[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 54 (Tuesday, March 21, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16994-16995]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-05782]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Solicitation of Nominations for Membership To Serve on the 
Council on Graduate Medical Education

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

ACTION: Request for nominations.

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SUMMARY: HRSA is seeking nominations of qualified candidates for 
consideration for appointment as members of the Council on Graduate 
Medical Education (COGME or Council). COGME provides advice and 
recommendations on policy, program development, and other matters of 
significance concerning the physician training and the physician 
workforce. Issues addressed by COGME include the supply and 
distribution of the physician workforce in the United States, including 
any projected shortages or excesses of physicians in medical and 
surgical specialties and subspecialities; international medical 
graduates; the nature and financing of undergraduate and graduate 
medical education; appropriation levels for certain programs under 
title VII of the PHS Act; and deficiencies in databases of the supply 
and distribution of the physician workforce and postgraduate programs 
for training physicians.

DATES: HRSA will accept nominations on a continuous basis.

ADDRESSES: Nomination packages may be mailed to Advisory Council 
Operations, Bureau of Health Workforce, HRSA, Room 15N-35, 5600 Fishers 
Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857 or submitted electronically by email 
to: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Curi Kim, M.D., MPH, at 240-472-2313 
or email at [email protected]. A copy of the current COGME charter, 
membership, and reports can be obtained by accessing the COGME website 
at https://www.hrsa.gov/advisory-committees/graduate-medical-edu.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Authorized in 1986, COGME submits advice and 
recommendations to the Secretary of HHS; the Senate Committee on 
Health, Education, Labor and Pensions; and the House of Representatives 
Committee on Energy and Commerce. Additionally, COGME encourages 
entities providing graduate medical education to voluntarily achieve 
the recommendations of the Council. Meetings take place at least twice 
per year.
    Nominations: HRSA is requesting nominations for voting members to 
serve as Special Government Employees on COGME to include individuals 
who represent of practicing primary care physicians, national and 
specialty physician organizations, international medical graduates, 
medical student and house staff associations, schools of allopathic and 
osteopathic medicine, public and private teaching hospitals, and health 
insurers, business, and labor. The Secretary of HHS appoints COGME 
members to fulfill the duties of the Council. Interested applicants may 
self-nominate or be nominated by another individual or organization.
    Individuals selected for appointment to COGME will be invited to 
serve for 4 years. Members appointed as SGEs receive a stipend and 
reimbursement for per diem and travel expenses incurred for attending 
COGME meetings and/or conducting other business on behalf of COGME, as 
authorized by section 5 U.S.C. 5703 for persons employed intermittently 
in government service and PHS Act section 762(g).
    A nomination package should include the following information for 
each applicant: (1) if nominated by another individual or organization, 
a letter of recommendation from the nominator stating the basis for the 
nomination (i.e., what specific attributes, perspectives, and/or skills 
does the individual possess that would benefit the workings of COGME) 
and the nominee's field(s) of expertise as well as the nominator's 
name, affiliation, and contact information (address, daytime telephone 
number, and email address); (2) a letter of interest from the applicant 
stating the reasons the applicant would like to serve on COGME; and (3) 
a biographical sketch of the applicant, including the applicant's 
curriculum vitae and contact information (address, daytime telephone 
number, and email address). Nomination packages may be submitted 
directly by the applicant or by the person/organization nominating the 
candidate.
    HHS endeavors to ensure that the membership of COGME is balanced 
fairly in terms of points of view represented and that individuals from 
a broad representation of geographic areas, gender, and ethnic and 
minority groups, as well as individuals with

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disabilities, are considered for membership. Appointments shall be made 
without discrimination on the basis of age, race, ethnicity, gender, 
sexual orientation, disability, and or cultural, religious, or 
socioeconomic status.
    Individuals who are selected to be considered for appointment will 
be required to provide detailed information regarding their financial 
holdings, consultancies, and research grants or contracts. Disclosure 
of this information is required for HRSA ethics officials to determine 
whether there is a potential conflict of interest between the Special 
Government Employee's public duties as a member of COGME and their 
private interests, including an appearance of a loss of impartiality as 
defined by federal laws and regulations, and to identify any required 
remedial action needed to address the potential conflict.
    Authority: PHS Act Section 762 (42 U.S.C. 294o), as amended. COGME 
is governed by provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 
amended (5 U.S.C. 10), which sets forth standards for the formation and 
use of advisory committees and applies to the extent that the 
provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act do not conflict with 
the requirements of PHS Act section 762.

Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2023-05782 Filed 3-20-23; 8:45 am]
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