53454 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 175 / Monday, September 11, 2006 / Notices 

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] 

BILLING CODE 4150–24–M 

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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