[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 225 (Tuesday, November 23, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 71444]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-29518]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Renewal of Charter for the Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and
Availability
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, Office of the
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: As stipulated by the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as
amended (5 U.S.C. App), the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services is hereby announcing renewal of the charter for the Advisory
Committee on Blood Safety and Availability (ACBSA).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerry Holmberg, PhD; Senior Advisor
for Blood Policy and Executive Secretary, Advisory Committee on Blood
Safety and Availability; Department of Health and Human Services; 1101
Wootton Parkway; Tower Building, Suite 250; Rockville, MD 20852;
Telephone: (240) 453-8803; Fax: (240) 453-8456; E-mail address:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ACBSA was established in 1996. The Committee
provides advice and guidance to the Secretary, through the Assistant
Secretary for Health, on a range of blood safety issues that encompass
broad public health and societal implications that cannot be resolved
through analysis of scientific data alone. The range of issues on which
the Committee is tasked to provide advice and guidance includes, but is
not limited to: (1) Definition of public health parameters around
safety and availability of the blood and blood products; (2) broad
public health, ethical, and legal issues related to transfusion and
transplantation safety; and (3) implications for safety and
availability of various economic factors affecting product cost and
supply.
Since the ACBSA was established, renewal of the Committee charter
has been carried out at the appropriate intervals as stipulated by
FACA. The previous Committee charter was scheduled to expire on October
9, 2010. On October 8, 2010, the Secretary of Health and Human Services
approved for the Committee charter to be renewed. The new charter was
effected and filed with the appropriate Congressional offices and
Library of Congress on October 9, 2010. Renewal of the ACBSA charter
provides authorization for the Committee to operate until October 9,
2012.
A copy of the Committee charter is available on the ACBSA Web site
at http://www.hhs.gov/ash/bloodsafety/. A copy of the Committee charter
also can be obtained by accessing the FACA database that is maintained
by the Committee Management Secretariat under the General Services
Administration. The Web site address for the FACA database is http://fido.gov/facadatabase.
Dated: November 17, 2010.
Jerry A. Holmberg,
Senior Advisor for Blood Policy, Executive Secretary, Advisory
Committee on Blood Safety and Availability.
[FR Doc. 2010-29518 Filed 11-22-10; 8:45 am]
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