[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 205 (Wednesday, October 23, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63230-63231]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-24817]


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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 stakeholder 
meeting hosted by the NIH Scientific Management Review Board (SMRB). 
Presentations and discussions will address the optimal approaches to 
assessing the value of biomedical research supported by the NIH and 
will include input from stakeholders in biomedical research.
    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 SMRB 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, with attendance limited to 
space available. Individuals who plan to attend and need special 
assistance, such as sign language interpretation or other reasonable 
accommodations, should notify the Contact Person listed below in 
advance of the meeting.

    Name of Committee: Scientific Management Review Board (SMRB).
    Date: October 24-25, 2013.
    Time: 9 a.m. on October 24, 2013 to 12:30 p.m. on October 25, 
2013.
    Agenda: Presentations and discussions will include: 1) an update 
from the SMRB's Working Group on Approaches to Assess the Value of 
Biomedical Research Supported by NIH, and 2) presentations that 
explore approaches to assess the value of biomedical research 
supported by NIH. Time will be allotted on the agenda for public 
comment. Sign up for public comments will begin approximately at 
7:30 a.m. on October 24, 2013, and will be restricted to one sign-in 
per person. In the event that time does not allow for all those 
interested to present oral comments, any interested person may file 
written comments with the committee by forwarding the statement to 
the Contact Person listed on this notice. The statement

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should include the name, address, telephone number and when 
applicable, the business or professional affiliation of the 
interested person.
    Place: National Institutes of Health, Building 31, 6th Floor, 
Conference Room 6, 31 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892.
    Contact Person: Juanita Marner, Office of Science Policy, Office 
of the Director, NIH, National Institutes of Health, 6705 Rockledge 
Drive, Suite 750, Bethesda, MD 20892, [email protected], (301) 435-
1770.
    The meeting will also be webcast. The draft meeting agenda and 
other information about the SMRB, including information about access 
to the webcast, will be available at http://smrb.od.nih.gov.
    In the interest of security, NIH has instituted stringent 
procedures for entrance onto the NIH campus. All visitor vehicles, 
including taxis, hotel, and airport shuttles will be inspected 
before being allowed on campus. Visitors will be asked to show one 
form of identification (for example, a government-issued photo ID, 
driver's license, or passport) and to state the purpose of their 
visit.
    This notice is being published less than 15 days prior to the 
meeting due to the U.S. government shutdown.

(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: October 18, 2013.
Melanie J. Gray,
Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy.
[FR Doc. 2013-24817 Filed 10-18-13; 4:15 pm]
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