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indicated. The applications 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 

(12 U.S.C. 1843). Unless otherwise 

noted, nonbanking activities will be 

conducted throughout the United States. 

Additional information on all bank 

holding companies may be obtained 

from the National Information Center 

website at www.ffiec.gov/nic/. 

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 April 6, 2009. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of 

Richmond (A. Linwood Gill, III, Vice 

President) 701 East Byrd Street, 

Richmond, Virginia 23261–4528: 

1. Premier Financial Bancorp, Inc., 

Huntington, West Virginia, to acquire 

100 percent of the voting shares of 

Abigail Adams National Bancorp, Inc., 

and thereby indirectly acquire The 

Adams National Bank, both of 

Washington, D.C., and Consolidated 

Bank and Trust Company, Richmond, 

Virginia. 

Board of Governors of the Federal 

Reserve System, March 9, 2009. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. E9–5366 Filed 3–11–09; 8:45 am] 

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FEDERAL RETIREMENT THRIFT 

INVESTMENT BOARD 

Sunshine Act; Notice of Meeting 

TIME AND DATE: 10 a.m. (Eastern Time), 

March 16, 2009. 

PLACE: 4th Floor Conference Room, 

1250 H Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20005. 

STATUS: Parts will be open to the public 

and parts closed to the public. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED

Parts Open to the Public 

1. Approval of the minutes of the 

February 17, 2009 Board member 

meeting. 

2. Thrift Savings Plan activity report by 

the Executive Director. 

a. Monthly Participant Activity 

Report. 

b. Investment Performance Report. 

c. Legislative Report. 

Parts Closed to the Public 

3. Propriety Information. 

4. Personnel. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Thomas J. Trabucco, Director, Office of 

External Affairs, (202) 942–1640. 

Dated: March 9, 2009. 

Thomas K. Emswiler, 

Secretary, Federal Retirement Thrift 

Investment Board. 

[FR Doc. E9–5416 Filed 3–10–09; 11:15 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Office of the National Coordinator for 

Health Information Technology; HIT 

Standards Committee and HIT Policy 

Committee Nomination Letters 

ACTION: Notice on letters of nomination. 

SUMMARY: The American Recovery and 

Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Act), Public 

Law 111–5 amends the Public Health 

Service Act (PHSA) to add new sections 

3002 and 3003. The new section 3003 of 

the PHSA establishes the HIT Standards 

Committee to make recommendations to 

the National Coordinator for Health 

Information Technology on standards, 

implementation specifications, and 

certification criteria for the electronic 

exchange and use of health information 

for purposes of health information 

technology adoption. The HIT 

Standards Committee members are to be 

appointed by the Secretary of the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services with the National Coordinator 

taking a leading role. Membership of the 

HIT Standards Committee should at 

least reflect the following categories of 

stakeholders and will include other 

individuals: providers, ancillary 

healthcare workers, consumers, 

purchasers, health plans, technology 

vendors, researchers, relevant Federal 

agencies, and individuals with technical 

expertise on health care quality, privacy 

and security, and on the electronic 

exchange and use of health information. 

In addition, we also seek nominations 

to the HIT Policy Committee 

(established by the new section 3002 of 

the PHSA), which makes 

recommendations to the National 

Coordinator on the implementation of a 

nationwide health information 

technology infrastructure. The HIT 

Policy Committee will consist of at least 

20 members. Three of these members 

will be appointed by the Secretary of the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services. Of the three members, one 

must be a representative of the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services and one must be a public 

health official. If, 45 days after the 

enactment of the Act, an official 

authorized under the Act to make 

appointments to the HIT Policy 

Committee has failed to make an 

appointment(s), the Act authorizes the 

Secretary of HHS to make such 

appointments. The Department of 

Health and Human Services is 

consequently accepting nominations for 

the HIT Policy Committee. 

New section 3008 of the PHSA allows 

the Secretary to recognize the NeHC (if 

modified to be consistent with the 

requirements of section 3002 and 3003 

of the Act and other federal laws) as 

either the HIT Policy Committee or the 

HIT Standards Committee. At this time, 

the Department of Health and Human 

Services is evaluating options regarding 

the National eHealth Collaborative and 

its role in relation to those Committees. 

For appointments to either the HIT 

Standards Committee or the HIT Policy 

Committee, I am announcing the 

following: Letters of nomination and 

resumes should be submitted by March 

16, 2009 to ensure adequate opportunity 

for review and consideration of 

nominees prior to appointment of 

members. 

ADDRESSES: Office of the National 

Coordinator, Department of Health and 

Human Services, 200 Independence 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20201, 

Attention: Judith Sparrow, Room 729D. 

E-mail address: 

HIT_FACA_nominations@hhs.gov. 

Please indicate in your letter or e-mail 

to which Committee your nomination 

belongs. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

ONC/HHS, Judith Sparrow, (202) 205– 

4528. 

Authority: The American Recovery and 

Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Pub. L. 111–5), 

section 13101. 

Dated: March 9, 2009. 

Robert M. Kolodner, 

National Coordinator for Health Information 

Technology, Office of the National 

Coordinator for Health Information 

Technology. 

[FR Doc. E9–5391 Filed 3–9–09; 4:15 pm] 

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