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3. Discussion of the May 2021 DoD P&T 

Committee Recommendations 

Scheduled Therapeutic Class Reviews 

a. 3:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m. Menopausal 

Hormone Therapy: Single Agents, 

Combination Agents, and Vaginal 

Agents (LCDR Elizabeth Hall) 

b. 3:30 p.m.–4:00 p.m. Sleep Disorders: 

Insomnia (Dr. Lugo) 

c. 4:00 p.m.–4:45 p.m. Newly Approved 

Drugs Review (Dr. Lugo, and other 

FMB staff including, LCDR Hall, 

MAJ Davies, LCDR Hansen, and Dr. 

Allerman) 

d. 4:45 p.m.–5:15 p.m. Pertinent 

Utilization Management Issues 

(MAJ Davies and other FMB staff 

including Dr. Allerman, Dr. Lugo, 

and LCDR Hall) 

e. 5:15 p.m.–5:30 p.m. Re-evaluation of 

Nonformulary generics (Dr. 

Allerman) 

* Note that the UFBAP Discussion and 

Vote will follow each section 

f. 5:30 p.m.–5:45 p.m. Closing Remarks 

by Senior Chief Petty Officer (Ret) 

Ostrowski 

g. 5:45 p.m.–6:00 p.m. Closing Remarks 

by Col Hoerner 

Agenda Items 

1. Day 2—January 26, 2022 

a. 9:00 a.m.–9:10 a.m. Sign In for 

UFBAP members 

b. 9:10 a.m.–9:15 a.m. Welcome and 

Opening Remarks by Col Hoerner 

c. 9:15 a.m.–9:30 a.m. Opening Remarks 

by Senior Chief Petty Officer (Ret) 

Ostrowski 

2. Discussion of the August 2021 DoD 

P&T Committee Recommendations 

Scheduled Therapeutic Class Reviews 

a. 9:30 a.m.–10:00 a.m. Leukemia and 

Lymphoma Agents, Burton 

Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors LCDR 

Hansen) 

b. 10:00 a.m.–10:30 a.m. LaxativeCathartics-Stool Softeners—Bowel 

Preparations (Dr. Lugo) 

c. 10:30 a.m.–10:45 a.m. Break 

d. 10:45 a.m.–11:45 a.m. Newly 

Approved Drugs Review (Dr. Lugo 

and other FMB staff, including 

LCDR Hall, LCDR Hansen, Dr. 

Allerman, CDR Raisor, and MAJ 

Davies) 

e. 11:45 a.m.–12:45 p.m. Pertinent 

Utilization Management Issues 

(MAJ Davies and other FMB staff, 

including Dr. Lugo, and CDR 

Raisor) 

f. 12:45 p.m.–1:00 p.m. Tier Co-Payment 

Change for the Pulmonary III 

Agents (CDR Raisor) 

g. 1:00 p.m.–1:15 p.m. Brand over 

Generic Authorization and Tier 1 

Co-Payment Change for the 

Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension 

Drugs (Dr. Allerman) 

* Note that the UFBAP Discussion and 

Vote will follow each section 

h. 1:15 p.m.–2:15 p.m. Break for Lunch 

3. Discussion of the November 2021 

DoD P&T Committee Recommendations 

Scheduled Therapeutic Class Reviews 

a. 2:15 p.m.–3:00 p.m. Continuous 

Glucose Monitoring Systems— 

Therapeutic Agents (Dr. Lugo) 

b. 3:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m. Immunological 

Agents Miscellaneous— 

Subcutaneous Immunoglobulins 

(LCDR Hansen) 

c. 3:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m. Newly Approved 

Drugs Review (Dr. Lugo and other 

FMB staff including LCDR Hansen, 

LCDR Giao Phung, LCDR Hall, MAJ 

Davies and Maj Angelina Escano) 

d. 4:30 p.m.–4:45 p.m. Break 

e. 4:45 p.m.–5:45 p.m. Pertinent 

Utilization Management Issues 

(MAJ Davies) 

*Note that the UFBAP Discussion and 

Vote will follow each section 

f. 5:45 p.m.–5:55 p.m. Closing Remarks 

by Senior Chief Petty Officer (Ret) 

Ostrowski 

g. 5:55 p.m.–6:00 p.m. Closing Remarks 

by Col Hoerner 

Meeting Accessibility: Pursuant to 

section 10(a)(1) of the FACA and 41 CFR 

102–3.140 through 102–3.165, and 

subject to the availability of phone lines, 

this meeting is open to the public. 

