Solicitation of Nominations for Membership on the National Vaccine Advisory Committee, 14463-14464 [2018-06890]
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August 6, 2018, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00
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November 2018, Date and time to be
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ADDRESSES:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Angie Godfrey, Regional Program
Manager, Region XI/AIAN, Office of
Head Start, email Angie.Godfrey@
acf.hhs.gov, or phone (202) 205–5811.
Additional information and online
meeting registration will be available at
https://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/hslc/hs/
calendar/tc2018.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance to the Improving Head Start
for School Readiness Act of 2007, Public
Law 110–134 [42 U.S.C. 9835, Section
640(l)(4)], ACF announces OHS tribal
consultations for leaders of tribal
governments operating Head Start and
Early Head Start programs. The agenda
for the scheduled OHS tribal
consultations in Hinckley, Minnesota;
Sacramento, California; Nashville,
Tennessee; Spokane, Washington;
Anchorage, Alaska; and Albuquerque,
New Mexico will be organized around
the statutory purposes of Head Start
tribal consultations related to meeting
the needs of American Indian and
Alaska Native children and families,
taking into consideration funding
allocations, distribution formulas, and
other issues affecting the delivery of
Head Start services in their geographic
locations. In addition, OHS will share
actions taken and in progress to address
the issues and concerns raised in the
2017 OHS Tribal Consultations.
The consultation sessions will be
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leaders of tribal governments and their
designated representatives. Designees
must have a letter from the tribal
government authorizing them to
represent the tribe. Tribal governments
must submit the designee letter at least
3 days in advance of the consultation
sessions to Angie Godfrey at
Angie.Godfrey@acf.hhs.gov. Other
representatives of tribal organizations
and Native non-profit organizations are
welcome to attend as observers.
A detailed report of each consultation
session will be prepared and made
available within 45 days of the
consultation sessions to all tribal
governments receiving funds for Head
Start and Early Head Start programs.
Tribes wishing to submit written
testimony for the report should send
testimony to Angie Godfrey at
Angie.Godfrey@acf.hhs.gov either prior
to each consultation session or within
30 days after each meeting. OHS will
summarize oral testimony and
comments from the consultation
sessions in each report without
attribution, along with topics of concern
and recommendations.
Dated: March 20, 2018.
Ann Linehan,
Acting Director, Office of Head Start.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Solicitation of Nominations for
Membership on the National Vaccine
Advisory Committee
National Vaccine Program
Office, Office of the Assistant Secretary
for Health, Office of the Secretary,
Department of Health and Human
Services.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 300aa–5, Section 2105
of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, as
amended. The National Vaccine Advisory
Committee is governed by the provisions of
Public Law 92–463, as amended (5 U.S.C.
Appendix 2), which sets forth standards for
the formation and use of advisory
committees.
The National Vaccine
Program Office (NVPO), a program
office within the Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Health, Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS), is
soliciting nominations of qualified
candidates to be considered for
appointment as public members to the
National Vaccine Advisory Committee
(NVAC). The activities of this
Committee are governed by the Federal
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Advisory Committee Act (FACA).
Management and support of the NVAC
and its activities are the responsibility
of the NVPO.
The NVAC serves an advisory role,
providing recommendations to the
Assistant Secretary for Health in his/her
capacity as the Director of the National
Vaccine Program, on matters related to
the Program’s responsibilities.
Specifically, the Committee studies and
recommends ways to encourage the
availability of an adequate supply of
safe and effective vaccination products
in the United States; recommends
research priorities and other measures
to enhance the safety and efficacy of
vaccines. The Committee also advises
the Assistant Secretary for Health in the
implementation of Sections 2102 and
2103 of the PHS Act; and identifies
annually the most important areas of
government and non-government
cooperation that should be considered
in implementing Sections 2102 and
2103 of the PHS Act.
DATES: All nominations for membership
on the Committee must be received no
later than 5:00 p.m. EDT on May 4,
2018, to the address listed below.
ADDRESSES: Nominations should be
emailed to nvac@hhs.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
National Vaccine Program Office,
Department of Health and Human
Services, 200 Independence Avenue
SW, Room 715–H, Washington, DC
20201; (202) 690–5566; nvac@hhs.gov.
