[Federal Register: September 12, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 177)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

 
National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics: Meeting

    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).
    Time and Date:

 September 25, 2002--9 a.m.-6 p.m.
 September 26, 2002--9 a.m.-2 p.m.

    Place: Quality Hotel--Arlington, 1200 North Courthouse Road, 
Arlington, Virginia 22201.
    Status: Open.
    Purpose: At this meeting the Committee will hear presentations 
and hold discussions on several health data policy topics. On the 
first day the full Committee will hear updates and status reports 
from the Department on several topics including the Consolidated 
Health Informatics effort and the HHS Strategic Plan. There will 
also be a discussion of the Executive Subcommittee's report on 
Committee operation and strategy based on that Subcommittee's recent 
retreat. There will be Subcommittee breakout sessions late in the 
afternoon of the first day and prior to the full Committee meeting 
on the second day. Agendas for these breakout sessions may be found 
on the NCVHS Web site (URL below). On the second day the Committee 
will hear reports from each Subcommittee. Finally, the agendas for 
future NCVHS meetings will be discussed.
    Contact Person for More Information: 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, Room 1100, Presidential 
Building, 6525 Belcrest Road, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, telephone 
(301) 458-4245. Information also is available on the NCVHS home page 
of HHS Web site: http://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov/, where further 
information including an agenda will be posted when available.

    Dated: September 5, 2002.
James Scanlon,
Director, Division of Data Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary 
for Planning and Evaluation.
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