Telephone lines are limited and 

available to the first 220 people dialing 

in. There will be 220 line total: 200 

domestic and 20 international, 

including leader lines. 

Written Statements: Pursuant to 41 

CFR 102–3.10, and section 10(a)(3) of 

FACA, interested persons or 

organizations may submit written 

statements to the Uniform Formulary 

Beneficiary Advisory Panel about its 

mission and/or the agenda to be 

addressed in this public meeting. 

Written statements should be submitted 

to the Uniform Formulary Beneficiary 

Advisory Panel’s Designated Federal 

Officer (DFO). The DFO’s contact 

information can be found in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of 

this notice. Written comments or 

statements must be received by the 

Uniform Formulary Beneficiary 

Advisory Panel’s DFO at least two (2) 

calendar days prior to the meeting so 

they may be made available to the 

Uniform Formulary Beneficiary 

Advisory Panel for its consideration 

prior to the meeting. The DFO will 

review all submitted written statements 

and provide copies to all Uniform 

Formulary Beneficiary Advisory Panel 

members. 

Dated: January 12, 2022. 

Aaron T. Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register, Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2022–00887 Filed 1–18–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Request for Nominations: National 

Committee on Foreign Medical 

Education and Accreditation 

(NCFMEA) 

AGENCY: Department of Education, 

National Committee on Foreign Medical 

Education and Accreditation 

(NCFMEA). 

ACTION: Request for nominations for 

appointment to serve on the National 

Committee on Foreign Medical 

Education and Accreditation 

(NCFMEA). 

SUMMARY: Secretary of Education, 

Miguel A. Cardona, Ed.D., is seeking 

nomination(s) of medical experts for 

appointment to fill six vacant positions 

for service as a member of the National 

Committee on Foreign Medical 

Education and Accreditation 

(NCFMEA). 

DATES: Nominations must be received 

no later than Friday, February 18, 2022. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

NCFMEA’s Statutory Authority and 

Function: The NCFMEA is authorized 

per section 102 of the Higher Education 

Act of 1965, as amended. The Secretary 

of Education is required by the Higher 

Education Act, as amended, to establish 

a panel of medical experts who shall: 

Evaluate the standards of accreditation 

applied to foreign medical schools; and 

determine the comparability of those 

standards to standards for accreditation 

applied to United States medical 

schools. The NCFMEA shall be 

comprised of 11 voting members each 

appointed for a term of service as 

determined by the Secretary of 

Education. Due consideration shall be 

given to the appointment of individuals 

who are broadly knowledgeable about 

foreign medical education and 

accreditation and respected in the 

educational community. Per the 

authorizing legislation for the 

Committee, one currently serving 

member of the NCFMEA, is a medical 

student enrolled in an accredited 

medical school at the time of 

appointment by the Secretary of 

Education. 


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1See U.S. Dep’t of Energy, Infographic: 

Understanding the Grid (Nov. 2014), https://

www.energy.gov/articles/infographicunderstanding-grid. 

2See Energy Information Agency, Major utilities 

continue to increase spending on U.S. electric 

distribution systems, (July 20, 2018), https://

www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=36675. 

3See ICF International, Electric Grid Security and 

Resilience: Establishing a Baseline for Adversarial 

Threats, at 26 (June 2016), https://www.energy.gov/ 

sites/prod/files/2017/01/f34/Electric%20Grid%20

Security%20and%20Resilience— 

Establishing%20a%20Baseline%20for%20

Adversarial%20Threats.pdf. 

Any member appointed to fill a 

vacancy for a term of service not 

completed will serve for the remainder 

of the term of service of her/his 

predecessor. No member may serve for 

a period in excess of three consecutive 

terms. Members of the Committee will 

serve as Special Government Employees 

(SGEs), as defined in 18 U.S.C. 202(a). 

As SGEs, members are selected for their 

individual expertise, integrity, 

impartiality, and experience. 

Nomination Process: Interested 

persons, stakeholders, or organizations 

(including individuals seeking 

reappointment by the Secretary of 

Education to serve on the NCFMEA) 

may nominate a qualified medical 

expert(s). To submit a nomination(s) or 

self-nominate for appointment to serve 

on the NCFMEA, please send a cover 

letter addressed to the Secretary of 

Education as follows: Honorable Miguel 

A. Cardona, Ed.D., Secretary of 

Education, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, 

Washington, DC 20202. In the letter, 

please note your reason(s) for 

submitting the nomination. Include a 

copy of the nominee’s current resume/ 

cv and contact information (nominee’s 

name, mailing address, email address, 

and contact phone number). In addition, 

the cover letter must include a 

statement affirming that the nominee (if 

you are nominating someone other than 

yourself) has agreed to be nominated 

and is willing to serve on the NCFMEA 

if appointed by the Secretary of 

Education. Please submit your 

nomination(s) including the requested 

attachments to the U.S. Department of 

Education, Office of the Secretary, 

Committee Management via email to: 

cmtemgmtoffice@ed.gov. (Please specify 

in the email subject line ‘‘NCFMEA 

Nomination’’). 

