[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 14 (Friday, January 23, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 4202]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-1445]


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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 (HHS) announces the following advisory 
committee meeting.

    Name: National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS), 
Full Committee Meeting.
    Time and Date:
    February 25, 2009, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. February 26, 2009, 10 a.m.-4 
p.m.
    Place: Hubert Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue, SW., 
Room 505A, Washington, DC 20201.
    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, the HHS Data Council, the Center for Medicare and 
Medicaid Services, as well as update on the transition to the new 
administration. There will also be an ONC update on the NHIN 
Conference. In the afternoon there will be a speaker on de-
identification of health data from the Center for Democracy and 
Technology.
    On the morning of the second day there will be a briefing on 
international terminology and an update on Health Statistics for the 
21st Century. There will also be an update from NCHS Board of 
Scientific Counselors and an overview of emerging and innovative 
sources of health data.
    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 website (URL below) 
when available.
    For Further Information Contact: 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: January 12, 2009.
James Scanlon,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Science and Data Policy, Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. E9-1445 Filed 1-22-09; 8:45 am]
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