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378–3160, or you may contact BCPI at 

its Web site: http://www.BCPIWEB.com. 

When ordering documents from BCPI, 

please provide the appropriate FCC 

document number, for example, DA 12– 

236 for this Public Notice. The Public 

Notice and related documents also are 

available on the Internet at the 

Commission’s Web site: http:// 

wireless.fcc.gov/auctions/901/ or by 

using the search function for AU Docket 

No. 12–25 on the Commission’s 

Electronic Comment Filing System 

(ECFS) Web page at http://www.fcc.gov/ 

cgb/ecfs/. 

1. The Wireless Telecommunications 

and Wireline Competition Bureaus (the 

Bureaus) extend the deadline for filing 

comments and reply comments on 

census block eligibility challenges. 

Interested parties should file comments 

challenging the Bureaus’ determinations 

with respect to the potential eligibility 

of specific census blocks for Mobility 

Fund Phase I support by March 16, 

2012. Reply comments on such 

challenges should be filed no later than 

March 26, 2012. With respect to all 

other issues in this proceeding, the 

comment and reply comment deadlines 

are unchanged and respectively remain 

February 24, 2012, and March 9, 2012. 

2. On February 2, 2012, the Bureaus 

released the Auction 901 Comment 

Public Notice, 77 FR 7152, February 10, 

2012, which seeks comment on auction 

procedures and certain related program 

requirements for Auction 901, a reverse 

auction to award $300 million in onetime Mobility Fund Phase I support, 

scheduled for September 27, 2012. 

Auction 901 will award Mobility Fund 

Phase I support to carriers that commit 

to provide 3G or better mobile voice and 

broadband services in census blocks 

where such services are unavailable. 

3. As required by the Commission in 

the USF/ICC Transformation Order, 76 

FR 73830, November 29, 2011 and 76 

FR 81562, December 28, 2011, the 

Bureaus announced in the Auction 901 

Comment Public Notice that they would 

use January 2012 American Roamer data 

to determine the availability of 3G or 

better service at the centroid of 

individual census blocks. Because the 

Bureaus had not concluded their 

analysis of the January 2012 American 

Roamer data, they provided a 

preliminary list of such blocks based on 

their analysis of earlier data. On 

February 10, 2012, the Bureaus released 

the updated list of census blocks 

potentially eligible for Mobility Fund 

Phase I support, based on January 2012 

American Roamer data. The Auction 

901 Comment Public Notice asked 

commenters to identify any census 

blocks that should be added or 

subtracted from the updated list of 

potentially eligible census blocks and 

provide supporting evidence for their 

assertions. The Auction 901 Comment 

Public Notice stated that the Bureaus 

would consider such challenges only in 

the form of comments to that Public 

Notice. 

4. On February 13, 2012, the 

Commission received two motions 

requesting additional time for the 

review of the American Roamer data 

and the filing of census block eligibility 

challenges. The Bureaus found that a 

limited extension of time for the 

consideration of census block eligibility 

challenges will serve the public interest 

and will not prejudice any interested 

party given the issues involved in 

identifying potentially eligible census 

blocks and in light of the Bureaus recent 

release of an updated list of potentially 

eligible blocks based on January 2012 

American Roamer data. The Bureaus 

therefore extended to March 16, 2012, 

the deadline for filing comments 

challenging the potential eligibility of 

particular census blocks for Mobility 

Fund Phase I Funding and the reply 

comment deadline to March 26, 2012. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Gary D. Michaels, 

Deputy Chief, Auctions and Spectrum Access 

Division, WTB. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4361 Filed 2–23–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH 

REVIEW COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meeting 

February 21, 2012. 

TIME AND DATE: 10 a.m., Thursday, 

March 1, 2012. 

PLACE: The Richard V. Backley Hearing 

Room, 9th Floor, 601 New Jersey 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC. 

