[Federal Register: December 6, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 234)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Solicitation for the Nomination of Candidates To Serve as Voting
Members and Representatives of the National Vaccine Advisory Committee
AGENCY: Office of Public Health and Science, Office of the Secretary,
HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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Authority: 42 U.S.C. 300aa-5, Section 2105 of the Public Health
Service (PHS) Act, as amended. The Committee is governed by the
provisions of Public Law 92-463, as amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2),
which sets forth standards for the formation and use of advisory
committees.
SUMMARY: The National Vaccine Program Office (NVPO), a program office
within the Office of Public Health and Science, DHHS, is soliciting
nominations of qualified candidates to be considered for appointment as
members and representatives to the National Vaccine Advisory Committee
(NVAC). The activities of this Committee are governed by the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (FACA).
Consistent with the National Vaccine Plan, the Committee advises
and makes recommendations to the Assistant Secretary for Health in his/
her capacity as the Director of the National Vaccine Program, on
matters related to the Program's responsibilities.
Specifically, the Committee studies and recommends ways to
encourage the availability of an adequate supply of safe and effective
vaccination products in the United States; recommends research
priorities and other measures to enhance the safety and efficacy of
vaccines. The Committee also advises the Assistant Secretary for Health
in the implementation of Sections 2102 and 2103 of the PHS Act; and
identifies annually the most important areas of government and non-
government cooperation that should be considered in implementing
Sections 2102 and 2103 of the PHS Act.
DATES: Nominations for membership on the Committee must be received no
later
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than 5 p.m. EST on January 19, 2007, at the address below.
ADDRESSES: Bruce G. Gellin, M.D., M.P.H., Executive Secretary, National
Vaccine Advisory Committee, Office of Public Health and Science,
Department of Health and Human Services, 200 Independence Avenue, SW.,
Room 443-H, Washington, DC 20201.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Emma English, Program Analyst,
National Vaccine Program Office, Department of Health and Human
Services, 200 Independence Avenue, SW., Room 443-H, Washington, DC
20201; (202) 690-5566; nvac@osophs.dhhs.gov.
A copy of the Committee charter and list of the current membership
can be obtained by contacting Ms. English or by accessing the NVAC Web
site at: http://www.hhs.gov/nvpo/nvac.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Committee Function: Qualifications and
Information Required: As part of an ongoing effort to enhance
deliberations and discussions with the public on vaccine and
immunization policy, nominations are being sought for interested
individuals to serve on the Committee. Individuals selected for
appointment to the Committee will serve as voting members. Voting
members shall be selected from individuals who are engaged in vaccine
research or the manufacture of vaccines, or who are physicians, members
of parent organizations concerned with immunizations, representatives
of State or local health agencies, or public health organizations.
Individuals selected for appointment to the Committee can be invited to
serve terms with periods of up to four years.
Nominations should be typewritten. The following information should
be included in the package of material submitted for each individual
being nominated for consideration: (1) A letter of nomination that
clearly states the name and affiliation of the nominee, the basis for
the nomination (i.e., specific attributes which qualify the nominee for
service in this capacity), and a statement that the nominee is willing
to serve as a member of the Committee; (2) the nominator's name,
address, and daytime telephone number, and the home and/or work
address, telephone number, and e-mail address of the individual being
nominated; and (3) a current copy of the nominee's curriculum vitae.
Applications cannot be submitted by facsimile. The names of Federal
employees should not be submitted for consideration of appointment to
this Committee.
The Department makes every effort to ensure that the membership of
HHS Federal advisory committees is fairly balanced in terms of points
of view represented and the committee's function. Every effort is made
to ensure that a broad representation of geographic areas, gender,
ethnic and minority groups, and the disabled are given consideration
for membership on HHS Federal advisory committees. Appointment to this
committee shall be made without discrimination on the basis of age,
race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, disability, and cultural,
religious, or socioeconomic status.
Dated: November 30, 2006.
Bruce Gellin,
Director, National Vaccine Program Office.
[FR Doc. E6-20636 Filed 12-5-06; 8:45 am]
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