A copy of the committee charter
which includes the NVAC’s structure
and functions as well as a list of the
current membership can be obtained by
accessing the NVAC website at: https://
www.hhs.gov/nvpo/nvac/.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Committee Function, Qualifications,
and Information Required: As part of an
ongoing effort to enhance deliberations
and discussions with the public on
vaccine and immunization policy,
nominations are being sought for
interested individuals to serve on the
NVAC. Committee members provide
peer review, consultation, advice, and
recommendations to the Assistant
Secretary for Health, in his/her capacity
as the Director of the National Vaccine
Program, on matters related to the
Program’s responsibilities. Individuals
selected for appointment to the NVAC
will serve as voting members. The
NVAC consists of 17 voting members:
15 public members, including the Chair,
and two representative members.
Individuals selected for appointment to
the NVAC can be invited to serve terms
of up to four years. Selection of
members is based on candidates’
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qualifications to contribute to the
accomplishment of NVAC’s objectives.
Interested candidates should
demonstrate a willingness to commit
time to NVAC activities and the ability
to work constructively and effectively
on committees.
Public Members: Public members are
individuals who are appointed to the
NVAC to exercise their own
independent best judgment on behalf of
the government. It is expected that
public members will discuss and
deliberate in a manner that is free from
conflicts of interest. Public members to
the NVAC shall be selected from
individuals who are engaged in vaccine
research or the manufacture of vaccines,
or who are physicians, members of
parent organizations concerned with
immunizations, representatives of state
or local health agencies, or public health
organizations.
Representative Members:
Representative members are individuals
who are appointed to the NVAC to
provide the views of industry or a
special interest group. While they may
be experts in various topic areas
discussed by the Committee, they
should not present their own
viewpoints, but rather those of the
industry or special interest group they
represent. NVAC representative
members shall serve specifically to
represent the viewpoints or perspectives
of the vaccine manufacturing industry
or groups engaged in vaccine research or
the manufacture of vaccines.
This announcement is to solicit
nominations of qualified candidates to
fill positions in the public and
representative member category of the
NVAC, including positions that are
scheduled to be vacated during the 2019
calendar year. Applications received in
response and not appointed may also be
considered for future vacancies that
occur.
Travel reimbursement and
compensation for services provided to
the committee: All NVAC members are
authorized to receive the prescribed per
diem allowance and reimbursement for
travel expenses that are incurred to
attend meetings and conduct authorized
NVAC-related business, in accordance
with standard government travel
regulations. Members appointed to the
NVAC as public members (see
definition above) also are authorized to
receive a stipend for services provided
at public meetings of the Committee. All
other services that are performed by the
public members outside the Committee
meetings shall be provided without
compensation. Representative members
(see definition above) will serve without
compensation.
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Expertise sought for the National
Vaccine Advisory Committee: In
accordance with the charter, persons
nominated for appointment as members
of the NVAC should be among
authorities knowledgeable in areas
related to vaccine safety, vaccine
effectiveness, and vaccine supply. In
order to enhance the diversity of
expertise included in Committee
discussions, NVPO is seeking
nominations of individuals to serve on
the National Vaccine Advisory
Committee as public members in the
following disciplines/topic areas:
• Vaccine research and development,
vaccine clinical trials, and vaccine
regulatory science;
• vaccine safety and post-marketing
surveillance;
• vaccine access and financing;
• health information technologies and
immunization information systems;
• immunization program
implementation and management; and
• vaccine communications.
How to submit nominations:
Nominations should be typewritten. The
following information should be
included in the package of material
submitted for each individual being
nominated for consideration: (1) A letter
of nomination that clearly states the
name and affiliation of the nominee, the
basis for the nomination (i.e., specific
attributes which qualify the nominee for
service in this capacity); and a statement
that the nominee is willing to serve as
a member of the Committee (2) the
nominator’s name, address, and daytime
telephone number, home and/or work
address, telephone number, and email
address; (3) a current copy of the
nominee’s curriculum vitae (no longer
than ten pages); and (4) a short
biographical sketch (no more than 350
words). All required documentation
must be received in order for a
nomination to be considered.
Please note that nominees will not
receive updates on the status of their
nomination. Information on nominees
appointed to the Committee by the
Department will be posted to the NVAC
website at https://www.hhs.gov/nvpo/
nvac/members/.
Individuals can nominate themselves
for consideration of appointment to the
Committee. All nominations must
include the required information.
