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officer; the need to eliminate
duplication at the task order level those
pricing determinations made by the
GSA contracting officer; and, the
management and oversight
responsibilities, such as training and
assuring consistency in policy; and (3)
FAIR AND REASONABLE PRICE
DETERMINATIONS—what are the
stakeholder expectations for schedule
prices; should the GSA contracting
officer or the ordering agency
contracting officer make the fair and
reasonable price determination; the
presumption that the schedule contract
negations result in fair and reasonable
prices; and orders issued in compliance
with FAR 8.4 ordering procedures result
in best value.
To that end, the Panel would like to
hear from the many stakeholders of the
MAS program. The MAS program
stakeholders include, but not limited to,
ordering agency contracting officers,
customer agency contracting officer,
GSA contracting officers, schedule
contract holders, Congress, program
managers, General Accountability
Office, and agency Inspector General
Offices. The panel is particularly
interested in stakeholder views as to
how the issues discussed above may
relate differently to the purchase of
goods, services, or goods and services
that are configured to propose an
integrated solution to an agency’s needs.
I. STAKEHOLDER EXPECTATIONS
Discussions and presentations on
STAKEHOLDER EXPECTATIONS will
take place on Monday, June 16, 2008,
and Tuesday, June 17, 2008. The
meeting start time for each day is 9:00
a.m., and they will adjourn no later than
5:00 p.m.
Monday, June 16, 2008 Location &
Address: The meeting will be held at the
American Institute of Architects (AIA)
Building, 2nd Floor, 1725 New York
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. The
building is located at the corner of 18th
Street and New York Avenue, NW.
Entrance to the building is on either
18th Street, or New York Avenue. The
AIA is within walking distance from the
Farragut North Metro stop.
Tuesday, June 17, 2008 Location &
Address: The meeting will be held at the
Jury’s Washington Hotel, Westbury
Room, 1500 New Hampshire Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC. The hotel is
within walking distance from the
Dupont Circle Metro stop.
II. ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Discussions and presentations on
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES will
take place on Monday, July 21, 2008.
Monday, July 21, 2008 Location and
Address: The meeting will be held at the
American Institute of Architects (AIA)
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Building, 2nd Floor, 1725 New York
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. The
building is located at the corner of 18th
Street and New York Avenue, NW.
Entrance to the building is on either
18th Street, or New York Avenue. The
meeting start time is 9:00 a.m., and it
will adjourn no later than 5:00 p.m. The
AIA is within walking distance from the
Farragut North Metro stop.
III. FAIR AND REASONABLE PRICE
DETERMINATIONS
Discussions and presentations on
FAIR AND REASONABLE PRICE
DETERMINATIONS will take place on
Monday, August 18, 2008.
Monday, August 18, 2008 Location
and Address: The meeting will be held
at the American Institute of Architects
(AIA) Building, 2nd Floor, 1725 New
York Avenue, NW., Washington, DC.
The building is at the corner of 18th
Street and New York Avenue, NW.
Entrance to the building is on either
18th Street, or New York Avenue. The
meeting start time is 9:00 a.m., and it
will adjourn no later than 5:00 p.m. The
AIA is within walking distance from the
Farragut North Metro stop.
For presentations before the Panel, the
following guidance is provided:
Oral comments: Requests to present
oral comments at this meeting must be
in writing (email or fax) and received by
the Designated Federal Official, Pat
Brooks, at the below address ten (10)
business days prior to the meeting date.
Each individual or group requesting an
oral presentation will be limited to a
total time of five minutes. Speakers
should bring at least 50 copies of their
comments for distribution to the
reviewers and public at the meeting.
Written Comments: Written comments
must be received ten (10) business days
prior to the meeting date so that the
comments may be provided to the Panel
for their consideration prior to the
meeting. Comments should be supplied
to Ms. Brooks at the address/contact
information noted below in the
following format: one hard copy with
original signature and one electronic
copy via email in Microsoft Word.
