Meeting of the National Biodefense Science Board, 4353-4354 [2011-1404]
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scheduled between approximately 2:30
p.m. to 3 p.m. Time allotted for each
presentation is limited to three minutes.
If the number of speakers requesting to
comment is greater than can be
reasonably accommodated during the
scheduled open public hearing session,
ONC will take written comments after
the meeting until close of business.
Persons attending ONC’s advisory
committee meetings are advised that the
agency is not responsible for providing
access to electrical outlets.
ONC welcomes the attendance of the
public at its advisory committee
meetings. Seating is limited at the
location, and ONC will make every
effort to accommodate persons with
physical disabilities or special needs. If
you require special accommodations
due to a disability, please contact Judy
Sparrow at least seven (7) days in
advance of the meeting.
ONC is committed to the orderly
conduct of its advisory committee
meetings. Please visit our Web site at
https://healthit.hhs.gov for procedures
on public conduct during advisory
committee meetings.
Notice of this meeting is given under
the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(Pub. L. 92–463, 5 U.S.C., App. 2).
Dated: January 14, 2011.
Judith Sparrow,
Office of Programs and Coordination, Office
of the National Coordinator for Health
Information Technology.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the National Coordinator for
Health Information Technology; HIT
Standards Committee’s Workgroup
Meetings; Notice of Meetings
Office of the National
Coordinator for Health Information
Technology, HHS.
ACTION: Notice of meetings.
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AGENCY:
This notice announces forthcoming
subcommittee meetings of a Federal
advisory committee of the Office of the
National Coordinator for Health
Information Technology (ONC). The
meetings will be open to the public via
dial-in access only.
Name of Committees: HIT Standards
Committee’s Workgroups: Clinical
Operations, Vocabulary Task Force,
Implementation, and Privacy & Security
workgroups.
General Function of the Committee:
To provide recommendations to the
National Coordinator on standards,
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implementation specifications, and
certification criteria for the electronic
exchange and use of health information
for purposes of adoption, consistent
with the implementation of the Federal
Health IT Strategic Plan, and in
accordance with policies developed by
the HIT Policy Committee.
Date and Time: The HIT Standards
Committee Workgroups will hold the
following public meetings during
February 2011: February 1st Clinical
Operations Workgroup, 11 a.m. to 12:30
p.m./ET; and February 23rd Vocabulary
Task Force, 9 to 11 a.m./ET.
Location: All workgroup meetings
will be available via webcast; visit
https://healthit.hhs.gov for instructions
on how to listen via telephone or Web.
Please check the ONC Web site for
additional information as it becomes
available. Contact Person: Judy Sparrow,
Office of the National Coordinator, HHS,
330 C Street, SW., Washington, DC
20201, 202–205–4528, Fax: 202–690–
6079, e-mail: judy.sparrow@hhs.gov
Please call the contact person for up-todate information on these meetings. A
notice in the Federal Register about last
minute modifications that affect a
previously announced advisory
committee meeting cannot always be
published quickly enough to provide
timely notice.
Agenda: The workgroups will be
discussing issues related to their
specific subject matter, e.g., clinical
operations vocabulary standards,
implementation opportunities and
challenges, and privacy and security
standards activities. If background
materials are associated with the
workgroup meetings, they will be
posted on ONC’s Web site prior to the
meeting at https://healthit.hhs.gov.
Procedure: Interested persons may
present data, information, or views,
orally or in writing, on issues pending
before the workgroups. Written
submissions may be made to the contact
person on or before two days prior to
the workgroups’ meeting date. Oral
comments from the public will be
scheduled at the conclusion of each
workgroup meeting. Time allotted for
each presentation will be limited to
three minutes. If the number of speakers
requesting to comment is greater than
can be reasonably accommodated
during the scheduled open public
session, ONC will take written
comments after the meeting until close
of business on that day.
If you require special
accommodations due to a disability,
please contact Judy Sparrow at least
seven (7) days in advance of the
meeting.
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ONC is committed to the orderly
conduct of its advisory committee
meetings. Please visit our Web site at
https://healthit.hhs.gov for procedures
on public conduct during advisory
committee meetings.
