Public Meeting of the President's Council on Bioethics on February 15-16, 2007, 2694-2695 [E7-755]
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scientific research is needed. The intent
is to have physical activity
recommendations for all Americans that
will be tailored as necessary for specific
subgroups of the population.
The Committee will hold three twoday meetings over the course of about a
year. It is expected to begin meeting by
June 2007. Pursuant to the requirements
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physical activity and be respected and
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communication, and application of
Federal guidelines and have
demonstrated interest in the public’s
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Expertise is sought in specific specialty
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health promotion or disease prevention,
including but not limited to: Health
promotion and chronic disease
prevention; bone, joint, muscle health
and performance; obesity and weight
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grants and/or contracts.
Dated: January 17, 2007.
Penelope Slade Royall,
RADM, USPHS, Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Health (Disease Prevention and Health
Promotion).
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the National Coordinator for
Health Information Technology;
American Health Information
Community Meeting
ACTION:
Change in meeting location.
SUMMARY: This notice announces the
11th meeting of the American Health
Information Community in accordance
with the Federal Advisory Committee
Act (Pub. L. 92–463, 5 U.S.C., App.) The
American Health Information
Community will advise the Secretary
and recommend specific actions to
achieve a common interoperability
framework for health information
technology (IT).
DATES: January 23, 2007, from 8:30 a.m.
to 4:30 p.m.
NEW ADDRESSES: U.S. Department of
Veterans Affairs, The G.V. ‘‘Sonny’’
Montgomery Veterans Conference
Center, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: visit
https://www.hhs.gov/healthit/ahic.html.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
meeting will include presentations by
the Consumer Empowerment,
Biosurveillance, Confidentiality, Privacy
and Security, and Quality Workgroups
on their Recommendations and also a
demonstration of prototypes of the
Nationwide Health Information Network
(NHIN).
A Web cast of the Community
meeting will be available on the NIH
Web site at: https://
www.videocast.nih.gov/.
If you have special needs for the
meeting, please contact (202) 690–7151.
Judith Sparrow,
Director, American Health Information
Community, Office of Programs and
Coordination, Office of the National
Coordinator for Health Information
Technology.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Public Meeting of the President’s
Council on Bioethics on February 15–
16, 2007
AGENCY: The President’s Council on
Bioethics, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: The President’s Council on
Bioethics (Edmund D. Pellegrino, MD,
Chairman) will hold its twenty-eighth
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meeting, at which it will (1) Consider
and discuss policy proposals in organ
procurement, allocation, and
transplantation; (2) hear presentations
on and discuss issues in clinical
applications of advancements in
genetics, as well as genetics policy and
ethics; and (3) discuss contributions to
a pending Council report and volume on
the bioethical significance of the
concept of human dignity. All agenda
items are continuations of previous
Council discussions. Subjects discussed
at past Council meetings (although not
on the agenda for the February 2007
meeting) include: therapeutic and
reproductive cloning, assisted
reproduction, reproductive genetics,
neuroscience, aging retardation, and
lifespan-extension. Publications issued
by the Council to date include: Human
Cloning and Human Dignity: An Ethical
Inquiry (July 2002); Beyond Therapy:
Biotechnology and the Pursuit of
Happiness (October 2003); Being
Human: Readings from the President’s
Council on Bioethics (December 2003);
Monitoring Stem Cell Research (January
2004), Reproduction and Responsibility:
The Regulation of New Biotechnologies
(March 2004), Alternative Sources of
Human Pluripotent Stem Cells: A White
Paper (May 2005), and Taking Care:
Ethical Caregiving in Our Aging Society
(September 2005).
DATES: The meeting will take place
Thursday, February 15, 2007, from 9 am
to 5:15 pm, ET; and Friday, February 16,
2007, from 8:30 am to 12 noon, ET.
ADDRESSES: The Hamilton Crowne Plaza
Hotel, 1001 14th Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20005. Phone 202–682–
0111.
Agenda: The meeting agenda will be
posted at https://www.bioethics.gov.
Public Comments: The Council
encourages public input, either in
person or in writing. At this meeting,
interested members of the public may
address the Council, beginning at 11:45
am, on Friday, February 16. Comments
are limited to no more than five minutes
per speaker or organization. As a
courtesy, please inform Ms. Diane M.
Gianelli, Director of Communications,
in advance of your intention to make a
public statement, and give your name
and affiliation. To submit a written
statement, mail or e-mail it to Ms.
Gianelli at one of the addresses given
below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ms.
Diane M. Gianelli, Director of
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Communications, The President’s
Council on Bioethics, Suite 700, 1801
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20006. Telephone: 202/
296–4669. E-mail: info@bioethics.gov.
Web site: https://www.bioethics.gov.
National Center for Chronic Disease
Prevention and Health Promotion
(NCCDPHP), Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC).
Dated: January 11, 2007.
