[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 225 (Tuesday, November 23, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 71444]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-29518]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Renewal of Charter for the Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and 
Availability

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, Office of the 
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: As stipulated by the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 
amended (5 U.S.C. App), the U.S. Department of Health and Human 
Services is hereby announcing renewal of the charter for the Advisory 
Committee on Blood Safety and Availability (ACBSA).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerry Holmberg, PhD; Senior Advisor 
for Blood Policy and Executive Secretary, Advisory Committee on Blood 
Safety and Availability; Department of Health and Human Services; 1101 
Wootton Parkway; Tower Building, Suite 250; Rockville, MD 20852; 
Telephone: (240) 453-8803; Fax: (240) 453-8456; E-mail address: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ACBSA was established in 1996. The Committee 
provides advice and guidance to the Secretary, through the Assistant 
Secretary for Health, on a range of blood safety issues that encompass 
broad public health and societal implications that cannot be resolved 
through analysis of scientific data alone. The range of issues on which 
the Committee is tasked to provide advice and guidance includes, but is 
not limited to: (1) Definition of public health parameters around 
safety and availability of the blood and blood products; (2) broad 
public health, ethical, and legal issues related to transfusion and 
transplantation safety; and (3) implications for safety and 
availability of various economic factors affecting product cost and 
supply.
    Since the ACBSA was established, renewal of the Committee charter 
has been carried out at the appropriate intervals as stipulated by 
FACA. The previous Committee charter was scheduled to expire on October 
9, 2010. On October 8, 2010, the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
approved for the Committee charter to be renewed. The new charter was 
effected and filed with the appropriate Congressional offices and 
Library of Congress on October 9, 2010. Renewal of the ACBSA charter 
provides authorization for the Committee to operate until October 9, 
2012.
    A copy of the Committee charter is available on the ACBSA Web site 
at http://www.hhs.gov/ash/bloodsafety/. 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: November 17, 2010.
Jerry A. Holmberg,
Senior Advisor for Blood Policy, Executive Secretary, Advisory 
Committee on Blood Safety and Availability.
[FR Doc. 2010-29518 Filed 11-22-10; 8:45 am]
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