Notice of this meeting is given under
the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(Pub. L. 92–463, 5 U.S.C., App. 2).
Dated: January 14, 2011.
Judith Sparrow,
Office of Programs and Coordination, Office
of the National Coordinator for Health
Information Technology.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Meeting of the National Biodefense
Science Board
Department of Health and
Human Services, Office of the Secretary.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services is hereby
giving notice that the National
Biodefense Science Board (NBSB)
published the January 25, 2011 Public
Meeting notice under exceptional
circumstances. The meeting notice was
published in the Federal Register on
January 13, 2011. This supplemental
notice provides the reasons for
providing less than 15 calendar days
notice.
SUMMARY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
E-
mail: NBSB@HHS.GOV.
Pursuant
to section 319M of the Public Health
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–7f) and
section 222 of the Public Health Service
Act (42 U.S.C. 217a), the Department of
Health and Human Services established
the National Biodefense Science Board.
The Board shall provide expert advice
and guidance to the Secretary on
scientific, technical, and other matters
of special interest to the Department of
Health and Human Services regarding
current and future chemical, biological,
nuclear, and radiological agents,
whether naturally occurring, accidental,
or deliberate. The Board may also
provide advice and guidance to the
Secretary and/or the Assistant Secretary
for Preparedness and Response on other
matters related to public health
emergency preparedness and response.
Background: The Assistant Secretary
for Preparedness and Response has
asked that a meeting of the Board be
called to consider a request for
recommendations on how to include a
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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science response as part of the response
to disasters. The Secretary has recently
invited six individuals to serve as
members of the Board due to the
expiration of 3-year terms for six
members on December 31, 2010. The
new members require on-boarding and
swearing-in. As a result of the logistics
of scheduling the availability of the new
members and the continuing voting
members, as well as ASPR leadership,
there are exceptional circumstances that
prevent the normal 15 calendar days
notice for this meeting. This is a special
meeting of the Board. The next
scheduled meeting of the Board will be
announced in the Federal Register
within the required timeframe
established by the Federal Advisory
Committee Act.
Availability of Materials: The meeting
agenda and materials will be posted on
the NBSB Web site at https://
www.phe.gov/Preparedness/legal/
boards/nbsb/Pages/default.aspx.
Dated: January 14, 2011.
Nicole Lurie,
Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and
Response.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the National Coordinator for
Health Information Technology; HIT
Standards Committee Advisory
Meeting; Notice of Meeting
Office of the National
Coordinator for Health Information
Technology, HHS.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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AGENCY:
This notice announces a forthcoming
meeting of a public advisory committee
of the Office of the National Coordinator
for Health Information Technology
(ONC). The meeting will be open to the
public.
Name of Committee: HIT Standards
Committee.
General Function of the Committee:
To provide recommendations to the
National Coordinator on standards,
implementation specifications, and
certification criteria for the electronic
exchange and use of health information
for purposes of adoption, consistent
with the implementation of the Federal
Health IT Strategic Plan, and in
accordance with policies developed by
the HIT Policy Committee.
Date and Time: The meeting will be
held on February 16, 2011, from 1 p.m.
to 5 p.m./Eastern Time.
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Location: TBD. For up-to-date
information, go to the ONC Web site,
https://healthit.hhs.gov.
Contact Person: Judy Sparrow, Office
of the National Coordinator, HHS, 330 C
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20201,
202–205–4528, Fax: 202–690–6079, email: judy.sparrow@hhs.gov. Please call
the contact person for up-to-date
information on this meeting. A notice in
the Federal Register about last minute
modifications that impact a previously
announced advisory committee meeting
cannot always be published quickly
enough to provide timely notice.
Agenda: The committee will hear
reports from its workgroups, including
the Clinical Operations, Vocabulary
Task Force, Implementation, and
Privacy & Security Standards
Workgroups. ONC intends to make
background material available to the
public no later than two (2) business
days prior to the meeting. If ONC is
unable to post the background material
on its Web site prior to the meeting, it
will be made publicly available at the
location of the advisory committee
meeting, and the background material
will be posted on ONC’s Web site after
the meeting, at https://healthit.hhs.gov.
