The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publishes a list of information collection requests under review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these requests, call the CDC Reports Clearance Officer at (404) 4981210 or send an email to

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects. To request more information on the proposed projects or to obtain a

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects. To request more information on the proposed projects or to obtain a

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Announcement Type: New.

Funding Opportunity Number: CE05020.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 93.136.

Key Dates:

Letter of Intent Deadline: January 31, 2005.

Application Deadline: March 30, 2005.

I. Funding Opportunity Description

Authority: This program is authorized under both section 391 (a) and 301 (a) of

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92463), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces the following council meeting.

Name: Advisory Council for the Elimination of Tuberculosis (ACET).

Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.5 p.m., February 16, 2005; 8:30 a.m. 12 p.m., February 17,

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

In the October 7, 2004 Federal Register (69 FR 60242), we published a correction to the final rule that appeared in the August 11, 2004 Federal Register entitled ``Medicare Program; Changes to the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems and Fiscal Year 2005 Rates.'' This amendment corrects errors in that final rule and the correction of the

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Western Area Power Administration

This document corrects technical errors that appear in the final rule with comment period published in the Federal Register on November 15, 2004 entitled ``Changes to the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Calendar Year 2005 Payment Rates.'' In addition, it provides additional information about the calendar year 2005 wage indices

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

This interim final rule with comment period corrects a technical error made in the August 22, 2003 final rule ``Modifications to Medicare Rules'' (68 FR 50840).

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

This notice announces the re-approval of the American Association of Blood Banks (AABB) as an accrediting organization for clinical laboratories under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) program. The initial exemption
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was published in the Federal Register on July 21, 1995. We have determined that the

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the animal drug regulations to add the approved withdrawal time to the limitations to conditions of use for chlortetracycline Type C medicated feeds for chickens when fed at the 500 gram per ton level. This change is being made to improve the accuracy of the regulations.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Food and Drug Administration

This notice lists CMS manual instructions, substantive and interpretive regulations, and other Federal Register notices that were published from July 2004 through September 2004, relating to the Medicare and Medicaid programs. This notice provides information on national coverage determinations (NCDs) affecting specific medical and health care

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the animal drug regulations to reflect approval of a supplemental new animal drug application (NADA) filed by Elanco Animal Health which provides for revised reproductive safety labeling of tilmicosin Type A medicated article used in medicated swine feeds.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Food and Drug Administration

This notice implements section 902 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, which establishes a general 3year timeline for publishing a Medicare final regulation after a proposed regulation or an interim final regulation has been published. In accordance with the statute, this notice permits an extension of a

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of acidified sodium chlorite solutions as an antimicrobial agent on finfish and crustaceans. This action is in response to a petition filed by Alcide Corp.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Food and Drug Administration

This final notice announces the approval of the National Committee for Quality Assurance for deeming authority as a national accreditation program for local preferred provider organizations that wish to participate in the Medicare Advantage program.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER), is seeking volunteers to participate in a pilot project involving the evaluation of various analysis tools to facilitate the use of electronic datasets for analysis of animal and human data submitted to FDA by applicants of biologics license applications

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Food and Drug Administration

This document corrects technical errors that appeared in the July 30, 2004 Federal Register, entitled ``Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing FacilitiesUpdateNotice.''

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects. To request more information on the proposed projects or to obtain a

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the revocation of the biologics license (U.S. License No. 0887) issued to Universal Reagents, Inc., (URI) for the manufacture of Source Plasma. A notice of opportunity for a hearing on a proposal to revoke the license was published in the Federal Register of July 10, 2003. URI requested a

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Food and Drug Administration

In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects. To request more information on the proposed projects or to obtain a

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

In accordance with section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), this notice announces the first biannual meeting of the Ambulatory Payment Classification (APC) Panel for 2005.

The purpose of the Panel is to review the APC groups and their associated weights and to advise the Secretary of the Department of

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects. To request more information on the proposed projects or to obtain a

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

This notice, in accordance with section 503 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA), announces a Town Hall meeting to discuss fiscal year (FY) 2006 applications for addon payments for new medical services and technologies under the hospital inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS). Applicants,

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects. To request more information on the proposed projects or to obtain a

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects. To request more information on the proposed projects or to obtain a

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Centers for Disease Control and Prevention