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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Sunshine Act Meeting; Notice

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: Board of

Governors of the Federal Reserve

System.

TIME AND DATE: 10 a.m., Wednesday,

June 14, 2000.

PLACE: Marriner S. Eccles Federal

Reserve Board Building, 20th and C

Streets, NW., Washington, DC 20551.

STATUS: Closed.

Matters To Be Considered

1. Personnel actions (appointments,

promotions, assignments,

reassignments, and salary actions)

involving individual Federal Reserve

System employees.

2. Any matters carried forward from a

previously announced meeting.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Lynn S. Fox, Assistant to the Board;

202–452–3204.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: You may

call 202–452–3206 beginning at

approximately 5 p.m. two business days

before the meeting for a recorded

announcement of bank and bank

holding company applications

scheduled for the meeting; or you may

contact the Board’s Web site at http://

www.federalreserve.gov for an

electronic announcement that not only

lists applications, but also indicates

procedural and other information about

the meeting.

Dated: June 7, 2000.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request

The Department of Health and Human

Services, Office of the Secretary

publishes a list of information

collections it has submitted to the Office

of Management and Budget (OMB) for

clearance in compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. Chapter 35) and CFR 1320.5. The

following are those information

collections recently submitted to OMB.

1. Analysis of Guidelines for the

Conduct of Research Adopted by

Medical Schools or their Components—

NEW—The Office of Research Integrity

(ORI) is responsible for ensuring the

integrity of the research supported by

the Public Health Service. Section 493

of the Public Health Service Act,

provides that the Secretary by regulation

shall require that each entity which

applies for a grant, contract or

cooperative agreement which involves

the conduct of biomedical or behavioral

research shall establish policies and

procedures to review, investigate and

report allegations of research

misconduct in connection with the

research conducted at or sponsored by

the applicant institute with PHS

supported funds. ORI plans on

requesting copies of the guidelines for

the conduct of research adopted by

accredited medical schools in the

United States. ORI will use the

information to develop technical

assistance materials and an instructional

workshop which will assist medical

schools in formulating guidelines.

Respondents: State and Local

governments; Businesses or other forprofit, non-profit institutions—Burden

Information for Solicitation—Number of

Respondents: 125; Burden per

Response: .25 hours; Total Burden for

Solicitation: 31 hours; Burden

Information for Check List—Number of

Respondents: 125; Burden per

Response: 1 hour; Total Burden for

Check List: 125 hours; Burden

Information for Telephone Calls—

Number of Respondents: 13; Burden per

Response: 625 hours; Total Burden for

telephone calls: 16 hours; Total Burden:

172 hours.

OMB Desk Officer: Allison Eydt.

Copies of the information collection

package listed above can be obtained by

calling the OS Reports Clearance Officer

on (202) 690–6207. Written comments

and recommendations for the proposed

information collection should be sent

directly to the OMB desk officer

designated above the following address:

Human Resources and Housing

Branch, Office of Management and

Budget, New Executive Office Building,

Room 10235, 725 17th Street, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20503.

Comments may also be sent to

Cynthia Agens Bauer, OS Reports

Clearance Officer, Room 503H, Hubert

H. Humphrey Building, 200

Independence Ave S.W., Washington,

D.C., 20201. Written comments should

be received within 30 days of this

notice.

Dated: June 1, 2000.

Dennis P. Williams,

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Budget.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

Grants and Cooperative Agreements

Awards: Association of Schools of

Public Health (ASPH)

AGENCY: Office of International and

Refugee Health, Office of Public Health

and Science, DHHS

ACTION: The Office of Public Health and

Science announces that it will enter into

an umbrella cooperative agreement in

fiscal year 2000 with the Association of

Schools of Public Health (ASPH). This

cooperative agreement will establish a

framework in which specific projects,

which will further department program

objectives, will be funded as they are

identified over the 5 year period of the

agreement. This agreement will be

administered by the Office of

International and Refugee Health, which

will award individual projects on behalf

of the DHHS agencies. The cooperative

agreement will establish a ceiling of $6

million for the aggregate amount of the

individual projects with funds to be

obligated as the projects are funded.

SUMMARY: The purpose of the

cooperative agreement with the

Association of Schools of Public Health

(ASPH) is to promote and sustain

collaborations and partnerships between

ASPH member schools and

international schools of public health

thereby improving the functions of these

institutions, furthering the development

of global public health professionals,

and stimulating global public health

policy.

This cooperative agreement is a

collaborative effort between the Office

of International and Refugee Health and

the Association of Schools of Public

Health (ASPH) to develop the next

generation of professionals trained in

public health and to promote and

sustain the development of the global

public health professional by facilitating

collaborative efforts and partnerships

between American schools of public

health and schools abroad. These

collaborations will include, but not be

limited to, training opportunities such

as internships and fellowships, research

projects, exchanging information

through publications, meetings, distance

learning opportunities, and faculty

exchanges. The collaborative effort will

provide for a more diverse and globally

capable public health workforce. In

today’s world, it is essential for public

health workers both in the U.S. and

abroad to be trained to address health

issues in a global environment as well

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as those in their own nations. This

cooperative agreement will provide a

mechanism to stimulate global public

health education. Results from

collaborative research can be used in

curriculum development, publications,

and presentations at national or

international meetings and to contribute

to the improvement of global health.