Procedure: Interested persons may
present data, information, or views,
orally or in writing, on issues pending
before the committee. Written
submissions may be made to the contact
person on or before February 10, 2011.
Oral comments from the public will be
scheduled between approximately 3 and
4 p.m./Eastern Time. Time allotted for
each presentation will be limited to
three minutes each. If the number of
speakers requesting to comment is
greater than can be reasonably
accommodated during the scheduled
open public hearing session, ONC will
take written comments after the meeting
until close of business.
Persons attending ONC’s advisory
committee meetings are advised that the
agency is not responsible for providing
access to electrical outlets.
ONC welcomes the attendance of the
public at its advisory committee
meetings. Seating is limited at the
location, and ONC will make every
effort to accommodate persons with
physical disabilities or special needs. If
you require special accommodations
due to a disability, please contact Judy
Sparrow at least seven (7) days in
advance of the meeting.
ONC is committed to the orderly
conduct of its advisory committee
meetings. Please visit our Web site at
https://healthit.hhs.gov for procedures
on public conduct during advisory
committee meetings.
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Notice of this meeting is given under
the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(Pub. L. 92–463, 5 U.S.C., App. 2).
Dated: January 18, 2011.
Judith Sparrow,
Office of Programs and Coordination, Office
of the National Coordinator for Health
Information Technology.
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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, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice announces the
intention of the Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request
that the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) approve the proposed
information collection project:
‘‘Voluntary Customer Survey Generic
Clearance for the Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality.’’ In accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44
U.S.C. 3501–3520, AHRQ invites the
public to comment on this proposed
information collection.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by March 28, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be submitted to: Doris Lefkowitz,
Reports Clearance Officer, AHRQ, by email at doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov.
Copies of the proposed collection
plans, data collection instruments, and
specific details on the estimated burden
can be obtained from the AHRQ Reports
Clearance Officer.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ Reports
Clearance Officer, (301) 427–1477, or by
e-mail at
doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov.
SUMMARY:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Proposed Project
Voluntary Customer Survey Generic
Clearance for the Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality Executive Order
12862 directs agencies that ‘‘provide
significant services directly to the
public’’ to ‘‘survey customers to
determine the kind and quality of
services they want and their level of
satisfaction with existing services.’’ This
is a request for the Office of
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Meeting of the National Biodefense Science Board
AGENCY: Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the
Secretary.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is hereby
giving notice that the National Biodefense Science Board (NBSB)
published the January 25, 2011 Public Meeting notice under exceptional
circumstances. The meeting notice was published in the Federal Register
on January 13, 2011. This supplemental notice provides the reasons for
providing less than 15 calendar days notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: E-mail: NBSB@HHS.GOV.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 319M of the Public
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d-7f) and section 222 of the Public
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 217a), the Department of Health and Human
Services established the National Biodefense Science Board. The Board
shall provide expert advice and guidance to the Secretary on
scientific, technical, and other matters of special interest to the
Department of Health and Human Services regarding current and future
chemical, biological, nuclear, and radiological agents, whether
naturally occurring, accidental, or deliberate. The Board may also
provide advice and guidance to the Secretary and/or the Assistant
Secretary for Preparedness and Response on other matters related to
public health emergency preparedness and response.
Background: The Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response
has asked that a meeting of the Board be called to consider a request
for recommendations on how to include a
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science response as part of the response to disasters. The Secretary
has recently invited six individuals to serve as members of the Board
due to the expiration of 3-year terms for six members on December 31,
2010. The new members require on-boarding and swearing-in. As a result
of the logistics of scheduling the availability of the new members and
the continuing voting members, as well as ASPR leadership, there are
exceptional circumstances that prevent the normal 15 calendar days
notice for this meeting. This is a special meeting of the Board. The
next scheduled meeting of the Board will be announced in the Federal
Register within the required timeframe established by the Federal
Advisory Committee Act.
Availability of Materials: The meeting agenda and materials will be
posted on the NBSB Web site at https://www.phe.gov/Preparedness/legal/boards/nbsb/Pages/default.aspx.
Dated: January 14, 2011.
Nicole Lurie,
Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response.
[FR Doc. 2011-1404 Filed 1-24-11; 8:45 am]
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