Diabetes Mellitus Interagency Coordinating Committee (DMICC) Description
Legislative Mandate
The Diabetes Mellitus Interagency Coordinating Committee (DMICC) was authorized by Public Law 93-354 and was established in the fall of 1974. Subsequent legislation modified some of the charges to the Committee. The current legislative authority of the Committee is presented in Appendix A. In summary, the specific charges to the DMICC are as follows:
- To coordinate the research activities of the National Institutes of Health relating to diabetes mellitus and its complications;
- To coordinate those activities of all Federal programs that are related to diabetes mellitus and its complications; and
- To contribute to the adequacy and technical soundness of these activities by providing a forum for communication and exchange of information.
The committee includes representatives from Federal departments and agencies whose programs are relevant to diabetes mellitus and its complications. The chairman, designated by the Director, National Institutes of Health, is the Director, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolic Diseases, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). The DMICC membership includes representatives of 23 Federal organizations and liaison representatives from the American Diabetes Association (ADA) and the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, International.
Activities of the Committee
The DMICC facilitates cooperation, communication, and collaboration among agencies that conduct or support diabetes-related activities. These activities may range from support for biomedical research to direct provision of health care services. The DMICC provides both a forum for initiating interactions and a mechanism for tracking their progress. Initially, the DMICC activities were primarily information gathering and serving as an information resource about Federal diabetes-related activities. This included collecting fiscal data to document diabetes-related expenditures from each agency. DMICC meetings and projects currently tend to focus on bringing together indepth information from the varied programs represented by the member organizations; being the catalyst for the initiation of projects; and guiding the progress of projects involving several agencies.
Activities of Member Organizations
A key function of the DMICC is to provide a forum for exchange of information necessary to maintain effective coordination of Federal activities related to diabetes mellitus and its complications. To facilitate dissemination of pertinent information, a yearly report is published with a summary of diabetes-related activities reported by organizations represented on the DMICC.
Page last updated: August 27, 2007