STATUS: Open. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The 

Commission will consider and act upon 

the following in open session: Secretary 

of Labor v. Black Beauty Coal Co., 

Docket No. LAKE 2008–477. (Issues 

include whether the judge erred in 

concluding that adequate berms had not 

been provided and that the violations 

were ‘‘significant and substantial’’ and 

due to unwarrantable failures to 

comply.) 

Any person attending this meeting 

who requires special accessibility 

features and/or auxiliary aids, such as 

sign language interpreters, must inform 

the Commission in advance of those 

needs. Subject to 29 CFR 2706.150(a)(3) 

and 2706.160(d). 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Jean Ellen (202) 434–9950/(202) 708– 

9300 for TDD Relay/1–800–877–8339 

for toll free. 

Emogene Johnson, 

Administrative Assistant. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4487 Filed 2–22–12; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6735–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Draft National Plan To Address 

Alzheimer’s Disease 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, 

Department of Health and Human 

Services. 

ACTION: Comment period. 

SUMMARY: HHS is soliciting public input 

on the draft National Plan to Address 

Alzheimer’s Disease, which is available 

at http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/napa/ 

NatlPlan.shtml. 

DATES: Submit input by email or USPS 

mail before March 30, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit your 

comments in one of two ways: 

1. Electronically. You may submit 

electronic comments to napa@hhs.gov 

2. By mail. You may mail written 

comments to: 

Helen Lamont, Ph.D., Office of the 

Assistant Secretary for Planning and 

Evaluation, Room 424E Humphrey 

Building, Department of Health and 

Human Services, 200 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20201. 

Please allow sufficient time for mailed 

comments to be received before the 

close of the comment period. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Helen Lamont (202) 690–7996, 

helen.lamont@hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Inspection 

of all Public Comments: All comments 

received before the close of the 

comment period are available for 

viewing by the public, including any 

personally identifiable or confidential 

business information that is included in 

a comment. We post all comments 

received on the following Web site as 

soon as possible after they have been 

received: http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/ 

napa/#comments. 

Background 

On January 4, 2011, President Barack 

Obama signed into law the National 

Alzheimer’s Project Act (NAPA), 

requiring the Secretary of the U.S. 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS) to establish the National 

Alzheimer’s Project to: 


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• Create and maintain an integrated 

national plan to overcome Alzheimer’s 

disease. 

• Coordinate Alzheimer’s disease 

research and services across all federal 

agencies. 

• Accelerate the development of 

treatments that would prevent, halt, or 

reverse the course of Alzheimer’s 

disease. 

• Improve early diagnosis and 

coordination of care and treatment of 

Alzheimer’s disease. 

• Improve outcomes for ethnic and 

racial minority populations that are at 

higher risk for Alzheimer’s disease. 

• Coordinate with international 

bodies to fight Alzheimer’s globally. 

The law also establishes the Advisory 

Council on Alzheimer’s Research, Care, 

and Services and requires the Secretary 

of HHS, in collaboration with the 

Advisory Council, to create and 

maintain a national plan to overcome 

Alzheimer’s disease (AD). 

On February 22, 2012, HHS released 

a draft National Plan to Address 

Alzheimer’s Disease. The draft National 

Plan has five goals: 

1. Prevent and Effectively Treat 

Alzheimer’s Disease by 2025. 

2. Optimize Care Quality and 

Efficiency. 

3. Expand Supports for People with 

Alzheimer’s Disease and Their Families. 

4. Enhance Public Awareness and 

Engagement. 

5. Track Progress and Drive 

Improvement. 

The draft National Plan includes 

strategies to achieve each goal and 

specific actions that HHS or its federal 

partners will take to drive progress 

towards achieving the goal. 

Sherry Glied, 

Assistant Secretary for Planning and 

Evaluation. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4278 Filed 2–23–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research 

and Quality, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

intention of the Agency for Healthcare 

Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request 

that the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) approve the proposed 

information collection project: ‘‘System 

Redesign for Value in Safety Net 

Hospitals and Delivery Systems.’’ In 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3521, 

AHRQ invites the public to comment on 

this proposed information collection. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by April 24, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be submitted to: Doris Lefkowitz, 

Reports Clearance Officer, AHRQ, by 

email at doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov. 

