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###### Department of Health and Human Services

###### National Institutes of Health

Pursuant to section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is hereby given of a meeting of the Scientific Management Review Board.

The NIH Reform Act of 2006 (Pub. L. 109-482) provides organizational authorities to HHS and NIH officials to: (1) Establish or abolish national research institutes; (2) reorganize the offices within the Office of the Director, NIH including adding, removing, or transferring the functions of such offices or establishing or terminating such offices; and (3) reorganize divisions, centers, or other administrative units within an NIH national research institute or national center including adding, removing, or transferring the functions of such units, or establishing or terminating such units. The purpose of the Scientific Management Review Board (also referred to as SMRB or Board) is to advise appropriate HHS and NIH officials on the use of these organizational authorities and identify the reasons underlying the recommendations.

The meeting will be open to the public.

*Name of Committee:*                         Scientific Management Review Board.                    

*Date:*                         November 10, 2010.                    

*Time:*                         1 p.m. to 2 p.m.                    

*Agenda:*                         Presentation and discussion will focus on the most recent charge to the SMRB, which entails (1) identifying the attributes, activities, and functional capabilities of an effective translational medicine program for advancing therapeutics; and (2) broadly assessing, from a high-level view, the NIH landscape for extant programs, networks, and centers for inclusion in this network and                               ( print page 66115)                            recommending their optimal organization. Time will be allotted on the agenda for public comment. To sign up for public comment, please submit your name and affiliation to the contact person listed below by November 9, 2010. Sign up will be restricted to one sign up per e-mail. In the event that time does not allow for all those interested to present oral comments, anyone may file written comments using the contact person address below.                    

Dial-In Information: The toll-free number to participate in this call is 1-800-779-1545. Indicate to the conference operator that your participant pass code is “NIH”.

*Place:*                         National Institutes of Health, 6705 Rockledge Drive, Suite 750, Bethesda, MD 20892 (Telephone Conference Call).                    

*Contact Person:*                         Lyric Jorgenson, Office of Science Policy, Office of the Director, NIH, National Institutes of Health, 6705 Rockledge Drive, Suite 750, Bethesda, MD 20892;                         *smrb@mail.nih.gov,*                         (301) 496-6837.                    

This meeting is being published less than 15 days prior to the meeting due to scheduling conflicts of the Members.

Any interested person may file written comments with the committee by forwarding the statement to the Contact Person listed on this notice. The statement should include the name, address, telephone number and when applicable, the business or professional affiliation of the interested person.

                        The draft agenda, meeting materials, dial-in information, and other information about the SMRB, will be available at                         *http://smrb.od.nih.gov.*

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Nos. 93.14, Intramural Research Training Award; 93.22, Clinical Research Loan Repayment Program for Individuals from Disadvantaged Backgrounds; 93.232, Loan Repayment Program for Research Generally; 93.39, Academic Research Enhancement Award; 93.936, NIH Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Research Loan Repayment Program; 93.187, Undergraduate Scholarship Program for Individuals from Disadvantaged Backgrounds, National Institutes of Health, HHS) 

Dated: October 21, 2010.

Jennifer S. Spaeth,

Director, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy.

[FR Doc. 2010-27187 Filed 10-26-10; 8:45 am]

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