[Federal Register: August 7, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 152)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

 
Contract Review Meeting

    In accordance with section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act as amended (5 U.S.C., Appendix 2), announcement is made of an 
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Technical Review 
Committee (TRC) meeting. This TRC's charge is to review contract 
proposals and provide recommendations to the Director, AHRQ, with 
respect to the technical merit of proposals submitted in response to a 
Request for Proposals (RFP regarding ``Patient Safety Research 
Coordinating Center''. The RFP was published in the Commerce Business 
Daily on May 31,2001.
    The upcoming TRC meeting will be closed to the public in accordance 
with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), section 10(d) of 5 
U.S.C., Appendix 2, implementing regulations, and procurement 
regulations, 41 CFR 101-6.1023 and 48 CFR 315.604(d). The discussions 
at this meeting of contract proposals submitted in response to the 
above-referenced RFP are likely to reveal proprietary information and 
personal information concerning individuals associated with the 
proposals. Such information is exempt from disclosure under the above-
cited FACA provision and procurement rules that protect the free 
exchange of candid views and facilitate Department and Committee 
operations.
    Name of TRC: The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality--
``Patient Safety Research Coordinating Center''.
    Date: August 1, 2001 (Closed to the public).
    Place: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality, 6010 Executive 
Blvd, 4th Floor, Conference Room D, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
    Contact Person: Anyone wishing to obtain information regarding 
this meeting should contact Marge Keyes, Center for Quality 
Improvement and Patient Safety, Agency for Healthcare Research and 
Quality, 6011 Executive Blvd, Suite 200, Rockville, Maryland, 20852, 
301-594-1824.

    Dated: August 1, 2001.
John M. Eisenberg,
Director.
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