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of proposed enterprise services and

prices. Numbering Resource Utilization/

Forecast Report (NRUF) December 1,

2000, meeting.

3. North American Numbering Plan

Administration (NANPA) Oversight

Working Group Report. Status of the

NANPA selection process, NANPA

performance review and presentation of

final NRUF Technical Requirements.

4. Numbering Resource Optimization

(NRO) Working Group Report. Status of

unassigned number porting (UNP)

impacts—Ad Hoc Study Group input

and Industry Numbering Committee

(INC) UNP report.

5. Industry Numbering Committee

(INC) Report.

6. Toll Free Access Codes Issue

Management Group (IMG) Report.

7. Network Interconnection and

Interoperability Forum (NIIF)

Resolution of Issue #0173—Toll Free

Record Application Performance

Guidelines.

8. Local Number Portability

Administration (LNPA) Working Group

Report. Wireless Number Portability

Subcommittee update and status of

Third Wireline Wireless Integration

Report (revisited).

9. Cost Recovery Working Group

Report. Status of the North American

Numbering Plan Billing and Collection

(NBANC) Billing and Collection (B&C)

Agent Technical Requirements.

Wednesday, November 29, 2000

10. Steering Group Report.

11. North American Numbering Plan

Billing and Collection (NBANC) Report.

12. Reseller Identification Code (CIC)

Issue Management Group Status Report.

13. Limited Liability Corporations

(LLCs) and Number Portability

Administration Centers (NPAC) activity

update.

14. Public Participation (5 minutes

each, if any).

15. Other Business.

16. Action Items and Decisions

Reached.

Federal Communications Commission

L. Charles Keller,

Chief, Network Services Division, Common

Carrier Bureau.

[FR Doc. 00–29029 Filed 11–9–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE

CORPORATION

Sunshine Act Meeting; Notice of

Agency Meeting

Pursuant to the provisions of the

‘‘Government in the Sunshine Act’’ (5

U.S.C. 552b), notice is hereby given that

at 10:24 a.m. on Tuesday, November 7,

2000, the Board of Directors of the

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

met in closed session to consider

matters relating to the Corporation’s

personnel, receivership, and

supervisory activities.

In calling the meeting, the Board

determined, on motion of Vice

Chairman Andrew C. Hove, Jr.,

seconded by Director Ellen S. Seidman

(Director, Office of Thrift Supervision),

concurred in by Director John D. Hawke,

Jr. (Comptroller of the Currency), and

Chairman Donna Tanoue, that

Corporation business required its

consideration of the matters on less than

seven days’ notice to the public; that no

notice earlier than November 3, 2000, of

the meeting was practicable; that the

public interest did not require

consideration of the matters in a

meeting open to public observation; and

that the matters could be considered in

a closed meeting by authority of

subsections (c)(2), (c)(4), (c)(6), (c)(8),

(c)(9)(A)(ii), (c)(9)(B), and (c)(10) of the

‘‘Government in the Sunshine Act’’ (5

U.S.C. 552b(c)(2), (c)(4), (c)(6), (c)(8),

(c)(9)(A)(ii), (c)(9)(B), and (c)(10)).

The meeting was held in the Board

Room of the FDIC Building located at

550–17th Street, NW., Washington, DC.

Dated: November 8, 2000.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

James D. LaPierre,

Deputy Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–29041 Filed 11–8–00; 11:46 am]

BILLING CODE 6714–01–M

FEDERAL EMERGENCY

MANAGEMENT AGENCY

[FEMA–3156–EM]

New Jersey; Emergency and Related

Determinations

AGENCY: Federal Emergency

Management Agency (FEMA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This is a notice of the

Presidential declaration of an

emergency for the State of New Jersey

(FEMA–3156–EM), dated November 1,

2000, and related determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 1, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Madge Dale, Response and Recovery

Directorate, Federal Emergency

Management Agency, Washington, DC

20472, (202) 646–3772.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is

hereby given that, in a letter dated

November 1, 2000, the President

declared an emergency under the

authority of the Robert T. Stafford

Disaster Relief and Emergency

Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.),

as follows:

I have determined that the emergency

conditions in certain areas of the State of

New Jersey, as result of the West Nile Virus

on August 5, 2000, and continuing is of

sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant

an emergency declaration under the Robert T.

Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency

Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. § 5121 et seq. (the

Stafford Act). I, therefore, declare that such

an emergency exists in the State of New

Jersey.

You are authorized to provide appropriate

assistance for required emergency measures,

authorized under Title V of the Stafford Act

to save lives, protect property and public

health and safety, or to lessen or avert the

threat of a catastrophe in the designated

areas. Specifically, you are authorized to

provide emergency protective measures

(Category B) at 75 percent Federal funding for

eligible expenses incurred by local

governments. This assistance excludes

regular time costs for subgrantees’ regular

employees. In addition, you are authorized to

provide such other forms of assistance under

Title V of the Stafford Act, as you may deem

appropriate.

In order to provide Federal assistance, you

are hereby authorized to allocate from funds

available for these purposes, such amounts as

you find necessary for Federal disaster

assistance and administrative expenses.

However, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 5193(b),

Federal assistance under this declaration will

be limited to $5 million. In the event the

assistance exceeds $5 million, you shall

report to Congress on the nature and extent

of emergency assistance and shall propose

additional legislation if necessary, in

accordance with 42 U.S.C. § 5193(b)(3).

Further, you are authorized to make

changes to this declaration to the extent

allowable under the Stafford Act.

Notice is hereby given that pursuant

to the authority vested in the Director of

the Federal Emergency Management

Agency under Executive Order 12148, I

hereby appoint Michael Byrne of the

Federal Emergency Management Agency

to act as the Federal Coordinating

Officer for this declared emergency.

I do hereby determine the following

areas of the State of New Jersey to have

been affected adversely by this declared

emergency:

Atlantic, Bergen, Burlington, Camden,

Cape May, Cumberland, Essex, Gloucester,

Hudson, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex,

Monmouth, Morries, Ocean, Passaic, Salem,

Somerset, Sussex, Union, and Warren

Counties for assistance as specified in the

declaration letter quoted above.

(The following Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance Numbers (CFDA) are to be used

for reporting and drawing funds: 83.537,

Community Disaster Loans; 83.538, Cora

Brown Fund Program; 83.539, Crisis

Counseling; 83.540, Disaster Legal Services

Program; 83.541, Disaster Unemployment

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Assistance (DUA); 83.542, Fire Suppression

Assistance; 83.543, Individual and Family

Grant (IFG) Program; 83.544, Public

Assistance Grants; 83.545, Disaster Housing

Program; 83.548, Hazard Mitigation Grant

Program.)

James L. Witt,

Director.

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BILLING CODE 6718–02–P

FEDERAL EMERGENCY

MANAGEMENT AGENCY

Open Meeting, Technical Mapping

Advisory Council

AGENCY: Federal Emergency

Management Agency (FEMA).

ACTION: Notice of teleconference

meeting.

SUMMARY: In accordance with section

10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 1, the

Federal Emergency Management Agency

gives notice that the following meeting

will be held:

Name: Technical Mapping Advisory

Council.

Date of Meeting: November 14, 2000.

Place: The FEMA Conference Operator in

Washington, DC will administer the

teleconference. Individuals interested in

participating should call 1–800–320–4330 at

the time of the teleconference. Callers will be

prompted for the conference code, #17, and

they will then be connected through to the

teleconference.

Time: 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., EST.

Proposed Agenda:

1. Call to order.

2. Announcements.

3. Action on minutes from October 2000

teleconference meeting.

4. Review Annual and Year 2000 Report

draft text.

5. New business.

6. Adjournment.

Status: This meeting is open to the public.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Sally P. Magee, Federal Emergency

Management Agency, 500 C Street SW.,

room 442, Washington, DC 20472,

telephone (202) 646–8242 or by

facsimile at (202) 646–4596.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Minutes of

the meeting will be prepared and will be

available upon request 30 days after

they have been approved by the next

Technical Mapping Advisory Council

meeting in October 2000.

