[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 21 (Friday, January 31, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 5413]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-02070]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics: Meeting Full 
Committee

    Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS) announces the following advisory 
committee meeting.

    Name: National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS), 
Full Committee Meeting.
    Time and Date: February 20, 2014 9:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m. EDT. 
February 21, 2014 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. EDT.
    Place: Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue SW., 
Room 705A, Washington, DC 20201. Public attendees should call (202) 
690-7100 for admission to the meeting room on the day of the 
meeting.
    Status: Open.
    Purpose: The purpose of this meeting is to review NCVHS Status 
of Activities, to strategically plan for 2014 objectives and 
deliverables, and review and approve three action items: (1) The 
Committee's HIPAA Report to Congress; (2) a recommendation letter on 
population health data standards; and, (3) a recommendation letter 
on capacity submitted by the Working Group on Data Access and Use. 
The Committee will also be briefed on a presentation given to the 
HHS Data Council on the Committee's strategic plans to Support 
Communities as Learning Health Systems. The Working Group on HHS 
Data Access and Use will continue strategic discussions on community 
data issues.
    The times shown above are for the full Committee meeting. 
Subcommittee issues will be included as part of the Full Committee 
schedule and identified as ``blocks'' on the afternoon of the first 
day and morning the second day. Agendas for these block sessions 
will be developed later and posted on the NCVHS Web site (URL below) 
when available.
    Contact Person For More Information: Substantive program 
information may be obtained from Debbie M. Jackson, Acting Executive 
Secretary, NCVHS, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention, 2339 Toledo Road, Room 2402, 
Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, telephone (301) 458-4614 or 
Kamahanahokulani Farrar, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 
Office of E-Health Standards and Services, 7500 Security Boulevard, 
Baltimore, Maryland, 21244, telephone (410) 786-6711. Summaries of 
meetings and a roster of committee members are available on the 
NCVHS home page of the HHS Web site: http://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov/, 
where further information including an agenda will be posted when 
available.
    Should you require reasonable accommodation, please contact the 
CDC Office of Equal Employment Opportunity on (301) 458-4EEO (4336) 
as soon as possible.

    Dated: January 24, 2014.
James Scanlon,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (Science and 
Data Policy), Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and 
Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 2014-02070 Filed 1-30-14; 8:45 am]
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