Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 194 / Tuesday, October 10, 2023 / Notices 69931 

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Director, U.S. Government Publishing Office. 

[FR Doc. 2023–22336 Filed 10–6–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 1520–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

Healthcare Infection Control Practices 

Advisory Committee (HICPAC) 

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC), Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with regulatory 

provisions, the Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC) 

announces the following meeting of the 

Healthcare Infection Control Practices 

Advisory Committee (HICPAC). This is 

a virtual meeting. The public is 

welcomed to listen to the meeting live 

via webcast on the World Wide Web. 

The webcast link can be found on the 

HICPAC website at www.cdc.gov/ 

hicpac/meeting.html. Time will be 

available for public comment. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

November 2, 2023, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., 

EDT, and November 3, 2023, 9 a.m. to 

12 p.m., EDT. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be 

webcast live via the World Wide Web. 

The webcast link can be found on the 

HICPAC website at www.cdc.gov/ 

hicpac/meeting.html. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sydnee Byrd, M.P.A., HICPAC, Division 

of Healthcare Quality Promotion, 

NCEZID, CDC, l600 Clifton Road NE, 

Mailstop H16–3, Atlanta, Georgia 30329, 

Telephone (404) 718–8039. Email: 

hicpac@cdc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose: The Committee is charged 

with providing advice and guidance to 

the Director, Division of Healthcare 

Quality Promotion (DHQP), the Director, 

National Center for Emerging and 

Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), 

the Director, CDC, and the Secretary, 

Health and Human Services, regarding 

(1) the practice of healthcare infection 

prevention and control; (2) strategies for 

surveillance, prevention, and control of 

infections, antimicrobial resistance, and 

related events in settings where 

healthcare is provided; and (3) periodic 

updating of CDC guidelines and other 

policy statements regarding prevention 

of healthcare-associated infections and 

healthcare-related conditions. 

Matters to be Considered: The agenda 

will include updates on CDC’s activities 

for prevention of healthcare-associated 

infections. It will also include updates 

from the following HICPAC workgroups: 

the Isolation Precautions Guideline 

workgroup, the Dental Unit Waterline 

Guideline Workgroup, the Healthcare 

Personnel Guideline Workgroup, and 

the National Healthcare Safety Network 

(NHSN) Workgroup. The agenda also 

includes updates on CDC and DHQP 

activities. Agenda items are subject to 

change as priorities dictate. 

Public Participation 

Oral Public Comment: This meeting 

will include time for members of the 

public to make an oral comment. 

Priority will be given to individuals 

who submit a request to make an oral 

public comment before the meeting 

according to the following procedures: 

All persons interested in making an oral 

public comment at the November 2–3, 

2023 HICPAC meeting must submit a 

request between October 2, 2023 and 

October 22, 2023, at https://

www.cdc.gov/hicpac/meeting.html no 

later than 11:59 p.m., EDT, October 22, 

2023, according to the instructions 

provided on the HICPAC website. If the 

number of persons requesting to speak 

is greater than can be reasonably 

accommodated during the scheduled 

time, CDC will conduct a random draw 

to determine the speakers for the 

scheduled public comment session. 

CDC staff will notify individuals 

regarding their request to speak by email 

on October 30, 2023. To accommodate 

the significant interest in participation 

in the oral public comment session of 

HICPAC meetings, each speaker will be 

limited to three minutes, and each 

speaker may only speak once per 

meeting. 

Written Public Comment: The public 

is welcome to submit written comments 

in advance of the meeting. The written 

public comment period will open 

November 1, 2023, and will close at 

11:59 p.m., EDT on November 6, 2023. 

Comments should be submitted in 

writing by email to the HICPAC inbox 

at hicpac@cdc.gov. All requests must 

contain the name, address, and 

organizational affiliation of the speaker, 

as well as the topic being addressed. 

Written comments should not exceed 

one single-spaced typed page in length. 

Written comments received in advance 

of the meeting will be included in the 

official record of the meeting. 

The Director, Office of Strategic 

Business Initiatives, Office of the Chief 

Operating Officer, Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention, has been 

delegated the authority to sign Federal 

Register notices pertaining to 

announcements of meetings and other 

committee management activities, for 

both the Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention and the Agency for Toxic 

Substances and Disease Registry. 

Kalwant Smagh, 

Director, Office of Strategic Business 

Initiatives, Office of the Chief Operating 

Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 2023–22327 Filed 10–6–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4163–18–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Submission for Office of Management 

and Budget Review; Generic for 

Administration for Children and 

Families Program Monitoring Activities 

(Office of Management and Budget #: 

0970–0558) 

AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, 

and Evaluation, Administration for 

Children and Families, U.S. Department 

of Health and Human Services. 

ACTION: Request for public comments. 

SUMMARY: The Administration for 

Children and Families (ACF) intends to 

request from the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) an extension of 

approval for an umbrella generic 

clearance for information collections 

related to ACF program office 

monitoring activities. ACF programs 

promote the economic and social wellbeing of families, children, individuals, 

and communities. The Generic for ACF 

Program Monitoring Activities allows 

ACF program offices to collect 

standardized information from 

recipients that receive federal funds to 

ensure oversight, evaluation, support 

purposes, and stewardship of federal 

funds. There are no changes proposed to 


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