04-8276. Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health; Notice of Meeting

Pursuant to section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice is hereby given of a meeting of the Advisory Committee to the Director, NIH.

The meeting will be open to the public, 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.

Name of Committee: Advisory Committee to the Director, NIH.

Date: May 6, 2004.

Time: 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Agenda: Topics proposed for discussion include Office of the Director updates, Institute and Center Director presentations, and an Advisory Committee to the Director (ACD) working group report from the Blue Ribbon Panel on Conflict of Interest.

Place: National Institutes of Health, Building 31, Conference Room 6, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892.

Contact Person: Shelly Pollard, ACD Coordinator, National Institutes of Health, 9000 Rockville Pike, Building, 2 Room BE15, Bethesda, MD 20892, [phone].

Any interested person may file written comments with the committee by forwarding the statement to the Contact Person listed in this notice. The statement should include the name, address, telephone number and when applicable, the business or professional affiliation of the interested person.

In the interest of security, NIH has instituted stringent procedures for entrance into the building by non-government employees. Persons without a government I.D. will need to show a photo I.D. and sign-in at the security desk upon entering the building.

Information is also available on the Institute's/Center's home page: http://www.nih.gov/​about/​director/​acd.htm,, where an agenda and any additional information for the meeting will be posted when available.

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Dated: April 6, 2004.

LaVerne Y. Stringfield,

Director, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy.