[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 222 (Monday, November 20, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55108-55109]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-24853]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


National Institute of General Medical Sciences Notice of 
Organizational Change

AGENCY: National Institutes of Health, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) of 
the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is seeking public comment 
regarding its proposal to reorganize and to rename its Center for 
Research Capacity Building to the Division for Research Capacity 
Building, and transfer the Office of Emergency Care Research to the 
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.

DATES: Any interested person may file written comments by sending an 
email to [email protected] by December 4, 2017. The statement 
should include the individual's name, and when applicable, professional 
affiliation.

ADDRESSES: The following email address has been established for 
comments on the reorganization: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephanie Older, Chief, Office of 
Communications and Public Liaison, NIGMS, [email protected], 
301-496-7301.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Institute of General Medical 
Sciences (NIGMS) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is seeking 
public comment regarding its proposal to reorganize four of its 
scientific divisions into three: (1) Biophysics, Biomedical Technology 
and Computational Biosciences; (2) Genetics and Molecular, Cellular and 
Developmental Biology; and (3) Pharmacology, Physiology, and Biological 
Chemistry. Pursuant to section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App.), NIGMS will launch public Web site 
information at https://nigms.nih.gov to encourage further public 
discussion of the proposal to reorganize. NIGMS will also provide 
information via its blog, https://loop.nigms.nih.gov/.


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    Dated: November 9, 2017
Sally Lee,
Associate Director for Management, National Institute of General 
Medical Sciences, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 2017-24853 Filed 11-17-17; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4140-01-P