[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 204 (Wednesday, October 22, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63134-63135]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-25068]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


National Eye Institute Meeting

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the NIH Reform Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 281(d)(4)), 
notice is hereby given that the National Eye Institute will host a 
meeting to enable public discussion of the Institute's proposal to 
rename its Division of Extramural Research to the Division of 
Extramural Science and establish a new Division of Extramural 
Activities. The proposal seeks to clearly delineate functions and 
streamline the services provided by adding focus to scientific programs 
and extramural operations. This proposed change aligns NEI with the 
structure of other NIH Institutes and Centers.

DATES: The public hearing will be available to view on October 23, 
2014.

ADDRESSES: The public hearing will be recorded at the National Eye 
Institute, 31 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892. To comment or ask a 
question about the reorganization, please send an email to the 
following address: [email protected]. To view the 
webinar, which will be posted on YouTube on October 23, 2014, go to the 
following Web site: www.nei.nih.gov/DEROrgChange.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Aytaj Vily, National Eye Institute, 
NIH, MPAB, 31 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, at 
[email protected].
    Members of the public wishing to have their questions or comments 
addressed related to this presentation on the reorganization need to 
send them to the following email address: 
[email protected]. Individuals will be able to watch the 
presentation via a YouTube webinar. Please go to the following link to 
view the webinar: www.nei.nih.gov/DEROrgChange.
    Any interested person may file written comments by sending an email 
to the following email address: [email protected], by 
October 30, 2014. The statement should include the individual's name 
and, when applicable, professional affiliation. Responses will be sent 
by November 4, 2014.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The agenda of the public meeting will enable 
public discussion on the proposed reorganization plans for NEI. This 
meeting will be in the form of a webinar posted on YouTube on October 
23,

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2014. 508 Compliance Note: All training or informational video and 
multimedia productions made available to the public must be captioned 
(user selects the captioning to be turned on so that the words appear 
on the screen) for persons who are hard of hearing or deaf, and the 
audio described (spoken words) for persons who are blind or have low 
vision. The following email address has been established to receive 
questions and/or comments on the reorganization: 
[email protected]. It will remain available, through 
October 30, to the public for comments after the YouTube webinar has 
been aired. To watch the webinar on YouTube, go to: www.nei.nih.gov/DEROrgChange to view/access the presentation.

    Dated: October 1, 2014.
Vicki Buckley,
Acting Executive Officer, National Eye Institute, National Institutes 
of Health.
[FR Doc. 2014-25068 Filed 10-21-14; 8:45 am]
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