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National Institute of Diabetes and
Digestive and Kidney Diseases; Notice
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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
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Name of Committee: National Institute of
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Obesity.
Date: April 27, 2015.
Time: 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Agenda: To review and evaluate grant
applications.
Place: National Institutes of Health, Two
Democracy Plaza, 6707 Democracy
Boulevard, Bethesda, MD 20892, (Telephone
Conference Call).
Contact Person: Michele L. Barnard, Ph.D.,
Scientific Review Officer, Review Branch,
DEA, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health,
Room 753, 6707 Democracy Boulevard,
Bethesda, MD 20892–2542, (301) 594–8898,
barnardm@extra.niddk.nih.gov
Name of Committee: National Institute of
Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Special Emphasis Panel; Pragmatic Research
and Natural Experiments.
Date: May 6, 2015.
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Agenda: To review and evaluate grant
applications.
Place: National Institutes of Health, Two
Democracy Plaza, 6707 Democracy
Boulevard, Bethesda, MD 20892, (Telephone
Conference Call).
Contact Person: Michele L. Barnard, Ph.D.,
Scientific Review Officer, Review Branch,
DEA, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health,
Room 753, 6707 Democracy Boulevard,
Bethesda, MD 20892–2542, (301) 594–8898,
barnardm@extra.niddk.nih.gov.
(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance
Program Nos. 93.847, Diabetes,
Endocrinology and Metabolic Research;
93.848, Digestive Diseases and Nutrition
Research; 93.849, Kidney Diseases, Urology
and Hematology Research, National Institutes
of Health, HHS)
Dated: March 25, 2015.
David Clary,
Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory
Committee Policy.
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Pursuant to section 10(d) of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, as
amended (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is
hereby given of the following meetings.
The meetings will be closed to the
public in accordance with the
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Community Living
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Extension of
Certification of Maintenance of Effort
on Help America Vote Act, Payments
for Protection and Advocacy Systems
(P&A Voting Access Narrative Annual
Report)
Administration on Intellectual
and Developmental Disabilities,
Administration for Community Living,
HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Administration for
Community Living (ACL) is announcing
an opportunity for public comment on
the proposed collection of certain
information by the agency. Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the
PRA), Federal agencies are required to
publish notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of
information, including each proposed
extension of an existing collection of
information, and to allow 60 days for
public comment in response to the
notice. This notice solicits comments on
the information collection requirements
relating to the Help America Vote Act
(HAVA), Public Law 107–252, title II,
subtitle D, section 291, Payments for
Protection and Advocacy Systems
(P&As Narrative Annual Report).
DATES: Submit written or electronic
comments on the collection of
information by June 1, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Submit electronic
comments on the collection of
information to: melvenia.wright@
acl.hhs.gov.
Submit written comments on the
collection of information to
Administration for Community Living,
1 Massachusetts Avenue NW., Room
4716, Washington, DC 20001, attention
Melvenia Wright.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Melvenia Wright, Program Specialist,
Administration for Community Living,
Washington, DC 20001. Telephone:
(202) 357–3486; email melvenia.wright@
acl.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), Federal
agencies must obtain approval from the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for each collection of
information they conduct or sponsor.
‘‘Collection of information’’ is defined
in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR
1320.3(c) and includes agency request
or requirements that members of the
SUMMARY:
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public submit reports, keep records, or
provide information to a third party.
Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA (44
U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)) requires Federal
agencies to provide a 60-day notice in
the Federal Register concerning each
proposed collection of information,
including each proposed extension of an
existing collection of information,
before submitting the collection to OMB
for approval. To comply with this
requirement, ACL is publishing notice
of the proposed collection of
information set forth in this document.
With respect to the following collection
of information, ACL invites comments
on: (1) Whether the proposed collection
of information is necessary for the
proper performance of ACL’s functions,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of
ACL’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (3)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (4) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
when appropriate, and other forms of
information technology.
