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when an individual begins or ends 

employment at the FTC, to answer 

questions or provide assistance when 

FTC staff have problems with computer 

or network access or other FTC IT 

equipment or software issues, etc. 

* * * * * 

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS: 

Assistant Director for Applications, 

Office of the Chief Information Officer, 

Federal Trade Commission, 600 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20580. 

* * * * * 

Appendix III 

Locations of FTC Buildings and Regional 

Offices 

In addition to the FTC’s headquarters 

building at 600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20580, the FTC has a 

satellite building at 400 7th Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20024, and also operates the 

following Regional Offices where Privacy Act 

records may in some cases be maintained or 

accessed: 

East Central Region, Eaton Center, Suite 200, 

1111 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 

44114–2507 

Midwest Region, 55 West Monroe Street, 

Suite 1825, Chicago, IL 60603–5001 

Northeast Region, Alexander Hamilton U.S. 

Custom House, One Bowling Green, Suite 

318, New York, NY 10004 

Northwest Region, 915 Second Avenue, Suite 

2896, Seattle, WA 98174 

Southeast Region, 225 Peachtree Street NE., 

Suite 1500, Atlanta, GA 30303 

Southwest Region, 1999 Bryan Street, Suite 

2150, Dallas, TX 75201 

Western Region–San Francisco, 901 Market 

Street, Suite 570, San Francisco, CA 94103 

Western Region–Los Angeles, 10877 Wilshire 

Boulevard, Suite 700, Los Angeles, CA 

90024 

In addition, FTC records subject to the 

Privacy Act may sometimes be maintained at 

other facilities leased by the FTC or operated 

by FTC contractors, including by other 

Federal agencies, or by the National Archives 

and Records Administration on the FTC’s 

behalf. 

David C. Shonka, 

Principal Deputy General Counsel. 

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BILLING CODE 6750–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Announcement of the Availability of 

the Scientific Report of the 2015 

Dietary Guidelines Advisory 

Committee, Solicitation of Written 

Comments on the Advisory Report, 

and Invitation for Oral Testimony at a 

Public Meeting 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Health, Office of the 

Secretary, Department of Health and 

Human Services; and Food, Nutrition 

and Consumer Services and Research, 

Education, and Economics, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Health and 

Human Services (HHS) and the 

Department of Agriculture (USDA) (a) 

announce the availability of the 

Scientific Report of the 2015 Dietary 

Guidelines Advisory Committee 

(Advisory Report); (b) solicit written 

comments on the Advisory Report; and 

(c) provide notice of a public meeting to 

solicit oral comments from the public 

on the Advisory Report. 

DATES: The Advisory Report of the 2015 

Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee 

(Committee or DGAC) is available for 

review and public written comment. 

Written comments will be accepted 

through midnight E.S.T. on April 8, 

2015. The meeting for the public to 

provide oral testimony to HHS and 

USDA on the Advisory Report will be 

held on March 24, 2015, from 8:30 a.m.– 

1:00 p.m. E.S.T. 

ADDRESSES: The Advisory Report is 

available on the Internet at 

www.DietaryGuidelines.gov. Those 

participating in providing public oral 

testimony to HHS and USDA on the 

Advisory Report are required to attend 

the public meeting in-person at the 

National Institutes of Health (NIH) 

Clinical Center, Building 10, Masur 

Auditorium, 10 Center Drive, 9000 

Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892. 

Others wanting to participate by 

listening to the oral testimony can do so 

in-person or via webcast on the Internet. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Designated Federal Officer (DFO), 2015 

DGAC, Richard D. Olson, M.D., M.P.H.; 

Office of Disease Prevention and Health 

Promotion, OASH/HHS; 1101 Wootton 

Parkway, Suite LL100 Tower Building; 

Rockville, MD 20852: Telephone: (240) 

453–8280; Fax: (240) 453–8281; 

Alternate DFO, 2015 DGAC, Kellie 

(O’Connell) Casavale, Ph.D., R.D., 

Nutrition Advisor; Office of Disease 

Prevention and Health Promotion, 

OASH/HHS; 1101 Wootton Parkway, 

Suite LL100 Tower Building; Rockville, 

MD 20852: Telephone: (240) 453–8280; 

