[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 237 (Friday, December 9, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 89113-89114]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-29499]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Council on Graduate Medical Education

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department 
of Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice of charter renewal.

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SUMMARY: HHS is hereby giving notice that the Council on Graduate 
Medical Education (COGME) has been renewed. The effective date of the 
renewed charter is September 30, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Dr. Kennita Carter, Senior Advisor 
and Designated Federal Official, Division of Medicine and Dentistry, 
HRSA, HHS, 15M116, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. Phone: (301) 
945-3505; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  COGME is authorized by section 762 (42 
U.S.C. 294o) of the Public Health Service Act,

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as amended. Except where otherwise indicated, COGME is governed by 
provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2), as 
amended, which sets forth standards for the formation and use of 
advisory committees. In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act (FACA), COGME was initially chartered on September 30, 1996, and 
has been renewed at appropriate intervals.
    COGME provides advice to the Secretary of HHS (Secretary) on a 
range of issues including: The supply and distribution of physicians in 
the United States; current and future physician shortages or excesses; 
issues relating to foreign medical school graduates; Federal policies 
related to the previously listed topics, including policies concerning 
changes in the financing of medical education training; and the 
development of performance measures and longitudinal evaluation of 
medical education programs. COGME's reports are submitted to the 
Secretary and Chairmen and Ranking Members of the Senate Committee on 
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and the House of Representatives 
Committee on Energy and Commerce.
    Renewal of the COGME charter authorizes the Committee to operate 
until September 30, 2018.
    A copy of the COGME charter is available on the COGME Web site at 
http://www.hrsa.gov/advisorycommittees/bhpradvisory/cogme/index.html. A 
copy of the charter also can be obtained by accessing the FACA database 
that is maintained by the Committee Management Secretariat under the 
General Services Administration. The Web site address for the FACA 
database is http://www.facadatabase.gov/.

Jason E. Bennett,
Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2016-29499 Filed 12-8-16; 8:45 am]
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