[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 91 (Wednesday, May 12, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 26780]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-11311]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Request for Comment: National Center for Complementary and
Alternative Medicine Announcement of Strategic Planning White Papers
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
(NCCAM) is developing its third strategic plan and invites the public
to provide comments on two white papers which will support the
development of this plan. The papers will cover two topics of
particular research interest to NCCAM: natural products research and
back pain research. They will be publicly available through the NCCAM
Web site at http://nccam.nih.gov from on or about May 10 through May
24, 2010. The public is invited to provide comments through the NCCAM
Web site.
Background: The National Center for Complementary and Alternative
Medicine (NCCAM) was established in 1998 with the mission of exploring
complementary and alternative healing practices in the context of
rigorous science, training CAM researchers, and disseminating
authoritative information to the public and professionals.
To date, NCCAM's efforts to rigorously study CAM, to train CAM
researchers, and to communicate with the public and professionals, have
been guided by NCCAM's previous strategic plans, located on the NCCAM
Web site at http://nccam.nih.gov/about/plans.
The public is invited to review the background papers and provide
comments from May 10 through May 24, 2010. The papers may be viewed at
http://nccam.nih.gov/.
Request for Comments: The public is invited to provide comments on
the two white papers that will support the development of NCCAM's third
strategic plan. Comments may be provided through the NCCAM Web site at
http://nccam.nih.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information, visit the
NCCAM Web site at http://nccam.nih.gov, call 1-888-644-6226, or e-mail
[email protected].
Comments Due Date: Comments regarding the draft of NCCAM's
strategic plan are best assured of having their full effect if received
by May 24, 2010.
Jack Killen,
Deputy Director, National Center for Complementary and Alternative
Medicine, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 2010-11311 Filed 5-11-10; 8:45 am]
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