[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 167 (Tuesday, August 27, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44065-44066]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-21777]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics: Meeting

    Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Department of

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Health and Human Services announces the following advisory committee 
meeting.

    Name: National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS).
    Times and Dates: 9 a.m.-5 p.m., September 18, 1996. 9 a.m.-5 
p.m., September 19, 1996.
    Place: Room 503A, Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200 Independence 
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20201.
    Status: Open.
    Purpose: The meeting will provide an opportunity for recognizing 
the contributions of ten retiring members and welcoming the new 
Chairperson and nine new members. Departmental officials will brief 
the Committee on recent legislative developments and new Committee 
responsibilities, activities of the HHS Data Council, and related 
data policy activities; the new members also will be briefed by the 
retiring and continuing members on pending issues and recent 
accomplishments, including the recently completed report and 
recommendations on Core Health Data Elements. The Committee also 
will discuss its future priorities and work plans.
    Notice: In the interest of security, the Department has 
instituted stringent procedures for entrance to the Hubert H. 
Humphrey building by non-government employees. Thus, persons without 
a government identification card should plan to arrive at the 
building each day either between 8:30 and 9:00 a.m. or 12:30 and 
1:00 p.m. so they can be escorted to the meeting. Entrance to the 
meeting at other times during the day cannot be assured.
    Contact Person for More Information: Substantive program 
information as well as summaries of the meeting and a roster of 
committee members may be obtained from James Scanlon, NCVHS 
Executive Staff Director, Office of the Assistant Secretary for 
Planning and Evaluation, DHHS, Room 440-D. Humphrey Building, 200 
Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20201, telephone (202) 690-
7100, or Gail F. Fisher, Ph.D., Executive Secretary, NCVHS, NCHS, 
CDC, Room 1100, Presidential Building, 6525 Belcrest Road, 
Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, telephone 301/436-7050.

    Dated: August 21, 1996.
James Scanlon,
Director, Division of Data Policy.
[FR Doc. 96-21777 Filed 8-26-96; 8:45 am]
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