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assets or the ownership of, control of, or

the power to vote shares of a bank or

bank holding company and all of the

banks and nonbanking companies

owned by the bank holding company,

including the companies listed below.

The applications listed below, as well

as other related filings required by the

Board, are available for immediate

inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank

indicated. The application also will be

available for inspection at the offices of

the Board of Governors. Interested

persons may express their views in

writing on the standards enumerated in

the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the

proposal also involves the acquisition of

a nonbanking company, the review also

includes whether the acquisition of the

nonbanking company complies with the

standards in section 4 of the BHC Act.

Unless otherwise noted, nonbanking

activities will be conducted throughout

the United States.

Unless otherwise noted, comments

regarding each of these applications

must be received at the Reserve Bank

indicated or the offices of the Board of

Governors not later than August 21,

1998.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of

Richmond (A. Linwood Gill III,

Assistant Vice President) 701 East Byrd

Street, Richmond, Virginia 23261-4528:

1. First Union Corporation, Charlotte,

North Carolina; to increase its

investment in United Bancshares, Inc.,

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and thereby

indirectly acquire nonvoting common

stock of United Bank of Philadelphia,

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

(Lois Berthaume, Vice President) 104

Marietta Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia

30303-2713:

1. First American Corporation,

Nashville, Tennessee; to merge with

Pioneer Bancshares, Inc., Chattanooga,

Tennessee, and thereby indirectly

acquire Pioneer Bank, Chattanooga,

Tennessee; Valley Bank, Sweetwater,

Tennessee, and Pioneer Bank, FSB, East

Ridge, Tennessee.

In connection with this application,

Applicant has also applied to engage in

operating a savings association,

pursuant to § 225.28(b)(4)(ii) of

Regulation Y.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, July 22, 1998.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 98–19999 Filed 7–24–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Health Care Policy and

Research

Contract Review Meeting

In accordance with Section 10(a) of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5

U.S.C. Appendix 2), announcement is

made of the following technical review

committee to meet during the month of

August 1998.

Name: Technical Review Committee on the

Agency for Health Care Policy and Research

SBIR Topic 3000—Computer Decision

Support Tools for Evidence-based Medicine.

Date and Time: August 5, 1998, 8:00 a.m.–

5:00 p.m.

Place: Hyatt Regency-Bethesda, Tiffany/

Cartier Room, One Bethesda Metro Center,

Bethesda, Maryland 20814.

This meeting will be closed to the public.

Purpose: The Technical Review

Committee’s charge is to provide, on behalf

of the Agency for Health Care Policy and

Research (AHCPR) Contracts Review

Committee, recommendations to the

Administrator, AHCPR, regarding the

technical merit of contract proposals

submitted in response to a specific Request

for Proposals regarding the AHCPR Research

Topic 3000, SBIR-Computer Decision

Support Tools for Evidence-based Medicine,

announced in the Commerce Business Daily

on May 1, 1998.

These contracts constitute the Agency for

Health Care Policy and Research’s

participation in the Small Business

Innovative Research Program (SBIR). The

programs of the Department of Health and

Human Services (HHS), and of certain other

Federal agencies are required by statutes to

reserve 2.5 percent of their current fiscal year

extramural budgets for research or research

and development (R&D) for SBIR programs.

The purpose of the legislation is to

emphasize increased private sector

commercialization of technology developed

through Federal SBIR R&D; increase small

business participation in Federal R&D; and

foster and encourage participation of socially

and economically disadvantaged small

business concerns and women-owned small

business concerns in the SBIR program and

to expand and improve the SBIR programs.

In Phase I of the SBIR program, each

contractor will determine and report the

scientific, technical, and commercial merit

and feasibility of proposed research or R&D

efforts and the ability of that small business

concern to carry out this research or R&D

with further Federal support in Phase II.

AHCPR issued a Request for Proposal

(AHCPR–98–0014) under the SBIR program

for Phase I contracts for the specific topic of

Computer Decision Support Tools for

Evidence-based Medicine. Evidence-based

medicine is increasingly providing

systematic reviews of the medical literature

to improve the care provided to patients.

What is lacking are real-time resources to

give providers on-site and immediate access

to the latest requested evidence. The SBIR

contract projects are to produce software that

will provide decision support tools and

information on demand for clinicians to

foster the practice of evidence-based

medicine.

Agenda: The Committee meeting will be

devoted entirely to the technical review and

evaluation of contract proposals submitted in

response to the above-referenced Request for

Proposals. The Administrator, AHCPR, has

made a formal determination that this

meeting will not be open to the public. This

action is necessary to safeguard confidential

proprietary information and personal

information concerning individuals

associated with the proposals that may be

revealed during this meeting, and to protect

the free exchange of views, and avoid undue

interference with Committee and Department

operations.

This is in accordance with section 10(d) of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5

U.S.C., Appendix 2, implementing

regulations, 41 CFR 101–6.1023 and

procurement regulations, 48 CFR 315.604(d).

Anyone wishing to obtain information

regarding this meeting should contact Kate

Rickard, Center for Practice and Technology

Assessment, Agency for Health Care Policy

and Research, 6010 Executive Boulevard,

Suite 304, Rockville, Maryland 20852,

telephone (301) 594–2431.

Dated: July 16, 1998.

John M. Eisenberg,

Administrator.

[FR Doc. 98–19901 Filed 7–24–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention

Advisory Committee for Injury

Prevention and Control: Meeting

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

the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(Pub. L. 92–463), the Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention (CDC)

announces the following committee

meeting.

Name: Advisory Committee for Injury

Prevention and Control (ACIPC).

Times and Dates: 1 p.m.–4 p.m., August

11, 1998; 8:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m., August 12,

1998.

Place: JW Marriott at Lenox, 3300 Lenox

Road, Atlanta, Georgia 30336.

Status: Closed: 1 p.m.–3 p.m., August 11,

1998, and 8:30–9 a.m., August 12, 1998;

Open: 3 p.m.–4 p.m., August 11, 1998, and

9 a.m.–3:30 p.m., August 12, 1998.

Purpose: The Committee advises and

makes recommendations to the Secretary, the

Assistant Secretary for Health, and the

Director, CDC, regarding feasible goals for the

prevention and control of injury. The

Committee makes recommendations

regarding policies, strategies, objectives, and

priorities, and reviews progress toward injury

prevention and control. The Committee