[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 42 (Wednesday, March 4, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 10635]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-5523]


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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 
technical review committee to meet during the month of March 1998:

    Name: Technical Review Committee on the Agency for Health Care 
Policy and Research Publications Clearinghouse.
    Date and Time: March 23, 1998, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
    Place: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, 2101 East 
Jefferson Street, Suite 502, Rockville, MD 20852.
    This meeting will be closed to the public.
    Purpose: The Technical Review Committee's charge is to provide, 
on behalf of the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) 
Contracts Review Committee, recommendations to the Administrator, 
AHCPR, regarding the technical merit of contract proposals submitted 
in response to a specific Request for Proposals regarding the AHCPR 
Publications Clearinghouse that was published in the Commerce 
Business Daily on May 19, 1997.
    The purpose of this contract is to continue the operation of the 
AHCPR Publications Clearinghouse. The Clearinghouse operation 
includes a 24-line information and publication dissemination call 
center; the storage, distribution, and postal metering of 
publications; the maintenance and management of an automated mailing 
and inventory control system; and the management, storage, and 
shipping of exhibits. These services are required to ensure the 
timely dissemination of AHCPR research findings and related 
publications to the research community and general public.
    Agenda: The Committee meeting 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 meeting. This is in accordance with section 10(d) of the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C., Appendix 2, implementing 
regulations, 41 CFR 101-6.1023 and procurement regulations, 48 CFR 
315.604(d).
    Anyone wishing to obtain information regarding this meeting 
should contact Judy Wilcox, Center for Health Information 
Dissemination, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, 2101 East 
Jefferson Street, Suite 501, Rockville, Maryland 20852. 301/594-
1364.

    Dated: February 11, 1998.
John M. Eisenberg,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 98-5523 Filed 3-3-98; 8:45 am]
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