[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 16 (Tuesday, January 26, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4300-4301]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-01354]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency For Healthcare Research And Quality


Notice of Meetings

AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), HHS.

ACTION: Notice of Five AHRQ Subcommittee Meetings.

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SUMMARY: The subcommittees listed below are part of AHRQ's Health 
Services Research Initial Review Group Committee. Grant applications 
are to be reviewed and discussed at these meetings. Each subcommittee 
meeting will commence in open session before closing to the public for 
the duration of the meeting. These meetings will be closed to the 
public in accordance with 5 U.S.C. App. 2 section 10(d), 5 U.S.C. 
552b(c)(4), and 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6).

DATES: See below for dates of meetings:

1. Healthcare Safety and Quality Improvement Research (HSQR)

    Date: February 10-11, 2016 (Open from 8:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. on 
February 10th and closed for remainder of the meeting).

2. Health System and Value Research (HSVR)

    Date: February 17-18, 2016 (Open from 8:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. on 
February 17th and closed for remainder of the meeting).

3. Healthcare Effectiveness and Outcomes Research (HEOR)

    Date: February 24-25, 2016 (Open from 8:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. on 
February 24th and closed for remainder of the meeting).

4. Health Care Research and Training (HCRT)

    Date: February 25-26, 2016 (Open from 8:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. on 
February 25th and closed for remainder of the meeting).

5. Healthcare Information Technology Research (HITR)

    Date: February 25-26, 2016 (Open from 9:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. on 
February 25th and closed for remainder of the meeting).

ADDRESSES: Bethesda Marriott, 5151 Pooks Hill Road, Bethesda, Maryland 
20814.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: (To obtain a roster of members, agenda 
or minutes of the non-confidential portions of the meetings.)

Mrs. Bonnie Campbell, Committee Management Officer, Office of 
Extramural Research Education and Priority Populations, AHRQ, 540 
Gaither Road, Suite 2000, Rockville, Maryland 20850, Telephone (301) 
427-1554.


SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with section 10 (a)(2) of the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2), AHRQ announces 
meetings of the scientific peer review groups listed above, which are 
subcommittees of AHRQ's Health Services Research Initial Review Group 
Committees. Each subcommittee

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meeting will commence in open session before closing to the public for 
the duration of the meeting. The subcommittee meetings will be closed 
to the public in accordance with the provisions set forth in 5 U.S.C. 
App. 2 section 10(d), 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4), and 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6) The 
grant applications and the discussions could disclose confidential 
trade secrets or commercial property such as patentable material, and 
personal information concerning individuals associated with the grant 
applications, the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly 
unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.
    Agenda items for these meetings are subject to change as priorities 
dictate.

Sharon B. Arnold,
AHRQ Deputy Director.
[FR Doc. 2016-01354 Filed 1-25-16; 8:45 am]
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