Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 174 / Friday, September 9, 2005 / Notices 53673 

FY 2005. Continuation awards within 

an approved project period will be made 

on the basis of satisfactory progress as 

evidenced by required reports and the 

availability of funds. 

Authority: The award is issued under the 

authority of the Public Health Service Act, 

Section 301(a), and is included under the 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

number 93.933. 

The specific objectives of the project 

are: 

1. The Association will publish, at 

least three times yearly, a newsletter for 

members. The newsletter will be 

available in both hard copy and 

electronically. 

2. The Association will present an 

Annual Educational Conference which 

supports training and continuing 

education for Native American EMS 

providers such as EMT-Basics, EMTIntermediates, EMT-Paramedics, 

physicians, nurses, EMS Medical 

Directors, ambulance drivers, and First 

Responders who will receive 

Continuing Education Units/Continuing 

Medical Education credits. 

3. The Association will act (1) to 

disseminate appropriate and accurate 

information and education regarding 

EMS and EMS providers in Indian 

Country to State EMS and State 

Administering Agencies, national 

professional organizations and federal 

agencies and to relay information and 

developments back to its membership 

and (2) to establish links with other 

national Indian organizations, 

professional EMS-related groups and 

federal agencies. 

4. The Association will actively 

participate with Department of 

Homeland Security, Department of 

Health and Human Services and 

Mountain Plains Health Consortium to 

inform and educate Native American 

EMS provider regarding Presidential 

directives concerning adoption and 

implementation of the National Incident 

Management System (NIMS) and 

Incident Command System (ICS) and 

other Emergency Preparedness 

requirements for First Responders. 

Reporting Requirements 

1. Progress Report—Program progress 

reports are required semi-annually. 

These reports will include a brief 

comparison of actual accomplishments 

to the goals established for the period, 

reasons for slippage (if applicable), and 

other pertinent information as required. 

A final report must be submitted within 

90 days of expiration of the budget/ 

project period. 

2. Financial Status Report—Semiannual financial status reports must be 

submitted within 30 days of the end of 

the half year. Final financial status 

reports are due within 90 days of 

expiration of the budget/project period. 

Standard Form 269 (long form) will be 

used for financial reporting. 

Justification for Single Source 

Previously, this project was awarded 

on a non-competitive continuing basis. 

With its national focus and years of 

experience and knowledge which 

collectively it represents, NNAEMSA 

fill a niche that no other organization or 

local Native American EMS association 

can provide. NNAEMSA is the only 

nationwide organization that 

specifically represents approximately 80 

individual Native American EMS 

programs. These EMS programs provide 

care to over half-million Native 

American people who live on or near 

Indian reservations or who live in nonreservation areas with significant Native 

American populations. The population 

served by these programs is the same as 

IHS’s user population. NNAEMSA is 

uniquely qualified to provide the 

services listed herein, having the 

requisite knowledge and experience to 

do so. NNAEMSA has an established 

record of achievements over the past 

five years in providing continuing 

medical education programs of high 

quality to pre-hospital providers and 

valuable tribal EMS expertise to IHS in 

consultation. 

Use of Cooperative Agreement 

A cooperative agreement shall be 

awarded because of anticipated 

substantial programmatic involvements 

by IHS staff in the project. The 

substantial programmatic involvement 

is as follows: 

1. IHS staff will approve articles to be 

included in the newsletters and may, as 

requested by the Association, provide 

articles. 

2. Working with the Association, IHS 

staff will be involved in the 

development of the Annual Educational 

Conference to include topics of concern 

to the Agency and will be included in 

presentations as requested by IHS 

Program Staff or NNAEMSA. 

3. IHS Program staff will have 

approval over the hiring of key 

personnel as defined by regulation or 

provision in the cooperative agreement. 

4. IHS Program staff will provide 

technical assistance to the NNAEMSA 

Board and will attend in person at least 

one NNAEMSA Board meeting. 

5. IHS Program staff will provide 

technical assistance for the NNAEMSA 

Board member training and will attend 

in person any NNAEMSA Board 

member training sessions scheduled and 

as travel budget allows. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

program information, contact Cathy 

Stueckemann, Public Health Advisor, 

Division of Nursing, Office of Clinical 

and Preventive Services, IHS Reyes 

Building, 801 Thompson Avenue, 

Rockville, Maryland, 20852, telephone 

(301) 443–2500. 

For grants management information, 

contact Denise Clark, Grants 

Management Specialist, Division of 

Grants Operations, Reyes Building, 801 

Thompson Avenue, Rockville, 

Maryland, 20852, telephone (301) 443–

5204. 

Dated: September 1, 2005. 

Robert G. McSwain, 

Deputy Director, Indian Health Service. 

[FR Doc. 05–17941 Filed 9–8–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4165–16–M 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

Notice of Establishment 

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. 

Appendix 2), the Director, National 

Institutes of Health (NIH), announces 

the establishment of the Board of 

Scientific Counselors for Basic Sciences, 

National Cancer Institute (Board). 

This Committee shall advise the 

Director, NIH; the Deputy Director for 

Intramural Research, NIH; the Director, 

National Cancer Institute (NCI); and the 

Scientific Director, NCI, on the 

intramural research programs through 

periodic visits to the laboratories for 

assessment of the research in progress, 

the proposed research, and evaluation of 

the productivity and performance of 

tenured, tenure track and staff scientist 

and physicians. 

This Board will consist of 30 

members, including the Chair, 

appointed by the Director, NCI, from 

authorities knowledgeable in the fields 

of laboratory, clinical and biometric 

research, clinical cancer treatment, 

cancer etiology, and cancer prevention 

and control research in the fields of 

interest to NCI. 

Duration of this committee is 

continuing unless formally determined 

by the Director, NIH, that termination 

would be in the best public interest. 

Dated: August 30, 2005. 

Elias A. Zerhouni, 

Director, National Institutes of Health. 

[FR Doc. 05–17937 Filed 9–8–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4140–01–M