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implementation specifications, and 

certification criteria for the electronic 

exchange and use of health information 

for purposes of adoption, consistent 

with the implementation of the Federal 

Health IT Strategic Plan, and in 

accordance with policies developed by 

the HIT Policy Committee. 

Date and Time: The meeting will be 

held on September 28, 2011, from 9 a.m. 

to 3 p.m./Eastern Time. 

Location: Washington Marriott Hotel, 

1221 22nd Street, NW., Washington, DC. 

For up-to-date information, go to the 

ONC Web site, http://healthit.hhs.gov. 

Contact Person: Judy Sparrow, Office 

of the National Coordinator, HHS, 330 C 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20201, 

202–205–4528, Fax: 202–690–6079, email: judy.sparrow@hhs.gov. Please call 

the contact person for up-to-date 

information on this meeting. A notice in 

the Federal Register about last minute 

modifications that impact a previously 

announced advisory committee meeting 

cannot always be published quickly 

enough to provide timely notice. 

Agenda: The committee will hear 

reports from its workgroups, including 

the Clinical Operations, Vocabulary 

Task Force, Clinical Quality, and 

Implementation Workgroups. ONC 

intends to make background material 

available to the public no later than two 

(2) business days prior to the meeting. 

If ONC is unable to post the background 

material on its Web site prior to the 

meeting, it will be made publicly 

available at the location of the advisory 

committee meeting, and the background 

material will be posted on ONC’s Web 

site after the meeting, at http:// 

healthit.hhs.gov 

Procedure: Interested persons may 

present data, information, or views, 

orally or in writing, on issues pending 

before the committee. Written 

submissions may be made to the contact 

person on or before September 23, 2011. 

Oral comments from the public will be 

scheduled between approximately 2 and 

3 p.m./Eastern Time. Time allotted for 

each presentation will be limited to 

three minutes each. If the number of 

speakers requesting to comment is 

greater than can be reasonably 

accommodated during the scheduled 

open public hearing session, ONC will 

take written comments after the meeting 

until close of business. 

Persons attending ONC’s advisory 

committee meetings are advised that the 

agency is not responsible for providing 

access to electrical outlets. 

ONC welcomes the attendance of the 

public at its advisory committee 

meetings. Seating is limited at the 

location, and ONC will make every 

effort to accommodate persons with 

physical disabilities or special needs. If 

you require special accommodations 

due to a disability, please contact Judy 

Sparrow at least seven (7) days in 

advance of the meeting. 

ONC is committed to the orderly 

conduct of its advisory committee 

meetings. Please visit our Web site at 

http://healthit.hhs.gov for procedures 

on public conduct during advisory 

committee meetings. 

Notice of this meeting is given under 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463, 5 U.S.C., App. 2). 

Dated: August 8, 2011. 

Judith Sparrow, 

Office of Programs and Coordination, Office 

of the National Coordinator for Health 

Information Technology. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

HIT Policy Committee’s Workgroup 

Meetings; Notice of Meetings 

AGENCY: Office of the National 

Coordinator for Health Information 

Technology, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice of meetings. 

This notice announces forthcoming 

subcommittee meetings of a Federal 

advisory committee of the Office of the 

National Coordinator for Health 

Information Technology (ONC). The 

meetings will be open to the public via 

dial-in access only. 

Name of Committees: HIT Policy 

Committee’s Workgroups: Meaningful 

Use, Privacy & Security Tiger Team, 

Quality Measures, Adoption/ 

Certification, and Information Exchange 

workgroups. 

General Function of the Committee: 

To provide recommendations to the 

National Coordinator on a policy 

framework for the development and 

adoption of a nationwide health 

information technology infrastructure 

that permits the electronic exchange and 

use of health information as is 

consistent with the Federal Health IT 

Strategic Plan and that includes 

recommendations on the areas in which 

standards, implementation 

specifications, and certification criteria 

are needed. 

