[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 121 (Friday, June 24, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36611-36612]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-12500]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Availability of Opportunity to Provide Input for the National 
Occupational Research Agenda

    The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) 
of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces the 
following:
    Availability of Opportunity for the Public to Provide Input for the 
National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA).
    For the past nine years, NORA has served as a framework to guide 
occupational safety and health research in the nation. Approximately 
500 participants outside NIOSH provided input into the development of 
the first agenda. Building on the success of NORA, the second decade of 
NORA will use a sector-based approach.
    NIOSH and its partners under NORA are pleased to introduce a newly 
updated NORA Web site at http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/nora. An important 
feature of the updated page is an online feedback form. We hope both 
individuals and organizations will use this opportunity to submit 
comments and suggestions for guiding the design of future occupational 
safety and health research in the nation.
    The Web site allows stakeholders to describe what they perceive to 
be the top research needs within each sector, sub-sector, or in 
multiple sectors. Stakeholders can submit comments on the approach to 
redesigning NORA as it enters its second decade. We invite partners and 
collaborators to use the electronic option to provide comments, which 
will automatically be entered into the NORA Docket maintained by NIOSH.
    Experience gained in the first decade of NORA indicates that the 
following types of information may help identify the areas where new 
research will make the greatest contributions to preventing work-
related injuries, illnesses, and deaths:
     Number of workers at risk
     Seriousness of the hazard
     Probability that new information and approaches will make 
a difference
    Alternatively, comments may be e-mailed to [email protected] or 
mailed to: Docket NIOSH-047, Robert A. Taft Laboratories (C-34), 4676 
Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45226.
    The public may also view the complete NORA Docket at this location.

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    Contact for Additional Information: [email protected].
    The Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, has been 
delegated the authority to sign Federal Register Notices pertaining to 
announcements of meetings and other committee management activities, 
for both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Agency 
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

    Dated: June 17, 2005.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 05-12500 Filed 6-23-05; 8:45 am]
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