Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 175 / Monday, September 11, 2006 / Notices 53453 

1Copies of the Minutes of the Federal Open 

Market Committee Meeting on August 8, 2006, 

which includes the domestic policy directive issued 

at the meeting, are available upon request to the 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 

Washington, DC 20551. The minutes are published 

in the Federal Reserve Bulletin and in the Board’s 

annual report. 

CALENDAR OF REPORTING DATES FOR TEXAS SPECIAL ELECTION—Continued 

Report Close of 

books 1

Reg./cert. & 

overnight 

mailing date 

Filing date 

Pre-General ...................................................................................................................................... 10/18/06 10/23/06 10/26/06 

Post-General ..................................................................................................................................... 11/27/06 12/07/06 12/07/06 

Year-End ........................................................................................................................................... 12/31/06 01/31/07 01/31/07 

If Two Elections Are Held, Committees Involved In Only The Special General (11/07/06) Must File: 

Pre-General ...................................................................................................................................... 10/18/06 10/23/06 10/26/06 

Year-End ........................................................................................................................................... 12/31/06 01/31/07 01/31/07 

1The period begins with the close of books of the last report filed by the committee. If the committee has filed no previous reports, the period 

begins with the date of the committee’s first activity. 

Dated: September 5, 2006. 

Michael E. Toner, 

Chairman, Federal Election Commission. 

[FR Doc. E6–14961 Filed 9–8–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6715–01–P 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Formations of, Acquisitions by, and 

Mergers of Bank Holding Companies 

The companies listed in this notice 

have applied to the Board for approval, 

pursuant to the Bank Holding Company 

Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.) 

(BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR Part 

225), and all other applicable statutes 

and regulations to become a bank 

holding company and/or to acquire the 

assets or the ownership of, control of, or 

the power to vote shares of a bank or 

bank holding company and all of the 

banks and nonbanking companies 

owned by the bank holding company, 

including the companies listed below. 

The applications listed below, as well 

as other related filings required by the 

Board, are available for immediate 

inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank 

indicated. The application also will be 

available for inspection at the offices of 

the Board of Governors. Interested 

persons may express their views in 

writing on the standards enumerated in 

the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the 

proposal also involves the acquisition of 

a nonbanking company, the review also 

includes whether the acquisition of the 

nonbanking company complies with the 

standards in section 4 of the BHC Act 

(12 U.S.C. 1843). Unless otherwise 

noted, nonbanking activities will be 

conducted throughout the United States. 

Additional information on all bank 

holding companies may be obtained 

from the National Information Center 

website at www.ffiec.gov/nic/. 

Unless otherwise noted, comments 

regarding each of these applications 

must be received at the Reserve Bank 

indicated or the offices of the Board of 

Governors not later than October 6, 

2006. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago 

(Patrick M. Wilder, Assistant Vice 

President) 230 South LaSalle Street, 

Chicago, Illinois 60690-1414: 

1. ChoiceOne Financial Services, Inc., 

Sparta, Michigan; to merge with Valley 

Ridge Financial Corp., Kent City, 

Michigan, and thereby indirectly 

acquire voting shares of Valley Ridge 

Bank, Kent City, Michigan. 

2. Town Bancshares, Inc., Antioch, 

Illinois; to become a bank holding 

company by acquiring 100 percent of 

the voting shares of Town Community 

Bank and Trust (formerly Greater North 

Bank), Antioch, Illinois. 

B. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 

(Glenda Wilson, Community Affairs 

Officer) 411 Locust Street, St. Louis, 

Missouri 63166-2034: 

1. Ashley Bancstock Company, 

Crossett, Arkansas; to acquire 100 

percent of the voting shares of First 

Community Bank of Crawford County, 

Van Buren, Arkansas. 

