[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 97 (Monday, May 19, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28827-28828]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-11067]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Solicitation for Public Comments

AGENCY: Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the 
Secretary, Office of Public Health and Science.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is hereby 
giving notice that the National Vaccine Program Office (NVPO) is 
seeking comments on a draft document that has been prepared for 
presentation to the National Vaccine Advisory Committee (NVAC).

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NVPO is organizationally located within the 
Office of Public Health and Science within the Office of the Secretary 
of the Department of Health and Human Services. NVPO has responsibility 
for coordinating and ensuring collaboration among the many Federal 
agencies involved in vaccine and immunization activities.
    NVAC is a statutory Federal advisory committee. Establishment of 
the Committee was authorized under Section 2105 of the Public Health 
Service Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. Section 300aa-5). NVAC provides 
advice and makes recommendations to the Director of the National 
Vaccine Program on matters related to the Program. The Assistant 
Secretary for Health serves as Director of the National Vaccine 
Program. Management support for the Committee's activities is provided 
by the NVPO.
    The NVAC charter stipulates that the Committee can utilize 
subcommittees and working groups to provide assistance in carrying out 
its function. NVAC has established four working groups for this 
purpose.
    The Adolescent Immunization Working Group was established and has 
been charged to develop a series of recommendations for the 
programmatic and financial implementation of adolescent immunization 
recommendations. To comply with its charge, this Working Group has 
developed draft recommendations for adolescent immunization that are to 
be presented to NVAC for discussion in an open public session. To 
enhance public involvement in development of the recommendations, an 
opportunity is being given for the public to provide comment. The draft 
document can be viewed and downloaded from the NVAC Web site at http://www.hhs.gov/nvpo/nvac/index.html. Consideration will be given to the 
comments received for changes to be made to the draft recommendations. 
The draft recommendations will be presented to NVAC for discussion in 
an open public session.
    All comments on the draft recommendations should be received no 
later than 5 p.m. on May 29, 2008. Comments should be sent to Shannon 
Stokley, MPH; Health Services Research and Evaluation Branch, 
Immunization Services Division; Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention. Comments should be sent by e-mail to [email protected] or 
fax at (404) 639-8614.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shannon Stokley, MPH; Health Services 
Research and Evaluation Branch, Immunization Services Division; 
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases; Centers for 
Disease Control; (404) 639-8734.

    Dated: May 12, 2008.
Bruce Gellin,
Director, National Vaccine Program Office.
 [FR Doc. E8-11067 Filed 5-16-08; 8:45 am]
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