[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 66 (Tuesday, April 7, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 18627]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-07978]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Health Resources and Services Administration
Advisory Committee on the Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood
Home Visiting Program Evaluation
AGENCY: Administration for Children and Families (ACF), HHS; Health
Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), HHS.
ACTION: Notice to announce the renewal of the Advisory Committee on the
Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program Evaluation.
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Authority: Sec. 511(g)(1) of Title V of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 711, et seq.). The Committee is governed by provisions of
Public Law 92-463, as amended, (5 U.S.C. App. 2), which sets forth
standards for the formation and use of advisory committees.
SUMMARY: ACF and HRSA announce the renewal of the Advisory Committee on
the Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program
Evaluation to provide advice to the Secretary of Health and Human
Services (``the Secretary'') on the design, plan, progress, and
findings of the evaluation required under the Act.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: T'Pring Westbrook, Administration for
Children and Families; [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Sec. 511(g)(1) of Title V of the Social
Security Act mandates an Advisory Committee to review, and make
recommendations on, the design and plan for the evaluation required
under the Act. To comply with the authorizing directive and guidelines
under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), a charter has been
filed with the Committee Management Secretariat in the General Services
Administration (GSA), the appropriate committees in the Senate and U.S.
House of Representatives, and the Library of Congress to establish the
Advisory Board as a non-discretionary federal advisory committee. The
charter was filed on January 27, 2015.
Objectives and Scope of Activitie
The purpose of the Committee is to provide advice and make
recommendations to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through
the Assistant Secretary, ACF, and the Administrator, HRSA, with respect
to the design, plan, progress, and results of the evaluation.
Membership and Designation
The Committee shall consist of up to 25 members appointed by the
Secretary. Members shall be experts in the areas of program evaluation
and research, education, and early childhood development. Members shall
be appointed as Special Government Employees. The committee shall also
include ex-officio members representing ACF, HRSA, and other agencies
of the federal government designated by the Secretary as ex-officio
members. The ACF Assistant Secretary and HRSA Administrator each shall
recommend nominees for Co-Chairs of the Committee.
Members shall be invited to a 3-year term; such terms are
contingent upon the renewal of the Committee by appropriate action
prior to its termination.
Administrative Management and Support
Coordination, management, and operational services shall be
provided by ACF, with assistance from HRSA.
A copy of the Committee charter can be obtained from the designated
contact or by accessing the FACA database that is maintained by the GSA
Committee Management Secretariat. The Web site for the FACA database is
http://fido.gov/facadatabase/.
Dated: March 25, 2015.
Mary K. Wakefield,
Administrator, HRSA.
Mark H. Greenberg,
Acting Assistant Secretary, ACF.
[FR Doc. 2015-07978 Filed 4-6-15; 8:45 am]
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