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examines data and information on the 

effectiveness and appropriateness of 

medical items and services that are 

covered or eligible for coverage under 

Medicare. The Committee works from 

an agenda provided by the Designated 

Federal Official that lists specific issues, 

and develops technical advice to assist 

us in determining reasonable and 

necessary applications of medical 

services and technology when we make 

national coverage decisions for 

Medicare. The Committee also advises 

CMS as part of Medicare’s ‘‘coverage 

with evidence development’’ activities. 

II. Provisions of the Notice 

As of June 2010, there will be 34 

terms of membership expiring, 1 of 

which is a nonvoting industry 

representative and 4 are voting patient 

advocates. 

Accordingly, we are requesting 

nominations for both voting and 

nonvoting members to serve on the 

MEDCAC. Nominees are selected based 

upon their individual qualifications and 

not as representatives of professional 

associations or societies. We have a 

special interest in ensuring that the 

interests of both women and men, 

members of all racial and ethnic groups, 

and physically challenged individuals 

are adequately represented on the 

MEDCAC. Therefore, we encourage 

nominations of qualified candidates 

from these groups. 

All nominations must be 

accompanied by curricula vitae. 

Nomination packages must be sent to 

Maria Ellis at the address listed in the 

ADDRESSES section of this notice. 

Nominees for voting membership must 

also have expertise and experience in 

one or more of the following fields: 

• Clinical medicine of all specialties 

• Administrative medicine 

• Public health 

• Patient advocacy 

• Biologic and physical sciences 

• Health care data and information 

management and analysis 

• The economics of health care 

• Medical ethics 

• Other related professions such as 

epidemiology and biostatistics, and 

methodology of clinical trial design 

We are looking for experts in a 

number of fields. Our most critical 

needs are for experts in hematology; 

genomics; end of life care; Bayesian 

statistics; clinical epidemiology; clinical 

trial methodology; knee, hip, and other 

joint replacement surgery; 

ophthalmology; psychopharmacology; 

registries; rheumatology; screening and 

diagnostic testing analysis; and stroke. 

We also need experts in biostatistics in 

clinical settings, cardiovascular 

epidemiology, cost effectiveness 

analysis, dementia, endocrinology, 

geriatrics, gynecology, minority health, 

observational research design, stroke 

epidemiology, and women’s health. 

The nomination letter must include a 

statement that the nominee is willing to 

serve as a member of the MEDCAC and 

appears to have no conflict of interest 

that would preclude membership. We 

are requesting that all curricula vitae 

include the following: 

• Date of birth 

• Place of birth 

• Social security number 

• Title and current position 

• Professional affiliation 

• Home and business address 

• Telephone and fax numbers 

• E-mail address 

• List of areas of expertise 

In the nomination letter, we are 

requesting that the nominee specify 

whether they are applying for a voting 

patient advocate position, for another 

voting position, or as a nonvoting 

industry representative. Potential 

candidates will be asked to provide 

detailed information concerning such 

matters as financial holdings, 

consultancies, and research grants or 

contracts in order to permit evaluation 

of possible sources of conflict of 

interest. 

Members are invited to serve for 

overlapping 2-year terms. A member 

may serve after the expiration of the 

member’s term until a successor takes 

office. Any interested person may 

nominate one or more qualified persons. 

Self-nominations are also accepted. 

The current Secretary’s Charter for the 

MEDCAC is available on the CMS Web 

site at: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/FACA/ 

Downloads/medcaccharter.pdf, or you 

may obtain a copy of the charter by 

submitting a request to the contact listed 

in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION section 

of this notice. 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. App. 2, section 

10(a)(1) and (a)(2). 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program No. 93.773, Medicare—Hospital 

Insurance; and Program No. 93.774, 

Medicare—Supplementary Medical 

Insurance Program) 

Dated: February 23, 2010. 

Barry M. Straube, 

CMS Chief Medical Officer, Director, Office 

of Clinical Standards and Quality, Centers 

for Medicare & Medicaid Services. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5382–N–03] 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection for Public Comment: 

Housing Counseling Outcomes Study 

AGENCY: Office of Policy Development 

and Research, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The proposed information 

collection requirement described below 

will be submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review, as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act. The Department is 

soliciting public comments on the 

subject proposal. 

DATES: Comments Due Date: April 27, 

2010. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments regarding 

this proposal. Comments should refer to 

the proposal by name and/or OMB 

Control number and should be sent to: 

Reports Liaison Officer, Office of Policy 

Development and Research, Department 

of Housing and Urban Development, 

451 7th Street, SW., Room 8226, 

Washington, DC 20410–5000. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Marina L. Myhre, (202) 708–3700, 

extension 5705 for copies of the 

proposed forms and other available 

documents. (This is not a toll-free 

number.) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department will submit the proposed 

information collection to OMB for 

review, as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35, as amended). This Notice is 

soliciting comments from members of 

the public and affected agencies 

concerning the proposed collection of 

information to: (1) Evaluate whether the 

proposed collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (2) Evaluate the 

accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the 

burden of the proposed collection of 

information; (3) Enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and (4) Minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on those who are to respond, including 

through the use of appropriate 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology 

(e.g., permitting electronic submission 

of responses). 

