Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 201 / Thursday, October 18, 2007 / Notices 59093 

1Copies of the Minutes of the Federal Open 

Market Committee meeting on September 18, 2007, 

which includes the domestic policy directive issued 

at the meeting, are available upon request to the 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 

Washington, D.C. 20551. The minutes are published 

in the Federal Reserve Bulletin and in the Board’s 

annual report. 

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 November 13, 

2007. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago 

(Burl Thornton, Assistant Vice 

President) 230 South LaSalle Street, 

Chicago, Illinois 60690–1414: 

1. IBT Bancorp, Inc., Mt. Pleasant, 

Michigan; to merge with Greenville 

Community Financial Corporation, and 

thereby indirectly acquire voting shares 

of Greenville Community Bank, both of 

Greenville, Michigan. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, October 15, 2007. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc.E7–20562 Filed 10–17–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Federal Open Market Committee; 

Domestic Policy Directive of 

September 18, 2007 

In accordance with § 271.25 of its 

rules regarding availability of 

information (12 CFR part 271), there is 

set forth below the domestic policy 

directive issued by the Federal Open 

Market Committee at its meeting held 

on September 18, 2007.1

The Federal Open Market Committee 

seeks monetary and financial conditions 

that will foster price stability and 

promote sustainable growth in output. 

To further its long–run objectives, the 

Committee in the immediate future 

seeks conditions in reserve markets 

consistent with reducing the federal 

funds rate at an average of around 43⁄4

percent. 

By order of the Federal Open Market 

Committee, October 10, 2007. 

Brian F. Madigan, 

Secretary, Federal Open Market Committee. 

[FR Doc. E7–20554 Field 10–17–07; 8:45 am] 

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GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

2007 Federal Acquisition Institute 

Vendor meeting 

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Acquisition 

Officer, GSA 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Acquisition 

Institute (FAI) will hold a vendor 

meeting to provide information on the 

Federal Acquisition Certification in 

Program/Project Management (FAC-P/ 

PM) to include program details, and 

opportunities for vendors to support the 

training of federal program and project 

managers. 

The purpose of this certification 

program is to establish the 

competencies, training, and experience 

requirements for program and project 

managers in civilian agencies. The FACP/PM focuses on essential competencies 

needed for program and project 

managers; the program does not include 

functional or technical competencies, 

such as those for information 

technology, or agency-specific 

competencies. The certification 

requirements will be accepted by, at 

minimum, all civilian agencies as 

evidence that an employee meets the 

core competencies, training and 

experience requirements. 

The FAC-P/PM was announced by the 

Office of Federal Procurement Policy 

(OFPP) on April 25, 2007. At this 

vendor meeting, FAI will present its 

approach for partnering with vendors on 

this initiative. 

WHO SHOULD ATTEND? 

Training developers, vendors with 

Commercial-Off-The- Shelf (COTS) 

training products, vendors with 

capabilities related to the full 

Instructional System Design (ISD) 

methodologies, professional 

associations, educational institutions 

and acquisition training experts. 

The meeting will be held October 30, 

2007 from 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm, GSA 

Auditorium located at 1800 F Street, 

NW, Washington, D.C. 

Register by email: 

marialhernandez@sra.com, or call 

(703) 284–6988. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Maria Hernandez, by phone at 703–284–

6988 or by e-mail at 

marialhernandez@sra.com. 

