[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 88 (Monday, May 7, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 26771]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-10967]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health Notice of
Meeting
Pursuant to section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as
amended (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is hereby given of a meeting of the
Scientific Management Review Board.
The NIH Reform Act of 2006 (Pub. L. 109-482) provides
organizational authorities to HHS and NIH officials to: (1) Establish
or abolish national research institutes; (2) reorganize the offices
within the Office of the Director, NIH including adding, removing, or
transferring the functions of such offices or establishing or
terminating such offices; and (3) reorganize, divisions, centers, or
other administrative units within an NIH national research institute or
national center including adding, removing, or transferring the
functions of such units, or establishing or terminating such units. The
purpose of the Scientific Management Review Board (also referred to as
SMRB or Board) is to advise appropriate HHS and NIH officials on the
use of these organizational authorities and identify the reasons
underlying the recommendations. The meeting will be open to the public
through teleconference at the number listed below.
Name of Committee: Scientific Management Review Board.
Date: May 29, 2012.
Time: 12:15 p.m. to 2:15 p.m.
Agenda: Presentation and discussion will focus on the most
recent charge to the SMRB, which entails recommending strategies for
how NIH can optimize its utilization on the Small Business
Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs
in keeping with the NIH mission. The Board will also discuss next
steps regarding future SMRB activities. Further information for this
meeting, including the agenda will be available at http://smrb.od.nih.gov. Time will be allotted on the agenda for public
comment. To sign up for public comment, please submit your name and
affiliation to the contact person listed below by May 25, 2012. Sign
up will be restricted to one sign up per email. In the event that
time does not allow for all those interested to present oral
comments, anyone may file written comments using the contact
person's address below.
The toll-free number to participate in the teleconference is 1-
800-779-1545. Indicate to the conference operator that your
Participant pass code is ``NIH.''
Place: National Institutes of Health, Office of the Director,
NIH, Office of Science Policy, 6705 Rockledge Drive, Suite 750,
Bethesda, MD 20892 (Telephone Conference Call).
Contact Person: Lyric Jorgenson, Ph.D., Office of Science
Policy, Office of the Director, NIH, National Institutes of Health,
6705 Rockledge Drive, Suite 750, Bethesda, MD 20892,
[email protected], (301) 496-6837.
Any interested person may file written comments with the
committee by forwarding the statement to the Contact Person listed
on this notice. The statement should include the name, address,
telephone number and when applicable, the business or professional
affiliation of the interested person.
The draft meeting agenda, meeting materials, dial-in
information, and other information about the SMRB, will be available
at http://smrb.od.nih.gov.
(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Nos. 93.14,
Intramural Research Training Award; 93.22, Clinical Research Loan
Repayment Program for Individuals from Disadvantaged Backgrounds;
93.232, Loan Repayment Program for Research Generally; 93.39,
Academic Research Enhancement Award; 93.936, NIH Acquired
Immunodeficiency Syndrome Research Loan Repayment Program; 93.187,
Undergraduate Scholarship Program for Individuals from Disadvantaged
Backgrounds, National Institutes of Health, HHS)
Dated: May 1, 2012.
Jennifer S. Spaeth,
Director, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy.
[FR Doc. 2012-10967 Filed 5-4-12; 8:45 am]
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