[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 188 (Wednesday, September 30, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50213-50214]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-23539]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Renewal of Charter for the Secretary's Advisory Committee on 
National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives for 2020

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: As stipulated by the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 
amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), the U.S. Department of Health and Human 
Services is hereby announcing that the charter for the Secretary's 
Advisory Committee on National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention 
Objectives for 2020 (Healthy People 2020 Advisory Committee; HPAC) has 
been renewed.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Emmeline Ochiai, Executive Secretary, 
Secretary's Advisory Committee on National Health Promotion and Disease 
Prevention Objectives for 2020, Department of Health and Human 
Services, Office of Public Health and Science, Office of Disease 
Prevention and Health Promotion, 1101 Wootton Parkway, Room LL-100, 
Rockville, MD 20852; Telephone: (240) 453-8259; Fax (240) 453-8281. 
Additional information is available on the Internet at http://www.healthypeople.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Every ten years, through the Healthy People 
initiative, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) 
leverages scientific insights and lessons from the past decade, along 
with the new knowledge of current data, trends, and innovations to 
develop the next iteration of the national health promotion and disease 
prevention objectives. Healthy People provides science-based, ten-year 
national objectives for promoting health and preventing disease. Since 
1980, Healthy People has set and monitored national health objectives 
to meet a broad range of health needs, encourage collaborations across 
sectors, guide individuals toward making informed health decisions, and 
measure the impact of our prevention and health promotion activities. 
Healthy People 2020 will reflect assessment of major risks to health 
and wellness, changing public health priorities, and emerging 
technologies related to our nation's health preparedness and 
prevention.
    The Committee will continue to provide advice and consultation to 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services for developing and 
implementing the next iteration of the national health promotion and 
disease prevention goals and objectives and provide recommendations for 
initiatives to occur during the implementation phase of the goals and 
objectives. HHS will use the recommendations to form the development of 
the national health promotion and disease prevention objectives for 
2020 and the process for implementing the objectives. The intent is to 
develop and launch objectives designed to improve the health status and 
reduce health risks for Americans by the year 2020. Renewal of the HPAC 
charter provides authorization for the Committee to operate until 
September 4,

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2011. A copy of the Committee charter can be obtained by contacting the 
Committee's Executive Secretary. A copy of the Committee charter also 
can be obtained by accessing the FACA database that is maintained by 
the Committee Management Secretariat under the General Services 
Administration. The Web site address for the FACA database is http://fido.gov/facadatabase.

    Dated: September 23, 2009.
Penelope Slade-Sawyer,
RADM, USPHS, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health (Disease Prevention 
and Health Promotion), Office of Disease Prevention and Health 
Promotion.
[FR Doc. E9-23539 Filed 9-29-09; 8:45 am]
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