14974 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 53 / Friday, March 18, 2011 / Notices 

For Further Information Contact: 

Sandra M. Peay, Contact 

Representative, or Renee Chapman, 

Contact Representative, Federal Trade 

Commission, Premerger Notification 

Office, Bureau of Competition, Room H– 

303, Washington, DC 20580, (202) 326– 

3100. 

By Direction of the Commission. 

Donald S. Clark, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2011–6180 Filed 3–17–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6750–01–M 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Meeting of the National Biodefense 

Science Board 

AGENCY: Department of Health and 

Human Services, Office of the Secretary. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: As stipulated by the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, the U.S. 

Department of Health and Human 

Services is hereby giving notice that the 

National Biodefense Science Board 

(NBSB) will be holding a public 

meeting. The meeting is open to the 

public. 

DATES: The NBSB will hold a public 

meeting on April 28–29, 2011. 

Tentatively the meeting will be from 8 

a.m. to 4 p.m. ET on April 28 and 8 a.m. 

to 12 p.m. ET on April 29. The agenda 

is subject to change as priorities dictate. 

ADDRESSES: Washington, DC Metro 

Area. The venue and call-in details will 

be posted as they become available on 

the NBSB’s April meeting Web page at 

http://www.phe.gov/Preparedness/legal/ 

boards/nbsb/meetings/Pages/ 

110428meeting.aspx. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Email: NBSB@HHS.GOV. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to section 319M of the Public Health 

Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–7f) and 

section 222 of the Public Health Service 

Act (42 U.S.C. 217a), the Department of 

Health and Human Services established 

the National Biodefense Science Board. 

The Board shall provide expert advice 

and guidance to the Secretary on 

scientific, technical, and other matters 

of special interest to the Department of 

Health and Human Services regarding 

current and future chemical, biological, 

nuclear, and radiological agents, 

whether naturally occurring, accidental, 

or deliberate. The Board may also 

provide advice and guidance to the 

Secretary and/or the Assistant Secretary 

for Preparedness and Response on other 

matters related to public health 

emergency preparedness and response. 

Background: The majority of this 

public meeting will be dedicated to a 

discussion of the findings of the NBSB’s 

All Hazard Science Response Working 

Group and of their recommendations for 

consideration and vote by the members 

of the Board. Subsequent agenda topics 

will be added as priorities dictate. Any 

additional agenda topics will be 

available on the Board’s April meeting 

Web page no later than April 15, 2011. 

Availability of Materials: The meeting 

agenda and materials will be posted 

prior to the meeting on the NBSB’s 

April meeting Web page at http:// 

www.phe.gov/Preparedness/legal/ 

boards/nbsb/meetings/Pages/ 

110428meeting.aspx. 

Procedures for Providing Public Input: 

Any member of the public providing 

oral comments at the meeting must signin at the registration desk and provide 

his/her name, address, and affiliation. 

All written comments must be received 

by April 25, 2011 and should be sent by 

e-mail to NBSB@HHS.GOV with ‘‘NBSB 

Public Comment’’ as the subject line. 

Individuals who plan to attend and 

need special assistance, such as sign 

language interpretation or other 

reasonable accommodations, should 

e-mail NBSB@HHS.GOV. 

Dated: March 10, 2011. 

Nicole Lurie, 

Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and 

Response. 

[FR Doc. 2011–6327 Filed 3–17–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4150–37–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

HIT Policy Committee’s Workgroup 

Meetings; Notice of Meetings 

AGENCY: Office of the National 

Coordinator for Health Information 

Technology, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice of meetings. 

This notice announces forthcoming 

subcommittee meetings of a federal 

advisory committee of the Office of the 

National Coordinator for Health 

Information Technology (ONC). The 

meetings will be open to the public via 

dial-in access only. 

Name of Committees: HIT Policy 

Committee’s Workgroups: Meaningful 

Use, Privacy & Security Tiger Team, 

Enrollment, Governance, Adoption/ 

Certification, PCAST Report, and 

Information Exchange workgroups. 

General Function of the Committee: 

To provide recommendations to the 

National Coordinator on a policy 

framework for the development and 

adoption of a nationwide health 

information technology infrastructure 

that permits the electronic exchange and 

use of health information as is 

consistent with the Federal Health IT 

Strategic Plan and that includes 

recommendations on the areas in which 

standards, implementation 

specifications, and certification criteria 

are needed. 

Date and Time: The HIT Policy 

Committee Workgroups will hold the 

following public meetings during April 

2011: April 5th Meaningful Use 

Workgroup, hearing—Renaissance 

Dupont Circle Hotel, Washington, DC, 9 

a.m. to 4:30 p.m./ET; April 6th Privacy 

& Security Tiger Team Workgroup, 2 

p.m. to 4 p.m./ET; April 8th Information 

Exchange Workgroup, 10:30 a.m. to 

12:30 p.m/ET; April 18th Privacy & 

Security Tiger Team, 2 p.m. to 3:30 

p.m./ET; April 21st Certification/ 

Adoption Workgroup, hearing—location 

TBD, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m./ET. 

Location: All workgroup meetings 

will be available via webcast; for 

instructions on how to listen via 

telephone or Web visit http:// 

healthit.hhs.gov. Please check the ONC 

Web site for additional information or 

revised schedules as it becomes 

available. 

Contact Person: Judy Sparrow, Office 

of the National Coordinator, HHS, 330 C 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20201, 

202–205–4528, Fax: 202–690–6079, email: judy.sparrow@hhs.gov. Please call 

the contact person for up-to-date 

information on these meetings. A notice 

in the Federal Register about last 

minute modifications that affect a 

previously announced advisory 

committee meeting cannot always be 

published quickly enough to provide 

timely notice. 

Agenda: The workgroups will be 

discussing issues related to their 

specific subject matter, e.g., meaningful 

use, information exchange, privacy and 

security, enrollment, governance, or 

adoption/certification. If background 

materials are associated with the 

workgroup meetings, they will be 

posted on ONC’s Web site prior to the 

meeting at http://healthit.hhs.gov. 

Procedure: Interested persons may 

present data, information, or views, 

orally or in writing, on issues pending 

before the workgroups. Written 

submissions may be made to the contact 

person on or before two days prior to 

the workgroup’s meeting date. Oral 

comments from the public will be 

scheduled at the conclusion of each 

workgroup meeting. Time allotted for 

each presentation will be limited to 

three minutes. If the number of speakers 


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