[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 211 (Thursday, October 30, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 64617]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-25884]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics: Meeting

    Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Department of 
Health and Human Services (DHHS) announces the following advisory 
committee meeting.

    Name: National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS), 
Full Committee Meeting.
    Time and Date: November 18, 2008 9 a.m.-3 p.m. November 19, 2008 
10 a.m.-12 p.m.
    Place: Radisson Hotel Reagan National Airport, 2020 Jefferson 
Davis Hwy., Arlington, VA 22202.
    Status: Open.
    Purpose: At this meeting the Committee will hear presentations 
and hold discussions on several health data policy topics. On the 
morning of the first day the Committee will hear updates from the 
Department from the HHS Data Council, the Centers for Medicare and 
Medicaid Services, and the NCVHS Executive Subcommittee. In the 
afternoon there will be a speaker on Clinical and Translational 
Science Awards (CTSA) from the National Institutes of Health and an 
update from the Office of the National Coordinator regarding the 
American Health Information Community (AHIC) advisory body.
    On the morning of the second day the Committee will discuss 
subcommittee work. There will also be an update from NCHS Board of 
Scientific Counselors. In addition, there will be a discussion of 
the NCVHS 60th Anniversary celebration and 21st Century Health 
Statistics update.
    The times shown above are for the full Committee meeting. 
Subcommittee breakout sessions can be scheduled for late in the 
afternoon of the first day and second day and in the morning prior 
to the full Committee meeting on the second day. Agendas for these 
breakout sessions will be posted on the NCVHS Web site (URL below) 
when available.
    Contact Person for More Information: Substantive program 
information as well as summaries of meetings and a roster of 
committee members may be obtained from Marjorie S. Greenberg, 
Executive Secretary, NCVHS, National Center for Health Statistics, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 3311 Toledo Road, Room 
2402, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, telephone (301) 458-4245. 
Information also is available on the NCVHS home page of the HHS Web 
site: http://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov/, where further information including 
an agenda will be posted when available.
    Should you require reasonable accommodation, please contact the 
CDC Office of Equal Employment Opportunity on (301) 458-4EEO (4336) 
as soon as possible.

    Dated: October 20, 2008.
James Scanlon,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Science and Data Policy,Office of the 
Assistant Secretary, for Planning and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. E8-25884 Filed 10-29-08; 8:45 am]
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