For questions, please contact Karen 

Akins, U.S. Department of Education, 

Committee Management Officer, Office 

of the Secretary, (202) 401–3677, or via 

email at Karen.Akins@ed.gov. 

Electronic Access to this Document: 

The official version of this document is 

the document published in the Federal 

Register. You may access the official 

edition of the Federal Register and the 

Code of Federal Regulations at 

www.govinfo.gov. At this site, you can 

view this document, as well as all other 

documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register. 

Miguel A. Cardona, 

Secretary of Education. 

[FR Doc. 2022–00908 Filed 1–18–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Building a Better Grid Initiative To 

Upgrade and Expand the Nation’s 

Electric Transmission Grid To Support 

Resilience, Reliability, and 

Decarbonization 

AGENCY: Office of Electricity, 

Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: In this notice, the Department 

of Energy (DOE or the Department) 

unveils its new Building a Better Grid 

Initiative focused on catalyzing 

nationwide development of new and 

upgraded high-capacity transmission 

lines. Under the Building a Better Grid 

Initiative, DOE will identify critical 

national transmission needs and 

support the buildout of long-distance, 

high-voltage transmission facilities that 

meet those needs through collaborative 

transmission planning, innovative 

financing mechanisms, coordinated 

permitting, and continued transmission 

related research and development. DOE 

commits to robust engagement on 

energy justice and collaboration, 

including with states, American Indian 

Tribes and Alaska Natives, industry, 

unions, local communities, and other 

stakeholders for successful 

implementation of the program. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Michelle Manary, Acting Deputy 

Assistant Secretary, Electricity Delivery 

Division, Office of Electricity, Mailstop 

OE–20, Room 8H–033, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20585; Telephone: (202) 586–1411 

or ElectricityDelivery@hq.doe.gov. More 

information will also be available at 

https://www.energy.gov/oe/officeelectricity. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

A robust transmission system is 

critical to the Nation’s economic, 

energy, and national security. However, 

the United States faces challenges as its 

electric grid infrastructure continues to 

age—studies from the past decade find 

that 70 percent of the grid’s 

transmission lines and power 

transformers were over 25 years old.1 2

In addition, insufficient transmission 

capacity—especially transmission that 

facilitates transfer of power across 

regions—presents another critical 

challenge facing the grid. Upgrading and 

expanding the current transmission 

system will enhance grid reliability and 

resilience and enable the cost-effective 

integration of clean energy. 

Modernizing, hardening, and 

expanding the grid will enhance the 

resilience of our entire electric system, 

and ensure that electricity is available to 

customers when it is needed most. 

Aging infrastructure leaves the grid 

increasingly vulnerable to attacks.3 The 

increasing frequency of extreme weather 

events is leading to energy supply 

disruptions that threaten the economy, 

put public health and safety at risk, and 

can devastate affected communities all 

over the country. Investment in 

transmission infrastructure can help 

protect the grid against supply 

disruptions due to physical and cyberattacks or climate-induced extreme 

weather, minimize the impact of supply 

disruptions when they happen, and 

restore electricity more quickly when 

outages do occur. 

Expanding transmission capacity also 

improves reliability by creating stronger 

and more numerous energy delivery 

pathways, helping to ensure that 

consumers have a dependable source of 

electricity to power their homes, 

schools, and businesses. When one 

generation source is physically 

unavailable or uneconomic, 

transmission enables delivery from 

other generation sources, making the 

system better equipped to meet delivery 

requirements under the broader range of 

real circumstances and stresses seen in 

recent years. 

Electric grid investment also spurs 

economic growth. Investment in the grid 

will create demand for well-paying jobs 

in construction and will drive 

innovation, commercialization, and 

deployment of energy technologies that 

can spur new businesses. Moreover, 

clean energy generation is increasingly 

the least-cost option in many parts of 

the country, and investment in 

transmission will play a critical role in 

unlocking the deployment of greater 

renewable energy generation. 

Transmission is critical to addressing 

the climate crisis through the 

decarbonization of the power sector and 

electrification of transportation and 

other sectors. The climate crisis 

accelerates the need for the United 

States to modernize its electric grid. To 


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