[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 139 (Thursday, July 18, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 37482]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-18232]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Contract Review Meeting

    In accordance with Section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), announcement is made of the following 
advisory subcommittee scheduled to meet during the month of July 1996:

    Name: Subcommittee on Quality Measurement Network (QMNet).
    Date and Time: July 30-31, 1996, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m..
    Place: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, Executive 
Office Center, 6th Floor Conference Room, 2101 East Jefferson 
Street, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
    This meeting will be closed to the public.
    Purpose: The Subcommittee's charge is to provide, on behalf of 
the Health Care Policy and Research Contracts Review Committee, 
advice and recommendations to the Secretary and to the 
Administrator, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR), 
regarding the scientific and technical merit of contract proposals 
submitted in response to a specific Request for Proposals regarding 
``QMNet'' published in the Commerce Business Daily on May 14, 1996. 
The purpose of this contract is to build a more comprehensive, 
publicly accessible quality measurement resource that emphasizes a 
public-private partnership approach.
    Agenda: The session of the Subcommittee will be devoted entirely 
to the technical review and evaluation of contract proposals 
submitted in response to a specific Request for Proposals. The 
Administrator, AHCPR, has made a formal determination that this 
meeting will not be open to the public. This is necessary to protect 
the free exchange of views and avoid undue interference with 
Committee and Department operations, and safeguard confidential 
proprietary information and personal information concerning 
individuals associated with the proposals that may be revealed 
during the sessions. This is in accordance with section 10(d) of the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. Appendix 2, Department 
regulations, 45 CFR 11.5(a)(6), and procurement regulations, 48 CFR 
315.604(d).
    Anyone wishing to obtain information regarding this meeting 
should contact Al Deal, Office of Management, Contracts Management 
Staff, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, Executive Office 
Center, 2101 East Jefferson Street, Suite 601, Rockville, Maryland, 
20852, (301) 594-1445.

    Dated: July 12, 1996.
Clifton R. Gaus,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 96-18232 Filed 7-17-96; 8:45 am]
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