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[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 202 (Wednesday, October 20, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 61677]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-23412]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics: Meeting

    Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS) announces the following advisory 
committee meeting.

    Name: National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS).
    Time and Date: November 4, 2004, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., November 5, 
2004, 10 a.m.-3:15 p.m.
    Place: Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue, 
SW., Eisenberg Room--Room 800, Washington, DC 20201.
    Status: Open.
    Purpose: At this meeting the Committee will hear presentations 
and hold discussions on several health data policy topics. On the 
morning of the first day the Committee will hear updates and status 
reports from the Department on topics including Clinical Data 
Standards, the Consolidated Health Informatics Initiative, and the 
HIPAA Privacy Rule. There will also be updates on activities of the 
National Center for Health Statistic's (NCHS) Board of Scientific 
Counselors and on the National Health Information Infrastructure 
(NHII). In the afternoon the Committee will hear a presentation on 
the Census Bureau's American Community Survey and will discuss 
various materials prepared by NCVHS Subcommittees.
    On the second day the Committee will be briefed on the National 
Institutes of Health's (NIH) Roadmap for the Future plan and the 
Clinical Trial Research Agenda. The Committee will also discuss 
plans for its annual report to Congress and there will be reports 
from the Subcommittees and a discussion of agendas for future 
Committee meetings.
    The times shown above are for the full Committee meeting. 
Subcommittee breakout sessions are scheduled for late in the 
afternoon of the first day and in the morning prior to the full 
Committee meeting on the second day. Agendas for these breakout 
sessions will be posted on the NCVHS Web site (URL below) when 
available.
    For Further Information Contact: Substantive program information 
as well as summaries of meetings and a roster of committee members 
may be obtained from Marjorie S. Greenberg, Executive Secretary, 
NCVHS, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention, 3311 Toledo Road, Room 2402, Hyattsville, 
Maryland 20782, telephone (301) 458-4245. Information also is 
available on the NCVHS home page of the HHS Web site: http://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov/, where further information including an agenda 
will be posted when available.
    Should you require reasonable accommodation, please contact the 
CDC Office of Equal Employment Opportunity on (301) 458-4EEO (4336) 
as soon as possible.

    Dated: October 12, 2004.
James Scanlon,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Science and Data Policy, Office 
of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 04-23412 Filed 10-19-04; 8:45 am]
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