About FDA
Planning Staff
Timothy Kiang, Director
We, in partnership with FDA senior management leaders, guide the Agency through our rapidly changing environment to attain significant public health outcomes. Our planning function has three goals: 1) identifies emerging issues with the greatest potential impact on FDA and establishes forums for dialogue among FDA leaders that produce knowledge, shape new strategies, establish priorities and optimize use of resources; 2) leads and constantly improves performance measurement system that establishes measurable goals and clearly defined outcomes consistent with FDA's priorities; and 3) ensures that internal and external stakeholders clearly understand FDA's challenges, achievements and future directions.
Our planning activities serve one or more of the following purposes:
- Directs the Agency long-range planning process under the Government Performance and Results Act, including strategic and annual performance planning, and coordinates it with the HHS long-range planning process.
- Assists and consults with Agency components in their performance planning.
- Consults with and supports the Office of Financial Management in preparation of the Agency budget.
- Coordinates the Agency functional (regulatory, research, etc.) planning processes and supports Agency staff units in planning design, preparation, coordination, and execution.
- Conducts analysis of resource requests submitted by Agency components in order to develop resource recommendations for the Commissioner, to support the planning process, and to fulfill HHS requirements.
- Applies mathematical disciplines and management engineering techniques, such as the use of time analysis, mathematical interpretations, statistical analyses, and other quantitative techniques to assess resource adequacy.