[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 104 (Tuesday, May 30, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34472-34473]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-13378]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality


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 Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Technical Review 
Committee (TRC) meeting. This TRC's charge is to provide review of 
contract proposals and recommendations to the Director, AHRQ, regarding 
the technical merit of proposals submitted in response to a Request for 
Proposals (RFPs) to ``Maintain and Expand the Healthcare Cost and 
Utilization Project (HCUP)''. The RFP was published in the Commerce 
Business Daily on March 30, 2000.
    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 section 315.604(d). The 
discussions at this meeting of contract proposals submitted in response 
to the above-referenced RFP are likely to reveal proprietary and 
personal information concerning

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individuals associated with the proposals. Such information is exempt 
from disclosure under the above-cited FACA provision that protects the 
the free exchange of candid views, and under the procurement rules that 
prevent undue interference with Committee and Department operations.
    Name of TRC: The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality-- 
``Maintain and Expand the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project 
(HCUP)''.
    Date: June 14, 2000 (Closed to the public).
    Place: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 6010 Executive 
Blvd, 4th Floor Conference Center, Room D, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
    Contact Person: Anyone wishing to obtain information regarding this 
meeting should contact Jenny Schnaier, Center for Organizaton and 
Delivery Systems, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2102 East 
Jefferson Street, Suite 605, Rockville, Maryland, 20852, 301-594-6827.

    Dated: May 22, 2000.
John M. Eisenberg,
Director.
[FR Doc. 00-13378 Filed 5-26-00; 8:45 am]
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