[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 137 (Tuesday, July 17, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 37234]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-17849]


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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 review contract 
proposals and provide recommendations to the Director, AHRQ, with 
respect to the technical merit of proposals submitted in response to a 
Request for Proposals (RFP) regarding an ``HIV Research Network''. The 
RFP was published in the Commerce Business Daily on May 30, 2001.
    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 submitted in response to the 
above-referenced RFP are likely to reveal proprietary information 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--
``HIV Research Network''.
    Date: July 31, 2001 (Closed to the public).
    Place: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality, 2101 East 
Jefferson Street, Suite 601, Conference Room 2, Rockville, Maryland 
20852.
    Contact Person: Anyone wishing to obtain information regarding 
this meeting should contact Fred Hellinger, Center for Cost and 
Delivery Studies, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2101 
East Jefferson Street, Suite 605, Rockville, Maryland, 20852, 301-
594-6817.

    Dated: July 2, 2001.
John M. Eisenberg,
Director.
[FR Doc. 01-17849 Filed 7-16-01; 8:45 am]
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