[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 100 (Tuesday, May 23, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 33335]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-12898]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Notice of Meeting: DHHS Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Coordinating 
Committee

    In accordance with section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act, as amended (5 U.S.C., Appendix 2), notice is hereby given of a 
meeting of the DHHS Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Coordinating Committee.

    Name: Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Chronic 
Fatigue Syndrome Coordinating Committee (CFSCC).
    Time and Date: Wednesday, July 12, 2000, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 
p.m.
    Place: Hubert H. Humphrey Building, Room 800, 200 Independence 
Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20201.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room will accommodate approximately 100 people. 
Individuals who plan to attend and need special assistance, such as 
sign language interpretation or other reasonable accommodations, 
should notify the Contact Person listed below in advance of the 
meeting.
    Notice: In the interest of security, the Department has 
instituted stringent procedures for entrance to the Hubert H. 
Humphrey Building by non-government employees. Thus, persons without 
a government identification card will need to provide a photo ID and 
must know the subject and room number of the meeting in order to be 
admitted into the building. Visitors must use the Independence 
Avenue entrance.
    Purpose: The Committee is charged with providing advice to the 
Secretary, the Assistant Secretary for Health, and the Commissioner, 
Social Security Administration (SSA), to assure interagency 
coordination and communication regarding chronic fatigue syndrome 
(CFS) research and other related issues; facilitating increased DHHS 
and agency awareness of CFS research and educational needs; 
developing complementary research programs that minimize overlap; 
identifying opportunities for collaborative and/or coordinated 
efforts in research and educational; and developing informed 
responses to constituency groups regarding DHHS and SSA efforts and 
progress.
    Matters To Be Discussed: The meeting will have, as its sole 
focus, a discussion of the forthcoming General Accounting Office 
report on CFS research activities at NIH and CDC and the role of the 
DHHS CFSCC. Because this is a briefing session, there will be no 
public testimony.
    Contact Person for More Information: Janice C. Ramsden, 
Executive Secretary, CFSCC, Office of the Acting Director, NIH, 
Building 1, Room 235, 1 Center Drive, MSC 0159, Bethesda, Maryland 
20892-0159, e-mail [email protected] or telephone 301-496-0959.

    Dated: May 16, 2000.
LaVerne Stringfield,
Director, Office of Advisory Committee Policy.
[FR Doc. 00-12898 Filed 5-22-00; 8:45 am]
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