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###### Department of Health and Human Services

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announces the following advisory committee meeting.

*Name:*                     National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS), Subcommittee on Standards and Security (SSS).                

*Time and Date:*

October 11, 2006  9 a.m.-5 p.m.

October 12, 2006  9 a.m.-5 p.m.

*Place:*                     Herbert H. Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue SW., Room 705A, Washington, DC 20201.                

*Status:*                     Open.                

*Purpose:*                     The purpose of the meeting will be to hear testimony on a number of issues of interest to the Subcommittee including but not limited to, concerns and issues regarding implementation of the National Provider Identifier (NPI); recommendations from the Disability Workgroup; an update on the progress of the Medicare Modernization Act electronic prescribing pilots; and standards development organizations (SDOs) recommendations on streamlining the standards adoption process.                

*For Further Information Contact:*                     Substantive program information as well as summaries of meetings and a roster of Committee members may be obtained from Maria Friedman, Health Insurance Specialist, Security and Standards Group, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, MS: C5-24-04, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244-1850, telephone: 410-786-6333 or Marjorie S. Greenberg, Executive Secretary, NCVHS, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Room 1100,                           ( print page 60153)                        Presidential Building, 3311 Toledo Road, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, telephone: (301) 458-4245. Information also is available on the NCVHS home page of the HHS Web site:                     *http://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov/​*                     where an agenda for the meeting will be posted when available.                

Should you require reasonable accommodation, please contact the CDC Office of Equal Employment Opportunity on (301) 458-4EEO (4336) as soon as possible.

Dated: October 2, 2006.

James Scanlon,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Science and Data Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.

[FR Doc. 06-8621 Filed 10-6-06; 4:12am]

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