Department of Health and Human Services July 13, 2011 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

This notice provides public announcement of CDC's intent to award Affordable Care Act (ACA) appropriations to the following 17 grantees: California, Connecticut, Florida, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York City, New York State, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Utah, Washington, and Wisconsin to develop and implement their Tracking Networks. These activities are proposed by the above-mentioned grantees in their FY 2011 applications submitted under funding opportunity EH11-1103, ``National Environmental Public Health Tracking Program-Network Implementation (EPHT),'' Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance Number (CFDA): 93.070. Approximately $16,500,000 in ACA funding will be awarded to the grantees for network expansion and enhancement. Funding is appropriated under the Affordable Care Act (Pub. L. 111-148), Section 4002 [42 U.S.C. 300u-11]; (Prevention and Public Health Fund). Accordingly, CDC adds the following information to the previously published funding opportunity announcement of EH11-1103:

This notice provides public announcement of CDC's intent to award Affordable Care Act (ACA) appropriations to the following grantee: National Association for Public Health Statistics and Information Systems (NAPHSIS) to collaborate with CDC to identify and overcome barriers that limit access to work with CDC, states and local grantees to develop electronic vital records reporting systems to ensure Public Health Information Network-(PHIN) compatibility that would promote data interoperability across public health systems. These activities are proposed by the above mentioned grantee in their FY 2011 application submitted under funding opportunity EH10-1004, ``National Environmental Public Health Tracking Program (EPHT),'' Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance Number (CFDA): 93.070. Approximately $125,000.00 in ACA funding will be awarded to the grantee for network expansion and enhancement. Funding is appropriated under the Affordable Care Act (Pub. L. 111-148), Section 4002 [42 U.S.C. 300u-11]; (Prevention and Public Health Fund). Accordingly, CDC adds the following information to the previously published funding opportunity announcement of EH10-1004:

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a collection of information entitled ``Restaurant Menu and Vending Machine Labeling: Recordkeeping and Mandatory Third Party Disclosure Under Section 4205 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010'' has been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is providing notice of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between FDA and MEDSCAPE, LLC AND WEBMD LLC. The purpose of the MOU is to complement FDA's capacity to educate and communicate with health care professionals. It will also promote the timely dissemination to health care professionals of accurate information on public health and emerging safety issues and products safety recalls.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of grant funds for the support of a cooperative agreement with the National Institute for Pharmaceutical Technology and Education Initiative (NIPTE). Development of the Critical Path Manufacturing Sector Initiative has focused attention on the continuing need for this kind of research in a way that can improve reliability of pharmaceutical product manufacturing and quality across the entire industry. This shared knowledge will increase the likelihood of successfully manufacturing products that have been identified in the clinical development community. The goal of this agreement is to improve the overall manufacturing and quality and the knowledge base.