This Notice also lists the following 

information: 


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Title of Proposal: Housing Counseling 

Outcomes Study. 

Description of the need for the 

information and proposed use: This 

request is for the clearance of survey 

instruments designed to provide 

statistically accurate information on the 

outcomes realized by clients of HUDapproved counseling agencies seeking 

assistance to either purchase a home 

(pre-purchase clients) or to resolve or 

prevent mortgage delinquency (postpurchase clients). Fourteen-hundred 

and thirty counseling clients have 

already been recruited to voluntarily 

participate in the study. In granting 

their informed consent to participate in 

the study, these counseling clients 

agreed to be contacted by telephone 12 

months following the receipt of 

counseling to complete a survey about 

their counseling experience and their 

current housing situation. The purpose 

of this survey is to gather information 

needed to both document the share of 

clients realizing different outcomes 

following counseling and to analyze 

how these outcomes vary with the 

characteristics of clients and the 

services they receive. 

OMB Approval Number: Pending. 

Agency form numbers: None. 

Members of Affected Public: Fourteenhundred and thirty housing counseling 

clients. 

Estimation of the total number of 

hours needed to prepare the information 

collection including number of 

respondents, frequency of response, and 

hours of response: The average time per 

client for completing the telephone 

survey is one-half hour. Of the fourteenhundred and thirty clients in the study, 

978 are expected to complete the 

survey. Thus, total burden hours are 489 

hours for counseling clients. 

Status of the proposed information 

collection: Pending OMB approval. 

Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, 

as amended. 

Dated: February 21, 2010. 

Raphael W. Bostic, 

Assistant Secretary for Policy Development 

and Research. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5384–N–04] 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection: Comment Request; SemiAnnual Labor Standards Enforcement 

Report 

AGENCY: Office of Labor Relations, 

Office of Departmental Operations and 

Coordination, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The proposed information 

collection requirement described below 

will be submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review, as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act. The Department is 

soliciting public comments on the 

subject proposal. 

DATES: Comments Due Date: April 27, 

2010. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments regarding 

this proposal. Comments should refer to 

the proposal by name and/or OMB 

Control Number and should be sent to: 

Leroy McKinney, Jr., Reports 

Management Officer, Department of 

Housing and Urban Development, 451 

7th Street, SW., Room 4178, 

Washington, DC 20410 or 

Leroy.McKinneyJr@hud.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jade 

Banks, Senior Policy Advisor, Office of 

Labor Relations, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 7th Street, 

SW., Room 2102, Washington, DC 20410 

or Jade.M.Banks@hud.gov, telephone 

(202) 402–5475 (this is not a toll-free 

number) for copies of the proposed 

forms and other available information. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department is submitting the proposed 

information collection to OMB for 

review, as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35, as amended). 

This Notice is soliciting comments 

from members of the public and affected 

agencies concerning the proposed 

collection of information to: (1) Evaluate 

whether the proposed collection is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (2) Evaluate the 

accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the 

burden of the proposed collection of 

information; (3) Enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and (4) Minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on those who are to respond; including 

the use of appropriate automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of responses. 

This Notice also lists the following 

information: 

Title of Proposal: Semi-annual Labor 

Standards Enforcement Report 

OMB Control Number, if applicable: 

2501–0019 

Description of the need for the 

information and proposed use: All 

Federal agencies administering 

programs subject to Davis-Bacon wage 

provisions are required by Department 

of Labor (DOL) regulations (29 CFR Part 

5, Section 5.7(b)) to submit a report of 

all new covered contracts/projects and 

all enforcement activities each six 

months. In order for HUD to comply 

with this requirement, it must collect 

contract and enforcement information 

from local and tribal agencies that 

administer HUD-assisted programs 

subject to Davis-Bacon requirements. 

(State agencies that administer HUDassisted programs may report directly to 

DOL or may report through HUD, at the 

discretion of each state.) HUD requests 

that such agencies complete and submit 

a Semi-annual Enforcement Report each 

six months. 

HUD and reporting agencies must 

retain a copy of the Semi-annual 

Enforcement Report in its files. 

Agency form numbers, if applicable: 

Forms HUD–4710, HUD–4710i. 

Estimation of the total numbers of 

hours needed to prepare the information 

collection including number of 

respondents, frequency of response, and 

hours of response: The estimated total 

number of hours needed to prepare the 

information collection is 10,000; the 

number of respondents is 5,000; the 

frequency of response is semi-annually; 

and the hours per response is 2. 

Recordkeeping requirements add an 

additional 2,500 hours for a total of 

12,500 hours per year. 

Status of the proposed information 

collection: Extension of a currently 

approved collection. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995, 44 U.S.C., Chapter 35, as amended. 

Dated: February 22, 2010. 

Waite H. Madison, 

Director, Office of Labor Relations. 

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