Subsequent meeting dates, locations,
and times will be published at least 15
days prior to the meeting date.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Information on the Panel meetings,
agendas, and other information can be
obtained at www.gsa.gov/
masadvisorypanel or you may contact
Ms. Pat Brooks, Designated Federal
Officer, Multiple Award Schedule
Advisory Panel, U.S. General Services
Administration, 2011 Crystal Drive,
Suite 911, Arlington, VA 22205;
telephone 703 605–3406, Fax 703 605–
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mas.advisorypanel@gsa.gov.
AVAILABILITY OF MATERIALS: All meeting
materials, including meeting agendas,
handouts, public comments, and
meeting minutes will be posted on the
MAS Panel Web site at www.gsa.gov/
masadvisorypanel or www.gsa.gov/
masap.
MEETING ACCESS: Individuals requiring
special accommodations at any of these
meetings should contact Ms. Brooks at
least ten (10) business days prior to the
meeting date so that appropriate
arrangements can be made.
Dated: May 28, 2008.
David A. Drabkin,
Acting Chief Acquisition Officer, Office of
the Chief Acquisition Officer, General
Services Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
[Document Identifier: OS–0990–New]
Agency Information Collection
Request; 60-Day Public 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 a
proposed information collection request
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.
To obtain copies of the supporting
statement and any related forms for the
proposed paperwork collections
referenced above, e-mail your request,
including your address, phone number,
OMB number, and OS document
identifier, to
Sherette.funncoleman@hhs.gov, or call
the Reports Clearance Office on (202)
690–6162. Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collections must be directed
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to the OS Paperwork Clearance Officer
at the above email address within 60
days.
Proposed Project: Trends in U.S.
Public Awareness of Racial and Ethnic
Health Disparities (1999–2008)—NewOffice of Minority Health (OMH).
Abstract: The proposed survey seeks
to collect data for one of OMH’s annual
performance measures, approved by
OMB in February 2007, following Office
of Management and Budget (OMB)’s
examination of OMH using the Program
Assessment Rating Tool (PART). This
measure is to ‘‘increase awareness of
racial/ethnic health status and health
care disparities in the general
population.’’ Findings from this data
collection will enable OMH to track
progress on this measure over time as
mandated by OMB PART requirements.
The lack of general awareness and
understanding about the nature and
extent of racial and ethnic health
disparities in the U.S. and the impact
that such disparities are having on the
overall health of the Nation have been
cited as a major barrier to the provision
of programmatic, budgetary, and policy
attention to these issues. Therefore, one
of the long-term, annual measures
agreed upon was to ‘‘increase awareness
of racial/ethnic health status and health
care disparities in the general
population.’’
Additionally, OMH can use the
findings about progress made in raising
awareness to identify collaborative
partners in the federal government, at
the state and local levels, among
businesses and non-profits, and among
the faith community, in order to reach
a wider audience. Further, these results
can be used by program decision-makers
and policy-makers, within and outside
of HHS, who are interested in capturing
progress made in the last eight years
after exposing the U.S. population to
information which confirms the
existence, and societal effects, of racial
and ethnic health disparities.
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN TABLE
Number of
respondents
Number of
responses
per
respondent
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
General Population ..........................................................................................................
Physician ..........................................................................................................................
4,100
360
1
1
14/60
14/60
957
84
Total ..........................................................................................................................
....................
....................
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1,041
Type of respondent
Terry Nicolosi,
Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction
Act Reports Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Notice of Availability of Draft
Guidances To Assist in Preparation for
an Influenza Pandemic
Office of the Secretary, Health
and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice of Availability.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Department of Health and
Human Services (HHS) is seeking public
comment on three draft guidances:
Interim Guidance on the Use and
Purchase of Facemasks and Respirators
by Individuals and Families for
Pandemic Influenza Preparedness;
Proposed Guidance on Antiviral Drug
Use during an Influenza Pandemic; and
Proposed Considerations for Antiviral
Drug Stockpiling by Employers In
Preparation for an Influenza Pandemic.
The draft Guidances are now available
on the HHS Web site https://
aspe.hhs.gov/panflu/antiviral-nmasks.htm
Submit comments on or before
July 3, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Instructions for Submitting
Comments: Electronic responses are
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preferred. Comments on the Facemask
and Respirator guidance may be
addressed to
Panflucomments1@hhs.gov. Comments
on the Antiviral Use guidance may be
addressed to
Panflucomments2@hhs.gov. Comments
on the Employer Antiviral Stockpiling
guidance may be addressed to
Panflucomments3@hhs.gov. Written
responses should be addressed to U.S.