2. St. Elizabeth Bancshares, Inc., Saint 

Elizabeth, Missouri; to acquire 100 

percent of the voting shares of Bank of 

Freeburg, Freeburg, Missouri. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, September 6, 2006. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. E6–14988 Filed 9–8–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Federal Open Market Committee; 

Domestic Policy Directive of August 8, 

2006 

In accordance with § 271.25 of its 

rules regarding availability of 

information (12 CFR part 271), there is 

set forth below the domestic policy 

directive issued by the Federal Open 

Market Committee at its meeting held 

on August 8, 2006.1

The Federal Open Market Committee 

seeks monetary and financial conditions 

that will foster price stability and 

promote sustainable growth in output. 

To further its long-run objectives, the 

Committee in the immediate future 

seeks conditions in reserve markets 

consistent with maintaining the Federal 

funds rate to an average of around 51⁄4

percent. 

The vote encompassed approval of the 

paragraph below for inclusion in the 

statement to be released shortly after the 

meeting: 

The Committee judges that some inflation 

risks remain. The extent and timing of any 

additional firming that may be needed to 

address these risks will depend on the 

evolution of the outlook for both inflation 

and economic growth, as implied by 

incoming information. 

By order of the Federal Open Market 

Committee, August 31, 2006. 

Vincent R. Reinhart, 

Secretary, Federal Open Market Committee. 

[FR Doc. E6–15015 Filed 9–8–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–P 

FEDERAL RETIREMENT THRIFT 

INVESTMENT BOARD 

Sunshine Act Notice 

TIME AND DATE: 9 a.m. (EDT) September 

18, 2006. 

PLACE: 4th Floor Conference Room, 

1250 H Street, NW., Washington, DC. 

STATUS: Parts will be open to the public 

and parts closed to the public. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

Parts Open to the Public 

1. Approval of the minutes of the 

August 21, 2006 Board member meeting. 

2. Thrift Savings Plan activity report 

by the Executive Director. 

3. Annual budget report. 


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4. Barclays and Watson Wyatt 

announcements. 

Parts Closed to the Public 

5. Procurement. 

6. Personnel. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Thomas J. Trabucco, Director, Office of 

External Affairs, (202) 942–1640. 

Dated: September 7, 2006. 

Thomas K. Emswiler, 

Secretary to the Board, Federal Retirement 

Thrift Investment Board. 

[FR Doc. 06–7596 Filed 9–7–06; 1:54 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6760–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Office of the National Coordinator for 

Health Information Technology; 

American Health Information 

Community Consumer Empowerment 

Workgroup Meeting 

ACTION: Announcement of meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

ninth meeting of the American Health 

Information Community (‘‘Community’’) 

Consumer Empowerment Workgroup in 

accordance with the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (Pub. L. No. 92–463, 5 

U.S.C., App.) 

DATES: September 18, 2006 from 10:30 

a.m. to 5:30 p.m. 

Place: Hubert H. Humphrey Building 

(200 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20201), Conference 

Room 800 (Please bring your photo 

identification to enter a Federal 

building.) 

Status: Open. 

Purpose: At this meeting, the 

Community Consumer Empowerment 

Workgroup will discuss recently 

received information about personal 

health records, discuss the Workgroup’s 

plan of work for the coming year, and 

receive information on personal health 

records (PHRs) and related matters. 

Part of the meeting will be conducted 

in hearing format, in which the 

Workgroup will gather information 

about how to engage consumer interest 

in PHRs, health literacy, clinician and 

consumer incentives for using PHRs, 

and government policies related to 

PHRs. The Workgroup will invite 

representatives who can provide 

information about these matters. The 

format for the meeting will include two 

invited panels and time for questions 

and discussion. The meeting will 

include a time period during which 

members of the public may deliver brief 

(3 minutes or less) oral public comment. 

To be included on the public comment 

portion of the agenda, please contact 

Vernette Roberts via e-mail at 

vernette.roberts@hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Public input, in the form of written 

testimony, is sought on the following 

issues: 

1. Are there social marketing techniques or 

methodologies that can be applied to 

encourage the widespread use of personal 

health records? 

