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following formats: one hard copy with
original signature, and one electronic
copy via e-mail to
stallworth.holly@epa.gov (acceptable
file format: Adobe Acrobat PDF,
WordPerfect, MS Word, MS PowerPoint,
or Rich Text files in IBM–PC/Windows
98/2000/XP format).
Meeting Access: For information on
access or services for individuals with
disabilities, please contact Dr.
Stallworth at (202) 343–9867 or
stallworth.holly@epa.gov. To request
accommodation of a disability, please
contact Dr. Stallworth, preferably at
least 10 days prior to the meeting to give
EPA as much time as possible to process
your request.
Dated: August 11, 2006.
Anthony F. Maciorowski,
Associate Director for Science, EPA Science
Advisory Board Staff Office.
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Specialist, Office of Citizen Services and
Communications, at telephone (202)
501–1803 or via e-mail to
tonya.beres@gsa.gov.
Submit comments regarding
this burden estimate or any other aspect
of this collection of information,
including suggestions for reducing this
burden to Ms. Hillary Jaffe, GSA Desk
Officer, OMB, Room 10236, NEOB,
Washington, DC 20503, and a copy to
the Regulatory Secretariat (VIR), General
Services Administration, Room 4035,
1800 F Street, NW., Washington, DC
20405. Please cite OMB Control No.
3090–0278, National Contact Center
Customer Evaluation Survey, in all
correspondence.
ADDRESSES:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Purpose
GENERAL SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION
This information collection will be
used to assess the public’s satisfaction
with the National Contact Center
service, to assist in increasing the
efficiency in responding to the public’s
need for Federal information, and to
assess the effectiveness of marketing
efforts.
[OMB Control No. 3090–0278]
B. Annual Reporting Burden
National Contact Center; Information
Collection; National Contact Center
Customer Evaluation Survey
Respondents: 2,200.
Responses Per Respondent: 1.
Hours Per Response: .05 (3 minutes)
for phone survey
.06 (4 minutes) for e-mail survey.
Total Burden Hours: 119
OBTAINING COPIES OF
PROPOSALS: Requesters may obtain a
copy of the information collection
documents from the General Services
Administration, Regulatory Secretariat
(VIR), 1800 F Street, NW., Room 4035,
Washington, DC 20405, telephone (202)
208–7312. Please cite OMB Control No.
3090–0278, National Contact Center
Customer Evaluation Survey, in all
correspondence.
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Information Center, GSA.
ACTION: Notice of request for comments
regarding a renewal to an existing OMB
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35), the General Services
Administration has submitted to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) a request to review and approve
an extension of a currently approved
information collection requirement
regarding the National Contact Center
Customer Evaluation Survey. This OMB
clearance expires on September 30,
2006.
Public comments are particularly
invited on: Whether this collection of
information is necessary and whether it
will have practical utility; whether our
estimate of the public burden of this
collection of information is accurate,
and based on valid assumptions and
methodology; ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected.
DATES: Submit comments on or before:
September 20, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Office of Public Health Emergency
Preparedness (OPHEP); Office of
Public Health Emergency Medical
Countermeasures (OPHEMC)
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Emergency Preparedness (OPHEP)/
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Medical Countermeasures (OPHEMC),
HHS.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
SUMMARY: The Department of Health and
Human Services is pleased to announce
the BioShield Stakeholders Workshop.
The BioShield Stakeholders Workshop
is being convened to provide individual
stakeholders with an opportunity to
gain insight into the current BioShield
interagency governance process and to
provide input into the draft HHS Public
Health Emergency Medical
Countermeasures (PHEMC) Strategy for
Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and
Nuclear (CBRN) Threats.
DATES: The Workshop will be held on
September 25–26, 2006. Pre-registration
is available via the Web site shown
below. On-site registration will also be
possible, space permitting. On-site
registration, if offered, will begin at 8
a.m. on September 25. The meeting will
begin at 8:30 a.m. and will end at
approximately 6 p.m. on both days.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Crystal Gateway Marriott, 1700
Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA
22202. The Crystal Gateway Marriott is
located directly above the Crystal City
Metro Station on the yellow and blue
Metro lines.
Register: Please visit https://
www.hhs.gov/ophep/ophemc/ to register
online. The deadline for online
registration is Monday, September 18,
2006. On-site registration will also be
available at the meeting, space
permitting. Seating is limited, so register
today!
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Department of Health and Human
Services is pleased to announce the
upcoming HHS BioShield Stakeholders
Workshop. The goals of the HHS
BioShield Stakeholders Workshop are:
1. To provide its attendees with
insight into the current BioShield
interagency governance process; and
2. To provide individual stakeholders
with an opportunity to help guide the
future implementation of Project
BioShield by providing input into the
draft HHS Public Health Emergency
Medical Countermeasures (PHEMC)
Strategy for Chemical, Biological,
Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN)
Threats.
