[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 117 (Tuesday, June 20, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 39852]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-12970]


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GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE


Request for Health Information Technology Advisory Committee 
(HITAC) Nominations

AGENCY: 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 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, 
2024. 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 two to three new HITAC 
members, focusing especially on patients or consumers, health plans or 
purchasers, and researchers. Nominations should be sent to the email 
address listed below.

DATES: Letters of nomination and resumes should be submitted no later 
than July 31, 2023, 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 if you need additional information. For general 
information, contact GAO's Office of Public Affairs, (202) 512-4800.
    Authority: Sec. 4003(e), Pub. L. 114-255, 130 Stat. 1168 (42 U.S.C. 
300jj-12).

Gene L. Dodaro,
Comptroller General of the United States.
[FR Doc. 2023-12970 Filed 6-16-23; 8:45 am]
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