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Health (the ‘‘Advisory Group’’). The 

meeting will be open to the public. 

Information about the Advisory Group 

and the meeting agenda can be obtained 

by accessing the following Web site: 

http://www.healthcare.gov/center/ 

councils/nphpphc/index.html. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

April 12–13, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Federal Trade Commission 

Conference Center; 601 New Jersey 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20001. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Office of the Surgeon General, 200 

Independence Ave., SW., Hubert H. 

Humphrey Building, Room 701H, 

Washington, DC 20001; 202–205–4867; 

prevention.council@hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 

10, 2010, the President issued Executive 

Order 13544 to comply with the statutes 

under Section 4001 of the Patient 

Protection and Affordable Care Act, 

Public Law 111–148. This legislation 

mandated that the Advisory Group was 

to be established within the Department 

of Health and Human Services. The 

charter for the Advisory Group was 

established by the Secretary of Health 

and Human Services on June 23, 2010; 

the charter was filed with the 

appropriate Congressional committees 

and Library of Congress on June 24, 

2010. The Advisory Group has been 

established as a non-discretionary 

Federal advisory committee. 

The Advisory Group has been 

established to provide recommendations 

and advice to the National Prevention, 

Health Promotion and Public Health 

(the ‘‘Council’’). The Advisory Group 

shall provide assistance to the Council 

in carrying out its mission. 

The Advisory Group membership 

shall consist of not more than 25 nonFederal members to be appointed by the 

President. The membership shall 

include a diverse group of licensed 

health professionals, including 

integrative health practitioners who 

have expertise in (1) worksite health 

promotion; (2) community services, 

including community health centers; (3) 

preventive medicine; (4) health 

coaching; (5) public health education; 

(6) geriatrics; and (7) rehabilitation 

medicine. On January 27, 2011, the 

President appointed 13 individuals to 

serve as members of the Advisory 

Group. This will be the inaugural 

meeting of the Advisory Group. 

Public attendance at the meeting is 

limited to space available. To ensure 

adequate seating is available to 

accommodate public attendance, 

members of the public who wish to 

attend the meeting should register. 

Individuals should notify the designated 

contact to register for public attendance. 

Individuals who plan to attend the 

meeting and need special assistance 

and/or accommodations, i.e., sign 

language interpretation or other 

reasonable accommodations, should 

notify the designated point of contact 

for the Advisory Group. The public will 

have opportunity to provide comments 

to the Advisory Group on April 12th, 

2011; public comment will be limited to 

3 minutes per speaker. Registration for 

the public comment session also is 

required. Individuals wishing to provide 

comment to the Advisory Group should 

notify the designated contact for the 

Advisory Group. Any member of the 

public who wishes to have printed 

material distributed to the Advisory 

Group for this scheduled meeting 

should submit material to the 

designated point of contact for the 

Advisory Group no later than March 30, 

2011 5 p.m. ET. 

Dated: March 17, 2011. 

Regina Benjamin, 

VADM, USPHS, Surgeon General. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Announcement of Meeting of the 

Secretary’s Advisory Committee on 

National Health Promotion and Disease 

Prevention Objectives for 2020 

AGENCY: Department of Health and 

Human Services, Office of the Secretary, 

Office of the Assistant Secretary for 

Health, Office of Disease Prevention and 

Health Promotion. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 217a, Section 222 

of the Public Health Service Act, as 

amended. The Committee is governed 

by the provision of Public Law 92–463, 

as amended (5 U.S.C. App), which sets 

forth standards for the formation and 

use of advisory committees. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Health and Human Services (HHS) 

announces the next federal advisory 

committee meeting regarding the 

national health promotion and disease 

prevention objectives for 2020. This 

meeting will be open to the public and 

will be held online via WebEx software. 

