Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 69 / Monday, April 11, 2011 / Notices 19995 

03/31/2011 

20110618 G General Electric 

Company; John Wood Group PLC; 

General Electric Company 

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. 2011–8331 Filed 4–8–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Office of the Secretary 

Statement of Organization, Functions, 

and Delegations of Authority 

Part A, Office of the Secretary, 

Statement of Organization, Functions, 

and Delegations of Authority for the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services, Chapter AK, Office of 

Medicare Hearings and Appeals 

(OMHA), as last amended at 70 FR 

36386–36387, dated June 23, 2005, is 

amended as follows: 

I. Under Section AK.10 Organization, 

delete in its entirety and replace with 

the following: 

Section AK.10 Organization. The 

Office of Medicare Hearings and 

Appeals (OMHA) is under the direction 

of the Chief Administrative Law Judge 

(CALJ), who reports directly to the 

Secretary. OMHA consists of the 

following components: 

• Medicare Hearings and Appeals 

Chief Judge’s Office (CJO) (Headquarters 

Office) (AKA) 

—Office of Operations (AKA1) 

—Office of Programs (AKA2) 

• Medicare Hearings and Appeals 

Field Offices (AKB1–AKB4) 

II. Under Section AK.20 Functions, 

Paragraph A, ‘‘The Office of Medicare 

Hearings and Appeals Immediate Office 

(AK),’’ delete the second paragraph, 

which begins with, ‘‘The Executive 

Director (ED) of OMHA/IO, reports to 

the CALJ, and is responsible for all 

operational matters * * *’’ in its 

entirety and replace with the following: 

Within OMHA/CJO, the Director, Office of 

Operations and the Director, Office of 

Programs, both of whom report to the CALJ, 

are responsible for all operational matters 

and for executive and managerial oversight, 

respectively, in support of the mission of the 

office, with the exception of areas directly 

involving the conduct of adjudicatory 

hearings and the rendering of fair and 

impartial decisions ensuing from those 

hearings. 

III. Under Section AK.20 Functions, 

Paragraph B, ‘‘Medicare Hearings and 

Appeals Field Offices (AKB1–4),’’ delete 

the first paragraph, which begins with, 

‘‘The Field Offices are headed by a 

Managing Administrative Law Judge 

(MALJ) who reports directly to the 

CALJ. The Managing Administrative 

Law Judge (MALJ) acts on behalf of the 

CALJ at the respective field office 

location on all matters involving the 

hearing process, and is directly 

responsible for the effective execution of 

the hearings process within the field 

location * * *,’’ in its entirety and 

replace with the following: 

OMHA’s Field Offices are headed by the 

Associate Chief Administrative Law Judges, 

all of whom report directly to OMHA’s Chief 

Administrative Law Judge (CALJ). Each Field 

Office’s Associate Chief Administrative Law 

Judge (ACALJ) acts on behalf of the OMHA 

CALJ at his or her respective field office 

location on all matters involving the hearing 

process and is directly responsible for the 

effective execution of the hearings process 

within the field location. Each Field Office’s 

ACALJ is responsible for: (a) Providing 

direction, leadership, management and 

guidance to the field office staff, including 

Supervisory Administrative Law Judges 

(SALJs) and their staffs, (b) field office 

implementation of policies, goals, objectives, 

and procedures pertaining to the hearings 

process and formulating policies, goals, and 

objectives for the SALJs and support staff in 

their field office; (c) planning, organizing and 

administering field operations for scheduling 

and conducting independent and impartial 

hearings on appealed determinations 

involving adjudicatory hearings for 

authorities delegated to the SALJs by the 

Secretary; (d) developing and recommending 

OMHA action with respect to allegation of 

unfair hearings within the field operations; 

(e) upon request by SALJs, providing advice 

and guidance in matters related to 

adjudicating cases under the provisions of 

the Social Security Act; and (f) conducting 

adjudicatory hearings under authorities 

delegated to the SALJs by the Secretary. 

IV. Under Section AK.20 Functions, 

Paragraph B, ‘‘Medicare Hearings and 

Appeals Field Offices (AKB1–4),’’ 

replace all reference to the ‘‘Hearing 

Office Manager’’ as the ‘‘Hearing Office 

Director’’ and all references to the 

‘‘HOM’’ as the ‘‘HOD.’’ 

V. Delegation of Authority. Pending 

further delegation, directives or orders 

by the Secretary or by the Chief 

Administrative Law Judge, all 

delegations and re delegations of 

authority made to officials and 

employees of affected organizational 

components will continue in them or 

their successors pending further re 

delegations, provided they are 

consistent with this reorganization. 

Dated: January 25, 2011. 

E.J. Holland, Jr., 

Assistant Secretary for Administration. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

Disease, Disability, and Injury 

Prevention and Control Special 

Emphasis Panel (SEP): Funding 

Opportunity Announcement (FOA), 

Initial Review 

The meeting announced below 

concerns ‘‘National Spina Bifida 

Registry Longitudinal Data Collection 

and Evaluation,’’ FOA DD11–005, initial 

review. 

In accordance with Section 10(a)(2) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463), the Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC) 

announces the aforementioned meeting: 

Time and Date: 

1 p.m.–5 p.m., May 17, 2011 (Closed). 

Place: Teleconference. 

Status: The meeting will be closed to the 

public in accordance with provisions set 

forth in Section 552b(c) (4) and (6), Title 5 

U.S.C., and the Determination of the Director, 

Management Analysis and Services Office, 

CDC, pursuant to Public Law 92–463. 

Matters To Be Discussed: The meeting will 

include the initial review, discussion, and 

evaluation of applications received in 

response to ‘‘National Spina Bifida Registry 

Longitudinal Data Collection and 

Evaluation,’’ FOA DD11–005, initial review. 

Contact Person for More Information: 

Brenda Colley Gilbert, Ph.D., M.P.H., 

Director, Extramural Research Program 

Office, National Center for Chronic Disease 

Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC, 1600 

Clifton Road, NE., Mailstop K92, Atlanta, 

Georgia 30333, Telephone: (770) 488–6295. 

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: April 4, 2011. 

Elaine L. Baker, 

Director, Management Analysis and Services 

Office, Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention. 

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