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a diagnosis of abuse/addiction. Abuse of 

illicit drugs, alcohol, or prescription 

drugs adversely affects the health of 

millions of Americans. Wide-spread 

implementation of screening and brief 

intervention procedures is a publichealth approach that can have a major, 

positive impact on public health. 

The specific conference objectives are: 

(1) To share with health care 

professionals the positive benefits of 

screening and brief interventions; (2) To 

alert them to recent, rapid advances in 

the field on Screening, Brief 

Intervention and Referral to Treatment 

(SBIRT) procedures for substance abuse 

in various healthcare settings; (3) to 

promote adoption and use of new 

reimbursable healthcare procedural 

codes (screening and brief intervention) 

and examine cost-effectiveness of 

implementing the codes; (4) To address 

best practices for performing these 

procedures in various healthcare 

settings; (5) To identify challenges to 

and enlist their support to devise 

strategies to implement and sustain 

system-wide change for implementing 

these preventive medicine procedures 

(6) To disseminate and expand on the 

cost-effectiveness and analysis of these 

procedures (7) To inform educators of 

new teaching materials for widespread 

dissemination of these practices. 

Members of the public who wish to 

attend the meeting should telephone 

ONDCP’s Leadership Conference on 

Medical Education telephone line at 

(202) 395–6750 to arrange building 

access. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: June 

Sivilli at (202) 395–5526. 

Dated: August 5, 2008. 

Linda V. Priebe, 

Assistant General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. E8–18672 Filed 8–12–08; 8:45 am] 

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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE 

ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES 

National Endowment for the Arts; Arts 

Advisory Panel 

Pursuant to Section 10(a)(2) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. 

L. 92–463), as amended, notice is hereby 

given that three meetings of the Arts 

Advisory Panel to the National Council 

on the Arts will be held at the Nancy 

Hanks Center, 1100 Pennsylvania 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20506 as 

follows (ending times are approximate): 

Literature (application review): 

September 10–12, 2008 in Room 716. A 

portion of this meeting, from 12:30 p.m. 

to 1 p.m. on September 12th, will be 

open to the public for a policy 

discussion. The remainder of the 

meeting, from 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. on 

September 10th and 11th, and from 9 

a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. 

on September 12th, will be closed. 

Learning in the Arts (application 

review): September 18–19, 2008 in 

Room 716. A portion of this meeting, 

from 4 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on September 

19th, will be open to the public for a 

policy discussion. The remainder of the 

meeting, from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on 

September 18th and from 9 a.m. to 4 

p.m. and 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. on 

September 19th, will be closed. 

Learning in the Arts (application 

review): September 22–25, 2008 in 

Room 716. A portion of this meeting, 

from 2:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. on September 

25th, will be open to the public for a 

policy discussion. The remainder of the 

meeting, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on 

September 22nd–24th, and from 9 a.m. 

to 2:30 p.m. and 3 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. on 

September 25th, will be closed. 

The closed portions of meetings are 

for the purpose of Panel review, 

discussion, evaluation, and 

recommendations on financial 

assistance under the National 

Foundation on the Arts and the 

Humanities Act of 1965, as amended, 

including information given in 

confidence to the agency. In accordance 

with the determination of the Chairman 

of February 28, 2008, these sessions will 

be closed to the public pursuant to 

subsection (c)(6) of section 552b of Title 

5, United States Code. 

Any person may observe meetings, or 

portions thereof, of advisory panels that 

are open to the public, and if time 

allows, may be permitted to participate 

in the panel’s discussions at the 

discretion of the panel chairman. If you 

need special accommodations due to a 

disability, please contact the Office of 

AccessAbility, National Endowment for 

the Arts, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20506, 202/682–

5532, TDY-TDD 202/682–5496, at least 

seven (7) days prior to the meeting. 

Further information with reference to 

these meetings can be obtained from Ms. 

Kathy Plowitz-Worden, Office of 

Guidelines & Panel Operations, National 

Endowment for the Arts, Washington, 

DC 20506, or call 202/682–5691. 

Dated: August 8, 2008. 

Kathy Plowitz-Worden, 

Panel Coordinator, Panel Operations, 

National Endowment for the Arts. 

[FR Doc. E8–18721 Filed 8–12–08; 8:45 am] 

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory 

Committee #13883; Notice of Meeting 

In accordance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–

463, as amended), the National Science 

Foundation announces the following 

meeting: 

Name: Astronomy and Astrophysics 

Advisory Committee (#13883). 

Date and Time: October 14–15, 2008, 8:30 

a.m.–5 p.m. 

Place: National Science Foundation, Room 

555, Stafford II Building, 4201 Wilson Blvd., 

Arlington, VA, 22230. 

Type of Meeting: Open. 

Contact Person: Dr. Craig Foltz, Acting 

Director, Division of Astronomical Sciences, 

Suite 1045, National Science Foundation, 

4201 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 22230. 

Telephone: 703–292–4909. 

Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice and 

recommendations to the National Science 

Foundation (NSF), the National Aeronautics 

and Space Administration (NASA) and the 

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on issues 

within the field of astronomy and 

astrophysics that are of mutual interest and 

concern to the agencies. 

Agenda: To hear presentations of current 

programming by representatives from NSF, 

NASA, DOE and other agencies relevant to 

astronomy and astrophysics; to discuss 

current and potential areas of cooperation 

between the agencies; to formulate 

recommendations for continued and new 

areas of cooperation and mechanisms for 

achieving them. 

Dated: August 8, 2008. 

Susanne E. Bolton, 

Committee Management Officer. 

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Activities: Submission for the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

Review; Comment Request 

AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC). 

ACTION: Notice of the OMB review of 

information collection and solicitation 

of public comment. 

SUMMARY: The NRC has recently 

submitted to OMB for review the 

following proposal for the collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. chapter 35). The NRC hereby 

informs potential respondents that an 

agency may not conduct or sponsor, and 

that a person is not required to respond 

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