[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 143 (Friday, July 25, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 40092]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-19609]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency For Health Care Policy and Research


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 August, 
1997:

    Name: Subcommittee on Development and Implementation of the 
National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC).
    Date and Time: August 22, 1997, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
    Place: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, Executive 
Office Center, 2101 East Jefferson Street, Rockville, MD 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 
the NGC that was published in the Commerce Business Daily on May 16, 
1997.
    The purpose of this contract is to complete the technical work 
to develop and implement a National Guideline Clearinghouse. The 
functions of the NGC will be four-fold: (1) Make widely available, 
through Internet access and HyperLink to other electronic access 
points, a comprehensive relational database of abstracts and, where 
possible, full-text clinical practice guidelines; (2) describe 
attributes of individual clinical practice guidelines contained 
within the database; (3) compare and contrast clinical practice 
guidelines on similar topics; and (4) make available other 
guideline-related material, including products from AHCPR-supported 
Evidence-based Practice Centers. The NGC is being developed jointly 
with the American Association of Health Plans and the American 
Medical Association.
    Agenda: The session of the Subcommittee will be devoted entirely 
to the technical review and evaluation of contract proposals 
submitted in response to the above referenced Request for Proposals. 
The Administrator, AHCPR, has made a formal determination that this 
meeting will not be open to the public. This action 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 action is taken in accordance with section 
10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C., Appendix 2, 
implementing regulations, 41 CFR section 101-6.1023, and procurement 
regulations, 48 CFR section 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 17, 1997.
John M. Eisenberg,
Adminstrator.
[FR Doc. 97-19609 Filed 7-24-97; 8:45 am]
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