[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 140 (Thursday, July 23, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 36494]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-17524]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Board of Scientific Counselors, National Center for Public Health 
Informatics (BSC, NCPHI)

    In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC) announces the following meeting of the aforementioned 
committee:

    Time and Date: 1 p.m.-5 p.m., August 7, 2009 (Closed).
    Place: Teleconference.
    Status: The meeting will be closed to the public in accordance 
with provisions set forth in Section 552b(c)(4) and (6), Title 5 
U.S.C., and the Determination of the Director, Management Analysis 
and Services Office, CDC, pursuant to Public Law 92-463.
    Purpose: The committee shall advise the Secretary, HHS, and the 
Director, CDC, concerning strategies and goals for the programs and 
research within the national centers; shall conduct peer-review of 
scientific programs; and monitor the overall strategic direction and 
focus of the national centers. The board, after conducting its 
periodic reviews, shall submit a written description of the results 
of the review and its recommendations to the Director, CDC. The 
board shall perform second-level peer review of applications for 
grants-in-aid for research and research training activities, 
cooperative agreements, and research contract proposals relating to 
the broad areas within the national center.
    Matters To Be Discussed: The board will perform a secondary 
review of previously rated grant applications received by NCPHI 
based on RFA-HK-09-001; Centers of Excellence in Public Health 
Informatics (P01) and reviewed by an expert panel convened by NCPHI 
on July 22--24, 2009.
    Contact Person for More Information: Dr. Scott McNabb, National 
Center for Public Health Informatics, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., 
(E-78), Atlanta, Georgia 30333, Telephone (404) 498-6427, Fax (404) 
498-6235.
    The Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, has been 
delegated the authority to sign Federal Register notices pertaining 
to announcements of meetings and other committee management 
activities for both the CDC and the Agency for Toxic Substance and 
Disease Registry.

    Dated: July 17, 2009.
Elaine L. Baker,
Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention.
[FR Doc. E9-17524 Filed 7-22-09; 8:45 am]
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