Incomplete nominations will not be
processed for consideration. The names
of federal employees should not be
nominated for consideration of
appointment to this Committee.
The Department makes every effort to
ensure that the membership of HHS
federal advisory committees is fairly
balanced in terms of points of view
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represented and the committee’s
function. Every effort is made that a
broad representation of geographic
areas, gender, ethnic and minority
groups, and the disabled are given
consideration for membership on HHS
federal advisory committees.
Appointment to this Committee shall be
made without discrimination on the
basis of age, race, ethnicity, gender,
sexual orientation, disability, and
cultural, religious, or socioeconomic
status.
Individuals appointed to serve as
public members of federal advisory
committees are classified as special
government employees (SGEs). SGEs are
government employees for purposes of
the conflict of interest laws. Therefore,
individuals appointed to serve as public
members of NVAC are subject to an
ethics review. The ethics review is
conducted to determine if the
individual has any interests and/or
activities in the private sector that may
conflict with performance of their
official duties as a member of the
NVAC. Individuals appointed to serve
as public members of the NVAC will be
required to disclose information
regarding financial holdings,
consultancies, research grants and/or
contracts, and the absence of an
appearance of a loss of impartiality.
Dated: March 30, 2018.
Roula Sweis,
Deputy Director, National Vaccine Program
Office.
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following meeting.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Solicitation of Nominations for Membership on the National
Vaccine Advisory Committee
AGENCY: National Vaccine Program Office, Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Health, Office of the Secretary, Department of Health and
Human Services.
ACTION: Notice.
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Authority: 42 U.S.C. 300aa-5, Section 2105 of the Public Health
Service (PHS) Act, as amended. The National Vaccine Advisory
Committee is governed by the provisions of Public Law 92-463, as
amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), which sets forth standards for the
formation and use of advisory committees.
SUMMARY: The National Vaccine Program Office (NVPO), a program office
within the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS), is soliciting nominations of qualified
candidates to be considered for appointment as public members to the
National Vaccine Advisory Committee (NVAC). The activities of this
Committee are governed by the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA).
Management and support of the NVAC and its activities are the
responsibility of the NVPO.
The NVAC serves an advisory role, providing recommendations to the
Assistant Secretary for Health in his/her capacity as the Director of
the National Vaccine Program, on matters related to the Program's
responsibilities. Specifically, the Committee studies and recommends
ways to encourage the availability of an adequate supply of safe and
effective vaccination products in the United States; recommends
research priorities and other measures to enhance the safety and
efficacy of vaccines. The Committee also advises the Assistant
Secretary for Health in the implementation of Sections 2102 and 2103 of
the PHS Act; and identifies annually the most important areas of
government and non-government cooperation that should be considered in
implementing Sections 2102 and 2103 of the PHS Act.
DATES: All nominations for membership on the Committee must be received
no later than 5:00 p.m. EDT on May 4, 2018, to the address listed
below.
ADDRESSES: Nominations should be emailed to [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: National Vaccine Program Office,
Department of Health and Human Services, 200 Independence Avenue SW,
Room 715-H, Washington, DC 20201; (202) 690-5566; [email protected].
A copy of the committee charter which includes the NVAC's structure
and functions as well as a list of the current membership can be
obtained by accessing the NVAC website at: https://www.hhs.gov/nvpo/nvac/.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Committee Function, Qualifications, and Information Required: As
part of an ongoing effort to enhance deliberations and discussions with
the public on vaccine and immunization policy, nominations are being
sought for interested individuals to serve on the NVAC. Committee
members provide peer review, consultation, advice, and recommendations
to the Assistant Secretary for Health, in his/her capacity as the
Director of the National Vaccine Program, on matters related to the
Program's responsibilities. Individuals selected for appointment to the
NVAC will serve as voting members. The NVAC consists of 17 voting
members: 15 public members, including the Chair, and two representative
members. Individuals selected for appointment to the NVAC can be
invited to serve terms of up to four years. Selection of members is
based on candidates'
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qualifications to contribute to the accomplishment of NVAC's
objectives. Interested candidates should demonstrate a willingness to
commit time to NVAC activities and the ability to work constructively
and effectively on committees.