Linda Ott, 

Program Analyst, Federal Acquisition 

Institute 

[FR Doc. E7–20593 Filed 10–17–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Public Meeting of the President’s 

Council on Bioethics on November 8–

9, 2007 

AGENCY: The President’s Council on 

Bioethics, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The President’s Council on 

Bioethics (Edmund D. Pellegrino, MD, 

Chairman) will hold its thirty-first 

meeting, at which it will continue (1) its 

inquiry into the ‘‘crisis’’ of the healing 

professions with expert presentations 

and Council discussions; and (2) its 

inquiry into the moral foundations of 

health care. Subjects discussed at past 

Council meetings (although not on the 

agenda for the November 2007 meeting) 

include: Therapeutic and reproductive 

cloning, assisted reproduction, 

reproductive genetics, neuroscience, 

aging retardation, organ transplantation, 

newborn screening, human dignity, 

personalized medicine, and lifespanextension. Publications issued by the 

Council to date include: Human Cloning 

and Human Dignity: An Ethical Inquiry 

(July 2002); Beyond Therapy: 

Biotechnology and the Pursuit of 

Happiness (October 2003); Being 

Human: Readings from the President’s 

Council on Bioethics (December 2003); 

Monitoring Stem Cell Research (January 

2004), Reproduction and 

ResponsibilityL: The Regulation of New 

Biotechnologies (March 2004), 

Alternative Sources of Human 

Pluripotent Stem Cells: A White Paper 

(May 2005), and Taking Care: Ethical 

Caregiving in Our Aging Society 

(September 2005). Reports on (a) the 

bioethical significance of the concept of 

human dignity, (b) controversies in the 

determination of death, and (c) organ 

procurement, transplantation, and 

allocation are forthcoming. 

DATES: The meeting will take place 

Thursday, November 8, 2007, from 9 

a.m. to 5 p.m., ET; and Friday, 

November 9, 2007, from 9 a.m. to 11 

a.m. ET. 

ADDRESSES: Hotel Washington, 515 15th 

Street (at Pennsylvania Avenue), NW., 

Washington, DC 20004. Phone 202–638–

5900. 

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Agenda: The meeting agenda will be 

posted at http://www.bioethics.gov. 

Public Comments: The Council 

encourages public input, either in 

person or in writing. At this meeting, 

interested members of the public may 

address the Council, beginning at 10:45 

a.m. on Friday, November 9. Comments 

are limited to no more than five minutes 

per speaker or organization. As a 

courtesy, please inform Ms. Diane M. 

Gianelli, Director of Communications, 

in advance of your intention to make a 

public statement, and give your name 

and affiliation. To submit a written 

statement, mail or e-mail it to Ms. 

Gianelli at one of the addresses given 

below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Diane M. Gianelli, Director of 

Communications, The President’s 

Council on Bioethics, 1425 New York 

Avenue, NW., Suite C100, Washington, 

DC 20005. Telephone: 202/296–4669. Email: info@bioethics.gov, Web site: 

http://www.bioethics.gov. 

Dated: October 10, 2007. 

F. Daniel Davis, 

Executive Director, The President’s Council 

on Bioethics. 

[FR Doc. 07–5145 Filed 10–17–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

National Health and Nutrition 

Examination Survey (NHANES) DNA 

Samples: Guidelines for Proposals To 

Use Samples and Cost Schedule 

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC), Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The National Health and 

Nutrition Examination Survey 

(NHANES) is a program of periodic 

surveys conducted by the National 

Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) of 

the Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC). Examination surveys 

conducted since 1960 by NCHS have 

provided national estimates of the 

health and nutritional status of the U.S. 

civilian noninstitutionalized 

population. To add to the extensive 

amount of information collected for the 

purpose of describing the health of the 

population, DNA specimens were 

collected during two NHANES surveys. 

DNA is available in the form of crude 

lysates of cell lines derived from 

approximately 7,157 participants 

enrolled in Phase II of NHANES III 

(1991–1994). In addition, DNA purified 

from whole blood is also available from 

approximately 7,900 participants 

enrolled in the 1999–2002 NHANES 

survey years. All specimens (NHANES 

III and NHANES 1999–2002 were sent 

to the Division of Laboratory Sciences 

(DLS) at the National Center for 

Environmental Health (NCEH) for 

processing. DNA samples from these 

specimens are being made available to 

the research community for genetic 

analyses. 

