[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 25 (Friday, February 6, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 6733]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-02370]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Office of Dietary Supplements 2015-2020 Strategic Plan Request 
for Comments

SUMMARY: The Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) at the National 
Institutes of Health (NIH) has initiated a strategic planning process 
that will culminate in the ODS Strategic Plan for 2015-2020. To assist 
with this process, the ODS requests input from research communities--
academic, government, and industry--and from other interested parties.

DATES: In order to ensure full consideration, all responses must be 
submitted by midnight, March 6, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Interested individuals and organizations should submit their 
responses to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anne L. Thurn, Ph.D., Office of 
Dietary Supplements, National Institutes of Health, 6100 Executive 
Boulevard, Room 3B01, Bethesda, MD 20892-7517, Phone: 301-435-2920, 
Fax: 301-480-1845, Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The overall purpose of the strategic 
planning effort is to identify both new opportunities and emerging 
needs for incorporation in the programmatic efforts of the Office. A 
background paper, ODS Strategic Plan 2010-2014 Progress Report, 
summarizes progress in five key areas of ODS activities. The background 
paper and related information are available on the ODS Web site at 
http://ods.od.nih.gov/strategicplan.
    Guidance is being requested from all interested parties on these 
important issues.
     Are the current strategic goals adequate?
     Is ODS meeting its stakeholders' needs?
     In the future, should some of ODS's current programs or 
activities be given higher (or lower) priority?
     How can ODS more effectively provide useful information to 
the ODS user community, including consumers, investigators, 
practitioners, industry, media, policy makers, government, and other 
interested parties?

    Dated: January 30, 2015.
Lawrence A. Tabak,
Deputy Director, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 2015-02370 Filed 2-5-15; 8:45 am]
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