[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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