International cooperation such as this

serves to meet the objectives of Healthy

People 2010. This cooperative

agreement will assist the OIRH in its

mission to promote the health of the

world’s population by advancing the

Department of Health and Human

Service’s global strategies and

partnerships, thus serving the health of

the people of the United States.

This program addresses the 1997 IOM

report titled, ‘‘America’s Vital Interest in

Global Health: Protecting Our People,

Enhancing Our Economy, and

Advancing Our International Interests.’’

This IOM report states the need for

public health workers to be exposed to

international health training to deal

with the health issues of a world that is

growing more diverse, but closer due to

international travel and commerce, for

example, emerging and drug resistant

infectious diseases in one country

represent a threat to the health and

economics of all countries. Tobacco is a

global problem by virtue of global

marketing and cultural development.

Answers to these challenges requires

global thinking, training, and

collaboration.

AUTHORITY: This cooperative agreement

is authorized by Section 307 of the

Public Health Service Act.

Background

Assistance will be provided only to

the Association of Schools of Public

Health (ASPH). No other applications

are solicited. ASPH is the only

organization providing services

specified under this cooperative

agreement because:

1. ASPH represents the 29 accredited

schools of public health in the United

States. These schools represent the

primary educational system that trains

personnel to operate the Nation’s public

health agencies, and to administer

disease prevention and health

promotion programs. ASPH has the

institutional knowledge of the needs of

both the schools of public health and

the public health agencies as well as the

access and communications network to

coordinate activities of the accredited

schools of public health.

2. ASPH is the only organization that

can comprehensively affect the

development and implementation of

international health curricula to public

health workers in all of its 29 member

schools of public health and provide

international experiences to students

and faculty in the environment of public

health organizations.

3. ASPH is uniquely positioned to

partner with international practitioners

of public health because of its affiliation

with international organizations such as

the Association of Schools of Public

Health in the European Region

(ASPHER), the World Federation of

Public Health Associations, the Pan

American Health Organization (PAHO),

and the World Health Organization

(WHO).

4. ASPH is working through its Global

Health Committee to provide the

framework for its member schools of

public health and the practitioners of

public health in Federal, State and local

governments to partner and share their

experience and expertise with

international schools of public health,

and to enable the international

perspectives of Public health to be

incorporated into curricula for teaching

health administration, health promotion

and disease prevention, preventionbased health service delivery and health

research methods. This will assist future

public health workers to improve the

health of the people of the United States

and the world and to reduce health

disparities suffered by racial and ethnic

minorities. Such exchanges will assure

consistent approaches to the preparation

of public health workers worldwide and

their performance in controlling today’s

major global health issues.

5. ASPH provides the structure and

experience for instituting

comprehensive international public

health education programs and

implementing programs that strengthen

the public system by preparing public

health workers to work in international

locations and with diverse populations.

Where To Obtain Additional

Information

If you are interested in obtaining

additional information regarding this

project, contact Jerry Rutkoski at 301–

443–4560.

Dated: June 2, 2000.

David Satcher,

Assistant Secretary for Health and Surgeon

General.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention

[60Day–00–38]

Proposed Data Collections Submitted

for Public Comment and

Recommendations

In compliance with the requirement

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

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for

opportunity for public comment on

proposed data collection projects, the

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic

summaries of proposed projects. To

request more information on the

proposed projects or to obtain a copy of

the data collection plans and

instruments, call the CDC Reports

Clearance Officer on (404) 639–7090.

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether

the proposed collection of information

is necessary for the proper performance

of the functions of the agency, including

whether the information shall have

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden of the

proposed collection of information; (c)

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the

burden of the collection of information

on respondents, including through the

use of automated collection techniques

for other forms of information

technology. Send comments to Anne E.

O’Connor, CDC Assistant Reports

Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road,

MS-D24, Atlanta, GA 30333. Written

comments should be received within 60

days of this notice.

Proposed Project

NIOSH Training Grants, 42 CFR Part

86, Application and Regulations (OMB

No. 9020–0261)—Extension—National

Institute for Occupational Safety and

Health (NIOSH). Public law 91–596

requires CDC/NIOSH to provide an

adequate supply of professionals to

carry out the purposes of the Act to

assure a safe and healthful work

environment. NIOSH supports

educational programs through training

grant awards to academic institutions

for the training of industrial hygienists,

occupational physicians, occupational

health nurses and safety professionals.

Grants are provided to 15 Education and

Research Centers (ERCs) which provide

multi-disciplinary graduate academic

and research training for professionals,

continuing education for practicing

professionals and outreach programs in

the Region. There are also currently 41