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Web site after the meeting, at http:// 

healthit.hhs.gov. 

Procedure: Interested persons may present 

data, information, or views, orally or in 

writing, on issues pending before the 

workgroups. Written submissions may be 

made to the contact person on or before two 

days prior to the workgroup’s meeting date. 

Oral comments from the public will be 

scheduled at the conclusion of each 

workgroup meeting. Time allotted for each 

presentation will be limited to three minutes. 

If the number of speakers requesting to 

comment is greater than can be reasonably 

accommodated during the scheduled open 

public session, ONC will take written 

comments after the meeting until close of 

business on that day. 

Persons attending ONC’s advisory 

committee meetings are advised that the 

agency is not responsible for providing 

access to electrical outlets. 

ONC welcomes the attendance of the 

public at its advisory committee meetings. 

Seating is limited at the location, and ONC 

will make every effort to accommodate 

persons with physical disabilities or special 

needs. If you require special accommodations 

due to a disability, please contact Mary Jo 

Deering at least seven (7) days in advance of 

the meeting. 

ONC is committed to the orderly conduct 

of its advisory committee meetings. Please 

visit our Web site at http://healthit.hhs.gov 

for procedures on public conduct during 

advisory committee meetings. 

Notice of this meeting is given under the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463, 5 U.S.C., App. 2). 

Dated: March 8, 2012. 

Mary Jo Deering, 

Office of Policy and Planning, Office of the 

National Coordinator for Health Information 

Technology. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Office of the Secretary 

Office of the Assistant Secretary for 

Health, Statement of Organization, 

Functions, and Delegation of Authority 

Part A. Office of the Secretary, 

Statement of Organization, Functions, 

and Delegation of Authority for the U.S. 

Department of Health and Human 

Services is being amended at Chapter 

AC, Office of the Assistant Secretary for 

Health (OASH), as last amended at 60 

FR 56605–06, dated November 9, 1995; 

60 FR 8410, dated February 14, 1995; 

and most recently at 75 FR 53304–05, 

dated August 31, 2010, as follows: 

1. Under Chapter AC, delete 

Paragraph H, ‘‘Office of HIV/AIDS 

Policy (ACJ)’’, in its entirety and replace 

with the following: 

H. Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious 

Disease Policy (ACJ) 

The Office of HIV/AIDS and 

Infectious Disease Policy (OHAIDP) is 

under the direction of the Deputy 

Assistant Secretary for Health, 

Infectious Diseases, who serves as the 

Director of the Office of HIV/AIDS and 

Infectious Disease Policy, and as the 

principal advisor to the Assistant 

Secretary for Health (ASH) and the 

Secretary on health policy and program 

issues related to HIV disease and 

infectious diseases of public health 

significance. These issues cut across 

Health and Human Services (HHS) 

components which provide research, 

services, prevention, treatment, and 

education and information 

dissemination to susceptible 

populations. 

OHAIDP is responsible for 

coordinating, integrating, and directing 

the Department’s policies, programs, 

and activities related to HIV/AIDS, viral 

hepatitis, other infectious diseases of 

public health significance, and blood 

safety and availability. The Office: (1) 

Facilitates and/or coordinates policy 

planning processes related to infectious 

diseases, including viral hepatitis and 

HIV/AIDS, across HHS and monitors 

progress toward achieving established 

goals; (2) Advises on issues related to 

blood and blood products; (3) Monitors 

the implementation of the National HIV/ 

AIDS Strategy across HHS; (4) Identifies 

critical HIV/AIDS policy issues, 

including the inter-and intra-agency 

coordination need, and advises on how 

best to address/resolve these issues; (5) 

Serves as HHS liaison with the Office of 

the National AIDS Policy Coordinator, 

Executive Office of the President; (6) 

Assists in the preparation of responses 

to inquiries regarding programs and 

policies intended to promote effective 

prevention and advancement of research 

for HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, and other 

infectious diseases of public health 

significance; (7) Provides liaison with 

other Federal organizations involved in 

addressing HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis 

and/or other infectious diseases of 

public health significance; (8) Provides 

analytic and administrative support to 

the Advisory Committee on Blood 

Safety and Availability (ACBSA), the 

Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/ 

AIDS (PACHA), cross-Departmental, 

coordinating groups, and other 

subsidiary or independent task forces, 

work groups, or subgroups; (9) Provides 

guidance on the cooperative 

dissemination and exchange of 

scientific, prevention, educational 

information, and clinical guidelines 

between public health interest groups, 

health professional, and private sector 

organizations; (10) Guides, supports, 

and promotes methods of dissemination 

and exchange of information to and 

among the public; (11) Reviews and 

makes recommendations on OPDIVs 

budget requests related to departmental 

research, prevention, services, training, 

information, and infrastructure 

priorities as incorporated in planning 

documents or budget proposals. 

II. Delegations of Authority. Pending 

further re-delegation, directives or 

orders made by the Secretary, the 

Assistant Secretary for Health, or the 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, 

Infectious Diseases, all delegations and 

re-delegations of authority made to 

officials and employees of the affected 

organizational component will continue 

in them pending further re-delegations, 

provided they are consistent with this 

reorganization. 

Dated: March 6, 2012. 

E.J. Holland, Jr., 

Assistant Secretary for Administration. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

Subcommittee on Procedures Review, 

Advisory Board on Radiation and 

Worker Health (ABRWH), National 

Institute for Occupational Safety and 

Health (NIOSH) 

In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463), the Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC) 

announces the following meeting for the 

aforementioned subcommittee: 

Time and Date: 9 a.m.–5 p.m., April 

11, 2012. 

Place: Cincinnati Airport Marriott, 

2395 Progress Drive, Hebron, Kentucky 

41018, Telephone (859) 334–4611, Fax 

(859) 334–4619. 

Status: Open to the public, but 

without a verbal public comment 

period. Written comment should be 

provided to the contact person below in 

advance of the meeting. To access by 

conference call dial the following 

information 1 (866) 659–0537, 

Participant Pass Code 9933701. 

Background: The ABRWH was 

established under the Energy Employees 

Occupational Illness Compensation 

Program Act of 2000 to advise the 

President on a variety of policy and 

technical functions required to 

implement and effectively manage the 

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