[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 237 (Wednesday, December 10, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 65083]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-32281]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency For Health Care Policy And Research


Contract Review Meeting

    In accordance with Section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), the Agency for Health Care Policy and 
Research (AHCPR) announces the following technical review committee to 
meet during the month of December 1997:

    Name: Technical Review Committee for the AHCPR User Liaison 
Program Dissemination Support Contracts.
    Date and Time: December 17-18, 1997, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
    Place: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, Executive 
Office Building, 6th Floor (East Wing) Conference Rooms, Room 2 on 
December 17; Room 1 on December 18, 2101 East Jefferson Street, 
Rockville, MD 20852.
    This meeting will be closed to the public.
    Purpose: The Technical Review Committee's charge is to provide, 
on behalf of the AHCPR Contracts Review Committee, recommendations 
to the Administrator, AHCPR, regarding the technical merit of 
contract proposals submitted in response to a specific Request for 
Proposals for the User Liaison Program (ULP) Dissemination Support 
contracts.
    The purpose of these contracts is to provide for the timely and 
effective transmission of relevant health services research findings 
and related descriptive and programmatic information to a broad 
spectrum of selected public and private users of health services 
research to assist them in managing more effectively the problems 
and issues that confront them with respect to the design, delivery, 
quality, evaluation, and financing of health services. In 
performance of these contracts, the contractors shall plan, develop, 
and conduct workshops, seminars, and meetings and prepare research 
syntheses, background papers, or technical assistance documents on 
health policy issues for selected target audiences. The target 
audiences of users of health services research include state and 
local officials; health care consumers, purchasers, plans, 
practitioners, and policymakers (including Federal executive branch 
officials). In planning and conducting workshops, the contractors 
will be responsible for not only conducting comprehensive and 
objective assessments of relevant information, but also for 
effectively presenting such information in a manner which is 
tailored to the particular needs of the selected target audience(s).
    Agenda: The Committee meeting will be devoted entirely to the 
technical review and evaluation of contract proposals submitted in 
response to the above referenced Request for Proposals. The 
Administrator, AHCPR, has made a formal determination that this 
meeting will not be open to the public. This action is necessary to 
protect the free and full exchange of views in the contract 
evaluation process and safeguard confidential proprietary 
information, and personal information concerning individuals 
associated with the proposals that may be discussed during the 
meeting. This action is taken in accordance with section 10(d) of 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C., Appendix 2, 5 U.S.C. 
552b(c)(6), 41 CFR Section 101-6.1023 and Department procurement 
regulations, 48 CFR section 315.604(d).
    Anyone wishing to obtain information regarding this meeting 
should contact Marcia Clark, User Liaison Program, Center for Health 
Information Dissemination, Agency for Health Care Policy and 
Research, 2101 East Jefferson Street, Suite 401, Rockville, Maryland 
20852, 301/594-6668.

    Dated: December 3, 1997.
John M. Eisenberg,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 97-32281 Filed 12-9-97; 8:45 am]
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