Department of Health and Human
Services, Room 434E, 200 Independence
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20201,
Attention: Pandemic Influenza Masks
Comments, Attention: Pandemic
Influenza Antiviral Comments, or
Attention: Pandemic Influenza
Employer Antiviral Comments,
respectively. A copy of this Notice and
the full text of the draft Guidances are
available on the HHS Web site at https://
aspe.hhs.gov/panflu/antiviral-nmasks.htm and the PandemicFlu.Gov
Web site at https://
www.pandemicflu.gov. Please follow
instructions for submitting responses.
The submission of comments in
response to this notice should not
exceed 25 pages for each guidance, not
including appendices and supplemental
documents. Any information you
submit will be made public.
Consequently, please do not send any
proprietary, commercial, financial,
business confidential, trade secret, or
personal information that you do not
wish to be made public.
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Public Access: Responses to this
notice will be available to the public in
the HHS Public Reading Room, 200
Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20201. Please call (202)
690–7453 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. to
arrange access.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Julie Schafer, Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Preparedness and
Response, (202) 205–2882.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Influenza
viruses have threatened the health of
animal and human populations for
centuries. A pandemic occurs when a
novel strain of influenza virus emerges
that has the ability to infect and be
easily passed between humans. Because
humans have little immunity to the new
virus, many people may become ill and
a worldwide epidemic, or pandemic,
can ensue. Three human influenza
pandemics occurred in the 20th century.
In the United States (US) each pandemic
led to illness in approximately 30
percent of the population and death in
between 2 in 100 and 2 in 1000 of those
infected. It is projected that based on
this historical experience and given the
current U.S. population, a pandemic
today, absent effective control measures,
could result in the deaths of 200,000 to
2 million people in the U.S. alone.
The U.S. Government (USG) has
developed a comprehensive strategy to
prepare for and respond to an influenza
pandemic, including developing and
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
[Document Identifier: OS-0990-New]
Agency Information Collection Request; 60-Day Public Comment
Request
AGENCY: 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 a proposed information collection request 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.
To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, e-mail your
request, including your address, phone number, OMB number, and OS
document identifier, to Sherette.funncoleman@hhs.gov, or call the
Reports Clearance Office on (202) 690-6162. Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed information collections must be
directed
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to the OS Paperwork Clearance Officer at the above email address within
60 days.
Proposed Project: Trends in U.S. Public Awareness of Racial and
Ethnic Health Disparities (1999-2008)--New-Office of Minority Health
(OMH).
Abstract: The proposed survey seeks to collect data for one of
OMH's annual performance measures, approved by OMB in February 2007,
following Office of Management and Budget (OMB)'s examination of OMH
using the Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART). This measure is to
``increase awareness of racial/ethnic health status and health care
disparities in the general population.'' Findings from this data
collection will enable OMH to track progress on this measure over time
as mandated by OMB PART requirements.
The lack of general awareness and understanding about the nature
and extent of racial and ethnic health disparities in the U.S. and the
impact that such disparities are having on the overall health of the
Nation have been cited as a major barrier to the provision of
programmatic, budgetary, and policy attention to these issues.
Therefore, one of the long-term, annual measures agreed upon was to
``increase awareness of racial/ethnic health status and health care
disparities in the general population.''
Additionally, OMH can use the findings about progress made in
raising awareness to identify collaborative partners in the federal
government, at the state and local levels, among businesses and non-
profits, and among the faith community, in order to reach a wider
audience. Further, these results can be used by program decision-makers
and policy-makers, within and outside of HHS, who are interested in
capturing progress made in the last eight years after exposing the U.S.
population to information which confirms the existence, and societal
effects, of racial and ethnic health disparities.
Estimated Annualized Burden Table
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Number of Average
Number of responses burden per Total
Type of respondent respondents per response burden
respondent (in hours) hours
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General Population.......................................... 4,100 1 14/60 957
Physician................................................... 360 1 14/60 84
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Total................................................... ........... ........... ........... 1,041
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Terry Nicolosi,
Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction Act Reports Clearance
Officer.
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