[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 146 (Friday, July 28, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 46461]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-19073]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Government-Owned Inventions; Availability for Licensing

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Technology Transfer 
Office, Department of Health and Human Services

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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ADDRESSES: Send all inquiries concerning this notice in writing to 
Beverly Ashton, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National 
Immunization Program, 1600 Clifton Road, Mailstop E62, Atlanta, Georgia 
30333.

SUMMARY: The National Immunization Program (NIP), Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC), has developed a software component that 
can examine an individual's immunization history and determine which 
specific immunizations the individual needs as of any specified date, 
according to the recommendations of the Advisory Committee on 
Immunization Practices. The component is written in the C++ programming 
language and is exposed as an ActiveX object.
    The NIP would like to make this component available to developers 
of immunization registry software and other applications that have 
immunization management functions. NIP would like to establish a 
mechanism which would allow a software vendor or vendors to provide 
technical maintenance and support for the component. One possibility 
would be for NIP to post a list of interested vendors (including their 
addresses and telephone numbers) on the NIP/Registry website 
(www.CDC.gov/NIP/Registry). Developers who want to implement the 
component in their systems would then contract with the vendor of their 
choice, independently, to obtain technical support.
    Vendor support would consist of:

Assistance with the installation of the component.
Assistance with day-to-day operational problems.
Correction of software bugs.
Update of parameterized rules to implement new ACIP recommendations.
Enhancements of the component's functionality.

    NIP will make the component available to the vendor free of charge, 
and the vendor will marshal the resources necessary to provide the 
support to developers, under contracts negotiated between the vendor 
and the individual developer. CDC will not be a party to these 
contracts.
    Vendors should describe their experience and available resources in 
providing this kind of software support. Vendors interested in this 
opportunity with NIP should write to: Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention, Attn: Beverly Ashton, National Immunization Program, Mail 
Stop E-62, 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30333.

Joseph R. Carter,
Associate Director for Management and Operations, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 00-19073 Filed 7-27-00; 8:45 am]
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