[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 237 (Friday, December 9, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 89113-89114]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-29499]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Council on Graduate Medical Education
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department
of Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice of charter renewal.
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SUMMARY: HHS is hereby giving notice that the Council on Graduate
Medical Education (COGME) has been renewed. The effective date of the
renewed charter is September 30, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Kennita Carter, Senior Advisor
and Designated Federal Official, Division of Medicine and Dentistry,
HRSA, HHS, 15M116, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. Phone: (301)
945-3505; email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: COGME is authorized by section 762 (42
U.S.C. 294o) of the Public Health Service Act,
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as amended. Except where otherwise indicated, COGME is governed by
provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2), as
amended, which sets forth standards for the formation and use of
advisory committees. In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee
Act (FACA), COGME was initially chartered on September 30, 1996, and
has been renewed at appropriate intervals.
COGME provides advice to the Secretary of HHS (Secretary) on a
range of issues including: The supply and distribution of physicians in
the United States; current and future physician shortages or excesses;
issues relating to foreign medical school graduates; Federal policies
related to the previously listed topics, including policies concerning
changes in the financing of medical education training; and the
development of performance measures and longitudinal evaluation of
medical education programs. COGME's reports are submitted to the
Secretary and Chairmen and Ranking Members of the Senate Committee on
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and the House of Representatives
Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Renewal of the COGME charter authorizes the Committee to operate
until September 30, 2018.
A copy of the COGME charter is available on the COGME Web site at
http://www.hrsa.gov/advisorycommittees/bhpradvisory/cogme/index.html. A
copy of the charter also can be obtained by accessing the FACA database
that is maintained by the Committee Management Secretariat under the
General Services Administration. The Web site address for the FACA
database is http://www.facadatabase.gov/.
Jason E. Bennett,
Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2016-29499 Filed 12-8-16; 8:45 am]
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