[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 103 (Thursday, May 29, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 32044]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-13366]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary


Notice of Meeting

    Pursuant to section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 
amended (5 U.S.C. appendix 2), notice is hereby given of the inaugural 
meeting of the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health, and 
Society (SACGHS). The meeting will also be webcast. (See also Federal 
Register: May 7, 2003, Volume 68, Number 88, Page 24488.)
    The meeting will be held from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on June 11, 2003 and 
8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on June 12, 2003 at the Wyndham Hotel, 1400 M 
Street, NW., Washington, DC. The meeting will be open to the public 
with attendance limited to space available.
    The first day will be devoted to presentations on and discussion of 
the status and future directions of genetic technologies, their 
potential applications, and the issues surrounding their use. The 
second day will involve deliberations aimed at formulating the SACGHS 
issues agenda. Time will be provided each day for public comment.
    Under authority of 42 U.S.C. 217a, section 222 of the Public Health 
Service Act, as amended, the Department of Health and Human Services 
established SACGHS to serve as a public forum for deliberations on the 
broad range of human health and societal issues raised by the 
development and use of genetic technologies and, as warranted, to 
provide advice on these issues.
    The draft meeting agenda and other information about SACGHS, 
including information about access to the webcast, will be available at 
the following Web site: http://www4.od.nih.gov/oba/sacghs.htm. 
Individuals who wish to provide public comment or who plan to attend 
the meeting and need special assistance, such as sign language 
interpretation or other reasonable accommodations, should notify the 
SACGHS Executive Secretary, Ms. Sarah Carr, by telephone at 301-496-
9838 or E-mail at [email protected]. The SACGHS office is located at 6705 
Rockledge Drive, Suite 750, Bethesda, MD 20892.

    Dated: May 20, 2003.
LaVerne Y. Stringfield,
Director, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy.
[FR Doc. 03-13366 Filed 5-28-03; 8:45 am]
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