47952 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 159 / Friday, August 15, 2008 / Notices 

Dated: August 11, 2008. 

Christine M. Branche, 

Acting Director, National Institute for 

Occupational Safety and Health. 

[FR Doc. E8–18909 Filed 8–14–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality 

Request for Planning Ideas for 

Development of an AHRQ Innovations 

Research Portfolio 

AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research 

and Quality (AHRQ), HHS. 

ACTION: Notice of Request for Ideas. 

SUMMARY: AHRQ is establishing a new 

research portfolio, the Innovations 

Portfolio. The Portfolio goal is to 

identify and support research that has 

the potential to accelerate 

improvements in the organization, 

delivery, and management of healthcare. 

AHRQ seeks ideas on priority topics and 

activities that should be addressed as 

components of the Innovations 

Portfolio. 

DATES: Please submit comments no later 

than October 14, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Submissions should be brief 

(no more than three pages per 

recommendation), and should be in the 

form of a letter or e-mail, preferably 

with an electronic file in a standard 

word processing format as an e-mail 

attachment. Responses to this request 

should be submitted to Francis D. 

Chesley, Jr., M.D., Agency for Health 

Care Research and Quality, 540 Gaither 

Road, Room 2034, Rockville, MD 20850, 

FAX: (301) 427–1562, e-mail: 

francis.chesley@ahrq.hhs.gov. 

In order to facilitate handling of 

submissions, please include full 

information about the person submitting 

the recommendation: (a) Name, (b) title; 

(c) organization, (d) mailing address, (e) 

telephone number, and (f) e-mail 

address. Please do not use acronyms. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Francis D. Chesley, Jr., M.D., (301) 427–

1449 or at francis.chesley@ahrg.hhs.gov. 

All responses will be available for 

public inspection at AHRQ’s Office of 

Extramural Research, Education, and 

Priority Populations weekdays between 

8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. Arrangements for 

reviewing the submissions may be made 

by calling (301) 427–1449. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Innovations Portfolio is focused 

on creating resources and opportunity 

for exploration and discovery. The 

Innovations Portfolio was created to 

identify and support research that has 

the potential for high impact. These 

ideas will be novel and span a diverse 

array of disciplines. The portfolio will 

foster and nurture ideas and projects 

that have the potential to lead to highly 

innovative solutions that may lead to 

significant advances in healthcare 

organization, delivery, and 

management. Research and activities 

supported under the Innovations 

Portfolio will reflect ideas substantially 

different from those already being 

pursued by AHRQ. The portfolio will 

fund a transformative research agenda to 

solve pressing healthcare problems. 

Thus, the main focus of the portfolio is 

problem solving in order to accelerate 

improvement in healthcare. 

Ideas are sought for topics to be 

supported by the Innovations Portfolio. 

Ideas are also sought regarding specific 

strategies to foster innovative 

approaches and programs. Comments 

and ideas may address new and 

emerging priority issues and areas that 

should be the focus of research in the 

Innovations Portfolio, mechanisms for 

identifying and engaging partners for 

this important work, or any related 

topic. 

Dated: August 4, 2008. 

Carolyn M. Clancy, 

Director. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

The National Center for Chronic 

Disease Prevention and Health 

Promotion 

In accordance with section 10(a) (2) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463), the Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention announces the 

following meeting. 

Name: Interagency Committee on Smoking 

and Health. 

Time and Date: 9 a.m.—4:30 p.m., 

September 16, 2008. 

Place: Hilton Washington Embassy Row, 

Ambassador Room, 2015 Massachusetts 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20036. 

Telephone: 202–939–4124. 

Status: Open to the public, limited only by 

the space available. Those who wish to 

attend are encouraged to register with the 

contact person listed below. If you will 

require a sign language interpretator, or have 

other special needs, please notify the contact 

person by 4:30 E.S.T. on September 9, 2008. 

Purpose: The Interagency Committee on 

Smoking and Health advises the Secretary, 

Department of Health and Human Services, 

and the Assistant Secretary for Health in the 

(a) coordination of all research and education 

programs and other activities within the 

Department and with other federal, state, 

local and private agencies and (b) 

establishment and maintenance of liaison 

with appropriate private entities, federal 

agencies, and state and local public health 

agencies with respect to smoking and health 

activities. 

Matters to be Discussed: The agenda will 

focus on ‘‘NicotineAddiction.’’

Contact Person for More Information: 

Substantive program information as well as 

summaries of the meeting and roster of 

committee members may be obtained from 

the internet at http: //www.cdc.gov/tobacco 

in mid-December or from Ms. Monica L. 

Swann, Management and Program Analyst, 

Office on Smoking and Health, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford 

Highway, M/S K50, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, 

Telephone: 770–488–5278. 

Agenda items are subject to change as 

priorities dictate. 

The Director, Management Analysis and 

Services Office, has been delegated the 

authority to sign Federal Register notices 

pertaining to announcements of meetings and 

other committee management activities, for 

both the Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention and the Agency for Toxic 

Substances and Disease Registry. 

Dated: August 11, 2008. 

Lorenzo J. Falgiano, 

Acting Director, Management Analysis and 

Service Office, Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

Subcommittee for Dose 

Reconstruction Reviews (SDRR), 

Advisory Board on Radiation and 

Worker Health (ABRWH), National 

Institute for Occupational Safety and 

Health (NIOSH) 

In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463), the Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention, announces the 

following meeting for the 

aforementioned subcommittee: 

Time and Date: 9:30 a.m.—5 p.m., August 

20, 2008. 

Place: Cincinnati Airport Marriott, 2395 

Progress Drive, Hebron, Kentucky 41018. 

Telephone (859)334–4611, Fax (859)334–

4619. 

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