[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 153 (Tuesday, August 9, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 48864]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-20195]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Public Meeting of the Presidential Commission for the Study of 
Bioethical Issues

AGENCY: Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Health, Presidential Commission for the Study 
of Bioethical Issues.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues 
will conduct its sixth meeting in August. At this meeting, the 
Commission will discuss research into the U.S. Public Health Service 
STD inoculation and serological studies in Guatemala from 1946-1948, 
and the current Federal standards regarding human subjects protection 
in scientific studies.

DATES: The meeting will take place Monday and Tuesday, August 29 and 
30, 2011.

ADDRESSES: The Ritz-Carlton Hotel, 1150 22nd Street, NW., Washington, 
DC 20037. Phone 202-835-0500.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hillary Wicai Viers, Communications 
Director, Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues, 
1425 New York Avenue, NW., Suite C-100, Washington, DC 20005. 
Telephone: 202-233-3960. E-mail: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1058797c7c7162693e46797562635072797f7564787973633e777f66"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="054d6c696964777c2b536c60777645676c6a60716d6c66762b626a73">[email protected]</span></a>. 
Additional information may be obtained at http://www.bioethics.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act of 1972, Public Law 92-463, 5 U.S.C. app. 2, notice is hereby given 
of the sixth meeting of the Presidential Commission for the Study of 
Bioethical Issues (the Commission). The meeting will be held from 10 
a.m. to approximately 4 p.m. on Monday, August 29, 2011, and from 9 
a.m. to approximately 4 p.m. on Tuesday, August 30, 2011, in 
Washington, DC. The meeting will be open to the public with attendance 
limited to space available. The meeting will also be webcast at http://www.bioethics.gov.
    Under authority of Executive Order 13521, dated November 24, 2009, 
the President established the Commission. The Commission is an advisory 
panel of the nation's leaders in medicine, science, ethics, religion, 
law, and engineering. The Commission advised the President on 
bioethical issues arising from advances in biomedicine and related 
areas of science and technology. The Commission seeks to identify and 
promote policies and practices that ensure scientific research, health 
care delivery, and technological innovation are conducted in a socially 
and ethically responsible manner.
    The main agenda items for this sixth meeting are to review Public 
Health Service STD inoculation and serological studies in the 1940s in 
Guatemala as well as contemporary Federal standards for human subjects 
protections in scientific studies supported by the Federal government 
as requested by President Obama on November 24, 2010.
    The draft meeting agenda and other information about PCSBI, 
including information about access to the webcast, will be available at 
http://www.bioethics.gov.
    The Commission welcomes input from anyone wishing to provide public 
comment on any issue before it. Respectful debate of opposing views and 
active participants by citizens in public exchange of ideas can enhance 
decisions that are reached and the overall public understanding of 
them. The Commission is particularly interested in receiving oral 
comments during the meeting that are responsive to specific sessions. 
Written comments will be accepted at the registration desk and comment 
forms will be provided for members of the public to write down 
questions for the Commission as they arise. To accommodate as many 
speakers as possible the time for each individual to speak may be 
limited. If the number of individuals wishing to speak is greater than 
can reasonably be accommodated during the scheduled meeting, the 
Commission may randomly select comments.
    Anyone planning to attend the meeting who needs special assistance, 
such as sign language interpretation or other reasonable 
accommodations, should notify Esther Yoo (contact information above) in 
advance of the meeting. The Commission will make every effort to 
accommodate persons who need special assistance.
    Written comments will also be accepted and are especially welcome. 
Please address written comments by e-mail to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3950575f56795b50565c4d51505a4a175e564f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="533a3d353c13313a3c36273b3a30207d343c25">[email protected]</span></a>, or by 
mail to the following address: Public Commentary, Presidential 
Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues, 1425 New York Ave., NW., 
Suite C-100, Washington, DC 20005. Comments will be publicly available, 
including any personally identifiable or confidential business 
information that they contain. Trade secrets should not be submitted.

    Dated: July 29, 2011.
Valerie H. Bonham,
Executive Director, Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical 
Issues.
[FR Doc. 2011-20195 Filed 8-8-11; 8:45 am]
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