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Notice is hereby given of a change in the meeting of the Center for Scientific Review Special Emphasis Panel, March 24, 2020, 10:00 a.m. to March 24, 2020, 01:00 p.m., National Institutes of Health, Rockledge II, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892 which was published in the Federal Register on February 25, 2020, 85 FR 10708. The format of the Special Emphasis Panel; Member Conflicts: Sensory Processes and Pain has been changed to a Virtual Meeting. The meeting date, time and location remain the same. The meeting is closed to the public. Dated: March 17, 2020. Christi A. Grimm, Principal Deputy Inspector General. [FR Doc. 2020–06046 Filed 3–20–20; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4152–01–P PO 00000 National Institutes of Health Dated: March 17, 2020. Miguelina Perez, Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy. [FR Doc. 2020–05968 Filed 3–20–20; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4140–01–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES National Institutes of Health Center for Scientific Review; Amended Notice of Meeting Notice is hereby given of a change in the meeting of the Center for Scientific Review Special Emphasis Panel, March 27, 2020, 01:00 p.m. to March 27, 2020, 05:00 p.m., National Institutes of Health, Rockledge II, 6701 Rockledge Dr., Bethesda, MD 20892 which was published in the Federal Register on March 04, 2020, 85 FR 12799. The format of the Special Emphasis Panel; Member Conflict: Sleep, Stress, Motion, and Taste has been changed to a Telephone Assisted Meeting. The meeting date, time and location remain the same. The meeting is closed to the public. Dated: March 17, 2020. Miguelina Perez, Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy. [FR Doc. 2020–05967 Filed 3–20–20; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4140–01–P Frm 00063 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 9990 E:\FR\FM\23MRN1.SGM 23MRN1

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Center for Scientific Review; Amended Notice of Meeting

    Notice is hereby given of a change in the meeting of the Center for 
Scientific Review Special Emphasis Panel, March 24, 2020, 10:00 a.m. to 
March 24, 2020, 01:00 p.m., National Institutes of Health, Rockledge 
II, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892 which was published in the 
Federal Register on February 25, 2020, 85 FR 10708.
    The format of the Special Emphasis Panel; Member Conflicts: Sensory 
Processes and Pain has been changed to a Virtual Meeting. The meeting 
date, time and location remain the same. The meeting is closed to the 
public.

    Dated: March 17, 2020.
Miguelina Perez,
Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy.
[FR Doc. 2020-05968 Filed 3-20-20; 8:45 am]
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