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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Alzheimer's Disease Demonstration

Fri, Dec 8 2006 11:00:00 GMT

The Administration on Aging (AoA) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the PRA), Federal agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including each proposed extension of an existing collection of information, and to allow 60 days for public comment in response to the notice. This notice solicits comments on the information collection requirements relating to Alzheimer's Disease Demonstration Grants to States Program

Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

Fri, Dec 8 2006 11:00:00 GMT

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 to omb@cdc.gov. Send written comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC or by fax to (202) 3956974. Written comments should be received within 30 days of this notice. Proposed Project

Application for TrainingRevisionOffice of Workforce and Career Development (OWCD), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Background and Brief Description

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) through its Office of Workforce and Career Development (OWCD) and other Centers, Institutes, and Offices offers training activities on public health topics to professionals worldwide. E

CDC/HRSA Advisory Committee on HIV and STD Prevention and Treatment: Notice of Charter Renewal

Fri, Dec 8 2006 11:00:00 GMT

This gives notice under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92463) of October 6, 1972, that the CDC/HRSA Advisory Committee on HIV and STD Prevention and Treatment Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services, has been renewed for a 2year period through November 25, 2008.

For information, contact Kevin Fenton, M.D., Ph.D., Executive Secretary, CDC/HRSA Advisory Committee on HIV and STD Prevention and Treatment, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., Mailstop E07, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone 404/6398000 or fax 404/6398600.

The Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, has been delegated the authority to sign Federal Register notices pertaining to announcements of meetings and other committee management activities, for both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

Dated: December 1, 2006.
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Decision To Evaluate a Petition to Designate a Class of Employees at Hanford Nuclear Reservation, Richland, WA, To Be

Fri, Dec 8 2006 11:00:00 GMT

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) gives notice as required by 42 CFR Sec. 83.12(e) of a decision to evaluate a petition to designate a class of employees at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, Richland, Washington, to be included in the Special Exposure Cohort under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000. The initial proposed definition for the class being evaluated, subject to revision as warranted by the evaluation, is as follows:

Facility: Hanford Nuclear Reservation.

Location: Richland, Washington.

Job Titles and/or Job Duties: All employees.

Period of Employment: January 2, 1942 through December 31, 1990.

Designation of a Class of Employees for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort

Fri, Dec 8 2006 11:00:00 GMT

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) gives notice of a 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 November 9, 2006, the Secretary of HHS designated the following class of employees as an addition to the SEC:

Employees of the Department of Energy predecessor agencies and their contractors or
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subcontractors who were monitored or should have been monitored for exposure to ionizing radiation associated with radioactive lanthanum (RaLa) operations at Technical Area 10 (Bayo Canyon Site), Technical Area 35 (Ten Site), and Buildings H, Sigma, and U (located within Technical Area 1) for a number of work days aggregating at least 250 work days during the period from September 1, 1944, through July 18, 1963, or in combination with work days within the parameters established fo

Designation of a Class of Employees for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort

Fri, Dec 8 2006 11:00:00 GMT

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) gives notice of a 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 Compensation Program Act of 2000. On November 9, 2006, the Secretary of HHS designated the following class of employees as an addition to the SEC:

Employees of the Department of Energy (DOE) predecessor agencies and their contractors or subcontractors who were monitored or should have been monitored while working at the Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies Cancer Research Hospital from May 15, 1950, through December 31, 1963, and who were employed for a number of work days aggregating at least 250 work days or in combination with work days within the parameters established for other classes of employees included in the SEC.

This designation will become effective on December 9, 2006, unl

Designation of a Class of Employees for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort

Fri, Dec 8 2006 11:00:00 GMT

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) gives notice of a 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. On November 9, 2006, the Secretary of HHS designated the following class of employees as an addition to the SEC:

Employees of the Department of Energy predecessor agencies and their contractors and subcontractors who were monitored or should have been monitored while working at the S50 Oak Ridge Thermal Diffusion Plant working for a number of work days aggregating at least 250 work day during the period from July 9, 1944, through December 31, 1951, or in combination with work days within the parameters established for one or more other classes of employees in the SEC.

This designation will become effective on December 9, 2006, unless Congress provides otherwise prior to the eff

Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices: Meeting

Fri, Dec 8 2006 11:00:00 GMT

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 Federal Committee meeting.

Name: Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).

Times and Dates: 8 a.m.6 p.m., February 21, 2007, 8 a.m.4 p.m., February 22, 2007.

Place: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., Global Communications Center, Building 19, Room 232, Atlanta, Georgia 30333.

Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. Meeting space accommodates approximately 330 people. Overflow space for realtime viewing will be available.

Purpose: The Committee is charged with advising the Director, CDC, on the appropriate uses of immunizing agents. In addition, under 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1396s, the Committee is mandated to establish and periodically review and, as appropriate, revise the list of vaccines for administration to vaccineeligible children through the

CMS-1321-CN RIN 0938-AN84

Fri, Dec 8 2006 11:00:00 GMT

This correction document corrects a limited number of technical and typographical errors in the final rule with comment period that appeared in the December 1, 2006 Federal Register (71 FR 69624). The final rule with comment period addressed Medicare Part B payment policy, including the physician fee schedule (PFS) that is applicable for calendar year (CY) 2007, finalized the CY 2006 interim relative value units (RVUs), and established interim RVUs for new and revised procedure codes for CY 2007.

Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Hospital Conditions of Participation: Patients' Rights

Fri, Dec 8 2006 11:00:00 GMT

This final rule finalizes the Patients' Rights Condition of Participation (CoP) which is applicable to all Medicare and Medicaid participating hospitals and contains standards that ensure minimum protections of each patient's physical and emotional health and safety. It responds to comments on the following standards presented in the July 2, 1999 interim final rule: Notice of rights; exercise of rights; privacy and safety; confidentiality of patient records; restraint for acute medical and surgical care; and seclusion and restraints for behavior management. As a result of comments received, we have revised the standards regarding restraint and seclusion and set forth standards regarding staff training and death reporting.

Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE); Program Revisions

Fri, Dec 8 2006 11:00:00 GMT

This rule finalizes the interim final rule with comment period published in the Federal Register November 24, 1999 (64 FR 66234) and the interim final rule with comment period published in the Federal Register on October 1, 2002 (67 FR 61496). The November 1999 interim final rule implemented sections 4801 through 4803 of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (Pub. L. 10533) and established requirements for Programs of Allinclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) under the Medicare and Medicaid programs. The interim final rule with comment period published on October 1, 2002 (67 FR 61496) implemented section 903 of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000 (BIPA) (Pub. L. 106554).

Emergency Clearance: Public Information Collection Requirements Submitted to the Office of Management and Budget

Fri, Dec 8 2006 11:00:00 GMT

Emergency Clearance: Public Information Collection Requirements Submitted to the Office of Management and Budget

Fri, Dec 8 2006 11:00:00 GMT

Emergency Clearance: Public Information Collection Requirements Submitted to the Office of Management and Budget

Fri, Dec 8 2006 11:00:00 GMT

Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Fri, Dec 8 2006 11:00:00 GMT

Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

Fri, Dec 8 2006 11:00:00 GMT

Oral Dosage Form New Animal Drugs; Lincomycin and Spectinomycin Powder

Fri, Dec 8 2006 11:00:00 GMT

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the animal drug regulations to reflect approval of an abbreviated new animal drug application (ANADA) filed by Agri Laboratories, Ltd. The ANADA provides for the oral use of lincomycin and spectinomycin soluble powder to create a solution administered in the drinking water of chickens as an aid in the control of airsacculitis.

Oral Dosage Form New Animal Drugs; Oxytetracycline Powder

Fri, Dec 8 2006 11:00:00 GMT

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the animal drug regulations to reflect approval of a supplemental abbreviated new animal drug application (ANADA) filed by IVX Animal Health, Inc. The supplemental ANADA revises labeling of generic oxytetracycline soluble powder with the current scientific names of the causative bacteria of foulbrood of honeybees.

30-Day Notice; Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Fri, Dec 8 2006 11:00:00 GMT

30-Day Notice; Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Fri, Dec 8 2006 11:00:00 GMT

Draft Guidance on Engagement of Institutions in Human Subjects Research

Fri, Dec 8 2006 11:00:00 GMT

The Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP), Office of Public Health and Science, is announcing the availability of a draft guidance document entitled, ``OHRP Guidance on Engagement of Institutions in Human Subjects Research.'' The draft guidance document would revise and replace two existing OHRP guidance documents on the engagement of institutions in human subjects research: (1) The January 26, 1999 document on ``Engagement of Institutions in Research, and (2) the December 23, 1999 document on ``Engagement of Pharmaceutical Companies in HHS Supported Research.'' To facilitate public review of the draft guidance document, OHRP has developed a table presenting a sidebyside comparison of OHRP's draft revised guidance document and the current guidance documents on the engagement of institution in human subjects research, which is available on the OHRP Web site at h

Findings of Research Misconduct

Fri, Dec 8 2006 11:00:00 GMT

Notice is hereby given that the Office of Research Integrity (ORI) and the Assistant Secretary for Health have taken final action in the following case:

Nicholas McMaster, University of Chicago: Based on a College Discipline Hearing report and on additional analysis conducted by ORI in its oversight review, the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) found that Mr. Nicholas McMaster, undergraduate student, Biological Sciences Collegiate Division in the Departments of Psychology and Comparative Human Development at the University of Chicago (UC), engaged in research misconduct supported by National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), grant P50 ES12382 and National Institute on Aging (NIA), NIH, grant P01 AG018911.

Specifically, PHS found that Mr. McMaster fabricated data in recording the score for the lordosis reflex and in recording the cell types present in vaginal epithelium from rats in two experimental psychology protocols.

Mr. McMast

Privacy Act of 1974; Revisions to OIG's Privacy Act System of Records--Criminal Investigative Files

Fri, Dec 8 2006 11:00:00 GMT

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) is revising the existing system of records, entitled ``Criminal Investigative Files'' (0990 0003), by updating the ``Systems Location'' section of that document, and republishing the revised system of records in its entirety. This notice is in accordance with the Privacy Act requirement that agencies publish their amended systems of records in the Federal Register when there is a revision, change, or addition. This system of records, maintained by OIG, was last revised and updated on June 19, 2003 (68 FR 36828).