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Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 157 / Monday, August 17, 2009 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
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Notice of Meeting: Secretary’s
Advisory Committee on Genetics,
Health, and Society
Pursuant to Public Law 92–463,
notice is hereby given of the twentieth
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 6 p.m. on
Thursday, October 8, 2009, and from 8
a.m. to approximately 3:30 p.m. on
Friday, October 9, 2009, 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 items involve the
review of three SACGHS draft reports: a
final draft report and its
recommendations on gene patents and
licensing practices along with
comments received on the public
consultation draft circulated earlier this
year; a public consultation draft report
on genetics education and training; and
a revised draft paper on direct-toconsumer genetic testing. The first day
of the meeting will include an extended
period of time for interested members of
the public to provide their perspectives
on gene patents and licensing practices
and their effect on patient access to
genetic tests. Members of the public are
encouraged to contact the SACGHS
Executive Secretary (see below) by
September 15, 2009, if they wish to
participate in this extended public
comment period. Other agenda items
include an update on regulations
implementing the Genetic Information
Nondiscrimination Act, a report on
activities of the Clinical Utility and
Comparative Effectiveness Task Force,
and a brief discussion to initiate the
Committee’s work on ethical issues
related to genomic data sharing.
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
needs special assistance, such as sign
language interpretation or other
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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 provide 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://
oba.od.nih.gov/SACGHS/
sacghs_meetings.html.
Dated: August 10, 2009.
Jennifer Spaeth,
Director, NIH Office of Federal Advisory
Committee Policy.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
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National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Neurological
Disorders and Stroke; Notice of
Meeting
Pursuant to section 10(d) of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, as
amended (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is
hereby given of a meeting of the
National Advisory Neurological
Disorders and Stroke Council.
The meeting will be open to the
public as indicated below, with
attendance limited to space available.
Individuals who plan to attend and
need special assistance, such as sign
language interpretation or other
reasonable accommodations, should
notify the Contact Person listed below
in advance of the meeting.
The meeting will be closed to the
public in accordance with the
provisions set forth in sections
552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C.,
as amended. The grant applications and
the discussions could disclose
confidential trade secrets or commercial
property such as patentable material,
and personal information concerning
individuals associated with the grant
applications, the disclosure of which
would constitute a clearly unwarranted
invasion of personal privacy.
Name of Committee: National Advisory
Neurological Disorders and Stroke Council.
Date: September 17–18, 2009.
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Open: September 17, 2009, 10:30 a.m. to
5:00 p.m.
Agenda: Report by the Director, NINDS;
Report by the Associate Director for
Extramural Research and other
Administrative and Program Developments.
Place: National Institutes of Health,
Building 31, 31 Center Drive, C Wing,
Conference Room 10, Bethesda, MD 20892.
Closed: September 18, 2009, 8 a.m. to 11:30
a.m.
Agenda: To review and evaluate grant
applications.
Place: National Institutes of Health,
Building 31, 31 Center Drive, C Wing,
Conference Room 10, Bethesda, MD 20892.
Contact Person: Robert Finkelstein, PhD,
Associate Director for Extramural Research,
National Institute of Neurological Disorders
and Stroke, NIH, 6001 Executive Blvd., Suite
3309, MSC 9531, Bethesda, MD 20892, (301)
496–9248.
Any interested person may file written
comments with the committee by forwarding
the statement to the Contact Person listed on
this notice. The statement should include the
name, address, telephone number and when
applicable, the business or professional
affiliation of the interested person.
In the interest of security, NIH has
instituted stringent procedures for entrance
onto the NIH campus. All visitor vehicles,
including taxicabs, hotel, and airport shuttles
will be inspected before being allowed on
campus. Visitors will be asked to show one
form of identification (for example, a
government-issued photo ID, driver’s license,
or passport) and to state the purpose of their
visit.
Information is also available on the
Institute’s/Center’s home page: https://
www.ninds.nih.gov, where an agenda and
any additional information for the meeting
will be posted when available.
(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance
Program Nos. 93.853, Clinical Research
Related to Neurological Disorders; 93.854,
Biological Basis Research in the
Neurosciences, National Institutes of Health,
HHS)
Dated: August 10, 2009.
Jennifer Spaeth,
Director, Office of Federal Advisory
Committee Policy.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke; Notice
of Meeting
Pursuant to section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as
amended (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is hereby given of a meeting of the
National Advisory Neurological Disorders and Stroke Council.
The meeting will be open to the public as indicated below, with
attendance limited to space available. Individuals who plan to attend
and need special assistance, such as sign language interpretation or
other reasonable accommodations, should notify the Contact Person
listed below in advance of the meeting.
The meeting will be closed to the public in accordance with the
provisions set forth in sections 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5
U.S.C., as amended. The grant applications and the discussions could
disclose confidential trade secrets or commercial property such as
patentable material, and personal information concerning individuals
associated with the grant applications, the disclosure of which would
constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.
Name of Committee: National Advisory Neurological Disorders and
Stroke Council.
Date: September 17-18, 2009.
Open: September 17, 2009, 10:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Agenda: Report by the Director, NINDS; Report by the Associate
Director for Extramural Research and other Administrative and
Program Developments.
Place: National Institutes of Health, Building 31, 31 Center
Drive, C Wing, Conference Room 10, Bethesda, MD 20892.
Closed: September 18, 2009, 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Agenda: To review and evaluate grant applications.
Place: National Institutes of Health, Building 31, 31 Center
Drive, C Wing, Conference Room 10, Bethesda, MD 20892.
Contact Person: Robert Finkelstein, PhD, Associate Director for
Extramural Research, National Institute of Neurological Disorders
and Stroke, NIH, 6001 Executive Blvd., Suite 3309, MSC 9531,
Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 496-9248.
Any interested person may file written comments with the
committee by forwarding the statement to the Contact Person listed
on this notice. The statement should include the name, address,
telephone number and when applicable, the business or professional
affiliation of the interested person.
In the interest of security, NIH has instituted stringent
procedures for entrance onto the NIH campus. All visitor vehicles,
including taxicabs, hotel, and airport shuttles will be inspected
before being allowed on campus. Visitors will be asked to show one
form of identification (for example, a government-issued photo ID,
driver's license, or passport) and to state the purpose of their
visit.
Information is also available on the Institute's/Center's home
page: https://www.ninds.nih.gov, where an agenda and any additional
information for the meeting will be posted when available.
(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Nos. 93.853,
Clinical Research Related to Neurological Disorders; 93.854,
Biological Basis Research in the Neurosciences, National Institutes
of Health, HHS)
Dated: August 10, 2009.
Jennifer Spaeth,
Director, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy.
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