[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 43 (Monday, March 7, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 11015]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-4311]


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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 (HHS) announces the following advisory 
committee meeting.

    Name: National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS).
    Time and Date: March 3, 2005, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., March 4, 2005, 10 
a.m.-3:15 p.m.
    Place: Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue SW., 
Room 505A, Washington, DC 20201.
    Status: Open.
    Purpose: At this meeting the Committee will hear presentations 
and hold discussions on several health data policy topics. On the 
morning of the first day the Committee will hear updates and status 
reports from the Department on topics including Clinical Data 
Standards, the Consolidated Health Informatics Initiative, and the 
HIPAA Privacy Rule compliance. In the afternoon the Committee will 
hear an update on the National Health Information Infrastructure and 
will discuss various materials prepared by NCVHS Subcommittees.
    On the second day the Committee will hear an updated from the 
Board of Scientific Counselors at the National Center for Health 
Statistics (NCHS) and reports on two HHS initiatives in geocoding. 
The Committee with also discuss plans for its annual report to 
Congress and there will be reports from the Subcommittees and a 
discussion of agendas for future Committee meetings.
    The times shown above are for the full committee meeting. 
Subcommittee breakout sessions are scheduled for late in the 
afternoon of the first day and in the morning prior to the full 
Committee meeting on the second day. Agendas for these breakout 
sessions will be posted on the NCVHS Web site (URL below) when 
available.
    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, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 3311 Toledo Road, Room 
2402, 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 further information including 
an agenda will be posted when available.
    Should you require reasonable accommodation, please contact the 
CDC Office of Equal Employment Opportunity on (301) 458-4EEO (4336) 
as soon as possible.

    Dated: March 1, 2005.
James Scanlon,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Science and Data Policy, Office 
of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 05-4311 Filed 3-4-05; 8:45 am]
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