The draft PHEMC Strategy for CBRN
Threats is being developed under the
leadership of the Office of Public Health
Emergency Medical Countermeasures
(OPHEMC) within the Office of Public
Health Emergency Preparedness
(OPHEP), U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services, and will be
published in the Federal Register prior
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to this workshop. This Strategy will
define the principles guiding HHS
medical countermeasure research,
development and acquisition.
The BioShield Stakeholders
Workshop will be an open meeting for
representatives from the pharmaceutical
and biotechnology industries,
professional societies, State and local
public health organizations, the
academic research and development
community, public interest groups,
stakeholder Federal agencies, and
Congress.
The BioShield Stakeholders
Workshop is being convened, and the
PHEMC Strategy for CBRN Threats is
being developed and published, to
fulfill the promise that Health and
Human Services Secretary Michael O.
Leavitt made on March 16, 2006, in his
testimony before the Senate Committee
on Health, Education, Labor, and
Pensions. During his testimony,
Secretary Leavitt pledged to:
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work closely with other departments and
agencies to streamline and make more
effective the current BioShield interagency
governance process. We will make this
process more transparent and work to
educate the public and industry about our
priorities and opportunities. As part of this,
HHS will convene an outreach meeting with
these external stakeholders later this year.
OPHEP leads Federal efforts to
prepare the nation to prevent and
mitigate the health effects of disasters,
natural or manmade. As part of this
important mission, OPHEMC, within
OPHEP, plays a leadership role in the
advanced development and acquisition
of medical countermeasures, including
implementation of the Project BioShield
Act of 2004.
The purpose of Project BioShield is to
accelerate the research, development,
acquisition, and availability of effective
medical countermeasures for chemical,
biological, radiological, and nuclear
(CBRN) threats. The Special Reserve
Fund (SRF), a discretionary reserve of
$5.6 billion for the advanced
development and purchase of priority
medical countermeasures over 10 years,
was authorized under Project BioShield
to support this mission.
For more information regarding the
BioShield Stakeholders Workshop, and
to register for the Workshop, please visit
https://www.hhs.gov/ophep/ophemc/.
Dated: August 15, 2006.
Carol Linden,
Deputy Director, OPHEMC.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed Collection:
Comment Request
Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality, Department of Health and
Human Services.
ACTION: Notice of proposed information
collection.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice announces the
intention of the Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) to allow the proposed
information collection project
‘‘Continuance of the Medical
Expenditure Panel Survey—Household
and Medical Provider Component
through 2009.’’ In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)), AHRQ invites the public
to comment on this proposed collection.
This proposed information collection
was previously published in the Federal
Register on June 2, 2006 and allowed 60
days for public comment. No public
comments were received. The purpose
of this notice is to allow an additional
30 days for public comment.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by September 20, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be submitted to: Doris Lefkowitz,
AHRQ, Reports Clearance Officer, 540
Gaither Road, Suite 5036, Rockville, MD
20850. Copies of the proposed
collection plans, data collection
instruments and specific details of the
estimated burden can be obtained from
the AHRQ Reports Clearance Officer,
(301) 427–1477.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ, Reports
Clearance Officer, (301) 427–1477.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Proposed Project
‘‘Continuance of the Medical
Expenditure Panel Survey—Household
and Medical Provider Component
through 2009.’’
AHRQ has conducted an annual panel
survey of U.S. households and their
associated medical providers since 1996
through the Medical Expenditures Panel
Survey (MEPS)–Household (MEPS–HC)
and Medical Provider Component
(MEPS–MPC). This clearance requests
continuance of this annual survey
through 2009. The MEPS is jointly
sponsored by the AHRQ and the
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National Center for Health Statistics
(NCHS). The MEPS is conducted using
a sample of households that responded
to a prior year’s National Health
Interview Survey (NHIS) which is
sponsored by the NCHS. The NHIS
surveys approximately 40,000
households (110,000 persons) each year.
The NHIS is used as a sampling frame
for the MEPS and other surveys to
increase efficiency of data collection
efforts within the Department of Health
and Human Services.