F. Daniel Davis,
Executive Director, The President’s Council
on Bioethics.
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In spring 2003, CDC published
Program Announcement #04003 (FY
2003–2009) for the Prevention Research
Centers Program. The Program
Announcement introduced a set of
performance indicators developed
collaboratively with the Prevention
Research Centers (PRCs) and other
stakeholders and are consistent with
federal requirements that all agencies, in
response to the Government
Performance and Results Act of 1993,
prepare performance plans and collect
program-specific performance measures.
Currently, CDC provides funding to 33
PRCs selected through competitive peer
review process and managed as CDC
cooperative agreements. Awards are
made for five (5) years and may be
renewed through a competitive process.
PRCs are housed in a school of public
health, medicine, or osteopathy and
conduct health promotion and disease
prevention research using a communitybased participatory approach.
In accordance with the current OMB
approval for the Prevention Research
Centers (PRC) Information System,
(OMB 0920–0650, expiration
November 30, 2007), this requested 3
year extension will continue the data
collection as approved. The Information
System (IS) is a web-based, password
protected technical reporting system
that allows the accurate, uniform, and
complete collection of PRC information
using the Internet. The IS allows CDC to
monitor and report on PRC activities
efficiently and effectively. Data reported
to CDC through the PRC IS are used to
identify training and technical
assistance needs, monitor compliance
with cooperative agreement
requirements, evaluate the progress
made in achieving center-specific goals
and objectives, and obtain information
needed to describe the impact and
effectiveness of the overall program as
needed to respond to Congressional and
other inquiries regarding the PRC
Program. The annual report and record
keeping burden is essentially the same
as the currently approved Information
Collection.
There are no costs to respondents
except their time to participate in the
survey.
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Proposed Data Collections Submitted
for Public Comment and
Recommendations
In compliance with the requirement
of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for
opportunity for public comment on
proposed data collection projects, the
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic
summaries of proposed projects. To
request more information on the
proposed projects or to obtain a copy of
the data collection plans and
instruments, call 404–639–5960 and
send comments to Joan F. Karr, CDC
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, 1600
Clifton Road, MS–D74, Atlanta, GA
30333 or send an e-mail to
omb@cdc.gov.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology. Written comments should
be received within 60 days of this
notice.
Proposed Project
Prevention Research Center
Information System—Extension—
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Public Meeting of the President's Council on Bioethics on
February 15-16, 2007
AGENCY: The President's Council on Bioethics, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The President's Council on Bioethics (Edmund D. Pellegrino,
MD, Chairman) will hold its twenty-eighth
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meeting, at which it will (1) Consider and discuss policy proposals in
organ procurement, allocation, and transplantation; (2) hear
presentations on and discuss issues in clinical applications of
advancements in genetics, as well as genetics policy and ethics; and
(3) discuss contributions to a pending Council report and volume on the
bioethical significance of the concept of human dignity. All agenda
items are continuations of previous Council discussions. Subjects
discussed at past Council meetings (although not on the agenda for the
February 2007 meeting) include: therapeutic and reproductive cloning,
assisted reproduction, reproductive genetics, neuroscience, aging
retardation, and lifespan-extension. Publications issued by the Council
to date include: Human Cloning and Human Dignity: An Ethical Inquiry
(July 2002); Beyond Therapy: Biotechnology and the Pursuit of Happiness
(October 2003); Being Human: Readings from the President's Council on
Bioethics (December 2003); Monitoring Stem Cell Research (January
2004), Reproduction and Responsibility: The Regulation of New
Biotechnologies (March 2004), Alternative Sources of Human Pluripotent
Stem Cells: A White Paper (May 2005), and Taking Care: Ethical
Caregiving in Our Aging Society (September 2005).
DATES: The meeting will take place Thursday, February 15, 2007, from 9
am to 5:15 pm, ET; and Friday, February 16, 2007, from 8:30 am to 12
noon, ET.
ADDRESSES: The Hamilton Crowne Plaza Hotel, 1001 14th Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20005. Phone 202-682-0111.
Agenda: The meeting agenda will be posted at https://
www.bioethics.gov.
Public Comments: The Council encourages public input, either in
person or in writing. At this meeting, interested members of the public
may address the Council, beginning at 11:45 am, on Friday, February 16.
Comments are limited to no more than five minutes per speaker or
organization. As a courtesy, please inform Ms. Diane M. Gianelli,
Director of Communications, in advance of your intention to make a
public statement, and give your name and affiliation. To submit a
written statement, mail or e-mail it to Ms. Gianelli at one of the
addresses given below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Diane M. Gianelli, Director of
Communications, The President's Council on Bioethics, Suite 700, 1801
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20006. Telephone: 202/296-
4669. E-mail: info@bioethics.gov. Web site: https://www.bioethics.gov.
Dated: January 11, 2007.
F. Daniel Davis,
Executive Director, The President's Council on Bioethics.
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