2. Should a consumer outreach and 

education program be a coordinated publicprivate initiative and, if so, what are the 

logical steps to consider in the planning and 

implementation? Should there be an 

incremental approach to consumer education 

and outreach given the state of the 

marketplace and the current level of public 

awareness? What would be an appropriate 

role for the public sector? 

3. Are there lessons learned from 

nationwide efforts (e.g. anti-smoking) or 

statewide efforts (e.g. car seat belt usage) to 

influence consumer behavior that are 

applicable to consumer education of PHRs? 

4. How can health literacy be advanced 

through adoption and use of PHRs? 

5. What incentives have been successfully 

to influence consumer adoption of PHRs? Are 

these one-time rewards, or is there a need to 

repeat these awards or to offer different 

incentives to encourage consumers to 

actively use their PHRs over time? 

6. What incentives have been used 

successfully to influence clinician adoption 

of PHRs? 

7. What consumer needs are not likely to 

be filled by market-driven solutions alone 

and should be addressed by public policy 

and public-private collaborations? 

8. What public policy options for 

encouraging adoption of personal health 

records by consumers and for enabling 

interoperable data exchange are available and 

feasible to implement in the short-term and 

over the long-term? 

Persons wishing to submit written 

testimony only (which should not 

exceed five double-spaced typewritten 

pages) should endeavor to submit it by 

September 18, 2006. Unfilled slots for 

oral testimony will be filled on the day 

of the meeting as time permits. Please 

consult Ms. Roberts for further 

information about these arrangements. 

Further information about the 

Community’s Consumer Empowerment 

Workgroup may be found at: http:// 

www.hhs.gov/healthit/ahic/ 

ce_main.html. The meeting will be 

available via Web cast at 

www.eventcenterlive.com/cfmx/ec/ 

login/login1.cfm?BID=67. 

If you have special needs for the 

meeting, please contact (202) 690–7151. 

Dated: September 1, 2006. 

Judith Sparrow, 

Director, American Health Information 

Community, Office of Programs and 

Coordination, Office of the National 

Coordinator for Health Information 

Technology. 

[FR Doc. 06–7537 Filed 9–8–06; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

Advisory Committee on Immunization 

Practices: Meeting 

In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463), the Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC), National 

Center for Immunization and 

Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD) 

announces the following Federal 

Committee meeting. 

Name: Advisory Committee on 

Immunization Practices (ACIP). 

Times and Dates: October 25, 2006, 8 a.m.–

6 p.m., October 26, 2006, 8 a.m.–4 p.m. 

Place: Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., Global 

Communications Center, Room 232, Atlanta, 

Georgia 30333. 

Status: Open to the public, limited only by 

space available. The meeting space 

accommodates approximately 330 people. 

Overflow space for real-time viewing will be 

available. 

Purpose: The Committee is charged with 

advising the Director, CDC, on the 

appropriate uses of immunizing agents. In 

addition, under 42 U.S.C. 1396s, the 

Committee is mandated to establish and 

periodically review and, as appropriate, 

revise the list of vaccines for administration 

to vaccine-eligible children through the 

Vaccines for Children (VFC) program, along 

with schedules regarding the appropriate 

periodicity, dosage, and contraindications 

applicable to the vaccines. 

Matters to be Discussed: The agenda will 

include discussions on immunization safety, 

vaccine financing, herpes zoster (shingles) 

vaccine, rabies vaccine, meningococcal 

vaccine (MCV4), influenza vaccine, human 

papillomavirus vaccine follow-up, evidencebased methods for development of ACIP 

recommendations, and agency updates. 

Agenda items are subject to change as 

priorities dictate. 

Additional Information: In order to 

expedite the security clearance process at the 

CDC Roybal Campus on Clifton Road, all 

ACIP attendees are required to register online at http://www.cdc.gov/nip/acip. 

Registration instructions and forms can be 

found under the ‘‘Upcoming Meetings’’ tab. 

Please be sure to complete all the required 

fields before submitting your registration and 

submit no later than September 29, 2006. 


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