[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 177 (Wednesday, September 14, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54387-54388]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-18257]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Notice of Secretary's Advisory Committee Meeting

AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, ACF, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of meeting; Advisory Committee on Head Start Research 
and Evaluation.

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SUMMARY: The 1998 Head Start Reauthorization (42 U.S.C. 9844(g); 
section 649(g)(1) of the Head Start Act, as amended) called on the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services to form an independent panel of 
experts (i.e., an Advisory Committee) to offer advice concerning 
research designs that would provide a national analysis of the

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impact of Head Start Programs. The September 28-29, 2005 meeting 
provides an opportunity for the Advisory Committee to provide advice on 
the analysis plans for the study following the June 2005 release on the 
first impact findings.

DATES: September 28 (9 a.m.-4 p.m.) and 29 (9 a.m.-12:30 p.m.), 2005.
    Place: Bethesda Park Clarion Hotel, 8400 Wisconsin Avenue, 
Bethesda, MD 20814; Phone: (301) 654-1000; Fax: (301) 654-0751.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This meeting is open to the public and is 
barrier free. Meeting records will also be open to the public and will 
be kept at the Aerospace Building, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW., 
Washington, DC 20447. The Administration for Children and Families also 
intends to make material related to this meeting available on the 
Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation Web site (http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/opre/index.html). An interpreter for the deaf 
and hearing impaired will be available upon advance request by calling 
Xtria at 703-821-6182.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maria Woolverton at 202-205-4039 for 
substantive information. Contact ACF Office of Public Affairs at 202-
401-9215 for press inquiries. Contact Xtria at 703-821-6182 for 
logistical information.

    Dated: September 7, 2005.
Naomi Goldstein,
Director, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, ACF.
[FR Doc. 05-18257 Filed 9-13-05; 8:45 am]
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