Notice of Meeting: Secretary's Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health, and Society, 872 [07-6275]

Download as PDF 872 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 3 / Friday, January 4, 2008 / Notices Number of respondents Form Application ............................................................................ Total ..................................................................................... Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to the desk officer for HRSA, either by email to OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov or by fax to 202–395–6974. Please direct all correspondence to the ‘‘attention of the desk officer for HRSA.’’ Dated: December 27, 2007. Alexandra Huttinger, Acting Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination. [FR Doc. E7–25604 Filed 1–3–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4165–15–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Health Resources and Services Administration jlentini on PROD1PC65 with NOTICES Advisory Committee on Infant Mortality; Notice of Meeting In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463), notice is hereby given of the following meeting: Name: Advisory Committee on Infant Mortality (ACIM). Dates and Times: January 23, 2008, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. January 24, 2008, 8:30 a.m.– 3 p.m. Place: Westin Washington, DC City Center, 1400 M Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005. (202) 429–1700. Status: The meeting is open to the public with attendance limited to space availability. Purpose: The Committee provides advice and recommendations to the Secretary of Health and Human Services on the following: Department of Health and Human Services’ programs that focus on reducing infant mortality and improving the health status of pregnant women and infants; and factors affecting the continuum of care with respect to maternal and child health care. It includes outcomes following childbirth; strategies to coordinate the variety of Federal, State, local and private programs and efforts that are designed to deal with the health and social problems impacting on infant mortality; and the implementation of the Healthy Start Program and Healthy People 2010 infant mortality objectives. VerDate Aug<31>2005 16:42 Jan 03, 2008 Jkt 214001 1800 1800 Responses per respondent 1 ........................ Agenda: Topics that will be discussed include the following: HRSA Update, MCHB Update, Healthy Start National Evaluation Update, presentations from a rural Healthy Start project and an urban Healthy Start project, related causes of infant mortality including accidents in the post-neonatal period, and preconceptional care. Proposed agenda items are subject to change as priorities indicate. Time will be provided for public comments limited to five minutes each; comments are to be submitted no later than January 2, 2008. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anyone requiring information regarding the Committee should contact Peter C. van Dyck, M.D., M.P.H., Executive Secretary, ACIM, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Room 18–05, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, Telephone: (301) 443–2170. Individuals who are submitting public comments or who have questions regarding the meeting and location should contact David S. de la Cruz, Ph.D., M.P.H., HRSA, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, telephone: (301) 443–6332, e-mail: David.delaCruz@hrsa.hhs.gov. Dated: December 27, 2007. Alexandra Huttinger, Acting Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination. [FR Doc. E7–25602 Filed 1–3–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4165–15–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES National Institutes of Health Notice of Meeting: Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health, and Society Pursuant to Public Law 92–463, notice is hereby given of the fifteenth meeting of the Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health, and Society (SACGHS), U.S. Public Health Service. The meeting will be held from 8:30 a.m. to approximately 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, February 12, 2008 and 8 a.m. to approximately 5 p.m. on Wednesday, February 13, 2008, at the Hubert H. Humphrey Building—200 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20201. PO 00000 Frm 00034 Fmt 4703 Total responses Sfmt 4703 1800 1800 Hours per response 3 ........................ Total burden hours 5,400 5,400 The meeting will be open to the public with attendance limited to space available. The meeting also will be Web cast. The main agenda item will involve deliberations on the oversight of genetic testing, including an overview of public comments received on the Committee’s draft report U.S. System of Oversight of Genetic Testing: A Response to the Charge of the Secretary of HHS and the formulation of final recommendations to the Secretary. As always, the Committee welcomes hearing from anyone wishing to provide public comment on any issue related to genetics, health and society. Individuals who would like to provide public comment should notify the SACGHS Executive Secretary, Ms. Sarah Carr, by telephone at 301–496–9838 or e-mail at carrs@od.nih.gov. The SACGHS office is located at 6705 Rockledge Drive, Suite 750, Bethesda, MD 20892. Anyone planning to attend the meeting who is in need of special assistance, such as sign language interpretation or other reasonable accommodations, is also asked to contact the Executive Secretary. Under authority of 42 U.S.C. 217a, section 222 of the Public Health Service Act, as amended, the Department of Health and Human Services established SACGHS to serve as a public forum for deliberations on the broad range of human health and societal issues raised by the development and use of genetic and genomic technologies and, as warranted, to provided advice on these issues. The draft meeting agenda and other information about SACGHS, including information about access to the Web cast, will be available at the following Web site: https:// www4.od.nih.gov/oba/sacghs.htm. Dated: December 21, 2007. Jennifer Spaeth, Director, NIH Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy. 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[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 3 (Friday, January 4, 2008)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Notice of Meeting: Secretary's Advisory Committee on Genetics, 
Health, and Society

    Pursuant to Public Law 92-463, notice is hereby given of the 
fifteenth meeting of the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Genetics, 
Health, and Society (SACGHS), U.S. Public Health Service. The meeting 
will be held from 8:30 a.m. to approximately 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, 
February 12, 2008 and 8 a.m. to approximately 5 p.m. on Wednesday, 
February 13, 2008, at the Hubert H. Humphrey Building--200 Independence 
Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20201. The meeting will be open to the 
public with attendance limited to space available. The meeting also 
will be Web cast.
    The main agenda item will involve deliberations on the oversight of 
genetic testing, including an overview of public comments received on 
the Committee's draft report U.S. System of Oversight of Genetic 
Testing: A Response to the Charge of the Secretary of HHS and the 
formulation of final recommendations to the Secretary.
    As always, the Committee welcomes hearing from anyone wishing to 
provide public comment on any issue related to genetics, health and 
society. Individuals who would like to provide public comment should 
notify the SACGHS Executive Secretary, Ms. Sarah Carr, by telephone at 
301-496-9838 or e-mail at carrs@od.nih.gov. The SACGHS office is 
located at 6705 Rockledge Drive, Suite 750, Bethesda, MD 20892. Anyone 
planning to attend the meeting who is in need of special assistance, 
such as sign language interpretation or other reasonable 
accommodations, is also asked to contact the Executive Secretary.
    Under authority of 42 U.S.C. 217a, section 222 of the Public Health 
Service Act, as amended, the Department of Health and Human Services 
established SACGHS to serve as a public forum for deliberations on the 
broad range of human health and societal issues raised by the 
development and use of genetic and genomic technologies and, as 
warranted, to provided advice on these issues. The draft meeting agenda 
and other information about SACGHS, including information about access 
to the Web cast, will be available at the following Web site: https://
www4.od.nih.gov/oba/sacghs.htm.

    Dated: December 21, 2007.
Jennifer Spaeth,
Director, NIH Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy.
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