The Secretary’s Advisory Committee on 

National Health Promotion and Disease 

Prevention Objectives for 2020 

(Committee) will address efforts to 

implement the nation’s health 

promotion and disease prevention 

objectives and strategies to improve the 

health status and reduce health risks for 

Americans by the year 2020. The 

Committee will provide to the Secretary 

of Health and Human Services advice 

and consultation for implementing 

Healthy People 2020, the nation’s health 

promotion and disease prevention goals 

and objectives, and provide 

recommendations for initiatives to occur 

during the implementation phase of the 

goals and objectives. HHS will use the 

recommendations to inform the 

implementation of Healthy People 2020. 

DATES: The Committee will meet on 

April 13, 2011 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. 

Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held 

online via WebEx software. For detailed 

instructions about how to make sure 

that your windows computer and 

browser is set up for WebEx, please visit 

the ‘‘Secretary’s Advisory Committee’’ 

Web page of the Healthy People Web 

site (http://www.healthypeople.gov/ 

2020/about/advisory/default.aspx) and 

click on ‘‘Register to Attend.’’ 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Emmeline Ochiai, Designated Federal 

Officer, Secretary’s Advisory Committee 

on National Health Promotion and 

Disease Prevention Objectives for 2020, 

U.S. Department of Health and Human 

Services, Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Health, Office of Disease 

Prevention and Health Promotion, 1101 

Wootton Parkway, Room LL–100, 

Rockville, MD 20852, (240) 453–8259 

(telephone), (240) 453–8281 (fax). 

Additional information is available on 

the Internet at http:// 

www.healthypeople.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of Meeting: The Committee 

will review the Institute of Medicince’s 

recommendations for the Healthy 

People 2020 Leading Health Indicators 

and HHS’ current and proposed plans 

for Implementing Healthy People 2020. 

Background: Every 10 years, through 

the Healthy People initiative, HHS 

leverages scientific insights and lessons 

from the past decade, along with the 

new knowledge of current data, trends, 

and innovations to develop the next 

iteration of national health promotion 

and disease prevention objectives. 

Healthy People provides science-based, 

10-year national objectives for 

promoting health and preventing 

disease. Since 1979, Healthy People has 

set and monitored national health 

objectives to meet a broad range of 

health needs, encouraged collaborations 

across sectors, guided individuals 

toward making informed health 

decisions, and measured the impact of 

our prevention and health promotion 

activities. On December 2, 2010, the 

HHS launched Healthy People 2020 and 


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its 42 topic areas. Healthy People 2020 

reflects assessments of major risks to 

health and wellness, changing public 

health priorities, and emerging issues 

related to our nation’s health, 

preparedness, and prevention. 

Public Participation at Meeting: 

Members of the public are invited to 

listen to the online Committee meeting. 

There will be no opportunity for oral 

public comments during the online 

Committee meeting. Written comments, 

however, can be e-mailed to 

healthypeople@nhic.org. 

To listen to the Committee meeting, 

individuals must pre-register to attend 

at the Healthy People Web site located 

at http://www.healthypeople.gov. 

Participation in the meeting is limited. 

Registrations will be accepted until 

maximum WebEx capacity is reached 

and must be completed by 9 a.m. EDT 

on April 12, 2011. A waiting list will be 

maintained should registrations exceed 

WebEx capacity. Individuals on the 

waiting list will be contacted as 

additional space for the meeting 

becomes available. 

Registration questions may be 

directed to Hilary Scherer at 

HP2020@norc.org (e-mail), (301) 634– 

9374 (phone) or (301) 634–9301 (fax). 

Dated: March 21, 2011. 

Carter Blakey, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Disease 

Prevention and Health Promotion. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research 

and Quality, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

intention of the Agency for Healthcare 

Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request 

that the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) approve the proposed 

information collection project: 

‘‘Questionnaire and Data Collection 

Testing, Evaluation, and Research for 

the Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality.’’ In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 

3501–3520, AHRQ invites the public to 

comment on this proposed information 

collection. 

This proposed information collection 

was previously published in the Federal 

Register on January 12th, 2011 and 

allowed 60 days for public comment. 