Copies of the proposed collection 

plans, data collection instruments, and 

specific details on the estimated burden 

can be obtained from the AHRQ Reports 

Clearance Officer. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ Reports 

Clearance Officer, (301) 427–1477, or by 

email at doris.lefkowitzAAHRQ.hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Proposed Project 

System Redesign for Value in Safety Net 

Hospitals and Delivery Systems 

This proposed project is a case study 

of 8 safety net (SN) hospitals. The goals 

of the project are to: 

(1) Identify the tools and resources 

needed to facilitate system redesign in 

SN hospitals; and 

(2) Identify any barriers to adoption of 

these in SN environments, or any gaps 

that exist in the available resources. 

These goals are consistent with The 

National Strategy for Quality 

Improvement in Health Care, published 

by the U.S. Department of Health and 

Human Services in March 2011, which 

articulated a need for progress toward 

three goals: (1) Better Care; (2) Healthy 

People/Healthy Communities; and (3) 

Affordable Care. SN hospitals and 

systems are critical to achieving all 

three. SN hospitals are hospitals and 

health systems which provide a 

significant portion of their services to 

vulnerable, uninsured and Medicare 

patients. While all hospitals face 

challenges in improving both quality 

and operating efficiency, safety net (SN) 

hospitals face even greater challenges 

due to growing demand for their 

services and decreasing funding 

opportunities. 

Despite these challenging 

environmental factors, some SN 

hospitals and health systems have 

achieved financial stability and 

implemented broad-ranging efforts to 

improve the quality of care they deliver. 

However, while there have been 

successful quality improvement 

initiatives for SN providers, most 

initiatives aim at specific units within 

large organizations. The improvements 

introduced into these units have not 

often been spread throughout the 

organization. Additionally, these 

improvements often are hard to sustain. 

‘‘System redesign’’ refers to aligned and 

synergistic quality improvement efforts 

across a hospital or health system 

leading to multidimensional changes in 

the management or delivery of care or 

strategic alignment of system changes 

with an organization’s business strategy. 

System redesign, if done successfully, 

will allow SN providers to improve 

their operations, remain afloat 

financially, and provide better quality 

healthcare to vulnerable and 

underserved populations. Resources, as 

defined here, may include learning 

materials and environments developed 

to support, advance, and facilitate 

quality improvement efforts (e.g., tools, 

guides, webinars, learning 

collaboratives, training programs). The 

term ‘‘resources’’ should not be 

interpreted here to imply financial 

support for routine staffing or 

operations of Safety Net systems, but 

may include quality improvement 

grants, fellowships, collaboratives and 

trainings. 

Many tools, guides, and other learning 

environments have been developed to 

support the implementation of 

individual quality improvement 

initiatives. 

However, the development of 

resources to support alignment across 

multiple domains of a health system has 

been limited. Furthermore, the 

applicability of existing resources to SN 

environments is unknown. 

This study is being conducted by 

AHRQ through its contractor, Boston 

University, pursuant to AHRQ’s 

statutory authority to conduct and 

support research on healthcare and on 

systems for the delivery of such care, 

including activities with respect to the 

quality, effectiveness, efficiency, 

appropriateness and value of healthcare 

services and with respect to quality 

measurement and improvement. 42 

U.S.C. 299a(a)(1) and (2). 

Method of Collection 

To achieve the goals of this project the 

following activities and data collections 

will be implemented: 

(1) In-person interviews will be 

conducted during a 2-day site visit with 

senior medical center leaders, clinical 

managers and staff involved in system 

redesign from each of the 8 participating 

SN hospitals. These interviews may be 

conducted one-on-one or in small 

groups, depending upon the 

participants’ availability. The purpose 


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