[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 36 (Friday, February 22, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 9854]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-3314]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration


Announcing the Seventeenth Public Meeting of the Crash Injury 
Research and Engineering Network (CIREN)

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT.

ACTION: Meeting announcement.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the Seventeenth Public Meeting of 
members of the Crash Injury Research and Engineering Network. CIREN is 
a collaborative effort to conduct research on crashes and injuries at 
eight Level 1 Trauma Centers across the United States linked by a 
computer network. Researchers can review data and share expertise, 
which may lead to a better understanding of crash injury mechanisms and 
the design of safer vehicles. Seven presentations on current research 
based on CIREN cases will be presented. The agenda will be posted to 
the CIREN Web site that can be accessed by going to the NHTSA homepage 
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/, click on Vehicle Safety Research on the 
right side of the top toolbar, then click on Crash Injury Research and 
Engineering Network (CIREN) in the box on the left. The agenda will be 
posted two weeks prior to the meeting.

DATES: Date and Time: The meeting is scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. 
on Tuesday, March 25, 2008.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at: United States Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Oklahoma Conference Rooms 
A, B, C, Washington, DC 20590.
    To Register for this Event: If you do not have a Federal Government 
identification card, it is suggested that you notify us in advance in 
order to put your name on the security list. This will expedite your 
admission to the building. You may still attend the public hearing but 
there could be a delay in granting you access. Please e-mail your name, 
affiliation, phone number and e-mail address to [email protected] by 
Thursday, March 20, 2008, in order to get on the pre-registration list.
    For General Information: Mark Scarboro (202) 366-5078, Cathy 
McCullough (202) 366-4734 or Rodney Rudd (202) 366-5932.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CIREN cases may be viewed from the NHTSA/
CIREN Web site at the address provided above. NHTSA has held three 
Annual Conferences where CIREN research results were presented. Further 
information about the three previous CIREN conferences is also 
available through the NHTSA Web site. NHTSA has held CIREN public 
meetings on a regular basis since 2000. Presentations from these 
meetings are available through the NHTSA Web site. NHTSA plans to 
continue holding CIREN meetings on a regular basis to disseminate CIREN 
information to interested parties. This is the Seventeenth such 
meeting. The CIREN Centers will be presenting papers on pediatric 
injuries; obesity and pelvic fractures; elderly and thoracic injuries; 
a comparison of CIREN crashes to crash tests; identifying changing 
injury patterns; evaluation and outcome of spinal cord injuries; and a 
new methodology of identifying frontal offset crashes.
    Should it be necessary to cancel the meeting due to inclement 
weather or to any other emergencies, a decision to cancel will be made 
as soon as possible and posted immediately on CIREN's Web site as 
indicated above. If you do not have access to the Web site, you may 
call or e-mail the contacts listed in this announcement and leave your 
telephone number or e-mail address. You will be contacted only if the 
meeting is postponed or canceled.

    Issued on: February 15, 2008.
Joseph N. Kanianthra,
Associate Administrator for Vehicle Safety Research.
 [FR Doc. E8-3314 Filed 2-21-08; 8:45 am]
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