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newborns and children having or at risk 

for heritable disorders. 

Specifically, HRSA is requesting 

nominations for three (3) voting 

members to serve on the Committee. 

Members shall be selected from 

medical, technical, public health or 

scientific professionals with special 

expertise in the field of heritable 

disorders or in providing screening, 

counseling, testing or specialty services 

for newborns and children at risk for 

heritable disorders and from members of 

the public having special expertise 

about or concern with heritable 

disorders. 

The individuals selected for 

appointment to the Committee can be 

invited to serve for overlapping terms of 

up to 4 years. However, any member 

appointed to fill a vacancy of an 

unexpired term shall be appointed for 

the remainder of such term. Members 

may serve after the expiration of their 

term until their successors have taken 

office. Terms of more than 2 years are 

contingent upon the renewal of the 

Committee by appropriate action prior 

to its expiration. Members who are not 

Federal employees will receive a 

stipend for each day they are engaged in 

the performance of their duties as 

members of the Committee. Members 

shall receive per diem and travel 

expenses as authorized by section 5 

U.S.C. 5703 for persons employed 

intermittently in Government service. 

Members who are officers or employees 

of the United States Government shall 

not receive compensation for service on 

the Committee. Nominees will be 

invited to serve beginning from October 

1, 2010. 

Nominations should be typewritten. 

The following information should be 

included in the package of material 

submitted for each individual being 

nominated for consideration: (1) A letter 

of nomination that clearly states the 

name and affiliation of the nominee, the 

basis for the nomination (i.e., specific 

attributes which qualify the nominee for 

service in this capacity), and a statement 

that the nominee is willing to serve as 

a member of the Committee and appears 

to have no conflict of interest that 

would preclude the Committee 

membership—potential candidates will 

be asked to provide detailed information 

concerning consultancies, research 

grants, or contracts to permit evaluation 

of possible sources of conflicts of 

interest; (2) the nominator’s name, 

address, and daytime telephone 

number, and the home/or work address, 

telephone number, and e-mail address 

of the individual being nominated; and 

(3) a current copy of the nominee’s 

curriculum vitae. Please submit 

nominations no later than May 1, 2010. 

To the extent practicable, members of 

the Committee should have expertise in 

dealing with heritable disorders and 

genetic diseases that affect the racial 

and ethnic and geographical diversity of 

newborns served by the State newborn 

screening programs. The Department of 

Health and Human Services will ensure 

that the membership of the Committee 

reflects an equitable geographical and 

gender distribution, provided that the 

effectiveness of the Committee would 

not be impaired. Appointments shall be 

made without discrimination on the 

basis of age, ethnicity, gender, sexual 

orientation, and cultural, religious, or 

socioeconomic status. 

Dated: January 11, 2010. 

Mary K. Wakefield, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2010–671 Filed 1–14–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

[Docket No. DHS–2009–0158] 

Homeland Security Science and 

Technology Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Science and Technology 

Directorate, DHS. 

ACTION: Committee management; Notice 

of closed Federal Advisory Committee 

meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Homeland Security 

Science and Technology Advisory 

Committee will meet January 26–28, 

2010, at the Department of Homeland 

Security, 1120 Vermont Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC. This meeting will be 

closed to the public. 

DATES: The Homeland Security Science 

and Technology Advisory Committee 

will meet January 26, 2010, from 9 a.m. 

to 5 p.m., January 27, 2010, from 9 a.m. 

to 5 p.m. and on January 28, 2010, from 

8 a.m. to 11 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Department of Homeland Security, 

1120 Vermont Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC. Requests to have written material 

distributed to each member of the 

committee prior to the meeting should 

reach the contact person at the address 

below by Friday, January 8, 2010. Send 

written material to Ms. Tiwanda Burse, 

Science and Technology Directorate, 

Department of Homeland Security, 245 

Murray Lane, Bldg. 410, Washington, 

DC 20528. Comments must be identified 

by DHS–2009–0158 and may be 

submitted by one of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• E-mail: HSSTAC@dhs.gov. Include 

the docket number in the subject line of 

the message. 

• Fax: 202–254–6173. 

• Mail: Ms. Tiwanda Burse, Science 

and Technology Directorate, Department 

of Homeland Security, 245 Murray 

Lane, Bldg. 410, Washington, DC 20528. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the words ‘‘Department of 

Homeland Security’’ and the docket 

number for this action. Comments 

received will be posted without 

alteration at http://www.regulations.gov, 

including any personal information 

provided. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received by the (committee 

name), go to http://www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Tiwanda Burse, Science and 

Technology Directorate, Department of 

Homeland Security, 245 Murray Lane, 

Bldg. 410, Washington, DC 20528, 202– 

254–6877. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of 

this meeting is given under the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 

(Pub. L. 92–463). 

At this meeting, the Committee will 

receive sensitive and classified (Top 

Secret-level) briefings and presentations 

regarding relationships between Science 

& Technology and selected Defense 

related topics concerning matters 

sensitive to homeland security. 

Basis for Closure: In accordance with 

Section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, it has been determined 

that the Homeland Security Science and 

Technology Advisory Committee 

meeting concerns sensitive Homeland 

Security information and classified 

matters within the meaning of 5 U.S.C. 

552b(c)(1) and (c)(9)(B) which, if 

prematurely disclosed, would 

significantly jeopardize national 

security and frustrate implementation of 

proposed agency actions and that, 

accordingly, the portion of the meeting 

that concerns these issues will be closed 

to the public. 

Dated: January 7, 2010. 

Tara O’Toole, 

Under Secretary for Science and Technology. 

[FR Doc. 2010–737 Filed 1–14–10; 8:45 am] 

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