80 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 1 / Friday, January 2, 1998 / Notices

Convention (continued from meeting of

December 4, 1997).

Administrative Matters.

PERSON TO CONTACT FOR INFORMATION:

Mr. Ron Harris, Press Officer;

Telephone: (202) 219–4155.

[FR Doc. 97–34232 Filed 12–30–97; 2:41pm]

BILLING CODE 6715–01–M

FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

Ocean Freight Forwarder License

Applicants

Notice is hereby given that the

following applicants have filed with the

Federal Maritime Commission

applications for licenses as ocean freight

forwarders pursuant to section 19 of the

Shipping Act of 1984 (46 U.S.C. app.

1781 and 46 CFR 510).

Persons knowing of any reason why

any of the following applicants should

not receive a license are requested to

contact the Office of Freight Forwarders,

Federal Maritime Commission,

Washington, D.C. 20573.

Marianas Steamship Agencies, Inc.,

1026 Cabras Highway,

Administration Building Annex,

Piti, Guam 96925.

Junichi Kinoshita, President

Clarence Tenorio, Vice President

Impex Cargo, Inc., 7661 NW 68 Street,

Miami, FL 33166.

Officers:

Zamir Nader, President

Martha Claudia Garcia, Vice President

Dated: December 29, 1997.

Ronald D. Murphy,

Assistant Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–34188 Filed 12–31–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

National Committee on Vital and Health

Statistics: Meeting

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory

Committee Act, the Department of

Health and Human Services announces

the following advisory committee

meeting.

Name: National Committee on Vital and

Health Statistics (NCVHS), Subcommittee on

Privacy and Confidentiality.

Times and Dates: 9 a.m.–5 p.m., January

28, 1998; 9 a.m.–5 p.m., January 29, 1998.

Place: Room 303A, Hubert H. Humphrey

Building, 200 Independence Avenue, S.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20201.

Status: Open.

Purpose: The Subcommittee will conduct

two workshops designed to gather

information, stimulate dialogue, and identify

issues on the topics of identifiability of data

(January 28) and the use of registries (January

29). The context for the discussions will be

the data needs of the health care system, the

privacy of individuals, the Secretary’s

legislative recommendations on the

confidentiality of individually-identifiable

health information, and the current

legislative efforts on health privacy.

On the first day the Subcommittee is

interested in looking at how personal health

information might be collected, stored,

maintained, and disclosed for research,

health care, quality assurance, cost

containment, law enforcement, and other

purposes so that individual identities might

be protected. The goal is to look for ways to

support important functions that rely on

personal health information without unduly

impinging on the privacy interests of

individuals.

On the second day the Subcommittee is

interested in exploring the purposes and

function of health and medical registries in

the U.S. and the extent to which they may

pose or lessen threats to the privacy and

confidentiality of individuals whose data is

included in the registry. The goal is to

identify the range or current activities that

might qualify as registries and to put more

information on the public record about the

manner in which registries collect, maintain,

and disclose personal health information.

Workshop participants are expected to

include a variety of invited public and

private sector representatives whose

expertise can contribute to addressing the

workshop topics.

Contact Person for More Information:

Substantive program information as well as

a roster of committee members may be

obtained from Judith Galloway, Division of

Data Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary

for Planning and Evaluation, DHHS, Room

440–D, Humphrey Building, 200

Independence Avenue S.W., Washington,

D.C. 20201, telephone (202) 690–7100, or

Marjorie S. Greenberg, Executive Secretary,

NCVHS, NCHS, CDC, Room 1100,

Presidential Building, 6525 Belcrest Road,

Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, telephone 301/

436–7050. Additional information about the

full Committee is available on the NCVHS

website, where the tentative agenda for the

Subcommittee meeting will also be posted

when available: http://aspe.os.dhhs.gov/

ncvhs.

Dated: December 24, 1997.

James Scanlon,

Director, Division of Data Policy.

[FR Doc. 97–34191 Filed 12–31–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and

Families

Agency Recordkeeping/Reporting

Requirements Under Emergency

Review by the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB)

Title: Native Employment Works

(NEW) Program Plan Guidance and

Report Requirements.

OMB No.: New.

Description: The purpose of this

document is to determine whether a

Tribal plan is complete and will fulfill

its intended purpose, goals and

objectives to provide work activities.

The plan will provide an outline of how

the Tribe’s program will be

administered and operated and

instructions for reporting program

characteristics. It is also used to provide

the public with information about the

NEW program.

Respondents: States, Puerto Rico,

Guam and the District of Columbia.

Annual Burden Estimates:

Instrument Number of

respondents

Number of

responses

per respondent

Average

burden

hours per

response

Total burden hours

Program Plan .................................................................................................................... 78 1 40 3,120

Operations Report ............................................................................................................ 78 1 16 1,248

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 4,368.

Additional Information: ACF is

requesting that OMB grant a 180 day

approval for this information collection

under procedures for emergency

processing by February 17, 1998. A copy

of this information collection, with

applicable supporting documentation,

may be obtained by calling the

Administration for Children and

Families, Acting Reports Clearance

Officer, Bob Sargis at (202) 690–7275.

Comments and questions about the

information collection described above

should be directed, prior to the request

date, to the Office of Information and