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allegations in the criminal information
to which Holloway pled guilty under
her plea agreement. As Holloway
argues, however, the records of her
criminal proceedings reflect that she did
not admit to any of the specific factual
allegations in the information during the
plea colloquy conducted by the court. In
fact, her attorney during the criminal
proceedings explicitly stated, ‘‘[The
information] contains many allegations
that Ms. Holloway disputes.’’ After the
prosecution summarized the evidence
that it planned to introduce at trial,
which closely mirrored the allegations
in the information, the court accepted
Holloway’s guilty plea on the basis of
the following exchange:
THE COURT: Okay. I gather that some of
the facts are in dispute; is that correct?
THE DEFENDANT: Correct.
THE COURT: Do you want to make a
statement or, counsel, do you want to make
a statement?
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[DEFENSE COUNSEL]: Ms. Holloway is,
she is prepared to admit that she promoted
BEXTRA for off label usage, and she
understands that that constitutes the
introduction of BEXTRA into interstate
commerce with inadequate directions for use.
THE COURT: All right. Ms. Holloway, do
you agree, do you accept your counsel’s
representation as to the facts that you accept
to be true?
THE DEFENDANT: Yes, ma’am.
In her request for a hearing and
subsequent submissions (March 24,
2010, and November 15, 2013),
Holloway argued that her lack of
admission to any specific facts during
her criminal proceedings calls into
question ORA’s findings with respect to
certain considerations under section
306(c)(3). In addition, with regard to
certain ORA allegations in the proposed
order to debar Holloway (January 20,
2010), and in support of facts weighing
against debarment, Holloway has
presented particularized challenges
supported by explanations or
documentary evidence.
After a review of the record, the
Acting Chief Scientist concludes that,
given the exceptional circumstances of
this matter, it appears that it would
likely be necessary to grant the pending
request for a hearing. Such a hearing
would require a broad scope to address
any genuine and substantial issues of
fact that are material to weighing the
applicable considerations under section
306(c)(3) of the FD&C Act. As a result
of this extraordinary posture, the scope
of the disputed facts in this matter
includes many of the facts that a prior
criminal proceeding would typically
have established, as well as those
additional facts in dispute that relate to
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certain of the applicable debarment
considerations in section 306(c)(3) of
the FD&C Act. Because few factual
findings relating to Holloway’s specific
conduct and actions between December
2001 and April 2005 underlying her
2009 conviction were generated during
the criminal proceedings, a hearing to
establish ORA’s proposed findings
would require a substantial devotion of
the Agency’s limited resources to this
individual debarment proceeding.
The Acting Chief Scientist has
weighed the Agency’s limited resources
against the factors that weigh in favor of
proceeding to evaluate ORA’s proposed
debarment order at an evidentiary
hearing. Chief among these
countervailing considerations are the
nature and seriousness of the offense
articulated by ORA and the Agency’s
interest in effectuating the remedial
purpose of the statute in furtherance of
the public health. The Acting Chief
Scientist has accorded significant
weight to those countervailing
considerations but, in reaching a
decision in this matter, has balanced
those considerations against the
extraordinary resources necessary to
conduct an evidentiary hearing on the
factual underpinnings for ORA’s
proposed findings as to the
considerations in section 306(c)(3) of
the FD&C Act, when there were few
specific facts established as part of the
criminal proceeding.
After a careful evaluation of the
arguments and information provided by
both ORA and Holloway as they relate
to the nature and breadth of the factual
disputes at issue here, and after a
consideration of the resources necessary
to proceed under this unusual set of
circumstances, the Acting Chief
Scientist has determined that the
revocation of the proposed order to
debar Holloway is appropriate in this
instance.
III. Order
Upon review of the request for
hearing, evidence, and arguments, the
Acting Chief Scientist revokes the
January 20, 2010, proposed order to
debar Holloway and provides this notice
of revocation in the Federal Register as
required by § 12.26.
Dated: May 14, 2018.
