53788 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 200 / Thursday, October 16, 1997 / Notices

made of the following National

Advisory body scheduled to meet

during the month of November 1997:

Name: National Advisory Council on

Nurse Education and Practice.

Date and Time: November 20, 1997, 8:30

a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; November 21, 1997, 8:30

a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Place: Chesapeake Room, Silver Spring

Holiday Inn, 8777 Georgia Avenue, Silver

Spring, Maryland 20910.

The meeting is open to the public.

Agenda: Updates on and discussion of

Agency, Bureau and division activities, and

the legislative and budget status of programs;

overview and review of clinical nurse

specialist workforce trends, implication and

options for the future; review of diversity

workgroup with recommendations for a

national agenda.

Anyone wishing to obtain a roster of

members, minutes of meetings, or other

relevant information should write or contact

Ms. Elaine G. Cohen, Executive Secretary,

National Advisory Council on Nurse

Education and Practice, Parklawn Building,

Room 9–35, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville,

Maryland 20857, Telephone (301) 443–5786.

Agenda Items are subject to change as

priorities dictate.

Dated: October 9, 1997.

Jane M. Harrison,

Acting Director, Division of Policy Review

and Coordination.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services

Administration

Announcement of Technical

Assistance Workshops for Programs

Administered by the Division of

Disadvantaged Assistance, Bureau of

Health Professions

SUMMARY: The Health Resources and

Services Administration (HRSA)

announces that technical assistance

workshops will be held for new and

renewal applicants for the fiscal year

(FY) 1998 competitive grant cycles for

the Health Careers Opportunity

Program.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Division of Disadvantaged Assistance,

Bureau of Health Professions, Health

Resources and Services Administration,

Parklawn Building, Room 8A–09, 5600

Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland

20857, (301) 443–4493 or

(301) 443–2100.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Division of Disadvantaged Assistance

will be conducting application

preparation technical assistance

workshops for new and renewal

applicants for the FY 1998 competitive

grant cycles for the Health Careers

Opportunity Program. The workshops

are scheduled as follows:

DoubleTree Hotel, Rockville, MD,

(301) 468–1100, October 9–10, 1997;

Harvey Hotel, Atlanta, GA, (770) 955–

1700, October 16–17, 1997; Embassy

Suites, Houston, TX, (713) 995–0123,

October 20–21, 1997; and Embassy

Suites Airport, Los Angeles, CA, (310)

215–1000, October 23–24, 1997.

The program will commence at 8:30

a.m. each day. Attendees must make

their own hotel reservations. Please

reference the ‘‘Health Careers

Opportunity Program Technical

Assistance Workshops.’’ Expenses

incurred by the attendees will not be

supported by the Federal Government.

Participation in the technical assistance

workshops does not assure approval and

funding of applications submitted for

competitive review.

Dated: October 9, 1997.

Jane M. Harrison,

Acting Director, Division of Policy Review

and Coordination.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health

Office of AIDS Research; Notice of

Meeting of the Office of AIDS Research

Advisory Council

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory

Committee Act, as amended, notice is

hereby given of the Fifth meeting of the

Office of AIDS Research Advisory

Council (OARAC) on Friday, October

17, 1997. The meeting will be held at

the National Institutes of Health (NIH),

9000 Rockville Pike, Building 31, C–

Wing, Sixth Floor, Conference Room 10.

The Office of AIDS Research (OAR) is

responsible for planning, coordination,

and evaluation of the NIH AIDS

research program. The OARAC was

established to advise the Director, OAR,

regarding these activities.

The Council meeting will be open to

the public on October 17 from 9:00 a.m.

until 4:00 p.m. The agenda includes: FY

1998 budgets for NIH AIDS research;

updates on various OAR sponsored

workshops and conferences; reports on

activities of Advisory Council Working

Groups and the NIH Vaccine Research

Committee; and a presentation by the

Director, Center for Scientific Review

(CSR), who will discuss recent changes

and future plans at the CSR.

In accordance with the provisions set

forth in section 552b(c)(9)(B), Title 5

United States Code and section 10(d) of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act,

Public Law 92–463, as amended, the

meeting will be closed to the public

from 4:00 p.m. until adjournment for

discussions of which the premature

disclosure is likely to significantly

frustrate implementation of NIH’s

research initiatives by impeding the

timely announcement of those

initiatives.

Copies of the meeting agenda and the

roster of council members will be

furnished upon request by Ms. Linda

Jackson, Program Coordinator, Office of

AIDS Research, National Institutes of

Health, Building 31, Room 4B54, 9000

Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland

20892, Telephone (301) 402–3357, FAX

(301) 402–3360. Individuals who plan to

attend the open session and need

special assistance, such as sign language

interpretation or other reasonable

accommodations, should contact Ms.

Jackson.

This notice is published less than 15

days prior to the meeting due to the

urgent need to meet timing limitations

imposed by the review and funding

cycle.

Dated: October 10, 1997.

LaVerne Y. Stringfield,

Committee Management Officer, NIH.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health

Center for Scientific Review; Notice of

Closed Meeting

Pursuant of Section 10(d) of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as

amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice

is hereby given of the following meeting

that is being held to review grant

applications:

Health Promotion and Disease

Prevention Initial Review Group