Fax: (240) 453–8281; Lead USDA CoExecutive Secretary, Colette I. Rihane, 

M.S., R.D., Director, Office of Nutrition 

Guidance and Analysis, Center for 

Nutrition Policy and Promotion, USDA; 

3101 Park Center Drive, Room 1034; 

Alexandria, VA 22302; Telephone: (703) 

305–7600; Fax: (703) 305–3300; and/or 

USDA Co-Executive Secretary, Shanthy 

A. Bowman, Ph.D., Nutritionist, Food 

Surveys Research Group, Beltsville 

Human Nutrition Research Center, 

Agricultural Research Service, USDA; 

10300 Baltimore Avenue, BARC-West 

Bldg 005, Room 125; Beltsville, MD 

20705–2350; Telephone: (301) 504– 

0619. The Advisory Report and the 

agenda for this meeting will be made 

available on the Internet at 

www.DietaryGuidelines.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under 

Section 301 of Public Law 101–445 (7 

U.S.C. 5341, the National Nutrition 

Monitoring and Related Research Act of 

1990, Title III) the Secretaries of Health 

and Human Services (HHS) and 

Agriculture (USDA) are directed to issue 

at least every five years a report titled 

Dietary Guidelines for Americans. The 

law instructs that this publication shall 

contain nutritional and dietary 

information and guidelines for the 

general public, shall be based on the 

preponderance of scientific and medical 

knowledge current at the time of 

publication, and shall be promoted by 

each federal agency in carrying out any 

federal food, nutrition, or health 

program. The Dietary Guidelines for 

Americans was issued voluntarily by 

HHS and USDA in 1980, 1985, and 

1990; the 1995 edition was the first 

statutorily mandated report, followed by 

subsequent editions at appropriate 

intervals. To assist with satisfying the 

mandate, a discretionary federal 

advisory committee is established every 

five years to provide independent, 

science-based advice and 

recommendations. The Committee 

consists of a panel of experts who were 

selected from the public/private sector. 

Individuals who were selected to serve 

on the Committee have current 

scientific knowledge in the field of 

human nutrition and chronic disease. 

Appointed Committee Members: 

Fourteen members served on the 2015 

Committee. They were appointed by the 

Secretaries of HHS and USDA in May 

2013. Information on the DGAC 

membership is available at 

www.DietaryGuidelines.gov. As 

stipulated in the charter, the Committee 


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terminated because it has completed its 

mission. 

Meeting Agenda: The meeting agenda 

will include opportunity for the public 

to give oral testimony to HHS and 

USDA officials on the Advisory Report. 

Meeting Registration: The meeting 

will be publicly accessible in-person 

and by webcast on the Internet. 

Registration is required and is expected 

to open on March 9, 2015. To register, 

please go to www.DietaryGuidelines.gov 

and click on the link for meeting 

registration. To register by phone, please 

call National Capitol Contracting, 

Andrea Popp at (703) 243–9696. 

Registration must include name, 

affiliation, and phone number or email 

address. 

Webcast Public Participation: After 

registering, individuals participating by 

webcast will receive webcast access 

information via email. Webcast 

registrants can observe the oral 

testimony; however, testimony can only 

be given in-person. 

In-Person Public Participation and 

Building Access: For in-person 

participants, the meetings will be held 

in the National Institutes of Health 

(NIH) Clinical Center (Building 10), as 

noted above in the Addresses section. 

Directions will be posted on 

www.DietaryGuidelines.gov. For inperson participants, check-in at the 

registration desk onsite at the meeting is 

required and will begin at 8:00 a.m. 

E.S.T. 

Oral Testimony: HHS and USDA 

invite requests from the public to 

present three minutes of oral testimony 

to HHS and USDA officials on the 

Advisory Report at the March 24, 2015 

public meeting. 

Registration capacity is limited to 70 

individuals confirmed to speak and an 

additional 10 who are not confirmed to 

speak but are on stand-by (if time 

remains) to provide oral testimony. 

Capacity will be filled in the order 

received. Confirmation by email will 

include further instructions for 

participation. Requests to present oral 

testimony can be made by going to 

www.DietaryGuidelines.gov and clicking 

on the link for meeting registration and 

must include a written outline of the 

intended testimony not exceeding one 

page in length. In addition, the public 

is encouraged to provide written 

comments (separate from oral 

testimony) submitted electronically 

through the public comments database 

at www.DietaryGuidelines.gov. 

