National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics: Meeting, 15091-15092 [05-5792]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 56 / Thursday, March 24, 2005 / Notices Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20201. Dated: March 15, 2005. Robert E. Polson, Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction Act Reports Clearance Officer. [FR Doc. 05–5789 Filed 3–23–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4168–17–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Office of the Secretary [Document Identifier: OS–0990–New] Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request Office of the Secretary, HHS. In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), Department of Health and Human Services, is publishing the following summary of proposed collections for public comment. Interested persons are invited to send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including any of the following subjects: (1) The necessity and utility of the proposed information collection for the proper performance of the agency’s functions; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology to minimize the information collection burden. #1 Type of Information Collection Request: New Collection, Regular. Title of Information Collection: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) ‘‘The HeartTruth’’ Professional Education Campaign Provider Survey. Form/OMB No.: OS–0990–New. Use: This survey will evaluate the success of educating health care providers on ‘‘The HeartTruth’’ Professional Education Campaign materials. Frequency: Reporting, On occasion. Affected Public: Individuals or households. Annual Number of Respondents: 3,950. Total Annual Responses: 106,650. Average Burden Per Response: 1 hour. Total Annual Hours: 1,343. To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms for the proposed paperwork collections AGENCY: VerDate jul<14>2003 15:04 Mar 23, 2005 Jkt 205001 referenced above, access the HHS Web site address at https://www.hhs.gov/ oirm/infocollect/pending/ or e-mail your request, including your address, phone number, OMB number, and OS document identifier, to naomi.cook@hhs.gov, or call the Reports Clearance Office on (202) 690–6162. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collections must be mailed within 60 days of this notice directly to the OS Paperwork Clearance Officer designated at the following address: Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Secretary, Assistant Secretary for Budget, Technology, and Finance, Office of Information and Resource Management, Attention: Naomi Cook (0990–New), Room 531–H, 200 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20201. Dated: March 15, 2005. Robert E. Polson, Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction Act Reports Clearance Officer. [FR Doc. 05–5790 Filed 3–23–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4168–17–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics: Meeting Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announces the following advisory committee meeting. Name: National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS), Subcommittee on Standards and Security (SSS). Time and Date: April 6, 2005, 9 a.m.– 5 p.m.; April 7, 2005 8:30 a.m.–3 p.m. Place: Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue, SW., Room 705A, Washington, DC 20201. Status: Open. Purpose: The meeting will focus on HIPAA implementation, with testimony from providers, payers, and others concerning the ‘‘return on investment’’ from HIPAA implementation to date. The Subcommittee also will review next steps needed to develop input to various NCVHS reports, such as the Committee’s annual report to Congress. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Substantive program information as well as summaries of meetings and a roster of Committee members may be obtained from Maria Friedman, Health Insurance Specialist, Security and Standards Group, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, MS: C5–24–04, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 15091 21244–1850, telephone: (410) 786–6333 or Marjorie S. Greenberg, Executive Secretary, NCVHS, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Room 1100, 3311 Toledo Road, Hyattsville, MD 20782, telephone: (301) 458–4245. Information also is available on the NCVHS home page of the HHS Web site: https://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov/ where an agenda for the meeting will be posted when available. Should you require reasonable accommodation, please contact the CDC Office of Equal Employment Opportunity on (301) 458–4EEO (4336) as soon as possible. Dated: March 16, 2005. James Scanlon, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Science and Data Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation. [FR Doc. 05–5791 Filed 3–23–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4151–05–M DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics: Meeting Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announces the following advisory committee meeting. Name: National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS), Subcommittee on Privacy and Confidentiality. Time and Date: March 30, 2005, 9 a.m.–5 p.m.; March 31, 2005, 8:30 a.m.