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[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 248 (Thursday, December 26, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78360-78361]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-30888]

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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.

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SUMMARY: The subcommittees listed below are part of AHRQ's Health

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Services Research Initial Review Group Committee. Grant applications 
are to be reviewed and discussed at these meetings. Each subcommittee 
meeting will commence in open session before closing to the public for 
the duration of the meeting. 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 System and Value Research (HSVR)
    Date: February 19, 2014 (Open from 8:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. on 
February 19 and closed for remainder of the meeting)
    2. Healthcare Safety and Quality Improvement Research (HSQR)
    Date: February 26-27, 2014 (Open from 8:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. on 
February 26 and closed for remainder of the meeting)
    3. Healthcare Effectiveness and Outcomes Research (HEOR)
    Date: February 26-27, 2014 (Open from 8:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. on 
February 26 and closed for remainder of the meeting)
    4. Health Care Research and Training (HCRT)
    Date: February 27-28, 2014 (Open from 8:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. on 
February 27 and closed for remainder of the meeting)
    5. Healthcare Information Technology Research (HITR)
    Date: February 27-28, 2014 (Open from 8:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. on 
February 27 and closed for remainder of the meeting)

ADDRESSES: Gaithersburg Marriott Washingtonian Center, 9751 
Washingtonian Boulevard, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20878.

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 
Committees. Each subcommittee meeting will commence in open session 
before closing to the public for the duration of the meeting. 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 individuals associated with the grant applications, the 
disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of 
personal privacy.
    Agenda items for these meetings are subject to change as priorities 
dictate.

    Dated: December 17, 2013.
Richard Kronick,
AHRQ Director.
[FR Doc. 2013-30888 Filed 12-24-13; 8:45 am]
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