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information collections must be directed 

to the OS Paperwork Clearance Officer 

at the above e-mail address within 60 

days. 

Proposed Project: Federal-wide 

Assurance Forms—Extension—OMB 

No. 0990–0278—Assistant Secretary for 

Health, Office of Public Health and 

Science, Office for Human Research 

Protections. 

Abstract: The Office for Human 

Research Protections (OHRP) is 

requesting a three year extension of the 

Federal-wide Assurance (FWA) forms. 

The FWA forms were designed to 

provide a simplified procedure for 

institutions engaged in HHS-conducted 

or supported research to satisfy the 

assurance requirements of Section 49(a) 

of the Public Health Service Act and 

HHS Regulations for the protection of 

human subjects at 45 CFR 46.103. The 

respondents are institutions engaged in 

human subjects research that is 

conducted or supported by HHS. Data is 

collected as needed. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN TABLE

Forms Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses 

per respondent 

Average burden 

per response 

(in hours) 

Total burden 

hours 

FWA 0278 ................................................................................ 10,000 2 45/60 15,000 

Alice Bettencourt, 

Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction 

Act Reports Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. E7–22248 Filed 11–13–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Office of the National Coordinator for 

Health Information Technology; 

American Health Information 

Community Consumer Empowerment 

Workgroup Meeting 

ACTION: Announcement of meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

21st meeting of the American Health 

Information Community Consumer 

Empowerment Workgroup in 

accordance with the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (Pub. L. No. 92–463, 5 

U.S.C., App.) 

DATES: December 5, 2007, from 1 p.m. 

to 4 p.m. [Eastern]. 

ADDRESSES: Mary C. Switzer Building 

(330 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20201), Conference Room 4090. Please 

bring photo ID for entry to a Federal 

building. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

http://www.hhs.gov/healthit/ahic/ 

consumer/. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Workgroup will continue its discussion 

on how to encourage the widespread 

adoption of a personal health record 

that is easy-to-use, portable, 

longitudinal, affordable, and consumercentered. 

The meeting will be available via Web 

cast. For additional information, go to: 

http://www.hhs.gov/healthit/ahic/ 

consumer/ce_instruct.html. 

Dated: November 2, 2007. 

Judith Sparrow, 

Director, American Health Information 

Community, Office of Programs and 

Coordination, Office of the National 

Coordinator for Health Information 

Technology. 

[FR Doc. 07–5641 Filed 11–13–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Office of the National Coordinator for 

Health Information Technology; 

American Health Information 

Community Electronic Health Records 

Workgroup Meeting 

ACTION: Announcement of meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

20th meeting of the American Health 

Information Community Electronic 

Health Records Workgroup in 

accordance with the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (Pub. L. No. 92–463, 5 

U.S.C., App.) 

DATES: December 4, 2007, from 1 p.m. 

to 4 p.m. [Eastern]. 

ADDRESSES: Mary C. Switzer Building 

(330 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20201), Conference Room 4090. Please 

bring photo ID for entry to a Federal 

building. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

http://www.hhs.gov/healthit/ahic/ 

healthrecords/. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Workgroup will continue its discussion 

on ways to achieve widespread 

adoption of certified EHRs, minimizing 

gaps in adoption among providers. 

The meeting will be available via Web 

cast. For additional information, go to: 

http://www.hhs.gov.healthit/ahic/ 

healthrecords/ehrlinstruct.html. 

Dated: November 2, 2007. 

Judith Sparrow, 

Director, American Health Information 

Community, Office of Programs and 

Coordination, Office of the National 

Coordinator for Health Information 

Technology. 

[FR Doc. 07–5642 Filed 11–13–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4150–24–M 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Office of the National Coordinator for 

Health Information Technology; 

American Health Information 

Community Quality Workgroup 

Meeting 

ACTION: Announcement of meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

13th meeting of the American Health 

Information Community Quality 

Workgroup in accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. 

L. 92–463, 5 U.S.C., App.) 

DATES: December 14, 2007, from 1 p.m. 

to 4 p.m. [Eastern]. 

ADDRESSES: Mary C. Switzer Building 

(330 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20201), Conference Room 4090 (please 

bring photo ID for entry to a Federal 

building). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

http://www.hhs.gov/healthit/ahic/ 

quality/. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Workgroup will continue its discussion 

on how health information technology 

can provide the data needed for the 

development of quality measures that 

are useful to patients and others in the 

health care industry, automate the 

measurement and reporting of a 

comprehensive current and future set of 

quality measures, and accelerate the use 

of clinical decision support that can 

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