[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 50 (Friday, March 14, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 14514]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-05443]


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GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE


Methodology Committee of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research 
Institute (PCORI)

AGENCY: Government Accountability Office (GAO).

ACTION: Call for nominations.

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SUMMARY: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act gave the 
Comptroller General of the United States responsibility for appointing 
not more than 15 members to a Methodology Committee of the Patient-
Centered Outcomes Research Institute. In addition, the Directors of the 
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the National Institutes 
of Health, or their designees, are members of the Methodology 
Committee. Methodology Committee members must meet the qualifications 
listed in Section 6301 of the Act. Due to vacancies on the Committee, I 
am announcing the following: Letters of nomination and resumes should 
be submitted by April 11, 2014 to ensure adequate opportunity for 
review and consideration of nominees prior to appointment. Letters of 
nomination and resumes can be forwarded to either the email or mailing 
address listed below.

ADDRESSES:
    Email: [email protected].
    Mail: U.S. GAO, Attn: PCORI Methodology Committee Appointments, 441 
G Street NW., Washington, DC 20548

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: GAO: Office of Public Affairs, (202) 
512-4800.

[Sec. 6301, Pub. L. 111-148]

Gene L. Dodaro,
Comptroller General of the United States.
[FR Doc. 2014-05443 Filed 3-13-14; 8:45 am]
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