One comment was received. The 

purpose of this notice is to allow an 

additional 30 days for public comment. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by April 25, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be submitted to: AHRQ’s OMB Desk 

Officer by fax at (202) 395–6974 

(attention: AHRQ’s desk officer) or by email at OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov 

(attention: AHRQ’s desk officer). 

Copies of the proposed collection 

plans, data collection instruments, and 

specific details on the estimated burden 

can be obtained from the AHRQ Reports 

Clearance Officer. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ Reports 

Clearance Officer, (301) 427–1477, or by 

e-mail at 

doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Proposed Project 

Questionnaire and Data Collection 

Testing, Evaluation, and Research for 

the Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality 

The Agency for Healthcare Research 

and Quality (AHRQ) requests that the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) re-approve generic pre-testing 

clearance 0935–0124 for three years to 

facilitate AHRQ’s efforts to (1) Employ 

evaluation-type methods and techniques 

to improve AHRQ’s current data 

collection and estimation procedures, 

(2) develop new collections and 

procedures, including toolkits, and (3) 

revise existing collections and 

procedures. AHRQ uses techniques to 

simplify data collection and estimation 

procedures, reduce respondent burden, 

and improve efficiencies to meet the 

needs of individuals and small business 

respondents who may have reduced 

budgets and staff. AHRQ believes that 

developing, testing, and evaluating data 

collection and estimation procedures 

using survey methods and other 

techniques in anticipation of agencysponsored studies can improve its 

information collection efforts and the 

products it develops and allow AHRQ to 

be more responsive to fast-changing 

developments in the healthcare research 

field. 

This clearance request is limited to 

research on data collection, toolkit 

development, and estimation 

procedures and reports and does not 

extend to the collection of data for 

public release or policy formation. The 

current clearance was granted on April 

3rd, 2008 and expires on April 30th, 

2011. 

This generic clearance will allow 

AHRQ to draft and test toolkits, survey 

instruments and other data collection 

and estimation procedures more quickly 

and with greater lead time, thereby 

managing project time more efficiently 

and improving the quality of the data 

AHRQ collects. In some instances, the 

ability to test and evaluate toolkits, data 

collection and estimation procedures in 

anticipation of work or early in a project 

may result in the decision not to 

proceed with additional activities, 

thereby saving both public and private 

resources and effectively eliminating 

respondent burden. 

Many of the tools AHRQ develops are 

made available to the private sector to 

assist in improving health care quality. 

The health and health care environment 

changes rapidly and requires a quick 

response from AHRQ to provide refined 

tools. This generic clearance will 

facilitate AHRQ’s response to this 

changing environment. 

These preliminary research activities 

will not be used by AHRQ to regulate 

or sanction its customers. They will be 

entirely voluntary and the 

confidentiality of respondents and their 

responses will be preserved. Proposed 

information collections submitted under 

this generic clearance will be reviewed 

and acted upon by OMB within 14 days 

of submission to OMB. 

Method of Collection 

The information collected through 

preliminary research activities will be 

used by AHRQ to employ techniques to 

(1) Improve AHRQ’ s current data 

collection and estimation procedures, 

(2) develop new collections and 

procedures, including toolkits, and (3) 

revise existing collections and 

procedures in anticipation or in 

response to changes in the health or 

health care field. The end result will be 

improvement in AHRQ’s data 

collections and procedures and the 

quality of data collected, a reduction or 

minimization of respondent burden, 

increased agency efficiency, and 

improved responsiveness to the public. 

Estimated Annual Respondent Burden 

Exhibit 1 shows the estimated burden 

hours, over the full 3 years of this 

clearance, for the respondents’ time to 

participate in the research activities that 

may be conducted under this generic 

clearance. Mail surveys will be 

conducted with about 6,000 persons 

(2,000 per year for 3 years) and are 

estimated to average 20 minutes. Mail 

surveys may also be sent to respondents 


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