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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Office of the Secretary 

Public Meeting of the Federal 

Coordinating Council on Comparative 

Effectiveness Research 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: Authorized by the American 

Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 

(ARRA), the Federal Coordinating 

Council for Comparative Effectiveness 

Research will help coordinate research 

and guide investments in comparative 

effectiveness research funded by the 

Recovery Act. The Coordinating Council 

is holding this meeting to hear from the 

public about their views on the 

Council’s activities. 

DATES: The meeting, which is the third 

of three public meetings that the 

Coordinating Council expects to 

convene, will be held on Wednesday, 

June 10, 2009, from 12 p.m.–3 p.m. EDT. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Embassy Suites Convention Center, 

900 10th St., NW., Washington, DC 

20001. In addition, the meeting will be 

Web cast and individuals may also 

participate by audioconference. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Patrick Conway, Office of the Secretary, 

HHS, Telephone: 202–690–7858; E-mail: 

Patrick.conway@hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Coordinating Council will assist the 

agencies of the Federal government, 

including HHS, Departments of 

Veterans Affairs and Defense, as well as 

others, to coordinate comparative 

effectiveness and related health services 

research. The Coordinating Council also 

will provide input on priorities for the 

$400 million fund in the Recovery Act 

that the Secretary will allocate to 

advance this type of research. 

The Coordinating Council will not 

recommend clinical guidelines for 

payment, coverage or treatment. The 

Coordinating Council will consider the 

needs of populations served by Federal 

programs and opportunities to build and 

expand on current investments and 

priorities. 

Registration and Other Information 

About the Meeting: Individuals may 

participate in the meeting either by 

attending in person, viewing the 

meeting over the Internet, or by 

audioconference. Individuals may also 

nominate themselves to make a 3- 

minute statement before the 

Coordinating Council. In addition, 

individuals may submit written 

statements for the Coordinating 

Council’s consideration, regardless of 

whether individuals are chosen to give 

an oral statement. The Coordinating 

Council does request that individuals 

nominating themselves to make an oral 

statement make every effort to be 

present to give their statement in 

person. However, to facilitate hearing as 

many different viewpoints as possible, 

consideration will be given to 

individuals who would make their oral 

statements via audioconference. 

Oral statements, as well as written 

statements submitted for the 

Coordinating Council’s consideration, 

should address the following kinds of 

questions: 

• What types of investments in 

infrastructure for comparative 

effectiveness research should the 

Coordinating Council consider? 

• What criteria should the 

Coordinating Council consider when 

evaluating different investment options? 

• What Federal government activities 

in the area of comparative effectiveness 

research should the Coordinating 

Council focus its attention on? 

• How can the Coordinating Council 

best foster integration of these activities 

across the programs managed by the 

Departments of Health and Human 

Services, Defense, and Veterans Affairs? 

• What steps should the Coordinating 

Council consider to help ensure that 

public- and private-sector efforts in the 

area of comparative effectiveness 

research are mutually supportive? 

• What information on the 

Coordinating Council’s activities would 

be most useful? 

The Office of the Secretary requests 

that interested persons register to 

participate and indicate (a) whether 

they will attend in person, view the 

Coordinating Council’s meeting over the 

Internet, or listen by audioconference; 

(b) whether they are nominating 

themselves to give a 3-minute oral 

statement; and/or, (c) if they intend to 

submit a written statement for the 

Coordinating Council to consider. Per 

Section 3, ‘‘Ensuring Responsible 

Spending of Recovery Act Funds,’’ 74 

FR 12531, 12533 (March 25, 2009), 

individuals who wish to make an oral 

statement will be asked to disclose 

whether they are registered lobbyists. 

Individuals should register to 

participate no later than Monday, June 

8, at 5 p.m., EDT. Due to time 

constraints, not everyone who 

volunteers to make an oral statement 

will be able to do so. However, all 

statements received will be considered 

by the Coordinating Council as part of 

their deliberations. 

To register, go to http://www.hhs.gov/ 

recovery/programs/CER/index.html. 

Individuals who do not register in 

advance will only be able to attend the 

meeting in person if space is available. 

Information on how to view the meeting 

over the Internet and participate by 

audioconference will be sent to 

registered participants in advance and 

posted on the Recovery.gov Web site on 

Tuesday, June 9, 2009. The number of 

audioconference lines for non-registered 

participants may be limited. 

If sign language interpretation or other 

reasonable accommodation for a 

disability is needed, please contact Mr. 

Donald L. Inniss, Director, Office of 

Equal Employment Opportunity 

Program, Program Support Center, at 

(301) 443–1144. 

Each public meeting is scheduled for 

a three-hour period, but will end sooner 

if participants have finished providing 

input before the time period expires. We 

are asking for input concerning specific 

topics as follows: 

To help interested individuals 

prepare for the meetings, we invite 

review of the Act. The full text is set 

forth on the Internet at: http:// 

www.gpoaccess.gov/plaws/(search for 

Pub. L. 111–50). 

Also, the Office of the Secretary has 

an e-mail notification list to provide 

interested parties with automatic 

notification of relevant information 

posted on Recovery.gov and the HHS 

Web site (http://www.hhs.gov/recovery/ 

programs/CER/index.html) concerning 

the Federal Coordinating Council. To be 

added to the e-mail notification list, 

send your e-mail address to 

CoordinatingCouncil@blseamon.com, 

and use the words ‘‘Add me to the list’’ 

in the subject line. 

Dated: May 29, 2009. 

Patrick Conway, 

Executive Director, Federal Coordinating 

Council for Comparative Effectiveness 

Research. 

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