[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 164 (Wednesday, August 25, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52357-52358]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-21160]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Request for Comment: National Center for Complementary and 
Alternative Medicine Draft Strategic Plan

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 a draft. The draft will be publicly available 
through the NCCAM Web site at http://nccam.nih.gov from on or about 
August 30 through September 30, 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 draft of its third strategic 
plan and provide comments from August 30 through September 30, 2010. 
The papers may be viewed at http://nccam.nih.gov/.

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    Request for Comments: The public is invited to provide comments on 
a draft of NCCAM's third strategic plan. Comments may be provided 
through the NCCAM Web site at http://nccam.nih.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: 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 September 30, 2010.

    Dated: August 17, 2010.
Jack Killen,
Deputy Director, National Center for Complementary and Alternative 
Medicine National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 2010-21160 Filed 8-24-10; 8:45 am]
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