The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing a tentative schedule of forthcoming meetings of its public advisory committees for 2007. During 1991, at the request of the Commissioner of Food and Drugs (the Commissioner), the Institute of Medicine (the IOM) conducted a study of the use of FDA's advisory committees. In its final report, one

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Food and Drug Administration

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) 6395960 or send an email

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

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 National Cancer Institute, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects to be submitted to the Office of Management and

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : National Institutes of Health

This notice announces the 11th meeting of the American Health Information Community in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92463, 5 U.S.C., app.) The American Health Information Community will advise the Secretary and recommend specific actions to achieve a common interoperability framework for health information technology

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Health and Human Services Department

ATSDR is seeking public comment on the draft revision of its 1998 Policy Guideline for Dioxins and DioxinLike Compounds in Residential Soil. The policy is intended to assist health assessors who must evaluate the public health implications of dioxin and dioxinlike compounds (e.g., 2,3,7,8tetrachlorodibenzopdioxin [TCDD],
chlorinated dibenzodioxins

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

This is notice, in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c)(1) and 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i), that the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services, is contemplating the grant of an exclusive worldwide license to practice the invention embodied in: HHS. Ref. No. E2022002 ``Method for Convection Enhanced Delivery of Therapeutic

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : National Institutes of Health

Time and Date: 11:00 a.m.5:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, Thursday, January 11, 2007.

Place: Audio Conference Call via FTS Conferencing. The USA toll free dial in number is 1.866.643.6504 with a pass code of 9448550.

Status: Open to the public, but without a public comment period.

Background: The Board was established under the

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

In accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, this notice announces the establishment of a CMP that CMS plans to conduct with various Participating States. We have provided information about the matching program in the ``Supplementary Information'' section below. The Privacy Act provides an opportunity for interested

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

Pursuant to section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice is hereby given of a meeting of the National Cancer Institute Director's Consumer Liaison Group.

The meeting will be open to the public, with attendance limited to space available. Individuals who plan to attend and need special

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : National Institutes of Health

Notice is hereby given of a change in the meeting of the National Cancer Institute Special Emphasis Panel, February 13, 2007, 8:00 a.m. to February 15, 2007, 5 p.m., Hyatt Regency bethesda, One Bethesda Metro Center, 7400 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, MD, 20814 which was published in the Federal Register on November 30, 2006, 71 FR 69211.

The

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : National Institutes of Health

Pursuant to section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice is hereby given of the following meetings.

The meetings will be closed to the public in accordance with the provisions set forth in sections 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C., as amended. The grant applications and the

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : National Institutes of Health

The Administration on Aging (AoA) is announcing that the proposed collection of information listed below has been submitted to the Office of
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Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Aging Administration

Pursuant to section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice is hereby given of the following meetings.

The meetings will be closed to the public in accordance with the provisions set forth in sections 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C., as amended. The grant applications and the

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : National Institutes of Health

The Administration on Aging (AoA) is announcing that the proposed collection of information listed below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Aging Administration

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) gives notice concerning the final effect of the HHS decision to designate a class of employees at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, as an addition to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000. On

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Health and Human Services Department

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) gives notice concerning the final effect of the HHS decision to designate a class of employees at the Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies Cancer Research Hospital, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, as an addition to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Health and Human Services Department

Periodically, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) will publish a summary of information collection requests under OMB review, in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these [[Page 77768]]
documents, call the SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer on (240) 2761243.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 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

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) gives notice concerning the final effect of the HHS decision to designate a class of employees at the Oak Ridge Thermal Diffusion Plant (S50), Oak Ridge, Tennessee, as an addition to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Health and Human Services Department

Periodically, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) will publish a summary of information collection requests under OMB review, in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these documents, call the SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer on (240) 2761243. Proposed

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is considering updating the Occupational Exposure Sampling Strategies Manual(OESSM), NIOSH Document Number: DHHS (NIOSH) Publication Number 77173; and requests user feedback to maximize the relevancy of any revisions to the document. Specifically, NIOSH seeks input in the following

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

Periodically, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) publishes abstracts of information collection requests under review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of the clearance requests submitted to OMB for review, call the

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Health Resources and Services Administration

This notice supersedes the Federal Register Notice (FR)71 FR 70971 (December 7, 2006) that contained Centers Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) identification numbers that do not properly identify the CMS systems of records to be deleted.

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

In accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, we are proposing to modify or alter a SOR, ``CMS Fraud Investigation Database (FID), System No. 09700527,'' most recently modified at 67 FR 65795 (October 28, 2002). We propose to modify existing routine use number 1 that permits disclosure to agency [[Page 77760]]
contractors and

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