[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 51 (Thursday, March 15, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11543-11544]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-05278]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Solicitation of Nominations for Appointment to the Presidential
Advisory Council on Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, Office of the
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is
soliciting nominations of individuals who are interested in being
considered a voting member for appointment to the Presidential Advisory
Council on Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria (Advisory Council).
Nominations from qualified individuals who wish to be considered for
appointment to this member category of the Advisory Council are
currently being accepted.
DATES: Nominations must be received no later than 5:00 p.m. ET on April
30, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Information on how to submit a nomination is on the Advisory
Council website, http://www.hhs.gov/ash/carb/.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jomana Musmar, MS, Ph.D., Acting
Designated Federal Officer, Presidential Advisory Council on Combating
Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria, Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Room 715H, Hubert
H. Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20201.
Phone: (202) 690-5566; email: [email protected]. The Advisory Council
charter may be accessed online at http://www.hhs.gov/ash/carb/. The
charter includes detailed information about the Advisory Council's
purpose, function, and structure.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under Executive Order 13676, dated September
18, 2014, authority was given to the Secretary of HHS to establish the
Advisory Council, in consultation with the Secretaries of Defense and
Agriculture. Activities of the Advisory Council are governed by the
provisions of Public Law 92-463, as amended (5 U.S.C. App.), which sets
forth standards for the formation and use of federal advisory
committees. The Advisory Council will provide advice, information, and
recommendations to the Secretary of HHS regarding programs and policies
intended to: preserve the effectiveness of antibiotics by optimizing
their use; advance research to develop improved methods for combating
antibiotic resistance and conducting antibiotic stewardship; strengthen
surveillance of antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections; prevent the
transmission of antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections; advance the
development of rapid point-of-care and agricultural diagnostics;
further research on new treatments for bacterial infections; develop
alternatives to antibiotics for agricultural purposes; maximize the
dissemination of up-to-date information on the appropriate and proper
use of antibiotics to the general public and human and animal
healthcare providers; and improve international coordination of efforts
to combat antibiotic resistance.
The Advisory Council is authorized to consist of not more than 30
members, including the voting and non-voting members and the Chair and
Vice Chair. The current composition of the Advisory Council consists of
15 voting members, including the Chair and Vice Chair, five non-voting
liaison representative members, and 10 non-voting ex-officio members.
This announcement is to solicit nominations to fill seven positions
that are scheduled to be vacated during the 2018 calendar year in the
voting member category. Voting members are appointed to serve three or
four year terms.
The seven public voting members sought for this solicitation will
be selected from individuals who are engaged in: Research on, or
implementation of, interventions regarding efforts to preserve the
effectiveness of antibiotics by optimizing their use; advancing
research to develop improved methods for combating antibiotic
resistance and conducting antibiotic stewardship; strengthening
surveillance of antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections; preventing
the transmission of antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections;
advancing the development of rapid point-of-care and agricultural
diagnostics; furthering research on new treatments for bacterial
infections; developing alternatives to antibiotics for agricultural
purposes; maximizing the dissemination of up-to-date information on the
appropriate and proper use of antibiotics to the general public and
human and animal health care providers; and improving international
coordination of efforts to combat antibiotic resistance.
The public voting members will represent balanced points of view
from human biomedical, public health, and agricultural fields to
include surveillance of antibiotic-resistant infections, prevention
and/or interruption of the spread of antibiotic-resistant threats, or
development of rapid diagnostics and novel treatments. The public
voting members may be physicians, veterinarians, epidemiologists,
microbiologists, or other health care professionals (e.g., nurses,
pharmacists, others); individuals who have expertise and experience as
consumer or patient advocates concerned with antibiotic resistance, or
in the fields of agriculture and pharmaceuticals; and they also may be
from state or local health agencies or public health organizations. The
voting public members will be appointed by the Secretary, in
consultation with the Secretaries of Defense and Agriculture. All
public voting members will be
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classified as special government employees (SGEs).
Individuals who are appointed to serve as voting members may be
allowed to receive per diem and reimbursement for any applicable
expenses for travel that is performed to attend meetings of the
Advisory Council as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5703, for persons employed
intermittently in the Government service. The Advisory Council meets,
at a minimum, two times per fiscal year depending on the availability
of funds. Meetings are open to the public, except as determined
otherwise by the Secretary, or other official to whom the authority has
been delegated, in accordance with guidelines under the Government in
the Sunshine Act, 5 U.S.C. 552b(c). Every effort will be made to ensure
that the membership of federal advisory committees is fairly balanced
in terms of points of view represented. Detailed information on what is
required in a nomination package and how to submit one is on the
Advisory Council website, http://www.hhs.gov/ash/carb/.
Dated: March 9, 2018.
Jomana F. Musmar,
Acting Designated Federal Officer, Presidential Advisory Council on
Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria, Committee Manager.
[FR Doc. 2018-05278 Filed 3-14-18; 8:45 am]
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