Public Members: Public members are individuals who are appointed to
the NVAC to exercise their own independent best judgment on behalf of
the government. It is expected that public members will discuss and
deliberate in a manner that is free from conflicts of interest. Public
members to the NVAC shall be selected from individuals who are engaged
in vaccine research or the manufacture of vaccines, or who are
physicians, members of parent organizations concerned with
immunizations, representatives of state or local health agencies, or
public health organizations.
Representative Members: Representative members are individuals who
are appointed to the NVAC to provide the views of industry or a special
interest group. While they may be experts in various topic areas
discussed by the Committee, they should not present their own
viewpoints, but rather those of the industry or special interest group
they represent. NVAC representative members shall serve specifically to
represent the viewpoints or perspectives of the vaccine manufacturing
industry or groups engaged in vaccine research or the manufacture of
vaccines.
This announcement is to solicit nominations of qualified candidates
to fill positions in the public and representative member category of
the NVAC, including positions that are scheduled to be vacated during
the 2019 calendar year. Applications received in response and not
appointed may also be considered for future vacancies that occur.
Travel reimbursement and compensation for services provided to the
committee: All NVAC members are authorized to receive the prescribed
per diem allowance and reimbursement for travel expenses that are
incurred to attend meetings and conduct authorized NVAC-related
business, in accordance with standard government travel regulations.
Members appointed to the NVAC as public members (see definition above)
also are authorized to receive a stipend for services provided at
public meetings of the Committee. All other services that are performed
by the public members outside the Committee meetings shall be provided
without compensation. Representative members (see definition above)
will serve without compensation.
Expertise sought for the National Vaccine Advisory Committee: In
accordance with the charter, persons nominated for appointment as
members of the NVAC should be among authorities knowledgeable in areas
related to vaccine safety, vaccine effectiveness, and vaccine supply.
In order to enhance the diversity of expertise included in Committee
discussions, NVPO is seeking nominations of individuals to serve on the
National Vaccine Advisory Committee as public members in the following
disciplines/topic areas:
Vaccine research and development, vaccine clinical trials,
and vaccine regulatory science;
vaccine safety and post-marketing surveillance;
vaccine access and financing;
health information technologies and immunization
information systems;
immunization program implementation and management; and
vaccine communications.
How to submit nominations: Nominations should be typewritten. The
following information should be included in the package of material
submitted for each individual being nominated for consideration: (1) A
letter of nomination that clearly states the name and affiliation of
the nominee, the basis for the nomination (i.e., specific attributes
which qualify the nominee for service in this capacity); and a
statement that the nominee is willing to serve as a member of the
Committee (2) the nominator's name, address, and daytime telephone
number, home and/or work address, telephone number, and email address;
(3) a current copy of the nominee's curriculum vitae (no longer than
ten pages); and (4) a short biographical sketch (no more than 350
words). All required documentation must be received in order for a
nomination to be considered.
Please note that nominees will not receive updates on the status of
their nomination. Information on nominees appointed to the Committee by
the Department will be posted to the NVAC website at https://www.hhs.gov/nvpo/nvac/members/.
Individuals can nominate themselves for consideration of
appointment to the Committee. All nominations must include the required
information. Incomplete nominations will not be processed for
consideration. The names of federal employees should not be nominated
for consideration of appointment to this Committee.
The Department makes every effort to ensure that the membership of
HHS federal advisory committees is fairly balanced in terms of points
of view represented and the committee's function. Every effort is made
that a broad representation of geographic areas, gender, ethnic and
minority groups, and the disabled are given consideration for
membership on HHS federal advisory committees. Appointment to this
Committee shall be made without discrimination on the basis of age,
race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, disability, and cultural,
religious, or socioeconomic status.
Individuals appointed to serve as public members of federal
advisory committees are classified as special government employees
(SGEs). SGEs are government employees for purposes of the conflict of
interest laws. Therefore, individuals appointed to serve as public
members of NVAC are subject to an ethics review. The ethics review is
conducted to determine if the individual has any interests and/or
activities in the private sector that may conflict with performance of
their official duties as a member of the NVAC. Individuals appointed to
serve as public members of the NVAC will be required to disclose
information regarding financial holdings, consultancies, research
grants and/or contracts, and the absence of an appearance of a loss of
impartiality.
Dated: March 30, 2018.
Roula Sweis,
Deputy Director, National Vaccine Program Office.
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