02-27898. National Human Genome Research Institute; Notice of Meeting

Pursuant to section 109(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. appendix 2), notice is hereby given of a meeting of the Board of Scientific Counselors, National Human Genome Research Institute.

The meeting will be open to the public as indicated below, with attendance limited to space available. Individuals who plan to attend and need special assistance, such as sign language interpretation or other reasonable accommodations, should notify the Contact Person listed below in advance of the meeting. The meeting will be closed to the public as indicated below in accordance with the provisions set forth in section 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C., as amended for the review, discussion, and evaluation of individual grant applications and/or contract proposals conducted by the National Human Genome Research Institute, including consideration of personnel qualifications and performance, and the competence of individual investigators, the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.

Name of Committee: Board of Scientific Counselors, National Human Genome Research Institute.

Date: November 3-5, 2002.

Open: November 3, 2002, 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Agenda: To discuss matters of program relevance.

Place: Eisenhower Inn and Conference Center, Gettysburg, PA.

Closed: November 4, 2002, 8:30 a.m. to adjournment on November 5, 2002.

Agenda: To review and evaluate personal qualifications and performance, and competence of individual investigators.

Place: Eisenhower Inn and Conference Center, Gettysburg, PA.

Contact Person: Claire Rodgaard, Assistant to the Scientific Director, Division of Intramural Research, Office of the Director, National Human Genome Research Institute, 45 Convent Drive, Building 49, Room 4A06, Bethesda, MD 20892, 301-435-5802.

This notice is being published less than 15 days prior to the meeting due to the urgent need to meet timing limitations imposed by the intramural research review cycle.

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Nos. 93.172, Human Genome Research, National Institutes of Health, HHS)

Dated: October 28, 2002.

LaVerne Y. Stringfield,

Director, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy.