[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 141 (Wednesday, July 23, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 43530]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-18718]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality


Notice of Meeting of a Health Care Policy and Research Special 
Emphasis Panel

    In accordance with section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act (5 U.S.C., Appendix 2), announcement is made of a Health Care 
Policy and Research Special Emphasis Panel (SEP) meeting.
    The Health Care Policy and Research Special Emphasis Panel is a 
group of experts in fields related to health care research who are 
invited by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), and 
agree to be available, to conduct on an as needed basis, scientific 
reviews of applications for AHRQ support. Individual members of the 
Panel do not attend regularly-scheduled meetings and do not serve for 
fixed terms or long periods of time. Rather, they are asked to 
participate in particular review meetings which require their type of 
expertise.
    Substantial segments of the upcoming SEP meeting listed below will 
be closed to the public in accordance with the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act, section 10(d) of 5 U.S.C., Appendix 2 and 5 U.S.C. 
552b(c)(6). Grant applications for AHRQ Partnerships for Quality 
Competing Continuation (R18) Awards are to be reviewed and discussed at 
this meeting. These discussions are likely to reveal personal 
information concerning individuals associated with the applications. 
This information is exempt from mandatory disclosure under the above-
cited statutes.
    SEP Meeting on: AHRQ Partnerships for Quality Competing 
Continuation (R18) Awards.
    Date: August 5, 2003 (open on August 5 from 11 a.m. to 11:10 a.m. 
and closed for the remainder of the Teleconference).
    Place: John M. Eisenberg, M.D. Building, 540 Gaither Road, Room 
2020, Rockville, Maryland 20850.
    Contact Person: Anyone wishing to obtain a roster of members, 
agenda or minutes of the nonconfidential portions of this meeting 
should contact Mrs. Bonnie Campbell, Committee Management Officer, 
Office of Research Review, Education and Policy, AHRQ, 540 Gaither 
Road, Room 2038, Rockville, Maryland 20850, Telephone (301) 427-1554.
    Agenda items for this meeting are subject to change as priorities 
dictate.

    Dated: July 14, 2003.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
[FR Doc. 03-18718 Filed 7-22-03; 8:45 am]
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