Written Public Comments: Written 

comments on the Advisory Report are 

encouraged from the public and will be 

accepted through April 8, 2015. Written 

public comments can be submitted and/ 

or viewed at www.DietaryGuidelines.gov 

using the ‘‘Submit Comments’’ and 

‘‘Read Comments’’ links, respectively. 

HHS and USDA requests that 

commenters provide a brief (250 words 

or less) summary of the points or issues 

in the comment text box. If commenters 

are providing literature or other 

resources, complete citations or 

abstracts and electronic links to full 

articles or reports are preferred instead 

of attaching these documents to the 

comment. All comments must be 

received by midnight (E.S.T.) on April 

8, 2015, after which the time period for 

submitting written comments to the 

federal government expires. The ability 

to view public comments will continue 

to be available. Please allow until April 

22, 2015, for comment submissions to 

be processed and posted for viewing. 

Meeting Documents: Documents 

pertaining to the meeting, including a 

meeting agenda and webcast recording 

will be available on 

www.DietaryGuidelines.gov. Meeting 

information will continue to be 

accessible online, at the NIH Library 

(see the Addresses section), and upon 

request at the Office of Disease 

Prevention and Health Promotion, 

OASH/HHS; 1101 Wootton Parkway, 

Suite LL100 Tower Building; Rockville, 

MD 20852: Telephone (240) 453–8280; 

Fax: (240) 453–8281. 

Dated: January 13, 2015. 

Don Wright, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, Office 

of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, 

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, 

U.S. Department of Health and Human 

Services. 

Dated: January 13, 2015. 

Angela Tagtow, 

Executive Director, Center for Nutrition Policy 

and Promotion, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture. 

Dated: January 15, 2015. 

Chavonda Jacobs-Young, 

Administrator, Agricultural Research Service, 

U.S. Department of Agriculture. 

[FR Doc. 2015–03552 Filed 2–20–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4150–32P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[CMS–3304–FN] 

Medicare and Medicaid Program; 

Continued Approval of the Joint 

Commission’s Psychiatric Hospital 

Accreditation Program 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS. 

ACTION: Final notice. 

SUMMARY: This final notice announces 

our decision to approve the Joint 

Commission for continued recognition 

as a national accrediting organization 

for psychiatric hospitals that wish to 

participate in the Medicare or Medicaid 

programs. A psychiatric hospital that 

participates in Medicaid must also meet 

the Medicare conditions of participation 

(CoPs) as required by statute. 

DATES: Effective Date: This notice is 

effective February 25, 2015 through 

February 25, 2019. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Monda Shaver, (410) 786–3410. 

Cindy Melanson, (410) 786–0310. 

Patricia Chmielewski, (410) 786–6899. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

A healthcare provider may enter into 

an agreement with Medicare to 

participate in the program as a 

psychiatric hospital provided certain 

requirements are met. Section 1861(f) of 

the Social Security Act (the Act) 

establishes criteria for facilities seeking 

participation as a psychiatric hospital. 

Regulations concerning Medicare 

provider agreements in general are at 42 

CFR part 489 and those pertaining to the 

survey and certification for Medicare 

participation of providers and certain 

types of suppliers are at 42 CFR part 

488. The regulations at 42 CFR part 482 

subpart E, set forth the specific 

conditions that a provider must meet to 

participate in the Medicare program as 

a psychiatric hospital. 

Generally, to enter into an agreement, 

a psychiatric hospital must first be 

certified by a State Survey Agency as 

complying with the conditions or 

requirements set forth in part 482 

subpart E of our regulations. Thereafter, 

the psychiatric hospital is subject to 

regular surveys by a State Survey 

Agency to determine whether it 

continues to meet these requirements. 

However, there is an alternative to 

certification surveys by state agencies. 

Accreditation by a national Medicare 

accreditation program approved by the 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services (CMS) may substitute for both 

initial and ongoing state agency review. 

Section 1865(a)(1) of the Act provides 

that, if the Secretary of the Department 

of Health and Human Services (the 

Secretary) finds that accreditation of a 

provider entity by an approved national 

accrediting organization meets or 

exceeds all applicable Medicare 

conditions, we may treat the provider 

entity as having met those conditions, 

that is, we may ‘‘deem’’ the provider 


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