The Protection and Advocacy Voting
Access Annual Narrative Report from
the Protection and Advocacy Systems is
required by federal statute and
regulation, the Help America Vote Act
(HAVA), Public Law 107–252, title II,
subtitle D, section 291, Payments for
Protection and Advocacy to Assure
Access for Individuals with Disabilities
(42 U.S.C. 15461). The report is
provided in writing to the
Administration for Community Living,
Administration on Intellectual and
Developmental Disabilities (AIDD). Each
eligible Protection and Advocacy
System (P&As) must prepare and submit
an annual report at the end of every
fiscal year by the 31st of December. The
report addresses the activities
conducted with the funds provided
during the year. The information
collected from the annual report will be
aggregated into an annual profile of how
the P&As have utilized the funds and
review the P&As activities carried out
for each of the seven mandated area.
These areas include full participation in
the electoral process; education, training
and assistance; advocacy and education
around HAVA implementation efforts;
training and education of election
officials, poll workers and election
volunteers regarding the rights of voters
with disabilities and best practices;
assistance in filing complaints;
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assistance to State and other
governmental entities regarding the
physical accessibility of polling places;
and obtaining training and technical
assistance on voting issues. The PAVA
annual narrative report will also provide
an overview of the goals and
accomplishments for each P&A as well
as permit the Administration on
Intellectual and Developmental
Disabilities (AIDD) to track voting
progress to monitor grant activities and
create the bi-annual report to Congress.
ACL estimates the burden of this
collection of information as follows: 55
Protection and Advocacy Systems (P&A)
respond annually which should be an
average burden of 20 hours per State per
year or a total of 1,100 hours for all
states annually.
Dated: March 25, 2015.
Kathy Greenlee,
Administrator and Assistant Secretary for
Aging.
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Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration
Center for Substance Abuse
Treatment; Notice of Meeting
Pursuant to Public Law 92–463,
notice is hereby given that the
Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration’s (SAMHSA’s)
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
(CSAT) National Advisory Council will
meet on April 15, 2015, from 9:30 a.m.–
5:00 p.m. (EDT) and will include a
session that is closed to the public.
The closed meeting will include the
review of grant applications, which
contain budget information, including
the description of how an agency prices
its services, information on proposed
business relationships and subcontracts.
Grant applications also contain personal
information and contact information on
agency principles. Discussion of
proposed funding and awardees would
be made public prior to the required
congressional notification of grant
award. Since the closed meeting will
include discussion and evaluation of
grant applications reviewed by Initial
Review Groups and involve an
examination of confidential financial
and business information as well as
personal information concerning the
applicants, it will be closed to the
public from 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. as
determined by the SAMHSA
Administrator, in accordance with Title
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5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4) and (6) and (c)(9)(B)
and 5 U.S.C. App. 2, section 10(d).
The open session of the meeting will
be held from 11:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. and
will include consideration of minutes
from the SAMHSA CSAT NAC meeting
of August 27, 2014, Director’s report,
discussion of SAMHSA’s role regarding
treatment of mental illness and
substance use disorders, budget update,
Pregnant and Postpartum Women and
Medication Assisted Treatment panel
discussions, and a recovery presentation
and discussion.
The meeting will be held at the
SAMHSA building, 1 Choke Cherry
Road, Great Falls Conference Room,
Rockville, MD 20850. Attendance by the
public will be limited to space available
and will be limited to the open sessions
of the meeting. Interested persons may
present data, information, or views,
orally or in writing, on issues pending
before the Council. Written submissions
should be forwarded to the contact
person on or before April 5, 2015. Oral
presentations from the public will be
scheduled at the conclusion of the
meeting. Individuals interested in
making oral presentations are
encouraged to notify the contact on or
before April 5, 2015. Five minutes will
be allotted for each presentation.
The open meeting session may be
accessed via telephone. To attend on
site, obtain the call-in number and
access code, submit written or brief oral
comments, or request special
accommodations for persons with
disabilities, please register on-line at
https://nac.samhsa.gov/Registration/
meetingsRegistration.aspx, or
communicate with SAMHSA’s
Committee Management Officer, LCDR
Holly Berilla (see contact information
below).
Substantive meeting information and
a roster of Council members may be
obtained either by accessing the
SAMHSA Council Web site at: https://
www.samhsa.gov/about-us/advisorycouncils/csat-national-advisory-council
or by contacting LCDR Berilla.
