[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 200 (Thursday, October 16, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 53788]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-27451]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Office of AIDS Research; Notice of Meeting of the Office of AIDS 
Research Advisory Council

    Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, notice 
is hereby given of the Fifth meeting of the Office of AIDS Research 
Advisory Council (OARAC) on Friday, October 17, 1997. The meeting will 
be held at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), 9000 Rockville 
Pike, Building 31, C-Wing, Sixth Floor, Conference Room 10.
    The Office of AIDS Research (OAR) is responsible for planning, 
coordination, and evaluation of the NIH AIDS research program. The 
OARAC was established to advise the Director, OAR, regarding these 
activities.
    The Council meeting will be open to the public on October 17 from 
9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. The agenda includes: FY 1998 budgets for NIH 
AIDS research; updates on various OAR sponsored workshops and 
conferences; reports on activities of Advisory Council Working Groups 
and the NIH Vaccine Research Committee; and a presentation by the 
Director, Center for Scientific Review (CSR), who will discuss recent 
changes and future plans at the CSR.
    In accordance with the provisions set forth in section 
552b(c)(9)(B), Title 5 United States Code and section 10(d) of the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, as amended, the 
meeting will be closed to the public from 4:00 p.m. until adjournment 
for discussions of which the premature disclosure is likely to 
significantly frustrate implementation of NIH's research initiatives by 
impeding the timely announcement of those initiatives.
    Copies of the meeting agenda and the roster of council members will 
be furnished upon request by Ms. Linda Jackson, Program Coordinator, 
Office of AIDS Research, National Institutes of Health, Building 31, 
Room 4B54, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, Telephone 
(301) 402-3357, FAX (301) 402-3360. Individuals who plan to attend the 
open session and need special assistance, such as sign language 
interpretation or other reasonable accommodations, should contact Ms. 
Jackson.
    This notice is published less than 15 days prior to the meeting due 
to the urgent need to meet timing limitations imposed by the review and 
funding cycle.

    Dated: October 10, 1997.
LaVerne Y. Stringfield,
Committee Management Officer, NIH.
[FR Doc. 97-27451 Filed 10-15-97; 8:45 am]
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