Date and Time: The HIT Policy 

Committee Workgroups will hold the 

following public meetings during 

September 2011: September 9th Privacy 

& Security Tiger Team, 2 to 4 p.m./ET; 

September 15th, Meaningful Use 

Workgroup, 10 to 12 p.m./ET; 

September 23rd Privacy & Security 

Tiger Team, 2 to 4 p.m./ET; TBD 

Enrollment Workgroup and other 

workgroups. 

Location: All workgroup meetings 

will be available via Webcast; for 

instructions on how to listen via 

telephone or Web visit http:// 

healthit.hhs.gov. Please check the ONC 

Web site for additional information or 

revised schedules as it becomes 

available. 

Contact Person: Judy Sparrow, Office 

of the National Coordinator, HHS, 330 C 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20201, 

202–205–4528, Fax: 202–690–6079, email: judy.sparrow@hhs.gov. Please call 

the contact person for up-to-date 

information on these meetings. A notice 

in the Federal Register about last 

minute modifications that affect a 

previously announced advisory 

committee meeting cannot always be 

published quickly enough to provide 

timely notice. 

Agenda: The workgroups will be 

discussing issues related to their 

specific subject matter, e.g., meaningful 

use, information exchange, privacy and 

security, quality measures, governance, 

or adoption/certification. If background 

materials are associated with the 

workgroup meetings, they will be 

posted on ONC’s Web site prior to the 

meeting at http://healthit.hhs.gov. 

Procedure: Interested persons may 

present data, information, or views, 

orally or in writing, on issues pending 

before the workgroups. Written 

submissions may be made to the contact 

person on or before two days prior to 

the workgroup’s meeting date. Oral 

comments from the public will be 

scheduled at the conclusion of each 

workgroup meeting. Time allotted for 

each presentation will be limited to 

three minutes. If the number of speakers 

requesting to comment is greater than 

can be reasonably accommodated 

during the scheduled open public 

session, ONC will take written 

comments after the meeting until close 

of business on that day. 

If you require special 

accommodations due to a disability, 

please contact Judy Sparrow at least 

seven (7) days in advance of the 

meeting. 

ONC is committed to the orderly 

conduct of its advisory committee 

meetings. Please visit our Web site at 

http://healthit.hhs.gov for procedures 

on public conduct during advisory 

committee meetings. 

Notice of this meeting is given under 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463, 5 U.S.C., App. 2). 


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Dated: August 8, 2011. 

Judith Sparrow, 

Office of Programs and Coordination, Office 

of the National Coordinator for Health 

Information Technology. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

HIT Standards Committee’s Workgroup 

Meetings; Notice of Meetings 

AGENCY: Office of the National 

Coordinator for Health Information 

Technology, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice of meetings. 

This notice announces forthcoming 

subcommittee meetings of a federal 

advisory committee of the Office of the 

National Coordinator for Health 

Information Technology (ONC). The 

meetings will be open to the public via 

dial-in access only. 

Name of Committees: HIT Standards 

Committee’s Workgroups: Clinical 

Operations, Vocabulary Task Force, 

Clinical Quality, Implementation, and 

Privacy & Security Standards 

workgroups. 

General Function of the Committee: 

To provide recommendations to the 

National Coordinator on standards, 

implementation specifications, and 

certification criteria for the electronic 

exchange and use of health information 

for purposes of adoption, consistent 

with the implementation of the Federal 

Health IT Strategic Plan, and in 

accordance with policies developed by 

the HIT Policy Committee. 

Date and Time: The HIT Standards 

Committee Workgroups will hold the 

following public meetings during 

September 2011: September 22nd 

Implementation Workgroup, 3 to 5 p.m./ 

ET; TBD other Workgroups’ calls. 

Location: All workgroup meetings 

will be available via Webcast; visit 

http://healthit.hhs.gov for instructions 

on how to listen via telephone or Web. 