Substantive program information may
be obtained after the meeting by
accessing the SAMHSA Council Web
site, https://nac.samhsa.gov/, or by
contacting LCDR Berilla.
Council Name: SAMHSA’s Center for
Substance Abuse Treatment National
Advisory Council.
Date/Time/Type:
April 15, 2015, 9:30 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
EDT, CLOSED
April 15, 2015, 11:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
EDT, OPEN
Place: SAMHSA Building, 1 Choke
Cherry Road, Great Falls Conference
Room, Rockville, Maryland 20850.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Community Living
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Extension of Certification of Maintenance of Effort on
Help America Vote Act, Payments for Protection and Advocacy Systems
(P&A Voting Access Narrative Annual Report)
AGENCY: Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities,
Administration for Community Living, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Administration for Community Living (ACL) is announcing an
opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain
information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(the PRA), Federal agencies are required to publish notice in the
Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information,
including each proposed extension of an existing collection of
information, and to allow 60 days for public comment in response to the
notice. This notice solicits comments on the information collection
requirements relating to the Help America Vote Act (HAVA), Public Law
107-252, title II, subtitle D, section 291, Payments for Protection and
Advocacy Systems (P&As Narrative Annual Report).
DATES: Submit written or electronic comments on the collection of
information by June 1, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Submit electronic comments on the collection of information
to: melvenia.wright@acl.hhs.gov.
Submit written comments on the collection of information to
Administration for Community Living, 1 Massachusetts Avenue NW., Room
4716, Washington, DC 20001, attention Melvenia Wright.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Melvenia Wright, Program Specialist,
Administration for Community Living, Washington, DC 20001. Telephone:
(202) 357-3486; email melvenia.wright@acl.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), Federal
agencies must obtain approval from the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for each collection of information they conduct or sponsor.
``Collection of information'' is defined in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR
1320.3(c) and includes agency request or requirements that members of
the
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public submit reports, keep records, or provide information to a third
party. Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A))
requires Federal agencies to provide a 60-day notice in the Federal
Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including
each proposed extension of an existing collection of information,
before submitting the collection to OMB for approval. To comply with
this requirement, ACL is publishing notice of the proposed collection
of information set forth in this document. With respect to the
following collection of information, ACL invites comments on: (1)
Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the
proper performance of ACL's functions, including whether the
information will have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of ACL's
estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (3)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of
information on respondents, including through the use of automated
collection techniques when appropriate, and other forms of information
technology.
The Protection and Advocacy Voting Access Annual Narrative Report
from the Protection and Advocacy Systems is required by federal statute
and regulation, the Help America Vote Act (HAVA), Public Law 107-252,
title II, subtitle D, section 291, Payments for Protection and Advocacy
to Assure Access for Individuals with Disabilities (42 U.S.C. 15461).
The report is provided in writing to the Administration for Community
Living, Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
(AIDD). Each eligible Protection and Advocacy System (P&As) must
prepare and submit an annual report at the end of every fiscal year by
the 31st of December. The report addresses the activities conducted
with the funds provided during the year. The information collected from
the annual report will be aggregated into an annual profile of how the
P&As have utilized the funds and review the P&As activities carried out
for each of the seven mandated area. These areas include full
participation in the electoral process; education, training and
assistance; advocacy and education around HAVA implementation efforts;
training and education of election officials, poll workers and election
volunteers regarding the rights of voters with disabilities and best
practices; assistance in filing complaints; assistance to State and
other governmental entities regarding the physical accessibility of
polling places; and obtaining training and technical assistance on
voting issues. The PAVA annual narrative report will also provide an
overview of the goals and accomplishments for each P&A as well as
permit the Administration on Intellectual and Developmental
Disabilities (AIDD) to track voting progress to monitor grant
activities and create the bi-annual report to Congress.
ACL estimates the burden of this collection of information as
follows: 55 Protection and Advocacy Systems (P&A) respond annually
which should be an average burden of 20 hours per State per year or a
total of 1,100 hours for all states annually.
Dated: March 25, 2015.
Kathy Greenlee,
Administrator and Assistant Secretary for Aging.
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