[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 81 (Thursday, April 25, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18400-18401]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-10187]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Cancer Institute; Notice of Meetings of the National 
Cancer Advisory Board and Its Subcommittees

    Pursuant to Section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 
amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice is hereby given of the meeting of 
the National Cancer Advisory Board, National Cancer Institute, and its 
Subcommittees on May 6-8, 1996. Except as noted below, the meetings of 
the Board and its Subcommittees will be open to the public to discuss 
issues relating to committee business as indicated in the notice. 
Attendance by the public will be limited to space available.
    A portion of the Board meeting will be closed to the public in 
accordance with the provisions set forth in secs. 552b (c)(4) and 
552b(c)(6), title 5, U.S.C., for the review, discussion and evaluation 
of individual grant applications and for discussion of issues 
pertaining to programmatic areas and/or NCI personnel. There will also 
be a discussion involving the components of the NCI AIDS program. These 
applications and discussions could reveal confidential trade secrets or 
commercial property such as patentable material, and personal 
information concerning the individuals associated with the applications 
or programs, the disclosure of which would constitute a

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clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.
    The Committee Management Office, National Cancer Institute, 
National Institutes of Health, Executive Plaza North, Room 630E, 9000 
Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 (301/496-5708), will provide 
summaries of the meetings and rosters of the Board members, upon 
request.
    Individusals who plan to attend and need special assistance, such 
as sign language interpretation or other reasonable accommodations, 
should contact Ms. Carole Frank, Committee Management Specialist, at 
301/496-5708 in advance of the meeting.

    Name of Committee: Subcommittee on Clinical Investigations.
    Contact Person: Dr. Robert E. Wittes, Acting Executive 
Secretary, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Building 31, Room 3A52, 
9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892; (301) 496-4291.
    Date of Meeting: May 6, 1996.
    Place of Meeting: Hyatt Regency Bethesda, One Bethesda Metro 
Center, Bethesda, MD 20814.
    Open: 8 pm to 9:15 pm.
    Agenda: To discuss basic and environmental sciences issues.

    Name of Committee: National Cancer Advisory Board.
    Contact Person: Dr. Marvin R. Kalt, Executive Secretary, 
National Cancer Institute, NIH, Executive Plaza North, Room 600A, 
6130 Executive Blvd., Bethesda, MD 20892-7405; (301) 496-5147.
    Dates of Meeting: May 7-8, 1996.
    Place of Meeting: Conference Room 10, Building 31C, National 
Institutes of Health, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892.
    Open: May 7--8 am to approximately 12 pm.
    Agenda: Report on activities of the President's Cancer Panel; 
the Director's Report on the National Cancer Institute; New 
Business; and Scientific Presentations.
    Closed: May 7--3 pm to approximately 5 pm.
    Agenda: For review and discussion of individual grant 
applications and extramural/intramural programmatic and personnel 
policies.
    Open: May 8--8:30 am to 12 pm.
    Agenda: Scientific Presentations: Subcommittee Reports; 
Continuing New Business; Format of Program Review Meeting and 
Preview of June Retreat; Review of Training and Career Development 
Mechanisms.

    Name of Committee: Subcommittee on Planning and Budget.
    Contact Person: Ms. Cherie Nichols, Executive Secretary, 
National Cancer Institute, NIH, Building 31, Room 11A19, Bethesda, 
MD 20892; (301) 496-5515.
    Date of Meeting: May 7, 1996.
    Place of Meeting: Conference Room 9, Building 31C, National 
Institutes of Health, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892.
    Open: 12:30 pm to 2 pm.
    Agenda: To discuss the NCI budget and various planning issues.

    Name of Committee: Subcommittee on Cancer Centers.
    Contact Person: Dr. Brian Kimes, Executive Secretary, National 
Cancer Institute, NIH, Executive Plaza North, Room 300, 6130 
Executive Blvd., Bethesda, MD 20892-7094; (301) 496-8537.
    Date of Meeting: May 7, 1996.
    Place of Meeting: Conference Room 8, Building 31C, National 
Institutes of Health, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892.
    Open: 2 pm to 3 pm.
    Agenda: To discuss the cancer centers.

    Name of Committee: Subcommittee for Special Priorities.
    Contact Person: Ms. Cherie Nichols, Acting Executive Secretary, 
National Cancer Institute, NIH, Building 31, Room 11A19, Bethesda, 
MD 20892; (301) 496-5515.
    Date of Meeting: May 7, 1996.
    Place of Meeting: Conference Room 9, Building 31C, National 
Institutes of Health, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD.
    Open: 2 pm-3pm.
    Agenda: To discuss issues related to special priorities.
    This notice is being published less than 15 days prior to the 
above meetings due to the urgent need to meet timing limitations 
imposed by the review and funding cycle.

(CATALOG OF FEDERAL DOMESTIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAM NUMBERS: 93.393, 
Cancer Cause and Prevention Research; 93.394, Cancer Detection and 
Diagnosis Research; 93.395, Cancer Treatment Research; 93.396, 
Cancer Biology Research; 93.397, Cancer Centers Support; 93.398, 
Cancer Research Manpower; 93.399, Cancer Control)

    Dated: April 19, 1996.
Susan K. Feldman,
Committee Management Officer, NIH.
[FR Doc. 96-10187 Filed 4-24-96; 8:45 am]
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