[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 122 (Friday, June 26, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 30591]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-15059]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


National Institute of Mental 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 Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC), part of which 
will be a joint meeting between the IACC and the National Vaccine 
Advisory Committee (NVAC).
    The meeting will be open to the public, with attendance limited to 
space availability; interested individuals are encouraged to register 
early to secure a space. The meeting will be accessible by videocast 
and conference call. Individuals who plan to attend and need special 
assistance, such as sign language interpretation or other reasonable 
accommodations, should inform the Contact Person listed below at least 
5 business days in advance of the meeting.

    Name of Committee: Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee 
(IACC).
    Date: July 15, 2009.
    Time: 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
    Agenda: In the morning, the IACC will host a joint meeting with 
the NVAC Vaccine Safety Working Group to discuss vaccine safety and 
autism; the afternoon will include discussion of analysis of the 
autism research portfolio and services-related activities. Public 
comment periods will be allotted in both the morning and afternoon 
sessions.
    Place: In Person: Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade 
Center, The Polaris Room (Overflow: The Horizon Room), 1300 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20004.
    Videocast and conference call information, as well as Web pre-
registration and the agenda will be available through the IACC Web 
site meetings and events page: http://iacc.hhs.gov/events/.
    Contact Person: Ms. Lina Perez, Office of Autism Research 
Coordination, Office of the Director, National Institute of Mental 
Health, NIH, 6001 Executive Boulevard, Bethesda, MD 20892-9669, 
(301) 443-6040, [email protected].
    Any member of the public interested in presenting oral comments 
to the Committee(s) must notify the Contact Person listed on this 
notice at least 10 days in advance of the meeting. Interested 
individuals and representatives of organizations must submit a 
letter of intent, a brief description of the organization 
represented, and a written/electronic copy of the oral presentation/
statement at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting. A printed/
electronic copy of the comment/statement provided by the deadline is 
required prior to the oral presentation; the document will become a 
part of the public record. Only one representative of an 
organization will be allowed to present oral comments and 
presentations will be limited to three to five minutes per speaker, 
depending on the number of speakers to be accommodated within the 
allotted time. Speakers will be assigned a time to speak in order of 
the date and time when their request to speak is received, along 
with the required written statement submitted at least 24 hours in 
advance of the meeting.
    In addition, any interested person may submit written comments 
to the IACC and/or the NVAC prior to the meeting by sending the 
statement to the Contact Person listed on this notice at least 24 
hours in advance of the meeting. The statement should include the 
name, address, telephone number and when applicable, the business or 
professional affiliation of the interested person. All written 
statements received by the deadline for both oral and written public 
comment will be provided to the IACC (and the NVAC, if appropriate) 
for their consideration.
    Information about the IACC and a registration link for this 
meeting are available on the IACC Web site: http://www.iacc.hhs.gov.

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Nos. 93.242, 
Mental Health Research Grants; 93.281, Scientist Development Award, 
Scientist Development Award for Clinicians, and Research Scientist 
Award; 93.282, Mental Health National Research Service Awards for 
Research Training, National Institutes of Health, HHS)

    Dated: June 18, 2009.
Jennifer Spaeth,
Director, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy.
[FR Doc. E9-15059 Filed 6-25-09; 8:45 am]
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