[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 219 (Monday, November 14, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70455-70456]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-29356]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


HIT Standards Committee Advisory Meeting; Notice of Meeting

AGENCY: Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information 
Technology, HHS

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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    This notice announces a forthcoming meeting of a public advisory 
committee of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health 
Information Technology (ONC). The meeting will be open to the public.
    Name of Committee: HIT Standards Committee.
    General Function of the Committee: to provide recommendations to 
the National Coordinator on standards, implementation specifications, 
and certification criteria for the electronic exchange and use of 
health information for purposes of adoption, consistent with the 
implementation of the Federal Health IT Strategic Plan, and in 
accordance with policies developed by the HIT Policy Committee.
    Date and Time: The meeting will be held on December 14, 2011, from 
9 a.m. to 1 p.m./Eastern Time.
    Location: Washington Marriott Hotel, 1221 22nd Street NW., 
Washington, DC. For up-to-date information, go to the ONC Web site, 
http://healthit.hhs.gov.
    Contact Person: Mary Jo Deering, Office of the National 
Coordinator, HHS, 330 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20201, (202) 260-
1944, Fax: (202) 690-6079, Email: [email protected]. Please call 
the contact person for up-to-date information on this meeting. A notice 
in the Federal Register about last minute modifications that impact a 
previously announced advisory committee meeting cannot always be 
published quickly enough to provide timely notice.
    Agenda: The committee will hear reports from its workgroups, 
including the Implementation Workgroup, and from ONC and other federal 
agencies. ONC intends to make background material available to the 
public no later than two (2) business days prior to the meeting. If ONC 
is unable to post the background material on its Web site prior to the 
meeting, it will be made publicly available at the location of the 
advisory committee meeting, and the background material will be posted 
on ONC's Web site after the meeting, at http://healthit.hhs.gov.
    Procedure: Interested persons may present data, information, or 
views, orally or in writing, on issues pending before the workgroups. 
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submissions may be made to the contact person on or before two days 
prior to the workgroup's meeting date. Oral comments from the public 
will be scheduled at the conclusion of each workgroup meeting. Time 
allotted for each presentation will be limited to three minutes. If the 
number of speakers requesting to comment is greater than can be 
reasonably accommodated during the scheduled open public session, ONC 
will take written comments after the meeting until close of business on 
that day.
    Persons attending ONC's advisory committee meetings are advised 
that the agency is not responsible for providing access to electrical 
outlets.
    ONC welcomes the attendance of the public at its advisory committee 
meetings. Seating is limited at the location, and ONC will make every 
effort to accommodate persons with physical disabilities or special 
needs. If you require special accommodations due to a disability, 
please contact Mary Jo Deering at least seven (7) days in advance of 
the meeting.
    ONC is committed to the orderly conduct of its advisory committee 
meetings. Please visit our Web site at http://healthit.hhs.gov for 
procedures on public conduct during advisory committee meetings.
    Notice of this meeting is given under the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 5 U.S.C., App. 2).

    Dated: November 7, 2011.
Mary Jo Deering,
Office of Policy and Planning, Office of the National Coordinator for 
Health Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2011-29356 Filed 11-10-11; 8:45 am]
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