Denise Hinton,
Acting Chief Scientist.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services
Administration
Recruitment of Sites for Assignment of
National Health Service Corps
Scholarship Program Participants
Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice announces that
the listing of entities that will receive
priority for assignments of National
Health Service Corps (NHSC)
Scholarship recipients (NHSC scholars)
was posted on the Health Workforce
Connector website (formerly known as
the NHSC Jobs Center) at https://
connector.hrsa.gov/. The Health
Workforce Connector includes sites
approved to receive an assignment of
NHSC scholars who are available for
service during the period of October 1,
2018, through September 30, 2019, as
well as the site’s Health Professional
Shortage Area (HPSA) scores. Please
note that entities on this list may or may
not have current job vacancies.
DATES: Entities interested in providing
additional data and information in
support of their inclusion on the
proposed listing, or in support of a
higher priority determination, must do
so in writing no later than June 20,
2018.
ADDRESSES: Entities wishing to submit
information to support an entity’s
inclusion on the list or to request a
higher priority determination should
submit it to Beth Dillon, Director,
Division of Regional Operations, Bureau
of Health Workforce, 1961 Stout Street,
Denver, CO 80294. HRSA will consider
this information when preparing the
final list of entities that receive priority
for the assignment of NHSC scholars.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
program is not subject to the provisions
of Executive Order 12372,
Intergovernmental Review of Federal
Programs (as implemented through 45
CFR part 100).
SUMMARY:
Evaluation and Selection Process
In approving applications for the
assignment of NHSC scholars, the HHS
Secretary shall give priority to any such
application that is made for a position
in a HPSA with the greatest shortage.
HPSAs of greatest shortage are defined
by its HPSA scores.
For the program year October 1, 2018,
through September 30, 2019, priority for
assignment of NHSC scholars will be
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determined as follows: (1) Primary
medical care HPSAs with scores of 18
and above are authorized for the
assignment of NHSC scholars who are
primary care physicians, primary care
nurse practitioners, primary care
physician assistants, or certified nurse
midwives; (2) mental health HPSAs
with scores of 18 and above are
authorized for the assignment of NHSC
scholars who are psychiatrists, mental
health nurse practitioners, or mental
health physician assistants; and (3)
dental HPSAs with scores of 18 and
above are authorized for the assignment
of NHSC scholars who are dentists. The
NHSC has determined that a minimum
HPSA score of 18 for all service-ready
NHSC scholars will enable it to meet its
statutory obligation to identify a number
of entities eligible for NHSC scholar
placement that is at least equal to, but
not greater than, twice the number of
NHSC scholars available to serve in the
2018–2019 placement cycle.
Beginning on April 1, 2019, and on or
about April 1 of each subsequent year,
HRSA will publish on its website
https://connector.hrsa.gov/, the HPSA
scores used to determine priority for
assignment of NHSC scholars for
placement cycles after September 30,
2019, and entities that would receive
priority for the placement of NHSC
scholars. Entities wishing to provide
additional data and information to
support their inclusion on the proposed
list of entities receiving priority in
assignment of NHSC scholars, or to
support a higher priority determination,
must do so in writing no later than May
1, 2019, or within 30 days following the
publication of a revised list in
subsequent years.
Sites wishing to request an additional
scholar must complete an Additional
Scholar Request form available at https://
nhsc.hrsa.gov/downloads/additional
requestform.pdf. NHSC-approved sites
that do not meet the authorized
threshold HPSA may post job openings
on the Health Workforce Connector;
however, scholars seeking placement
will be advised that they can only
compete for positions at sites that meet
the threshold that is in effect at the time
they seek to be placed at an NHSCapproved site. Although vacancies in
HPSAs that have scores less than the
authorized threshold are not eligible for
scholar placements, such vacancies will
be used by the NHSC when evaluating
the HPSA threshold score for the next
annual scholarship placement cycle.
Application Requests
The list of HPSAs and entities eligible
to receive priority for the placement of
NHSC scholars is updated periodically.
