[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 124 (Thursday, June 27, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 43321]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-16180]


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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), 
Subcommittee on Populations.
    Time and Date: 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., July 18, 2002.
    Place: Hubert H. Humphrey Building, Room 705A, 200 Independence 
Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20201.
    Status: Open.
    Purpose: The Subcommittee on Populations, NCVHS, is holding a 
hearing to discuss issues relating to statistics for the 
determination of health disparities in racial and ethnic 
populations. The focus will be on State related issues in the 
collection and use of data on race and ethnicity. Invited panelists 
will address State and local collection of data and race and 
ethnicity, use of mixed race data, measurement of ethnic identity 
and perspectives on variables beyond race and ethnicity needed to 
determine health disparities in racial and ethnic groups.
    Notice: In the interest of security, the Department has 
instituted stringent procedures for entrance to the Hubert H. 
Humphrey building by non-government employees. Thus, persons without 
a government identification card will need to have the guard call 
for an escort to the meeting.
    Contact Person for More Information: Substantive program 
information as well as summaries of meetings and a roster of 
committee members may be obtained from Susan G. Queen, Ph.D., Deputy 
Director, Division of Information and Analysis, Health Resources and 
Services Administration, Room 11-05, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, 
MD 20857, telephone: (301) 443-1129; or Marjorie S. Greenberg, 
Executive Secretary, NCVHS, National Center for Health Statistics, 
Centers 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 Web site: http://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov/ where 
an agenda for the meeting will be posted when available.


    Dated: June 18, 2002.
James Scanlon,
Director, Division of Data Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary 
for Planning and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 02-16180 Filed 6-26-02; 8:45 am]
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