01-19091. National Cancer Institute; Notice of Closed Meeting

Pursuant to section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice is hereby given of the meeting of the President's Cancer Panel.

The meeting will be closed to the public in accordance with the provisions set forth in section 552b(c)(9)(B), Title 5 U.S.C., as amended because the premature disclosure of information and the discussions would likely to significantly frustrate implementation of recommendations.

Name of Committee: President's Cancer Panel

Date: August 3, 2001

Closed: 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM

Agenda: To review the 2000 2001 draft annual report and formulate recommendations for the future direction of the National Cancer Program to be submitted to the President for consideration prior to presentation to Congress.

Place: National Institutes of Health, 31 Center Drive, Building 31C, Conference Room 10, Bethesda, MD 20892. (Telephone Conference Call)

Contact Person: Maureen O. Wilson, PhD. Executive Secretary, National Cancer Institute, NIH, 31 Center Drive, Building 31, Room 4A48, Bethesda, MD 20892. [phone]

This notice is being published less than 15 days prior to the meeting due to the scheduling conflicts.

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

Information is also available on the Institute's/Center's home page: deainfo.nic.nih.gov/advisory/pcp/pcp.htm, where an agenda and any additional information for the meeting will be posted when available.

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Nos. 93.392, Cancer Construction; 93.393, Cancer Cause and Prevention Research; 93.394, Cancer Detection and Diagnosis Research; 93.395, Cancer Treatment Research; 93.396, Cancer Biology Research 93.397, Cancer Centers Support; 93.398, Cancer Research Manpower; 93.399, Cancer Control, National Institutes of Health, HHS)

Dated: July 25, 2001.

LaVerne Y. Stringfield,

Director, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy.