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by section 1014 of the Medicare 

Modernization Act. 

DATES: The business meeting of the 

Working Group will be held on 

Wednesday, January 18, 2006, from 9 

a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Thursday, January 

19, 2006 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place 

in the conference room of the United 

Food and Commercial Workers 

International Union, in Washington, DC. 

The office is located at 1775 K Street 

NW. The main receptionist area is 

located on the 7th floor; the conference 

room is located on the 11th floor. 

The meeting is open to the public. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Caroline Taplin, Citizens’ Health Care 

Working Group, at (301) 443–1514 or 

ctaplin@ahrq.gov. If sign language 

interpretation or other reasonable 

accommodation for a disability is 

needed, please contact Mr. Donald L. 

Inniss, Director, Office of Equal 

Employment Opportunity Program, 

Program Support Center, on (301) 443–

1144. 

The agenda for this Working Group 

meeting will be available on the 

Citizens’ Working Group Web site, 

www.citizenshealthcare.gov. Also 

available at that site is a roster of 

Working Group members. When 

summaries of the meeting are 

completed, they will also be available 

on the Web site. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

1014 of Pub. L. 108–173, (known as the 

Medicare Modernization Act) directs the 

Secretary of the Department of Health 

and Human Servcies (DHHS), acting 

through the Agency for Healthcare 

Research and Quality, to establish a 

Citizens’ Health Care Working Group 

(Citien Group). This statutory provision, 

codified at 42 U.S.C. 299 n., directs the 

Working Group to: (1) Identify options 

for changing our health care system so 

that every American has the ability to 

obtain quality, affordable health care 

coverage; (2) provide for a nationwide 

public debate about improving the 

health care system; and (3) submit its 

recommendations to the President and 

the Congress. 

The Citizens’ Health Care Working 

Group is composed of 15 members: the 

Secretary of DHHS is designated as a 

member by statute and the Comptroller 

General of the U.S. Government 

Accountability Office (GAO) was 

directed to name the remaining 14 

members whose appointments were 

announced on February 28, 2005. 

Working Group Meeting Agenda 

The Working Group business meeting 

on January 18th and 19th will be 

devoted to ongoing Working Group 

business. Topics to be addressed are 

expected to include: an update on 

community meetings; background 

information on public perceptions on 

health care quality and efficiency; 

discussion of data from various sources 

including community meetings, Web 

site questions, Web casts, the citizen 

survey and other sources of public 

input; and broad concepts relating to the 

Working Group’s recommendation 

report. 

Submission of Written Information 

The Working Group invites written 

submissions on those topics to be 

addressed at the Working Group 

business meetings listed above. In 

general, individuals or organizations 

wishing to provide written information 

for consideration by the Citizens’ Health 

Care Working Group should submit 

information electronically to 

citizenshealth@ahrq.gov. Since all 

electronic submissions will be posted 

on the Working Group Web site, 

separate submissions by topic will 

facilitate review of ideas submitted on 

each topic by the Working Group and 

the public. 

This notice is published less than 15 

days in advance of the meeting due to 

logistical difficulties. 

Dated: December 30, 2005. 

Carolyn M. Clancy, 

Director. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

Disease, Disability, and Injury 

Prevention and Control Special 

Emphasis Panels (SEP): In-Country 

Development of H5N1 Influenza 

Vaccines in Vietnam, Program 

Announcement Number CI06–008 

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) 

announces the following meeting: 

Name: Disease, Disability, and Injury 

Prevention and Control Special 

Emphasis Panel (SEP): In-Country 

Development of H5N1 Influenza 

Vaccines in Vietnam, Program 

Announcement Number CI06–008. 

Times and Dates: 11 a.m.–1 p.m., 

January 23, 2006 (Closed). 

Place: Teleconference. 

Status: The meeting will be closed to 

the public in accordance with 

provisions set forth in section 

5523b(c)(4) and (6), Title 5 U.S.C., and 

the Determination of the Director, 

Management Analysis and Services 

Office, CDC, pursuant to Public Law 92–

463. 

Matters to be Discussed: The meeting 

will include the review, discussion, and 

evaluation of applications received in 

response to: In-Country Development of 

H5N1 Influenza Vaccines in Vietnam, 

Program Announcement Number CI06–

008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mary Lerchen, Dr.P.H., Associate 

Director, Office of Public Health 

Research, Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., 

Mailstop D–72, Atlanta, GA 30030, 

Telephone (404) 639–4897. 

The Director, Management Analysis 

and Services Office, has been delegated 

the authority to sign Federal Register 

notices pertaining to announcements of 

meetings and other committee 

management activities, for both CDC 

and the Agency for Toxic Substances 

and Disease Registry. 

Dated: December 30, 2005. 

Alvin Hall, 

Director, Management Analysis and Services 

Office, Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

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Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services. 

In compliance with the requirement 

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

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services (CMS) is publishing the 

following summary of proposed 

collections for public comment. 

Interested persons are invited to send 

comments regarding this burden 

estimate or any other aspect of this 

collection of information, including any 

of the following subjects: (1) The 

necessity and utility of the proposed 

information collection for the proper 

performance of the agency’s functions; 

(2) the accuracy of the estimated 


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