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

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), Full Committee Meeting.                     

*Time and Date:*

February 25, 2009, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.  February 26, 2009, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. 

*Place:*                         Hubert Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue, SW., Room 505A, Washington, DC 20201.                     

*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, the HHS Data Council, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, as well as update on the transition to the new administration. There will also be an ONC update on the NHIN Conference. In the afternoon there will be a speaker on de-identification of health data from the Center for Democracy and Technology.                     

On the morning of the second day there will be a briefing on international terminology and an update on Health Statistics for the 21st Century. There will also be an update from NCHS Board of Scientific Counselors and an overview of emerging and innovative sources of health data. 

The times shown above are for the full Committee meeting. Subcommittee breakout sessions can be scheduled for late in the afternoon of the first day and second 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 website (URL below) when available. 

*For Further Information Contact:*                         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 12, 2009. 

James Scanlon, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Science and Data Policy,  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.

[FR Doc. E9-1445 Filed 1-22-09; 8:45 am] 

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