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The function of the Committee is to help assess the progress of HHS in developing and implementing E:\FR\FM\18OCN1.SGM 18OCN1 60536 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 200 / Tuesday, October 18, 2005 / Notices educational measures in the Head Start Program. This includes the Head Start National Reporting System (NRS). The Committee is to provide recommendations for integrating NRS with other ongoing assessments of the effectiveness of the program. The Committee will make recommendations as to how NRS and other assessment data can be included in the broader Head Start measurement efforts found in the Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES), the national Head Start Impact Study, Head Start’s Performance Based Outcome System and the ongoing evaluation of the Early Head Start program. Date: November 1, 2005, 8:30 a.m.– 5:30 p.m. (Dinner Recess). November 2, 2005, 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Place: The Beacon Hotel, 1615 Rhode Island Ave, NW., Washington, DC 20036. Agenda: The Committee will hear presentations related to existing Head Start evaluations and NRS implementation and will continue the discussions begun at the first meeting in June 2005. This, the second meeting of the Committee, is open to the public. Persons wishing to bring written statements or papers focused on relevant, existing research with Head Start populations or on measures appropriate for low-income four- and five-year-old children are welcome to do so. Individuals may email such documents to Secretaryadvisory-hs@esi-dc.com or mail to: ESI, ATTN: Xzavier Wright, Head Start Bureau—Secretary’s Advisory Committee, 7735 Old Georgetown Road, Suite 600, Bethesda, Maryland 20814. Documents received shall be presented to the Committee. The Committee meeting records shall be kept at the Aerospace Center located at 901 D Street, SW., Washington, DC 20447. The Head Start Bureau will also make material related to this meeting available on the Head Start Web site https://www2.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/ hsb/. An interpreter for the deaf and hard of hearing will be available upon advance request by contacting xzavier@esi-dc.com. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Food and Drug Administration [Docket No. 2005N–0410] Prescription Drug User Fee Act; Public Meeting AGENCY: ACTION: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing a public meeting on the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA). The legislative authority for PDUFA expires in September 2007. Without further legislation, we will no longer be able to collect user fees for the prescription drug program and resources critical to running the program would become unavailable to us. We invite public comment on the PDUFA program and suggestions regarding what features we should propose for the next PDUFA program. 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[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 200 (Tuesday, October 18, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60535-60536]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-20758]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation; Notice of 
Secretary's Advisory Committee Meeting

AGENCY: OPRE, ACF, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of Meeting--Advisory Committee on Head Start 
Accountability and Educational Performance Measures.

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SUMMARY: The Secretary of Health and Human Services, by authority of 42 
U.S.C. 9836A, Section 641A(b) of the Head Start Act, as amended (5 
U.S.C. Appendix 2), has formed the Advisory Committee on Head Start 
Accountability and Educational Performance Measures (the Committee). 
The Committee is governed by the provisions of Public Law 92-463, as 
amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2).
    The function of the Committee is to help assess the progress of HHS 
in developing and implementing

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educational measures in the Head Start Program. This includes the Head 
Start National Reporting System (NRS). The Committee is to provide 
recommendations for integrating NRS with other ongoing assessments of 
the effectiveness of the program. The Committee will make 
recommendations as to how NRS and other assessment data can be included 
in the broader Head Start measurement efforts found in the Family and 
Child Experiences Survey (FACES), the national Head Start Impact Study, 
Head Start's Performance Based Outcome System and the ongoing 
evaluation of the Early Head Start program.
    Date: November 1, 2005, 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. (Dinner Recess). 
November 2, 2005, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
    Place: The Beacon Hotel, 1615 Rhode Island Ave, NW., Washington, DC 
20036.
    Agenda: The Committee will hear presentations related to existing 
Head Start evaluations and NRS implementation and will continue the 
discussions begun at the first meeting in June 2005.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This, the second meeting of the Committee, 
is open to the public. Persons wishing to bring written statements or 
papers focused on relevant, existing research with Head Start 
populations or on measures appropriate for low-income four- and five-
year-old children are welcome to do so. Individuals may e-mail such 
documents to Secretaryadvisory-hs@esi-dc.com or mail to: ESI, ATTN: 
Xzavier Wright, Head Start Bureau--Secretary's Advisory Committee, 7735 
Old Georgetown Road, Suite 600, Bethesda, Maryland 20814.
    Documents received shall be presented to the Committee.
    The Committee meeting records shall be kept at the Aerospace Center 
located at 901 D Street, SW., Washington, DC 20447. The Head Start 
Bureau will also make material related to this meeting available on the 
Head Start Web site https://www2.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/hsb/.
    An interpreter for the deaf and hard of hearing will be available 
upon advance request by contacting xzavier@esi-dc.com.

Naomi Goldstein,
Director, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 05-20758 Filed 10-17-05; 8:45 am]
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