[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 206 (Wednesday, October 25, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 62477]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-8882]


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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: November 3, 2006.
    Time: 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
    Agenda: Among the topics proposed for discussion are: (1) NIH 
Director's update: (2) Discussion on the Role of the Public in the 
Research Process; (3) Genome-Wide Association Studies Briefing; (4) 
NIH Foundation Activities Report; (5) Update on Biomarkers of 
Disease; (6) NIH Communications Update; and (6) discussion and 
public comment.
    Place: National Institutes of Health, Building 31, Conference 
Room 6, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892.
    Contact Person: Jennifer E. Gorman, NIH Public Liaison/COPR 
Coordinator, Office of Communications and Public Liaison, Office of 
the Director, National Institutes of Health, 9000 Rockville Pike, 
Building 31, Room 5B64, Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 435-4448, 
[email protected].
    This notice is being published less than 15 days prior to the 
meeting due to the timing limitations imposed by the review and 
funding cycle.
    Any interested person may file written comments with the 
committee by forwarding the 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 onto the NIH campus. All visitor vehicles, 
including taxicabs, hotel and airport shuffles will be inspected 
before being allowed on campus. Visitors will be asked to show one 
form of identification (for example, a government-issued photo ID, 
driver's license, or passport) and to state he purpose of their 
visit. 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: October 17, 2005.
Anna Snouffer,
Acting Director, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy.
[FR Doc. 06-8882 Filed 10-24-06; 8:45 am]
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