Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 24 / Tuesday, February 5, 2008 / Notices 6727 

Health and Human Services (HHS) 

announces the following advisory 

committee meeting. 

Name: National Committee on Vital and 

Health Statistics (NCVHS), Executive 

Subcommittee. 

Time and Date: February 6, 2008 8:30 

a.m.–5 p.m.; February 7, 2008 8:30 a.m.–12 

p.m. 

Place: The L’Enfant Plaza Hotel, 480 

L’Enfant Plaza, SW., Washington, DC 20024. 

Status: Open. 

Purpose: The NCVHS Executive 

Subcommittee will hold a day and a half 

meeting to review the past year’s 

accomplishments and conduct strategic 

planning for the coming year. On the first 

day, the Subcommittee will review their 2007 

activities; discuss current and anticipated 

health data needs, as well as marketing and 

dissemination of the Committee’s products. 

On the morning of the second day the 

Subcommittee will discuss collaborative 

activities with the Board of Scientific 

Counselors at the National Center for Health 

Statistics, the plans for updating the 21st 

Century Health Statistics, and the upcoming 

NCVHS 60th anniversary. 

Contact Person For More Information: 

Substantive program information as well as 

summaries of meetings and a roster of 

committee members may be obtained from 

Marjorie S. Greenberg, Executive Secretary, 

NCVHS, National Center for Health Statistics, 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 

3311 Toledo Road, Room 2402, Hyattsville, 

Maryland 20782, telephone (301) 458–4245. 

Information also is available on the NCVHS 

home page of the HHS Web site: http:// 

www.ncvhs.hhs.gov/, where further 

information including an agenda will be 

posted when available. 

Should you require reasonable 

accommodation, please contact the CDC 

Office of Equal Employment Opportunity on 

(301) 458–4EEO (4336) as soon as possible. 

Dated: January 28, 2008. 

James Scanlon, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Science and 

Data Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary 

for Planning and Evaluation. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Committee on Vital and Health 

Statistics: Meeting 

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, the Department of 

Health and Human Services (HHS) 

announces the following advisory 

committee meeting. 

Name: National Committee on Vital and 

Health Statistics (NCVHS). 

Time and Date: February 20, 2008, 9 a.m.–

3 p.m.; February 21, 2008, 8:30 a.m.–2 p.m. 

Place: Hilton Garden Inn Hotel, 815 14th 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005, Tel: 

202–783–7800. 

Status: Open. 

Purpose: At this meeting the Committee 

will hear presentations and hold discussions 

on several health data policy topics. On the 

morning of the first day the Committee will 

hear updates from the Department by the 

Data Council and the Centers for Medicare 

and Medicaid Services (CMS). They will also 

work on letters to the HHS Secretary on 

sensitive information in the electronic health 

record and surge capacity of hospitals. There 

will also be an update from the HHS Office 

of the National Coordinator for Health 

Information in Technology. 

On the morning of the second day the 

Committee will continue the discussions on 

the letters on sensitive information in the 

electronic health record and surge capacity, 

and hear an update on the International 

Classification of Diseases (ICD–10.) There 

will also be a briefing from the American 

Health Information Management 

Associations (AHIMA) and the American 

Medical Informatics Association (AMIA). In 

the afternoon updates from the 

subcommittees on current and planned 

activities are scheduled. The remainder of 

the time will be spent discussing future 

agenda items and Committee administrative 

operations. 

The times shown above are for the full 

Committee meeting. Subcommittee breakout 

sessions can be schedules for late in the 

afternoon of the first day and in the morning 

prior to the full Committee meeting on the 

second day. Agendas for these breakout 

sessions will be posted on the NCVHS Web 

site (URL below) when available. 

Contact Person For More Information: 

Substantive program information as well as 

summaries of meetings and a roster of 

committee members may be obtained from 

Marjorie S. Greenberg, Executive Secretary, 

NCVHS, National Center for Health Statistics, 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 

3311 Toledo Road, Room 2402, Hyattsville, 

Maryland 20782, telephone (301) 458–4245. 

Information also is available on the NCVHS 

home page of the HHS Web site: http:// 

www.ncvhs.hhs.gov/, where further 

information including an agenda will be 

posted when available. 

Should you require reasonable 

accommodation, please contact the CDC 

Office of Equal Employment Opportunity on 

(301) 458–4EEO (4336) as soon as possible. 

Dated: January 28, 2008. 

James Scanlon, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning and 

Evaluation (SDP), Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Planning and Evaluation. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[60Day–08AL] 

Proposed Data Collections Submitted 

for Public Comment and 

Recommendations 

In compliance with the requirement 

of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for 

opportunity for public comment on 

proposed data collection projects, the 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic 

summaries of proposed projects. To 

request more information on the 

proposed projects or to obtain a copy of 

the data collection plans and 

instruments, call 404–639–5960 and 

send comments to CDC Assistant 

Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton 

Road, MS–D74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or 

send an e-mail to omb@cdc.gov. 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. Written comments should 

be received within 60 days of this 

notice. 

Proposed Project 

The Natural History of Spina Bifida in 

Children Pilot Project—New—National 

Center on Birth Defects and 

Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD), 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

Spina Bifida (SB) is one of the most 

common birth defects, affecting 

approximately 2 per 10,000 live births 

in the United States annually. To date, 

there are no U.S. population-based 

cohort studies or programs on the 

natural history of SB. This is of 

importance because persons with SB 

often experience condition-specific 

difficulties and secondary conditions 

that detrimentally affect several aspects 

of their lives. The long-term purpose of 

this project is to increase the knowledge 

about the natural history of Spina Bifida 


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