Government-Wide Travel Advisory Committee (GTAC); Public Advisory Committee Meetings, 10156-10157 [2014-03778]

Download as PDF 10156 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 36 / Monday, February 24, 2014 / Notices health care decision-makers to choose more cost-effective and better care? • Does available quality information facilitate improved care coordination? • Are there ways to improve quality information so that it is more useful to patients, providers, and other health care decision-makers? • Is a standard measure likely to emerge that would allow patients, providers, and other health care decision-makers to effectively compare providers based on quality? • Are there other factors that should be considered when analyzing the competitive implications of quality measurement and assessment? mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Price Transparency of Health Care Services Payers, employer groups, and health care systems are engaged in efforts to make price information (often combined with quality information) more transparent to patients, providers, employers, payers, and other health care decision-makers. Price transparency may be used as a means to control costs while maintaining quality in the provision of health care services. A potential benefit of price transparency is that it may enhance competition among health care providers or between different, potentially substitutable, treatments, thereby leading to reduced prices for health care services and a more efficient allocation of health care resources. Some forms of price transparency may, however, facilitate price coordination among health care providers, thereby dampening competition. The Commission seeks to better understand the competitive implications of price transparency for health care services. The Commission invites public comment on questions relevant to this topic, including: • What types of benefit designs (e.g., co-insurance, high-deductible health plans, reference pricing) utilize price transparency as a means to control costs while maintaining quality? What degree of transparency is necessary to achieve each type of benefit design? • To what extent might price transparency enhance competition among health care providers or between different treatments? • To what extent might price transparency facilitate price coordination among health care providers and thereby undermine the potential benefits of competition? • Are there ways to focus the use of price transparency so that it enhances competition without resulting in negative consequences? VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:16 Feb 21, 2014 Jkt 232001 • What is the relationship between transparency of price and quality information? Is price information more meaningful to patients, providers, and other health care decision-makers when combined with quality information? Do pricing data alone provide sufficient information to enable meaningful health care decisions? • Are there other factors that should be considered when analyzing the competitive implications of price transparency in the health care industry? Request for Comment You can file a comment online or on paper. To be considered for the workshop, comments in response to this notice must be submitted by March 10, 2014. In addition, any interested person may submit written comments in response to this notice and workshop discussions until April 30, 2014. Write ‘‘Health Care Workshop, Project No. P131207’’ on your comment. Your comment—including your name and state—will be placed on the public record of this proceeding, including on the publicly accessible FTC Web site, at https://www.ftc.gov/os/ publiccomments.shtm. As a matter of discretion, the Commission tries to remove individuals’ home contact information from comments before placing them on the Commission Web site. 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[FR Doc. 2014–03765 Filed 2–21–14; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6750–01–P GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION [Notice–GTAC–2014–01; Docket No. 2014– 0002; Sequence 7] Government-Wide Travel Advisory Committee (GTAC); Public Advisory Committee Meetings Office of Government-Wide Policy, General Services Administration (GSA). ACTION: Meeting notice. AGENCY: E:\FR\FM\24FEN1.SGM 24FEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 36 / Monday, February 24, 2014 / Notices This Government-wide Travel Advisory Committee (GTAC) (the Committee) is a Federal Advisory Committee established in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C., App 2. This notice announces the next two meetings, which are open to the public via teleconference and webinar. DATES: The upcoming March 26, 2014 and April 30, 2014 meetings will begin at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time and end no later than 4:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. February 24, 2014. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Marcerto Barr, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), Government-wide Travel Advisory Committee (GTAC), Office of Government-Wide Policy, General Services Administration, 1800 F Street NW., Washington, DC 20405, 202–208– 7654 or by email to: gtac@gsa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the GTAC is to conduct public meetings, submit reports and to make recommendations to existing travel policies, processes and procedures, including the per diem methodology to assure that official travel is conducted in a responsible manner with the need to minimize costs. Authority: The GSA Office of Asset and Transportation Management, Travel and Relocation Division, establishes policy that governs travel by Federal civilian employees and others authorized to travel at Government expense on temporary duty travel through the Federal Travel Regulation (FTR). Agenda: The March meeting will include a follow-up discussion of previous topics, including Data and Meals and Incidental Expenditure Allowances. The April meeting will discuss Managed Lodging, Long-term stay, and reduced per diem. Meeting Access: The meeting is open to the public via teleconference and webinar. Members of the public wishing to listen in on the GTAC discussion are recommended to visit the GTAC Web site at: www.gsa.gov/gtac to obtain registration details. Members of the public will not have the opportunity to ask questions or otherwise participate in the meeting. However, members of the public wishing to comment on the discussion or topics outlined in the agenda should follow the steps detailed in Procedures for Providing Public Comments. Availability of Materials for the Meeting: Please see the GTAC Web site www.gsa.gov/gtac for any available materials and detailed meeting notes after the meeting. mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:16 Feb 21, 2014 Jkt 232001 Procedures for Providing Public Comments: In general, public comments will be posted to www.gsa.gov/gtac. Non-electronic documents will be made available for public inspection and copying at GSA, 1800 F Street NW., Washington, DC 20405, on official business days between the hours of 10:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time and 4:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. The public can make an appointment to inspect comments by telephoning the DFO at 202–208–7654. All comments, including attachments and other supporting materials received, are part of the public record and subject to public disclosure. Any comments submitted in connection with the GTAC meeting will be made available to the public under the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The public is invited to submit written comments within 7 business days after each meeting by either of the following methods and cite Meeting Notice–GTAC–2014–01. Electronic or Paper Comments: (1) Submit electronic comments to gtac@ gsa.gov; or (2) submit paper comments to the attention of Ms. Marcerto Barr at GSA, 1800 F Street NW., Washington, DC 20405. Dated: February 18, 2014. Carolyn Austin-Diggs, Acting Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Asset and Transportation Management, Office of Government-wide Policy. [FR Doc. 2014–03778 Filed 2–21–14; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6820–14–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Office of the Secretary [Document Identifier: HHS–OS–21431–60D] Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Public Comment Request Office of the Secretary, HHS. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: In compliance with section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), Department of Health and Human Services, announces plans to submit an Information Collection Request (ICR), described below, to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The ICR is for reinstatement of a previously-approved information collection assigned OMB control number 0990–0313, which expired on October 31, 2013. Prior to submitting SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00073 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 10157 that ICR to OMB, OS seeks comments from the public regarding the burden estimate, below, or any other aspect of the ICR. DATES: Comments on the ICR must be received on or before April 25, 2014. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to Information.CollectionClearance@ hhs.gov or by calling (202) 690–6162. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Information Collection Clearance staff, Information.CollectionClearance@ hhs.gov or (202) 690–6162. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting information, please include the document identifier HHS–OS–21431– 60D for reference. Information Collection Request Title: National Blood Collection and Utilization Survey. Abstract: The National Blood Collection & Utilization Survey (NBCUS) is a biennial survey of the blood collection and utilization community (industry) to produce reliable and accurate estimates of national and regional collections, utilization, safety, and availability of all blood products, some cellular therapeutic products, as well as information on bacterial testing and human tissue transplantation that are of interest to the transfusion medicine community. The 2013 NBCUS shall be funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and performed by (contactor, to be determined). In previous years, the NBCUS program was performed under the auspices of the National Blood Data Resource Center (NBDRC), a private subsidiary of AABB (formerly known as the American Association of Blood Banks), with private funding. The survey includes a core of standard questions on blood collection, processing, and utilization practices to allow for comparison with data from previous surveys; additionally, questions to specifically address emerging and developing issues and technologies in blood collection and utilization are included. Biovigilance remains a key theme for the 2013 survey, as continued from the 2007, 2009, and 2011 iterations. To that end, questions on transfusion transmitted infections, transfusion associated circulatory overload, acute hemolysis, delayed hemolysis, and severe allergic reactions are included in the survey. 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[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 36 (Monday, February 24, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10156-10157]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-03778]


