[Federal Register: June 26, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 122)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Mental Health; Notice of Meeting
Pursuant to section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as
amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice is hereby given of a meeting of
the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC), part of which
will be a joint meeting between the IACC and the National Vaccine
Advisory Committee (NVAC).
The meeting will be open to the public, with attendance limited to
space availability; interested individuals are encouraged to register
early to secure a space. The meeting will be accessible by videocast
and conference call. Individuals who plan to attend and need special
assistance, such as sign language interpretation or other reasonable
accommodations, should inform the Contact Person listed below at least
5 business days in advance of the meeting.
Name of Committee: Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee
(IACC).
Date: July 15, 2009.
Time: 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Agenda: In the morning, the IACC will host a joint meeting with
the NVAC Vaccine Safety Working Group to discuss vaccine safety and
autism; the afternoon will include discussion of analysis of the
autism research portfolio and services-related activities. Public
comment periods will be allotted in both the morning and afternoon
sessions.
Place: In Person: Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade
Center, The Polaris Room (Overflow: The Horizon Room), 1300
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20004.
Videocast and conference call information, as well as Web pre-
registration and the agenda will be available through the IACC Web
site meetings and events page: http://iacc.hhs.gov/events/.
Contact Person: Ms. Lina Perez, Office of Autism Research
Coordination, Office of the Director, National Institute of Mental
Health, NIH, 6001 Executive Boulevard, Bethesda, MD 20892-9669,
(301) 443-6040, IACCPublicInquiries@mail.nih.gov.
Any member of the public interested in presenting oral comments
to the Committee(s) must notify the Contact Person listed on this
notice at least 10 days in advance of the meeting. Interested
individuals and representatives of organizations must submit a
letter of intent, a brief description of the organization
represented, and a written/electronic copy of the oral presentation/
statement at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting. A printed/
electronic copy of the comment/statement provided by the deadline is
required prior to the oral presentation; the document will become a
part of the public record. Only one representative of an
organization will be allowed to present oral comments and
presentations will be limited to three to five minutes per speaker,
depending on the number of speakers to be accommodated within the
allotted time. Speakers will be assigned a time to speak in order of
the date and time when their request to speak is received, along
with the required written statement submitted at least 24 hours in
advance of the meeting.
In addition, any interested person may submit written comments
to the IACC and/or the NVAC prior to the meeting by sending the
statement to the Contact Person listed on this notice at least 24
hours in advance of the meeting. The statement should include the
name, address, telephone number and when applicable, the business or
professional affiliation of the interested person. All written
statements received by the deadline for both oral and written public
comment will be provided to the IACC (and the NVAC, if appropriate)
for their consideration.
Information about the IACC and a registration link for this
meeting are available on the IACC Web site: http://www.iacc.hhs.gov.
(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Nos. 93.242,
Mental Health Research Grants; 93.281, Scientist Development Award,
Scientist Development Award for Clinicians, and Research Scientist
Award; 93.282, Mental Health National Research Service Awards for
Research Training, National Institutes of Health, HHS)
Dated: June 18, 2009.
Jennifer Spaeth,
Director, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy.
[FR Doc. E9-15059 Filed 6-25-09; 8:45 am]
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