[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 113 (Monday, June 13, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35777-35778]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-12499]


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GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE


Request for Health Information Technology Advisory Committee 
(HITAC) Nominations

AGENCY: U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO).

ACTION: Request for letters of nomination and resumes.

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SUMMARY: The 21st Century Cures Act established HITAC to provide 
recommendations to the National Coordinator for Health Information 
Technology on policies, standards, implementation specifications, and 
certification criteria relating to the implementation of a health 
information technology infrastructure that advances the electronic 
access, exchange, and use of health information. The Act gave the 
Comptroller General of the United States responsibility for appointing 
a portion of HITAC's members. The Act requires that members at least 
reflect providers, ancillary health care workers, consumers, 
purchasers, health plans, health information technology developers, 
researchers, patients, relevant Federal agencies, and

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individuals with technical expertise on health care quality, system 
functions, privacy, security, and on the electronic exchange and use of 
health information, including the use standards for such activity. GAO 
is now accepting nominations for HITAC appointments that will be 
effective January 1, 2023. Members serve 3-year terms, with the terms 
subject to renewal, for a total not to exceed 6 years of service on the 
committee. From these nominations, GAO expects to appoint at least 4 
new HITAC members, focusing especially on patients or consumers, health 
care providers, ancillary health care workers, and individuals with 
technical expertise on health care quality, system functions, privacy, 
security, and on the electronic exchange and use of health information. 
Nominations should be sent to the email address listed below.

DATES: Letters of nomination and resumes should be submitted no later 
than July 22, 2022, to ensure adequate opportunity for review and 
consideration of nominees prior to appointment.

ADDRESSES: Submit letters of nomination and resumes to 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shannon Legeer at (202) 512-3197 or 
[email protected] if you do not receive an acknowledgment within a week 
of submission or need additional information. For general information, 
contact GAO's Office of Public Affairs, (202) 512-4800.
    Authority: Pub. L. 114-255, sec. 4003(e) (2016), 42 U.S.C. 300jj-
12.

Gene L. Dodaro,
Comptroller General of the United States.
[FR Doc. 2022-12499 Filed 6-10-22; 8:45 am]
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