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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

[Notice-GTAC-2014-01; Docket No. 2014-0002; Sequence 7]


Government-Wide Travel Advisory Committee (GTAC); Public Advisory 
Committee Meetings

AGENCY: Office of Government-Wide Policy, General Services 
Administration (GSA).

ACTION: Meeting notice.

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SUMMARY: This Government-wide Travel Advisory Committee (GTAC) (the 
Committee) is a Federal Advisory Committee established in accordance 
with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C., App 2. This 
notice announces the next two meetings, which are open to the public 
via teleconference and webinar.

DATES: The upcoming March 26, 2014 and April 30, 2014 meetings will 
begin at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time and end no later than 4:00 
p.m. Eastern Standard Time. February 24, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Marcerto Barr, Designated Federal 
Officer (DFO), Government-wide Travel Advisory Committee (GTAC), Office 
of Government-Wide Policy, General Services Administration, 1800 F 
Street NW., Washington, DC 20405, 202-208-7654 or by email to: 
gtac@gsa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the GTAC is to conduct public 
meetings, submit reports and to make recommendations to existing travel 
policies, processes and procedures, including the per diem methodology 
to assure that official travel is conducted in a responsible manner 
with the need to minimize costs.
    Authority: The GSA Office of Asset and Transportation Management, 
Travel and Relocation Division, establishes policy that governs travel 
by Federal civilian employees and others authorized to travel at 
Government expense on temporary duty travel through the Federal Travel 
Regulation (FTR).
    Agenda: The March meeting will include a follow-up discussion of 
previous topics, including Data and Meals and Incidental Expenditure 
Allowances. The April meeting will discuss Managed Lodging, Long-term 
stay, and reduced per diem.
    Meeting Access: The meeting is open to the public via 
teleconference and webinar. Members of the public wishing to listen in 
on the GTAC discussion are recommended to visit the GTAC Web site at: 
www.gsa.gov/gtac to obtain registration details. Members of the public 
will not have the opportunity to ask questions or otherwise participate 
in the meeting. However, members of the public wishing to comment on 
the discussion or topics outlined in the agenda should follow the steps 
detailed in Procedures for Providing Public Comments.
    Availability of Materials for the Meeting: Please see the GTAC Web 
site www.gsa.gov/gtac for any available materials and detailed meeting 
notes after the meeting.
    Procedures for Providing Public Comments: In general, public 
comments will be posted to www.gsa.gov/gtac. Non-electronic documents 
will be made available for public inspection and copying at GSA, 1800 F 
Street NW., Washington, DC 20405, on official business days between the 
hours of 10:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time and 4:00 p.m. Eastern 
Standard Time. The public can make an appointment to inspect comments 
by telephoning the DFO at 202-208-7654. All comments, including 
attachments and other supporting materials received, are part of the 
public record and subject to public disclosure. Any comments submitted 
in connection with the GTAC meeting will be made available to the 
public under the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act.
    The public is invited to submit written comments within 7 business 
days after each meeting by either of the following methods and cite 
Meeting Notice-GTAC-2014-01.
    Electronic or Paper Comments: (1) Submit electronic comments to 
gtac@gsa.gov; or (2) submit paper comments to the attention of Ms. 
Marcerto Barr at GSA, 1800 F Street NW., Washington, DC 20405.

    Dated: February 18, 2014.
Carolyn Austin-Diggs,
Acting Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Asset and 
Transportation Management, Office of Government-wide Policy.
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