[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 128 (Tuesday, July 6, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 36360]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-17056]


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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 as amended (5 U.S.C., Appendix 2), announcement is made of an 
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) Technical Review 
Committee (TRC) meeting. This TRC's charge is to review contract 
proposals and to provide recommendations to the Administrator, AHCPR, 
regarding the technical merit of proposals submitted in response to a 
Request for Proposals (RFPs) regarding ``Computer Decision Support 
Tools for Evidence Based Medicine'', issued on April 28, 1999. The 
contract will constitute part of AHCPR's participation in the Small 
Business Innovation Research program.
    The upcoming TRC meeting will be closed to the public in accordance 
with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), section 10(d) of 5 
U.S.C., Appendix 2, implementing regulations, and procurement 
regulations, 41 CFR 101-6.1023 and 48 CFR 315.604(d). The discussions 
at this meeting of contract proposals are likely to reveal proprietary 
and personal information concerning individuals associated with the 
proposals. Such information is exempt from disclosure under the above-
cited FACA provision that protects the free exchange of candid views, 
and under the procurement rules that prevent undue interference with 
Committee and Department operations.
    Name of TRC: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research SBIR Topic 
3000--``Computer Decision Support Tools for Evidence Based Medicine''.
    Date: July 27, 1999 (Closed to the public).
    Place: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, Conference 
Center, Conference Room B, 6010 Executive Boulevard, 4th Floor, 
Rockville, Maryland 20852.
    Contact Person: Anyone wishing to obtain information regarding this 
meeting should contact Kate Rickard, Center for Practice and Technology 
Assessment, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, 6010 Executive 
Boulevard, Suite 300, Rockville, Maryland 20852, 301-594-2431.

    Dated: June 28, 1999.
John M. Eisenberg,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 99-17056 Filed 7-2-99; 8:45 am]
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