– 12:30 p.m. Place: Millennium Knickerbocker Hotel, 163 East Walton Place, Chicago, IL 60611, 1–866–866–8086. Status: Open. Purpose: The meeting will focus on privacy and confidentiality issues related to electronic health records and the development of a National Health Information Network. On the first day of this meeting the Subcommittee will hear presentations from professional clinicians and institutional providers of care. On the second day the Subcommittee will hear presentations from a variety of other providers. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Substantive program information as well as summaries of meetings and a roster of committee members may be obtained from Maya A. Bernstein, Lead Staff for Subcommittee on Privacy and Confidentiality, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, 434E Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue, SW., E:\FR\FM\24MRN1.SGM 24MRN1 15092 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 56 / Thursday, March 24, 2005 / Notices Washington, DC 20201; telephone (202) 690–7100; or Marjorie S. Greenberg, Executive Secretary, NCVHS, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 3311 Toledo Road, Room 2402, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, telephone (301) 458– 4245. Information also is available on the NCVHS home page of the HHS Web site: https://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov/, where further information including an agenda will be posted when available. Should you require reasonable accommodation, please contact the CDC Office of Equal Employment Opportunity on (301) 458–4EEO (4336) as soon as possible. Dated: March 14, 2005 James Scanlon, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Science and Data Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation. [FR Doc. 05–5792 Filed 3–23–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4151–05–M DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Office of the Secretary Findings of Scientific Misconduct AGENCY: ACTION: Office of the Secretary, HHS. Notice. SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Office of Research Integrity (ORI) and the Acting Assistant Secretary for Health have taken final action in the following case: Eric T. Poehlman, Ph.D., University of Vermont: Based on the report of an investigation conducted by the University of Vermont (Report), admissions made by the respondent, and additional analysis conducted by ORI in its oversight review, the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) found that Eric T. Poehlman, Ph.D., former Professor, Department of Medicine at the University of Vermont College of Medicine, engaged in scientific misconduct in research. The research was supported by National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants from the National Institute of Aging (NIA), the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), and the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR). Specifically, PHS found that the respondent is responsible for scientific misconduct by engaging in the misleading and deceptive practices set forth herein below: VerDate jul<14>2003 15:04 Mar 23, 2005 Jkt 205001 Group 1: Longitudinal Study of Aging; Protocol 678 and Associated Excel Spreadsheets Proposing Research (Report, pp. 22–25) 1. That Respondent falsified preliminary data purportedly obtained in a longitudinal study of aging in NIH grant application 1 R01 AG17906–01, submitted May 27, 1999; specifically, the claim of 130 subjects at visit one (T1) and 70 subjects at visit two (T2), mean values for total energy expenditure (TEE) obtained with a doubly-labeled water technique were falsified; additional parameters such as physical activity energy expenditure (PAEE), resting metabolic rate (RMR), fat-free mass, appendicular skeletal muscle mass, and percent body fat were falsified to show significant trends during the aging process that were not reflective of the actual data (Abstract and pp. 19, 21, 22, 23, 27, 29, 34, 41, 42). 2. That Respondent falsified preliminary data purportedly obtained in a longitudinal study of aging in NIH grant application 1 R01 AG17906–01A1, submitted February 2000, specifically, the claim of 130 subjects at visit one (T1) and 70 subjects at visit two (T2), mean values for total energy expenditure (TEE) obtained with a doubly-labeled water technique were falsified; additional parameters such as physical activity energy expenditure (PAEE), resting metabolic rate (RMR), fat-free mass, appendicular skeletal muscle mass, and percent body fat were falsified to show significant trends during the aging process that were not reflective of the actual data (Abstract and pp. 32, 34, 38, 39, 45, 46). Conducting Research 3. That Respondent systematically falsified a number of metabolic and physical measures of subjects in the longitudinal study of aging; these falsifications of specific types of data in the Protocol 678 spreadsheet commenced immediately after he assigned responsibility for maintenance of the data to a young technician and simultaneously arranged to have personal access to the data; his widespread alteration of data in specific fields has been detected in a number of different versions, often with cumulative effect, and several were transmitted to different co-workers for