[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 136 (Friday, July 14, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43764-43765]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-17809]


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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) regarding ``Bioterrorism Initiative''. The RFP was 
published in the Commerce Business Daily on May 30, 2000.
    The upcoming TRC meeting will be closed to the public in accordance 
with

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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 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: The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality--
``Bioterrorism Initiative''.
    Date: August 8, 2000 (Closed to the public).
    Place: Agency for Healthcare and Quality, 6010 Executive Blvd., 3rd 
Floor, Conference Room A, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
    Contact Person: Anyone wishing to obtain information regarding this 
meeting should contact William Baine, Center for Outcomes and 
Effectiveness Research, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 
6010 Executive Blvd., Suite 300, Rockville, Maryland 20852, 301-594-
0524.

    Dated: July 7, 2000.
John M. Eisenberg,
Director.
[FR Doc. 00-17809 Filed 7-13-00; 8:45 am]
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