Data to be collected from each
household is completed through the
MEPS–HC and includes detailed
information on demographics, health
conditions, health status, use of health
care services, charges and payments for
medical care, medications, and
employment and health insurance. Data
to be collected from medical providers
including hospitals, physicians, and
pharmacies is completed through the
MEPS–MPC which supplements and
verifies information provided by the
households. With the written
permission of household members of
the MEPS–HC, the MEPS–MPC collects
actual dates of services, diagnosis and
service codes, as well as charges and
payments for services. Subject to AHRQ
NCHS confidentiality statutes, data will
be made available through Agency
publications, journals, public use files
and Web-based statistical tools. The
data are intended for multiple purposes
including:
• Generating national estimates of
individual and family health care use
and expenditures, private and public
health insurance coverage, and the
availability, cost and scope of private
health benefits among Americans.
• Examining the quality of care for
Americans, especially those with
chronic conditions.
• Examining access to and costs of
health care for common diseases and
conditions, health care quality,
prescribed medications and other health
issues.
Statisticians and researchers will use
these data to make important
generalizations about the civilian noninstitutionalized population of the
United States and to conduct research in
which the family is the unit of analysis.
Data Confidentiality
The confidentiality of MEPS data is
protected under the NCHS and AHRQ
confidentiality statutes, found in
sections 934(c) and 308(d) of the Public
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 299c–3(c)
and 42 U.S.C. 242m).
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Office of Public Health Emergency Preparedness (OPHEP); Office of
Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures (OPHEMC)
AGENCY: Office of Public Health Emergency Preparedness (OPHEP)/Office
of Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures (OPHEMC), HHS.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Health and Human Services is pleased to
announce the BioShield Stakeholders Workshop. The BioShield
Stakeholders Workshop is being convened to provide individual
stakeholders with an opportunity to gain insight into the current
BioShield interagency governance process and to provide input into the
draft HHS Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures (PHEMC)
Strategy for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN)
Threats.
DATES: The Workshop will be held on September 25-26, 2006. Pre-
registration is available via the Web site shown below. On-site
registration will also be possible, space permitting. On-site
registration, if offered, will begin at 8 a.m. on September 25. The
meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. and will end at approximately 6 p.m. on
both days.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Crystal Gateway Marriott,
1700 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22202. The Crystal Gateway
Marriott is located directly above the Crystal City Metro Station on
the yellow and blue Metro lines.
Register: Please visit https://www.hhs.gov/ophep/ophemc/ to register
online. The deadline for online registration is Monday, September 18,
2006. On-site registration will also be available at the meeting, space
permitting. Seating is limited, so register today!
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Health and Human Services
is pleased to announce the upcoming HHS BioShield Stakeholders
Workshop. The goals of the HHS BioShield Stakeholders Workshop are:
1. To provide its attendees with insight into the current BioShield
interagency governance process; and
2. To provide individual stakeholders with an opportunity to help
guide the future implementation of Project BioShield by providing input
into the draft HHS Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures
(PHEMC) Strategy for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear
(CBRN) Threats.
The draft PHEMC Strategy for CBRN Threats is being developed under
the leadership of the Office of Public Health Emergency Medical
Countermeasures (OPHEMC) within the Office of Public Health Emergency
Preparedness (OPHEP), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and
will be published in the Federal Register prior
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to this workshop. This Strategy will define the principles guiding HHS
medical countermeasure research, development and acquisition.
The BioShield Stakeholders Workshop will be an open meeting for
representatives from the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries,
professional societies, State and local public health organizations,
the academic research and development community, public interest
groups, stakeholder Federal agencies, and Congress.
The BioShield Stakeholders Workshop is being convened, and the
PHEMC Strategy for CBRN Threats is being developed and published, to
fulfill the promise that Health and Human Services Secretary Michael O.
Leavitt made on March 16, 2006, in his testimony before the Senate
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. During his
testimony, Secretary Leavitt pledged to:
work closely with other departments and agencies to streamline and
make more effective the current BioShield interagency governance
process. We will make this process more transparent and work to
educate the public and industry about our priorities and
opportunities. As part of this, HHS will convene an outreach meeting
with these external stakeholders later this year.
OPHEP leads Federal efforts to prepare the nation to prevent and
mitigate the health effects of disasters, natural or manmade. As part
of this important mission, OPHEMC, within OPHEP, plays a leadership
role in the advanced development and acquisition of medical
countermeasures, including implementation of the Project BioShield Act
of 2004.
The purpose of Project BioShield is to accelerate the research,
development, acquisition, and availability of effective medical
countermeasures for chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear
(CBRN) threats. The Special Reserve Fund (SRF), a discretionary reserve
of $5.6 billion for the advanced development and purchase of priority
medical countermeasures over 10 years, was authorized under Project
BioShield to support this mission.
For more information regarding the BioShield Stakeholders Workshop,
and to register for the Workshop, please visit https://www.hhs.gov/
ophep/ophemc/.
Dated: August 15, 2006.
Carol Linden,
Deputy Director, OPHEMC.
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