[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 68 (Monday, April 11, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18415-18416]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-7241]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health; 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 a meeting of 
the Director's Council of Public Representatives.
    The meeting will be open to the public, with attendance limited to 
space available. Individuals who plan to attend and need special 
assistance, such as sign language interpretation or other reasonable 
accommodations, should notify the Contact Person listed below in 
advance of the meeting.

    Name of Committee: Director's Council of Public Representatives.
    Date: April 28, 2005.
    Time: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
    Agenda: Among the topics proposed for discussion are: (1) NIH 
Director's update; (2) update on conflict of interest; (3) update on 
public access; (4) NIH response to COPR's recommendations and formal 
reports to the NIH Director; and (5) discussion and public comment.
    Place: National Institutes of Health, Building 31, C-Wing, 
Conference Room 6, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20852.
    Contact Person: Jennifer E. Gorman Vetter, NIH Public Liaison/
COPR Coordinator, Office of Communications and Public Liaison, 
Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health, 9000 
Rockville Pike, Building 1, Room 344, Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 435-
4448, [email protected].
    Any member of the public interested in presenting oral comments 
to the committee may notify the Contact Person listed on this notice 
at least 10 days in advance of the meeting. Interested individuals 
and representatives of organizations may submit a letter of intent, 
a brief description of the organization represented, and a short 
description of the oral presentation. Only one representative of an 
organization may be allowed to present oral comments and if accepted 
by the committee, presentations may be limited to five minutes. Both 
printed and electronic copies are requested for the record. In 
addition, any interested person

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may file written comments with the committee by forwarding their 
statement to the Contact Person listed on this notice. The statement 
should include the name, address, telephone number and when 
applicable, the business or professional affiliation of the 
interested person.
    In the interest of security, NIH has instituted stringent 
procedures for entrance into the building by non-government 
employees. Persons without a government I.D. will need to show a 
photo I.D. and sign-in at the security desk upon entering the 
building.
    Information is also available on the Institute's/Center's Home 
page: http://www.copr.nih.gov, where an agenda and any additional 
information for the meeting will be posted when available.

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Nos. 93.14, 
Intramural Research Training Award; 93.22, Clinical Research Loan 
Repayment Program for Individuals from Disadvantaged Backgrounds; 
93.232, Loan Repayment Program for Research Generally; 93.39, 
Academic Research Enhancement Award; 93.936, NIH Acquired 
Immunodeficiency Syndrome Research Loan Repayment Program; 93.187, 
Undergraduate Scholarship Program for Individuals from Disadvantaged 
Backgrounds, National Institutes of Health, HHS)

    Dated: April 4, 2005.
LaVerne Y. Stringfield,
Director, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy.
[FR Doc. 05-7241 Filed 4-8-05; 8:45 am]
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