MED 1666 to 887 -46.75% DENT 609 to 332 -45.48% NURSE 648 to 1540 137.65% ENG 562 to 424 -24.55% SCI 246 to 304 23.57% EHO 278 to 367 32.01% VET 84 to 88 4.76% PHARM 504 to 1100 118.25% DIET 64 to 99 54.68% THER 89 to 146 64.04% HSO 589 to 1193 102.55% TOTAL 5339 to 6480 21.14%

By Agency, EHOs May 2010 May 2011

Agency/Program TOTAL

ATSDR 21 19

BOP 2 2

CDC 69 65

DHS 22 22

DOD TMA 0 1

EPA 18 17

FDA 87 89

HRSA 2 5

IHS 110 101

INTERIOR 14 14

NIH 8 8

OS 9 10

PSC 10 9

USDA 3 5

 Total 376 367

1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 39

2 0 0 121 35 0 50 0 0 8 3 103 320

3 23 24 261 63 55 62 7 280 21 16 301 1113

4 177 53 495 102 82 73 23 327 24 62 385 1803

5 229 94 401 135 56 98 15 278 22 41 222 1591

6 472 182 273 97 104 92 42 188 30 24 132 1636

7 13 2 4 3 1 3 1 1 0 1 3 32

8 7 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 14

TOTAL 922 357 1557 436 298 378 89 1076 97 147 1184 6541

TGRADE MED DEN NURSE ENG SCI EHO VET PHARM DIET THER HSO TOTAL

Temporary Grade by Category as of  05/20/2010

1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 27

2 0 0 116 36 0 36 0 0 1 1 64 243

3 25 19 210 57 42 57 4 274 17 16 280 1002

4 171 45 507 107 96 84 26 331 25 58 431 1881

5 212 83 429 131 57 92 12 300 23 46 250 1635

6 469 181 272 100 108 95 44 193 33 24 133 1652

7 130 2 4 2 1 3 1 1 0 1 3 28

8 5 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 10

TOTAL 893 332 1540 423 304 367 88 1100 99 146 1187 6479

TGRADE MED DEN NURSE ENG SCI EHO VET PHARM DIET THER HSO TOTAL

Temporary Grade by Category as of  05/20/2011

COSTEP’s Approximately 25 COSTEP’s selected IHS-23, NIH-1, PSC-1 April 15 notification of

students/options COSTEP’s advised as to process and

possible delays COSTEP’s will be appointed to Ready

Reserve

OSG Accountability Structure Proposed Accountability Structure by

OASH-4 Divisions, 3 Branches, 3 Teams

Division of Commissioned Corps Personnel and Readiness

Consolidation of OCCO, OCCFM, OFRD, OMLVA, ORA

OSG Accountability Structure Division of Commissioned Corps

Personnel and Readiness Division of Civilian Medical Reserve

Corps Division of Science and

Communications Division of Systems Integration

Transformed Billet System

Therapist category is completed  Nurse, Engineer, Pharmacy, Scientist,

Dietician EHO, Dentist Underway EHO category started April 6, 2011 156/174 Officer Billet Selection 140/156 Officer Billet Form 90/140 Supervisor Review 46/90 Reviewing Official Multi-Disciplinary Billets in September

EHO Readiness Status Environmental Health Category Readiness

Status as of 30-Sept-2009 was: 96.0% Environmental Health Category Readiness

Status as of 31-Dec-2009 was: 95.56% Environmental Health Category Readiness

Status as of 31-Mar-2010 was: 96.33% Environmental Health Category Readiness

Status as of September 30, 2010 was: 75%. Impact of Direct Access

Environmental Health Category Readiness Status as of 31-Mar-2011 was: 95.57%

EHO Promotions T-04 – 14/16, 87.5% T-05 – 12/27, 44% T-06 – 12/43, 28% Overall Promotion Rates

• T-04 90%• T-05 43%• T-06 47% (Medical/Dental)• T-06 29% (All other Categories)

OSG/CPO Initiatives Community Education and Training Clinical and Scientific Best Practices Developing, Marketing, and

Communicating Innovation in Public Health Practice

Leadership of People, Programs and of Evolving Public Health Priorities

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