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New entities may be added to the Health
Workforce Connector during a Site
Application competition. Likewise,
entities that no longer meet eligibility
criteria, including those sites whose 3year approval as an NHSC service site
has lapsed or whose HPSA designation
has been withdrawn or whose
withdrawal is being processed, will be
removed from the priority listing.
Dated: May 15, 2018.
George Sigounas,
Administrator.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Request for Information for the
Development of the Fiscal Year 2021–
2023 Trans-NIH Strategic Plan for HIV
and HIV-Related Research
AGENCY:
National Institutes of Health,
HHS.
ACTION:
Notice.
Through this Request for
Information (RFI), the Office of AIDS
Research (OAR) in the Division of
Program Coordination, Planning, and
Strategic Initiatives (DPCPSI), National
Institutes of Health (NIH), invites
feedback from investigators in
academia, industry, health care
professionals, patient advocates and
health advocacy organizations, scientific
or professional organizations, federal
agencies, community, and other
interested constituents on the
development of the fiscal year (FY)
2021–2023 Trans-NIH Strategic Plan for
HIV and HIV-Related Research (the
Plan). The Plan is designed to identify
and articulate future directions to
maximize the NIH’s investments in HIV
research.
DATES: The OAR’s Request for
Information is open for public comment
for a period of 30 days. Comments must
be received by June 20, 2018 to ensure
consideration. After the public comment
period has closed, the comments
received by OAR will be considered in
a timely manner for the development of
the FY 2021–2023 Trans-NIH Strategic
Plan for HIV and HIV-related Research.
ADDRESSES: Submissions may be
electronically entered at https://
grants.nih.gov/grants/rfi/rfi.cfm?ID=76.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Questions about this request for
information should be directed to the
Office of AIDS Research, National
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Institutes of Health, email:
NIHOARRFI@nih.gov, 5601 Fishers
Lane Rockville, Maryland 20852.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: To
respond this RFI, go to the following
web address: https://grants.nih.gov/
grants/rfi/rfi.cfm?ID=76.
As legislatively mandated, OAR plans
and coordinates research through the
development of an annual Trans-NIH
Strategic Plan for HIV and HIV-Related
Research that articulates the overarching
HIV research priorities and serves as the
framework for developing the trans-NIH
HIV research budget. OAR oversees and
coordinates the conduct and support of
all HIV research activities across the
NIH Institutes and Centers (ICs). The
NIH-sponsored HIV research programs
include both extramural and intramural
research, buildings and facilities,
research training, program evaluation,
and supports a comprehensive portfolio
of research representing a broad range of
basic, clinical, behavioral, social
sciences, and translational research on
HIV and its associated coinfections and
comorbidities.
The Plan provides information about
the NIH’s HIV research priorities to the
scientific community, Congress,
community stakeholders, HIV-affected
communities, and the broad public at
large. The fiscal year 2018 Trans-NIH
Plan for HIV-Related Research was
recently distributed on the OAR
website: (https://www.oar.nih.gov/
strategic_plan/plan_18.asp).
The current overarching priorities for
HIV/AIDS research are defined in the
NIH Director’s Statement of August 12,
2015, and Guide Notice NOT–OD–15–
137 (https://grants.nih.gov/grants/
guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-15137.html).
High Priority topics of research for
support include:
(1) Reducing the incidence of HIV/
AIDS;
(2) Developing the next generation of
HIV therapies;
(3) Identifying strategies towards a
cure;
(4) Improving the prevention and
treatment of HIV-associated
comorbidities, coinfections, and
complications; and
(5) Cross-cutting areas that includes
basic research, behavioral and social
sciences research, health disparities,
trainings, capacity-building, and
infrastructure.