No funding is provided as part of this 

solicitation. NCHS will begin to accept 

proposals after the publication of this 

notice and will continue to accept 

proposals on an on-going basis. 

Proposals received within 60 days of 

the notice will complete review 

approximately 180 days after the notice 

is published. After this initial review of 

proposals, all proposal categories will 

be reviewed twice a year beginning 

January 1 and July 1 of each year. 

Unforeseen circumstances could result 

in a change to this schedule. Proposals 

will be reviewed by a technical panel 

and by an internal Secondary Review 

Committee of senior CDC scientists. The 

Secondary Review Committee will 

perform a programmatic review based 

on the results of the technical review 

panel and consider the scientific and 

technical results from the first level of 

review, important programmatic 

considerations such as program 

priorities, program relevance, and other 

criteria germane to this announcement 

and to CDC. Projects approved by both 

reviews will be submitted to the NCHS 

Ethics Review Board for final approval. 

Approved projects that do not obtain 

funding on their own will be canceled. 

A more complete description of this 

program follows. 

DATES: • Submission of Proposals: 

December 17, 2007, and thereafter on 

January 1 and July 1. 

• Scientific Review: 30 days after 

proposal submission date. 

• Secondary Review: Approximately 

30 days after Scientific review is 

complete. 

• Ethics Review Board: 

Approximately 30 days after Secondary 

review is complete. 

• Notification of approval: 

Approximately 30 days after ERB 

approval. 

• Anticipated distribution of samples: 

Approximately 60 days after all 

approvals are obtained. 

Note: Timeframe may vary depending on 

the nature of the proposal and the results of 

each level of review. Unforeseen 

circumstances could result in a change to this 

schedule. 

ADDRESSES: To send comments and for 

information, contact: Christopher 

Sanders, Division of Health and 

Nutrition Examination Surveys, 

National Center for Health Statistics, 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention, 3311 Toledo Road, Room 

4203, Hyattsville, MD 20782, Phone: 

301–458–4840, FAX: 301–458–4028, Email: NHANESgenetics@cdc.gov. 

Authority: Sections 301 and 306 of the 

Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 241 and 

242k). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The goals 

of NHANES are (1) to estimate the 

number and percentage of people in the 

U.S. population and designated 

subgroups with selected diseases and 

risk factors for those diseases; (2) to 

monitor trends in the prevalence, 

awareness, treatment and control of 

selected diseases; (3) to monitor trends 

in risk behaviors and environmental 

exposures; (4) to analyze risk factors for 

selected diseases; (5) to study the 

relation among diet, nutrition and 

health; (6) to explore emerging public 

health issues and new technologies; (7) 

to establish and maintain a national 

probability sample of baseline 

information on health and nutritional 

status. 

The availability of the NHANES III 

DNA samples has been previously 

announced (Thursday, August 8, 2002 

[67 FR 51585] and Friday, January 13, 

2006 [71 FR 22248]). NHANES III DNA 

samples are in the form of crude cell 

lysates available from the cell lines 

derived from samples obtained from 

Phase II (1991–1994) participants. DNA 

concentrations are unknown and vary 

between samples (see NHANES III DNA 

Samples section for a description). 

Beginning in 1999, NHANES became 

a continuous, annual survey rather than 

a periodic survey. For a variety of 

reasons, including disclosure and 

reliability issues, the survey data are 

released on public use data files every 

two years. In addition to the analysis of 

data from any two year cycle, it is 

possible to combine two cycles to 

increase sample size and analytic 

options. Blood samples for DNA 

purification were collected from 

participants age 20 or more years in 

survey years 1999–2002. Purified DNA 

samples are available from these survey 

years in a single set. DNA samples can 

be obtained and analyzed with survey 

data from the NHANES 1999–2000 or 

2001–2002 or all four years combined 

(NHANES 1999–2002). The data release 

cycle for the NHANES during the period 

in which DNA specimens were 

collected is described as NHANES 

1999–2000 and NHANES 2001–2002. 

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