[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 64 (Monday, April 4, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18552-18553]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-7881]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary


Seeking Public Comment on Two Draft Chapters of the National 
Health Security Strategy Biennial Implementation Plan

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

ACTION: Notice.

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    Authority: Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. 300hh-1.

SUMMARY: To help the Nation achieve national health security and to 
implement the first quadrennial National Health Security Strategy 
(NHSS) of the United States of America (2009) and build upon the NHSS 
Interim Implementation Guide for the National Health Security Strategy 
of the United States of America (2009) the U.S. Government has drafted 
a NHSS Biennial Implementation Plan (BIP). This document is intended to 
describe the priority activities to occur during fiscal years 2011 and 
2012 of implementation so that all sectors and segments of the Nation 
are working collectively and leveraging resources to achieve the same 
outcomes. The activities include responsible entities. The target 
audience for the BIP is the Nation (individuals, families, communities 
including all sectors and governments, states and the Federal 
Government).
    Two chapters (and respective appendices) of the draft BIP document 
which address (1) Strategic Objective 4, Foster Integrated, Scalable 
Health Care Delivery Systems; and (2) Strategic Objective 6, Promote 
and Effective Countermeasures Enterprise are submitted for public 
consideration and comment for a period of 14 calendar days at http://www.phe.gov/nhss. These chapters are the final two to be provided for 
public consideration and comment;

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others were available in July 2010. The Office of the Assistant 
Secretary of Preparedness and Response (ASPR) within the Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS) is submitting this document for public 
consideration as the lead agency in a broad interagency process to 
draft the implementation plan.

DATES: The public is encouraged to submit written comments on this 
proposed document. Comments may be submitted to HHS/ASPR in electronic 
form at the HHS/ASPR e-mail address and URL shown below. All comments 
should be submitted by April 18, 2011. All written comments received in 
response to this notice will be available for review by request. This 
document is available in hard-copy for all those that request it from 
the federal point of contact.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa Kaplowitz, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary, Office of Policy and Planning, Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Preparedness and Response, U.S. Department of Health and 
Human Services, 200 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20201; 
phone: 202-205-2882; http://www.phe.gov/nhss; e-mail address: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    The National Health Security Strategy (2009) can be found at: 
http://www.phe.gov/Preparedness/planning/authority/nhss/Pages/default.aspx.

    Dated: March 28, 2011.
Nicole Lurie,
Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response.
[FR Doc. 2011-7881 Filed 4-1-11; 8:45 am]
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