This RFI is for planning purposes
only and should not be construed as a
solicitation for applications or
proposals, or as an obligation in any
way on the part of the United States
Federal Government. The Federal
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Recruitment of Sites for Assignment of National Health Service
Corps Scholarship Program Participants
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department
of Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces that the listing of entities that will
receive priority for assignments of National Health Service Corps
(NHSC) Scholarship recipients (NHSC scholars) was posted on the Health
Workforce Connector website (formerly known as the NHSC Jobs Center) at
https://connector.hrsa.gov/. The Health Workforce Connector includes
sites approved to receive an assignment of NHSC scholars who are
available for service during the period of October 1, 2018, through
September 30, 2019, as well as the site's Health Professional Shortage
Area (HPSA) scores. Please note that entities on this list may or may
not have current job vacancies.
DATES: Entities interested in providing additional data and information
in support of their inclusion on the proposed listing, or in support of
a higher priority determination, must do so in writing no later than
June 20, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Entities wishing to submit information to support an
entity's inclusion on the list or to request a higher priority
determination should submit it to Beth Dillon, Director, Division of
Regional Operations, Bureau of Health Workforce, 1961 Stout Street,
Denver, CO 80294. HRSA will consider this information when preparing
the final list of entities that receive priority for the assignment of
NHSC scholars.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The program is not subject to the provisions
of Executive Order 12372, Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs
(as implemented through 45 CFR part 100).
Evaluation and Selection Process
In approving applications for the assignment of NHSC scholars, the
HHS Secretary shall give priority to any such application that is made
for a position in a HPSA with the greatest shortage. HPSAs of greatest
shortage are defined by its HPSA scores.
For the program year October 1, 2018, through September 30, 2019,
priority for assignment of NHSC scholars will be
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determined as follows: (1) Primary medical care HPSAs with scores of 18
and above are authorized for the assignment of NHSC scholars who are
primary care physicians, primary care nurse practitioners, primary care
physician assistants, or certified nurse midwives; (2) mental health
HPSAs with scores of 18 and above are authorized for the assignment of
NHSC scholars who are psychiatrists, mental health nurse practitioners,
or mental health physician assistants; and (3) dental HPSAs with scores
of 18 and above are authorized for the assignment of NHSC scholars who
are dentists. The NHSC has determined that a minimum HPSA score of 18
for all service-ready NHSC scholars will enable it to meet its
statutory obligation to identify a number of entities eligible for NHSC
scholar placement that is at least equal to, but not greater than,
twice the number of NHSC scholars available to serve in the 2018-2019
placement cycle.
Beginning on April 1, 2019, and on or about April 1 of each
subsequent year, HRSA will publish on its website https://connector.hrsa.gov/, the HPSA scores used to determine priority for
assignment of NHSC scholars for placement cycles after September 30,
2019, and entities that would receive priority for the placement of
NHSC scholars. Entities wishing to provide additional data and
information to support their inclusion on the proposed list of entities
receiving priority in assignment of NHSC scholars, or to support a
higher priority determination, must do so in writing no later than May
1, 2019, or within 30 days following the publication of a revised list
in subsequent years.
Sites wishing to request an additional scholar must complete an
Additional Scholar Request form available at https://nhsc.hrsa.gov/downloads/additionalrequestform.pdf. NHSC-approved sites that do not
meet the authorized threshold HPSA may post job openings on the Health
Workforce Connector; however, scholars seeking placement will be
advised that they can only compete for positions at sites that meet the
threshold that is in effect at the time they seek to be placed at an
NHSC-approved site. Although vacancies in HPSAs that have scores less
than the authorized threshold are not eligible for scholar placements,
such vacancies will be used by the NHSC when evaluating the HPSA
threshold score for the next annual scholarship placement cycle.
Application Requests
The list of HPSAs and entities eligible to receive priority for the
placement of NHSC scholars is updated periodically. New entities may be
added to the Health Workforce Connector during a Site Application
competition. Likewise, entities that no longer meet eligibility
criteria, including those sites whose 3-year approval as an NHSC
service site has lapsed or whose HPSA designation has been withdrawn or
whose withdrawal is being processed, will be removed from the priority
listing.
Dated: May 15, 2018.
George Sigounas,
Administrator.
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