[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 2 (Tuesday, January 4, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 303]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-67]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
National Cancer Institute; National Cancer Institute Sponsors an
Open Forum on the 5 a Day for Better Health Program
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) will sponsor an open forum to
hear public comment during an assessment of the Institute's 5 a Day for
Better Health Program. Members of the assessment team will examine a
number of areas, including the program's success in achieving its goal
and objectives, its scientific base, and its achievements in nutrition-
related research, communications, and coalition-building.
The purpose of the open forum is to enable individuals representing
health, research, and professional organizations, as well as private
citizens, to provide oral comment on the 5 a Day program. The forum
will be held on January 13, 2000 from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the Hyatt
Regency Crystal City, 2799 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA
22202. NCI staff and members of the team will attend.
To enable NCI representatives to hear the widest range of views,
oral comments will be limited to five minutes in length. In addition,
the NCI may need to set a limit of one speaker per organization
depending on the number of speakers. In order to have a written record
of all comments, the NCI will have transcription services available for
those who cannot provide a typed copy of their comments on or before
January 13. Prior to the oral comment period, the NCI will provide a
brief overview of the evaluation plan for the Program.
Requests for time to make oral presentations at the January 13
meeting need to be made in writing by January 11, 2000 to the contact
person listed below.
Attendance at the forum will be limited to space available.
Individuals who plan to attend and need special assistance, such as
sign language interpretation or other reasonable accommodation, should
notify the Contact person listed below in advance of the meeting.
NCI encourages anyone who is unable to make an oral presentation to
submit a written statement for the record. Written statement may be
submitted to the contact below until January 25, 2000.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kevin Callahan, Deputy Directors,
Office of Science Policy, Planning and Assessment, National Cancer
Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bldg. 31, Room 11A03,
Bethesda, MD 20892, voice: 301-402-7519, fax 301-435-3876, e-mail:
kc9t2@nih.gov.
Dated: December 27, 1999.
Anna Snouffer,
Acting Director, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy, National
Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 00-67 Filed 1-3-00; 8:45 am]
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