specific reasons, as detailed in the following sub issues: a. That in the spreadsheet labeled ‘‘678data3.xls,’’ produced during the late spring/early summer of 2000, Respondent falsified and fabricated numerous values in the fields called PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 underwater fat mass (UWFM), underwater fat-free mass (UWFFM), leisure time activity (LTA), and maximum oxygen consumption (VO2 Max); b. That on July 16, 2000, Respondent transmitted a subset of the Protocol 678 spreadsheet to Witness 1 entitled ‘‘RevisedTEE_s.xls;’’ that had 135 values each for T1 and T2 for TEE; many values were fabricated and most of the remaining values had been falsified by reversing the original T1 and T2 values (Report, pp. 6–8); c. That Respondent falsified additional data fields in the version of the 678 data set called ‘‘ExcelLongitudinal2.xls,’’ on or about August 17, 2000; specifically values for total cholesterol, insulin, resting metabolic rate (RMR), and glucose values of the subjects with names in the second half of the alphabet were falsified (often by reversing T1 and T2) or fabricated (Report, p. 10); d. That Respondent gave falsified data to Witness 2 in August 2000 to provide him with data for a presentation to be given in September 2000 to UVM staff (initially postponed until February 2001); the spreadsheet given to Witness 2 contained the falsified and fabricated TEE and underwater body composition values of RevisedTEE_s.xls; the spreadsheet, when subsequently obtained by ORI, was labeled ‘‘LongitudinalBodyCompWitness2.xls’’; e. That Respondent falsified additional data in another version of ‘‘ExcelLongitudinal2.xls’’ that he sent to Witness 3 on or about August 22, 2000; specifically, this version contained the falsifications already described above (Issues 3a through 3c) and, in addition, the remainder of the glucose values, and individual lipid components (triglycerides, HDL, and LDL) were extensively falsified and fabricated; this spreadsheet was transmitted to Witness 3 with the expectation that he would write a paper describing the effect of aging on lipid metabolism (Report, pp. 8–10); f. That Respondent provided a falsified version of the Protocol 678 spreadsheet to Witness 4 in the fall of 2000 so that Witness 4 could write a review article; g. That Respondent, in late September/early October 2000, extensively falsified body composition data (a number of parameters including but not limited to fat mass and fat-free mass) obtained with the DEXA method in a spreadsheet transmitted to Witness 5 so that Witness 5 could write a paper using the DEXA method to demonstrate body composition changes with age (Report, pp. 5 and 39); E:\FR\FM\24MRN1.SGM 24MRN1

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[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 56 (Thursday, March 24, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15091-15092]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-5792]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics: Meeting

    Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS) announces the following advisory 
committee meeting.
    Name: National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS), 
Subcommittee on Privacy and Confidentiality.
    Time and Date: March 30, 2005, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; March 31, 2005, 8:30 
a.m.-12:30 p.m.
    Place: Millennium Knickerbocker Hotel, 163 East Walton Place, 
Chicago, IL 60611, 1-866-866-8086.
    Status: Open.
    Purpose: The meeting will focus on privacy and confidentiality 
issues related to electronic health records and the development of a 
National Health Information Network. On the first day of this meeting 
the Subcommittee will hear presentations from professional clinicians 
and institutional providers of care. On the second day the Subcommittee 
will hear presentations from a variety of other providers.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Substantive program information as 
well as summaries of meetings and a roster of committee members may be 
obtained from Maya A. Bernstein, Lead Staff for Subcommittee on Privacy 
and Confidentiality, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and 
Evaluation, 434E Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue, 
SW.,

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Washington, DC 20201; telephone (202) 690-7100; or Marjorie S. 
Greenberg, Executive Secretary, NCVHS, National Center for Health 
Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 3311 Toledo 
Road, Room 2402, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, telephone (301) 458-4245. 
Information also is available on the NCVHS home page of the HHS Web 
site: https://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov/, where further information including an 
agenda will be posted when available.
    Should you require reasonable accommodation, please contact the CDC 
Office of Equal Employment Opportunity on (301) 458-4EEO (4336) as soon 
as possible.

    Dated: March 14, 2005
James Scanlon,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Science and Data Policy, Office 
of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 05-5792 Filed 3-23-05; 8:45 am]
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