[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 203 (Thursday, October 22, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 54589]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-25307]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Request for Comment: National Center for Complementary and 
Alternative Medicine Announcement of Strategic Planning Background 
Papers

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine 
(NCCAM) is developing its third strategic plan and invites the public 
to provide comments on three background papers which will support the 
development of this plan. The papers will cover three topics: Mission, 
priority setting, and communications and decisionmaking. They will be 
publicly available through the NCCAM Web site at from on or about 
October 19 through November 19, 2009. The public is invited to provide 
comments through the NCCAM Web site.
    Background: The National Center for Complementary and Alternative 
Medicine (NCCAM) was established in 1998 with the mission of exploring 
complementary and alternative healing practices in the context of 
rigorous science, training CAM researchers, and disseminating 
authoritative information to the public and professionals.
    To date, NCCAM's efforts to rigorously study CAM, to train CAM 
researchers, and to communicate with the public and professionals, have 
been guided by NCCAM's previous strategic plans, located on the NCCAM 
Web site at http://nccam.nih.gov/about/plans.
    The public is invited to review the background papers and provide 
comments from October 15 through November 15, 2009. The papers may be 
viewed at http://nccam.nih.gov/.
    Request For Comments: The public is invited to provide comments on 
the three background papers that will support the development of 
NCCAM's third strategic plan. Comments may be provided through the 
NCCAM Web site at http://nccam.nih.gov.
    For Further Information: To request more information, visit the 
NCCAM Web site at http://nccam.nih.gov, call 1-888-644-6226, or e-mail 
<[email protected]
    Comments Due Date: Comments regarding the draft of NCCAM's 
strategic plan are best assured of having their full effect if received 
by November 19, 2009.

    Dated: October 13, 2009.
Jack Killen,
Deputy Director, National Center for Complementary and Alternative 
Medicine, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. E9-25307 Filed 10-21-09; 8:45 am]
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