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the Antidiscrimination Laws and 

Whistleblower Protection Laws or, if 

applicable, the administrative or 

negotiated grievance procedures in 

order to pursue any legal remedy. 

Disciplinary Actions 

Under the existing laws, each agency 

retains the right, where appropriate, to 

discipline a Federal employee for 

conduct that is inconsistent with 

Federal Antidiscrimination and 

Whistleblower Protection Laws, up to 

and including removal. If OSC has 

initiated an investigation under 5 U.S.C. 

1214, however, according to 5 U.S.C. 

1214(f), agencies must seek approval 

from the Special Counsel to discipline 

employees for, among other activities, 

engaging in prohibited retaliation. 

Nothing in the No FEAR Act alters 

existing laws or permits an agency to 

take unfounded disciplinary action 

against a Federal employee or to violate 

the procedural rights of a Federal 

employee who has been accused of 

discrimination. 

Additional Information 

For further information regarding the 

No FEAR Act regulations, refer to 5 CFR 

part 724, as well as the appropriate 

offices within your agency (e.g., EEO/ 

civil rights office, human resources 

office or legal office). At the Office of 

Government Ethics, the Equal 

Employment Opportunity Officer is 

Grace A. Clark and she may be 

contacted by telephone at 202–482–

9225, TDD at 202–482–9293, E-mail at 

gaclark@oge.gov or by FAX at 202–482–

9238. 

Additional information regarding 

Federal antidiscrimination, 

whistleblower protection and retaliation 

laws can be found at the EEOC Web 

site—http://www.eeoc.gov and the OSC 

Web site—http://www.osc.gov. 

Existing Rights Unchanged 

Pursuant to section 205 of the No 

FEAR Act, neither the Act nor this 

notice creates, expands or reduces any 

rights otherwise available to any 

employee, former employee or applicant 

under the laws of the United States, 

including the provisions of law 

specified in 5 U.S.C. 2302(d). 

Approved: October 17, 2006. 

Robert I. Cusick, 

Director, Office of Government Ethics. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Office of the National Coordinator for 

Health Information Technology; 

American Health Information 

Community Biosurveillance 

Workgroup Meeting 

ACTION: Announcement of meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

eleventh meeting of the American 

Health Information Community 

Biosurveillance Workgroup in 

accordance with the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463, 5 

U.S.C., App.) 

DATES: November 9, 2006, from 1 p.m. 

to 5 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Mary C. Switzer Building 

(330 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20201), Conference Room 4090 (please 

bring photo ID for entry to a Federal 

building). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

http://www.hhs.gov/healthit/ahic/ 

bio_main.html. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Workgroup will continue reviewing and 

discussing the ‘‘Biosurveillance Priority 

Area Matrix,’’ and further review 

information on a Minimum Data Set 

from the Data Steering Group. 

The meeting will be available via Web 

cast at http://www.hhs.gov/healthit/ 

ahic/bio_instruct.html. 

Dated: October 12, 2006. 

Judith Sparrow, 

Director, American Health Information 

Community, Office of Programs and 

Coordination, Office of the National 

Coordinator for Health Information 

Technology. 

[FR Doc. 06–8858 Filed 10–24–06; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Office of the National Coordinator for 

Health Information Technology; 

American Health Information 

Community Confidentiality, Privacy 

and Security Workgroup Meeting 

ACTION: Announcement of meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

fifth meeting of the American Health 

Information Community Confidentiality, 

Privacy and Security Workgroup in 

accordance with the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463, 5 

U.S.C., App.) 

DATES: November 13, 2006, from 1 p.m. 

to 4 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Mary C. Switzer Building 

(330 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20201), Conference Room 4090 (please 

bring photo ID for entry to a Federal 

building). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

http://www.hhs.gov/healthit/ahic/ 

cps_main.html. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Workgroup members will continue to 

discuss the issues surrounding identity 

proofing and user authentication in 

preparation for the December 12th 

American Health Information 

Community meeting. 

The meeting will be available via Web 

cast at http://www.hhs.gov/healthit/ 

ahic/cps_instruct.html. 

Dated: October 17, 2006. 

Judith Sparrow, 

Director, American Health Information 

Community, Office of Programs and 

Coordination, Office of the National 

Coordinator for Health Information 

Technology. 

[FR Doc. 06–8859 Filed 10–24–06; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[60Day–07–0638] 

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 404–639–5960 and 

send comments to Seleda Perryman, 

CDC Assistant Reports Clearance 

Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D74, 

Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an e-mail to 

omb@cdc.gov. 

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 

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