Please check the ONC Web site for 

additional information and schedules as 

it becomes available. Contact Person: 

Judy Sparrow, Office of the National 

Coordinator, HHS, 330 C Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20201, 202–205–4528, 

Fax: 202–690–6079, e-mail: 

judy.sparrow@hhs.gov Please call the 

contact person for up-to-date 

information on these meetings. A notice 

in the Federal Register about last 

minute modifications that affect a 

previously announced advisory 

committee meeting cannot always be 

published quickly enough to provide 

timely notice. 

Agenda: The workgroups will be 

discussing issues related to their 

specific subject matter, e.g., clinical 

operations, vocabulary standards, 

clinical quality, implementation 

opportunities and challenges, and 

privacy and security standards 

activities. If background materials are 

associated with the workgroup 

meetings, they will be posted on ONC’s 

Web site prior to the meeting at 

http://healthit.hhs.gov. 

Procedure: Interested persons may 

present data, information, or views, 

orally or in writing, on issues pending 

before the workgroups. Written 

submissions may be made to the contact 

person on or before two days prior to 

the workgroups’ meeting dates. Oral 

comments from the public will be 

scheduled at the conclusion of each 

workgroup meeting. Time allotted for 

each presentation will be limited to 

three minutes. If the number of speakers 

requesting to comment is greater than 

can be reasonably accommodated 

during the scheduled open public 

session, ONC will take written 

comments after the meeting until close 

of business on that day. 

If you require special 

accommodations due to a disability, 

please contact Judy Sparrow at least 

seven (7) days in advance of the 

meeting. 

ONC is committed to the orderly 

conduct of its advisory committee 

meetings. Please visit our Web site at 

http://healthit.hhs.gov for procedures 

on public conduct during advisory 

committee meetings. 

Notice of this meeting is given under 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463, 5 U.S.C., App. 2). 

Dated: August 8, 2011. 

Judith Sparrow, 

Office of Programs and Coordination, Office 

of the National Coordinator for Health 

Information Technology. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Food and Drug Administration 

[Docket No. FDA–2011–N–0555] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Extra Label Drug 

Use in Animals 

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, 

HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Food and Drug 

Administration (FDA) is announcing an 

opportunity for public comment on the 

proposed collection of certain 

information by the Agency. Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the 

PRA), Federal Agencies are required to 

publish notice in the Federal Register 

concerning each proposed collection of 

information, including each proposed 

extension of an existing collection of 

information, and to allow 60 days for 

public comment in response to the 

notice. This notice solicits comments on 

the reporting requirements associated 

with extra label drug use in animals. 

DATES: Submit either electronic or 

written comments on the collection of 

information by October 17, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Submit electronic 

comments on the collection of 

information to http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Submit written 

comments on the collection of 

information to the Division of Dockets 

Management (HFA–305), Food and Drug 

Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 

1061, Rockville, MD 20852. All 

comments should be identified with the 

docket number found in brackets in the 

heading of this document. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Juanmanuel Vilela, Office of 

Information Management, Food and 

Drug Administration, 1350 Piccard Dr., 

PI50–400B, Rockville, MD 20850, 301– 

796–7651, 

Juanmanuel.vilela@fda.hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), Federal 

agencies must obtain approval from the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for each collection of 

information they conduct or sponsor. 

‘‘Collection of information’’ is defined 

in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 

1320.3(c) and includes Agency requests 

or requirements that members of the 

public submit reports, keep records, or 

provide information to a third party. 

Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA (44 

U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)) requires Federal 

Agencies to provide a 60-day notice in 

the Federal Register concerning each 

proposed collection of information, 

including each proposed extension of an 

existing collection of information, 

before submitting the collection to OMB 

for approval. To comply with this 

requirement, FDA is publishing notice 

of the proposed collection of 

information set forth in this document. 

With respect to the following 

collection of information, FDA invites 

comments on these topics: (1) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of FDA’s functions, including whether 


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