Dated: November 3, 2000.

Michael K. Buckley,

Director, Technical Services Division,

Mitigation Directorate.

[FR Doc. 00–29004 Filed 11–09–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6718–04–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Healthcare Research and

Quality

Nominations of Topics for EvidenceBased Practice Centers (EPCs)

AGENCY: The Agency for Healthcare

Research and Quality (AHRQ), formerly

AHCPR.

ACTION: Nominations of topics for

evidence reports and technology

assessments.

SUMMARY: AHRQ invites a fourth round

of nominations of topics for evidence

reports and technology assessments

relating to the prevention, diagnosis,

treatment and management of common

diseases and clinical conditions, as well

as topics relating to organization and

financing of health care. AHRQ’s

previous requests for topic nominations

were published in the Federal Register

on December 23, 1996, November 28,

1997, and May 4, 1999.

DATES: Topic nominations should be

submitted by January 12, 2001 in order

to be considered for the next group of

evidence reports and technology

assessments. In addition to timely

responses to this request for

nominations, AHRQ also accepts topic

nominations on an ongoing basis. AHRQ

will not reply to individual responses,

but will consider all nominations during

the selection process. Topics selected

will be announced from time to time in

the Federal Register and AHRQ press

releases.

ADDRESSES: Topic nominations should

be submitted to Douglas B. Kamerow,

M.D., MPH, Director, Center for Practice

and Technology Assessment, AHRQ,

6010 Executive Boulevard, Suite 300,

Rockville, MD 20852.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jacqueline Besteman, J.D., M.A., Center

for Practice and Technology

Assessment, AHRQ, 6010 Executive

Blvd., Suite 300, Rockville, MD 20852;

Phone: (301) 594–4017; Fax: (301) 594–

4027; E-mail: jbestema@ahrq.gov.

Arrangement for Public Inspection:

All nominations will be available for

public inspection at the Center for

Practice and Technology Assessment,

telephone (301) 594–4015, weekdays

between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. (Eastern

time).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

1. Background

Under Title IX of the Public Health

Service Act (42 U.S.C. 299a–299c) as

amended by Pub. L. 106–129 (1999),

AHRQ is charged with enhancing the

quality, appropriateness, and

effectiveness of health care services and

access to such services. AHRQ

accomplishes these goals through

scientific research and through

promotion of improvements in clinical

practice and health systems practices

including the prevention of diseases and

other health conditions.

2. Purpose

The purpose of this Federal Register

notice is to encourage participation and

collaboration of professional societies,

health systems, payors, and providers,

with AHRQ as it carries out its mission

to promote the practice of evidencebased health care. AHRQ serves as the

science partner with private-sector and

public organizations in their efforts to

improve the quality, effectiveness, and

appropriateness of health care delivery

in the United States, and to expedite the

translation of evidence-based research

findings into improved health care

services. AHRQ awards task order

contracts to its Evidence-based Practice

Centers (EPCs) to undertake scientific

analyses and evidence syntheses on

high-priority topics. The EPCs produce

science syntheses—evidence reports

and technology assessments—that

provide to public and private

organizations the foundation for

developing and implementing their own

practice guidelines, performance

measures, educational programs, and

other strategies to improve the quality of

health care and decision-making related

to the effectiveness and appropriateness

of specific health care technologies and

services. The evidence reports and

technology assessments also may be

used to inform coverage and

reimbursement policies.

As the body of scientific studies

related to the organization and financing

of health care grows, systematic review

and analyses of these studies can

provide health system organizations

with a scientific foundation for

developing system-wide policies and

practices. These reports may address

and evaluate topics such as risk

adjustment methodologies, market

performance measures, provider

payment mechanisms, and insurance

purchasing tools, as well as provider

integration of new scientific findings

regarding health care and delivery

innovations.

Evidence-Based Practice Centers (EPCs)

The EPCs prepare evidence reports

and technology assessments on topics

for which there is significant demand

for information by health care providers,

insurers, purchasers, health-related

societies, and patient advocacy