[Federal Register: June 24, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 121)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Availability of Opportunity to Provide Input for the National
Occupational Research Agenda
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces the
following:
Availability of Opportunity for the Public to Provide Input for the
National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA).
For the past nine years, NORA has served as a framework to guide
occupational safety and health research in the nation. Approximately
500 participants outside NIOSH provided input into the development of
the first agenda. Building on the success of NORA, the second decade of
NORA will use a sector-based approach.
NIOSH and its partners under NORA are pleased to introduce a newly
updated NORA Web site at http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/nora. An important
feature of the updated page is an online feedback form. We hope both
individuals and organizations will use this opportunity to submit
comments and suggestions for guiding the design of future occupational
safety and health research in the nation.
The Web site allows stakeholders to describe what they perceive to
be the top research needs within each sector, sub-sector, or in
multiple sectors. Stakeholders can submit comments on the approach to
redesigning NORA as it enters its second decade. We invite partners and
collaborators to use the electronic option to provide comments, which
will automatically be entered into the NORA Docket maintained by NIOSH.
Experience gained in the first decade of NORA indicates that the
following types of information may help identify the areas where new
research will make the greatest contributions to preventing work-
related injuries, illnesses, and deaths:
Number of workers at risk
Seriousness of the hazard
Probability that new information and approaches will make
a difference
Alternatively, comments may be e-mailed to NIOCINDOCKET@cdc.gov or
mailed to: Docket NIOSH-047, Robert A. Taft Laboratories (C-34), 4676
Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45226.
The public may also view the complete NORA Docket at this location.
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Contact for Additional Information: noracoordinator@cdc.gov.
The Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, has been
delegated the authority to sign Federal Register Notices pertaining to
announcements of meetings and other committee management activities,
for both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Agency
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
Dated: June 17, 2005.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 05-12500 Filed 6-23-05; 8:45 am]
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