[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 38 (Thursday, February 26, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9846-9847]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-4881]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


National Cancer Institute; Notice of Meetings

    Pursuant to section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act 
(FACA), as amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2) notice is hereby given of the 
advisory committee meetings listed below of the National Cancer 
Institute (NCI).

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    The meetings will be open to the public as indicated below, with 
attendance by the public limited to space available. Individuals who 
plan to attend and need special assistance, such as sign language 
interpretation or other reasonable accommodations, should contact Ms. 
Linda Quick-Cameron, Committee Management Officer, at (301) 496-5708, 
in advance of the meetings.
    A portion of the meetings will be closed to the public in 
accordance with the provisions set forth in sections 552b(c)(4), 
552b(c)(6), and 552b(c)(9)(B), Title 5 U.S.C., and section 10(d) of the 
FACA, for the review, discussion and evaluation of individual programs 
and for discussion of issues pertaining to programmatic areas and/or 
NCI personnel. These discussions could reveal confidential trade 
secrets or commercial property such as patentable material, and 
personal information concerning the individuals associated with the 
programs, including consideration of personnel qualifications and 
performances, the competence of individual investigators and similar 
matters, the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted 
invasion of personal privacy and premature disclosure of 
recommendations which would likely significantly frustrate the 
subsequent implementation of recommendations.
    The Committee Management Office, National Cancer Institute, 
National Institutes of Health, Executive Plaza North, Room 609, 6130 
Executive Boulevard, MSC 7410, Rockville, Maryland 20892-7410, (301) 
496-5708, will provide summaries of the meetings and rosters of the 
committee members, upon request.

    Name of Committee: Advisory Committee to the Director, National 
Cancer Institute.
    Contact Person: Susan J. Waldrop, Executive Secretary, National 
Cancer Institute, NIH, Federal Building, Room 312, Bethesda, MD 
20892, (301) 496-1458.
    Date of Meeting: March 1, 1998.
    Place of Meeting: Hyatt Regency--Bethesda, One Bethesda Metro 
Center, Congressional Room, Bethesda, MD 20814.
    Open: 7 p.m. to Adjournment.
    Agenda: To update the Committee on the activities of the NCI 
Working Groups and on the groups reporting to the Advisory Committee 
to the Director, NCI.

    Committee Name: Joint Meeting--National Cancer Institute Board 
of Scientific Advisors and Board of Scientific Counselors, National 
Cancer Institute.
    Date: March 2, 1998.
    Place: Building 31C, 6th Floor, Conference Room 10, National 
Institutes of Health, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892.
    Open: 8 a.m. to 9:20 a.m.
    Agenda: Report of the Director, NCI.
    Contact Person: Paulette S. Gray, Ph.D., Executive Secretary, 
National Cancer Institute, NIH, Executive Plaza North, Room 600, 
6130 Executive Blvd., MSC 7405, Bethesda, 20892-7405, (301) 496-
4218.

    Committee Name: National Cancer Institute Board of Scientific 
Advisors.
    Date: March 2-3, 1998.
    Place: Building 31C, 6th Floor, Conference Room 10, National 
Institutes of Health, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892.
    Open: March 2-9:30 a.m. to Recess; March 3-8 a.m. to 
Adjournment.
    Agenda: RFA Concept Reviews, Report of the Deputy Director for 
Extramural Science, Status Reports of Implementing Program, Review 
Group(s) Recommendations, Budget Presentation and Status Reports 
from the Extramural Divisions.
    Contact Person: Paulette S. Gray, Ph.D., Executive Secretary, 
National Cancer Institute, NIH, Executive Plaza North, Room 600, 
6130 Executive Blvd., MSC 7405, Bethesda, MD 20892-7405, (301) 496-
4218.

    Committee Name: Joint Meeting--Board of Scientific Counselors, 
National Cancer Institute, Clinical Sciences and Epidemiology--
Subcommittee A, Basic Sciences--Subcommittee B.
    Date: March 2, 1998.
    Place: Building 31C, 6th Floor, Conference Room 10, National 
Institutes of Health, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892.
    Closed: 9:20 a.m.-10:15 a.m.
    Agenda: Discussion of Intramural Review Issues.
    Contact Person: Florence Farber, Ph.D., Executive Secretary, 
National Cancer Institute, NIH, Executive Plaza North, Room 643G, 
6130 Executive Blvd., MSC 7410, Bethesda, MD 20892-7410, (301) 496-
2378.

    Committee Name: Board of Scientific Counselors, National Cancer 
Institute, Clinical Sciences and Epidemiology--Subcommittee A.
    Date: March 2, 1998.
    Place: Building 31C, 6th Floor, Conference Room 6, National 
Institutes of Health, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892.
    Closed: 10:30 a.m. to Adjournment.
    Agenda: To discuss administrative confidential matters 
pertaining to the Division of Clinical Sciences and the Division of 
Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics.
    Contact Person: Judy Mietz, Ph.D., Executive Secretary, National 
Cancer Institute, NIH, Executive Plaza North, Room 600, 6130 
Executive Blvd., MCS 7410, Bethesda, MD 20892-7410, (301) 496-2378.

    Committee Name: Board of Scientific Counselors, National Cancer 
Institute Basic Sciences--Subcommittee B.
    Date: March 2, 1998.
    Place: Building 31C, 6th Floor, Conference Room 8, National 
Institutes of Health, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892.
    Closed: 10:30 a.m. to Adjournment.
    Agenda: To discuss administrative confidential matters and site 
visit reports pertaining to the laboratories in the Division of 
Basic Sciences.
    Contact Person: Florence Farber, Ph.D., Executive Secretary, 
National Cancer Institute, NIH, Executive Plaza North, Room 643G, 
6130 Executive Blvd., MSC 7410, Bethesda, MD 20892-7410, (301) 496-
2378.
    This notice is being 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.

(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: February 17, 1998.
LaVeen Ponds,
Acting Committee Management Officer, National Institutes of Heath.
[FR Doc. 98-4881 Filed 2-25-98; 8:45 am]
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