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About ORA: Organization Overview
Office description

Overview of the Office of Regulatory Affairs

Last Update: December 6, 2002

 

Map showing the 5 ORA regions in the United States,
select the image to jump to the ORA directory listing in the IOM

Organization Overview

The Office of Regulatory Affairs (ORA) is the lead office for all Field activities of the Food and Drug Administration. The map above shows the regions of the organization (note: the "Midwest" and "Midatlantic" regions were merged into a "Central Region".) The duties and functions of the Office and components of ORA can be viewed by clicking on the component name in the list below. The offices that report directly to ORA are shown here in UPPER CASE. Divisions within each office are in lower case. The letter-number combinations "HFC-xx" are mail routing symbols.

OFFICE OF REGULATORY AFFAIRS (HFC-1)

OFFICE OF RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (HFC-10)

Division of Management Operations (HFC-20)

Division of Information Systems (HFC-30)

Division of Planning, Evaluation, & Management (HFC-40)

Division of Human Resource Development (HFC-60)

OFFICE OF REGIONAL OPERATIONS (HFC-100)

Division of Emergency & Investigational Operations (HFC-130)

Division of Field Science (HFC-140)

Division of Federal - State Relations (HFC-150)

Division of Import Operations (HFC-170)

OFFICE OF ENFORCEMENT (HFC-200)

Division of Compliance Management & Operations (HFC-210)

Division of Compliance Policy HFC-230)

Medical Product Quality Assurance Staff (HFC-240)

OFFICE OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS

REGIONAL & DISTRICT OFFICE CONTACTS

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