Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 183 / Thursday, September 20, 2012 / Notices 58393 

Request for Comments 

In accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act, comments on AHRQ’s 

information collection are requested 

with regard to any of the following: (a) 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of AHRQ healthcare 

research and healthcare information 

dissemination functions, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of 

AHRQ’s estimate of burden (including 

hours and costs) of the proposed 

collection(s) of information; (c) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information to be collected; and 

(d) ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information upon the 

respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and 

included in the Agency’s subsequent 

request for OMB approval of the 

proposed information collection. All 

comments will become a matter of 

public record. 

Dated: September 6, 2012. 

Carolyn M. Clancy, 

Director. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality 

Notice of Meeting 

AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research 

and Quality, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with section 

10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2), 

announcement is made of an Agency for 

Healthcare Research and Quality 

(AHRQ) Special Emphasis Panel (SEP) 

meeting on ‘‘AHRQ Patient Centered 

Outcomes Research (PCOR) Pathway to 

Independence Award (K99/ROC)’’ 

DATES: November 1, 2012 (Open on 

November 1 from 8:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. 

and closed for the remainder of the 

meeting). 

ADDRESSES: Hyatt Regency Hotel 

Bethesda, One Metro Center, Bethesda, 

MD 20814. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anyone wishing to obtain a roster of 

members, agenda or minutes of the nonconfidential portions of this meeting 

should contact: Mrs. Bonnie Campbell, 

Committee Management Officer, Office 

of Extramural Research, Education and 

Priority Populations, AHRQ, 540 

Gaither Road, Room 2038, Rockville, 

Maryland 20850, Telephone (301) 427– 

1554. 

Agenda items for this meeting are 

subject to change as priorities dictate. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A Special 

Emphasis Panel is a group of experts in 

fields related to health care research 

who are invited by the Agency for 

Healthcare Research and Quality 

(AHRQ), and agree to be available, to 

conduct on an as needed basis, 

scientific reviews of applications for 

AHRQ support. Individual members of 

the Panel do not attend regularlyscheduled meetings and do not serve for 

fixed terms or a long period of time. 

Rather, they are asked to participate in 

particular review meetings which 

require their type of expertise. 

Substantial segments of the SEP 

meeting referenced above will be closed 

to the public in accordance with the 

provisions set forth in 5 U.S.C. App. 2, 

section 10(d), 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4), and 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(6). Grant applications for 

‘‘AHRQ Patient Centered Outcomes 

Research (PCOR) Pathway to 

Independence Award (K99/R00)’’ are to 

be reviewed and discussed at this 

meeting. The grant applications and the 

discussions could disclose confidential 

trade secrets or commercial property 

such as patentable material, and 

personal information concerning 

individuals associated with the grant 

applications, the disclosure of which 

would constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy. 

Dated: September 13, 2012. 

Carolyn M. Clancy, 

Director. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality 

Notice of Meetings 

AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research 

and Quality (AHRQ), HHS. 

ACTION: Notice of five AHRQ 

subcommittee meetings. 

SUMMARY: The subcommittees listed 

below are part of AHRQ’s Health 

Services Research Initial Review Group 

Committee. Grant applications are to be 

reviewed and discussed at these 

meetings. These meetings will be closed 

to the public in accordance with 5 

U.S.C. App. 2 section 10(d),’5 U.S.C. 

section 552b(c)(4), and 5 U.S.C. section 

552b(c)(6). 

DATES: See below for dates of meetings: 

1. Health Care Research Training 

Date: October 11–12, 2012 (Open from 

8:30 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. on October 11 

and closed for remainder of the 

meeting) 

2. Healthcare Effectiveness and 

Outcomes Research 

Date: October 16–17, 2012 (Open from 

8:30 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. on October 16 

and closed for remainder of the 

meeting) 

3. Health Systems and Value Research 

Date: October 24, 2012 (Open from 

8:30 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. on October 24 

and closed for remainder of the 

meeting) 

4. Healthcare Information Technology 

Research 

Date: October 25, 2012 (Open from 

8:30 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. on October 25 

and closed for remainder of the 

meeting) 

5. Healthcare Safety and Quality 

Improvement Research 

Date: October 31, 2012 (Open from 

8:30 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. on October 31 

and closed for remainder of the 

meeting) 

ADDRESSES: The five meetings will take 

place in the same location: 

Hyatt Regency Hotel Bethesda, 

One Metro Center, 

Bethesda, MD 20814. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: (To 

obtain a roster of members, agenda or 

minutes of the non-confidential portions 

of the meetings.) 

Mrs. Bonnie Campbell, Committee 

Management Officer, Office of 

Extramural Research Education and 

Priority Populations, AHRQ 540, 

Gaither Road, Suite 2000, Rockville, 

Maryland 20850, Telephone (301) 

427–1554. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

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

Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 

U.S.C. App. 2), AHRQ announces 

meetings of the scientific peer review 

groups listed above, which are 

subcommittees of AHRQ’s Health 

Services Research Initial Review Group 

Committee. The subcommittee meetings 

will be closed to the public in 

accordance with the provisions set forth 

in 5 U.S.C. App. 2 section 10(d), 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(4), and 5 U.S.C. 

552b(c)(6). The grant applications and 

the discussions could disclose 

confidential trade secrets or commercial 

property such as patentable material, 

and personal information concerning 

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