[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 152 (Tuesday, August 7, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41240-41241]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-19650]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics: Meeting

    Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Department of 
Health and Human Services announces the following advisory committee 
meeting.

    Name: National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) 
Executive Subcommittee, Workgroup on Health Statistics for the 21st 
Century, Subcommittee on Populations.
    Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m to 5:30 p.m., August 14, 2001; and 
8:30 a.m. to 3:45 p.m., August 15, 2001.
    Place: The Westin O'Hare, 6100 River Road, Rosemont, IL 60018, 
(847) 698-6000.
    Status: Open.
    Purpose: The Executive Subcommittee will use the first day as a 
retreat for Committee planning purposes. The Subcommittee will plan 
future Committee meetings and review work plans for 2001 and early 
2002. Strategic planning will include organizing and integrating 
agenda issues across priorities, reviewing the efficiency and 
effectiveness of the current Committee structure and meeting 
schedule, and positioning the Committee to address new and emerging 
topics.

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    In the morning on the second day, the Workgroup on Health 
Statistics for the 21st Century will meet to discuss their draft 
report ``Shaping a Vision for 21st Century Health Statistics.'' The 
Workgroup will also discuss plans to get feedback on related issues 
and plan its next steps. The Subcommittee on Populations will meet 
in the afternoon of the second day to discuss future directions for 
further work in the area of the implementation of OMB standards for 
the collection and reporting of data on race and ethnicity. Other 
issues to be discussed are the structure and future directions for 
the Subcommittee.
    Contact Person for More Information: Substantive program 
information as well as summaries of meetings and a roster of 
committee members may be obtained from Marjorie S. Greenberg, 
Executive Secretary, NCVHS, National Center for Health Statistics, 
Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Room 1100, Presidential 
Building, 6525 Belcrest Road, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, telephone 
(301) 458-4245. Information also is available on the NCVHS home page 
of the HHS website: http://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov/ where an agenda for 
the meeting will be posted when available.

    Dated: July 31, 2001.
James Scanlon,
Director, Division of Data Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary 
for Planning and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 01-19650 Filed 8-6-01; 8:45 am]
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