[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 164 (Friday, August 23, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52552-52553]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-20561]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health; Notice of 
Meeting

    Pursuant to section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 
amended (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is hereby given of a meeting of the 
Scientific Management Review Board.
    The NIH Reform Act of 2006 (Pub. L. 109-482) provides 
organizational authorities to HHS and NIH officials to: (1) Establish 
or abolish national research institutes; (2) reorganize the offices 
within the Office of the Director, NIH including adding, removing, or 
transferring the functions of such offices or establishing or 
terminating such offices; and (3) reorganize, divisions, centers, or 
other administrative units within an NIH national research institute or 
national center including adding, removing, or transferring the 
functions of such units, or establishing or terminating such units. The 
purpose of the Scientific Management Review Board (also referred to as 
SMRB or Board) is to advise appropriate HHS and NIH officials on the 
use of these organizational authorities and identify the reasons 
underlying the recommendations.
    The meeting will be open to the public through teleconference at 
the number listed below.

    Name of Committee: Scientific Management Review Board.
    Date: September 18, 2013.
    Time: 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
    Agenda: This meeting will focus on the deliberations and 
preliminary findings of the SMRB's Value of Biomedical Research 
Working Group. Further information regarding this meeting, including 
the agenda, will be available at http://smrb.od.nih.gov. Time will 
be allotted on the agenda for public comment. To sign up for public 
comment, please submit your name and affiliation to the Contact 
Person listed below by September 17, 2013. Sign up will be 
restricted to one sign up per email. In the event that time does not 
allow for all those interested to present oral comments, anyone may 
file written comments with the committee through the Contact Person 
listed below. The statement should include the name, address, 
telephone number, and when applicable, the business or professional 
affiliation of the interested person.

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    The toll-free number to participate in the teleconference is 
800-369-1872. Indicate to the conference operator that your 
Participant pass code is ``SMRB.'' The draft meeting agenda, meeting 
materials, and other information about the SMRB, will be available 
at http://smrb.od.nih.gov.
    Place: National Institutes of Health, Office of the Director, 
NIH, Office of Science Policy, 6705 Rockledge Drive, Suite 750, 
Bethesda, MD 20892, (Telephone Conference Call).
    Contact Person: Juanita Marner, Office of Science Policy, Office 
of the Director, NIH, National Institutes of Health, 6705 Rockledge 
Drive, Suite 750, Bethesda, MD 20892, [email protected], (301) 435-
1770.

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Nos. 93.14, 
Intramural Research Training Award; 93.22, Clinical Research Loan 
Repayment Program for Individuals from Disadvantaged Backgrounds; 
93.232, Loan Repayment Program for Research Generally; 93.39, 
Academic Research Enhancement Award; 93.936, NIH Acquired 
Immunodeficiency Syndrome Research Loan Repayment Program; 93.187, 
Undergraduate Scholarship Program for Individuals from Disadvantaged 
Backgrounds, National Institutes of Health, HHS)

    Dated: August 19, 2013.
Melanie J. Gray,
 Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy.
[FR Doc. 2013-20561 Filed 8-22-13; 8:45 am]
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