Meetings: National Institute of Mental Health
Federal Register: December 11, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 237)
Notices
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Mental Health; Notice of Meeting
Pursuant to section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is hereby given of an Interagency
Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) meeting.
The purpose of the IACC meeting is to discuss recommendations for the annual update of the IACC Strategic Plan for Autism Spectrum
Disorders Research. The meeting will be open to the public and will be accessible by webcast and conference call.
Name of Committee: Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee
(IACC).
Type of Meeting: Open Meeting.
Date: January 19, 2010.
Time: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.* Eastern Time--* Approximate end time
Agenda: To discuss the recommendations for updating the IACC
Strategic Plan for Autism Spectrum Disorder Research.
Place: The National Institutes of Health, Main Campus, William
H. Natcher Conference Center, 45 Center Drive, Conference Rooms E1/
E2, Bethesda, MD 20892.
Webcast Live: http://videocast.nih.gov/.
Conference Call Access: Dial: 888-577-8995, Access code: 1991506.
Cost: The meeting is free and open to the public.
Registration: http://www.acclaroresearch.com/oarc/1-19-10_IACC/
Pre-registration is recommended to expedite check-in. Seating in the meeting room is limited to room capacity and on a first come, first served basis.
Access: Metro accessible--Medical Center Metro Station.
Contact Person: Ms. Lina Perez, Office of Autism Research
Coordination, National Institute of Mental Health, NIH, 6001
Executive Boulevard, Room 8200, Bethesda, MD 20892-9669, Phone: 301- 443-6040, E-mail: IACCPublicInquiries@mail.nih.gov.
Please Note:
Any member of the public interested in presenting oral comments to the Committee must notify the Contact Person listed on this notice by 5 p.m. ET on Monday, January 11, 2010 with their request to present oral comments at the meeting. Interested individuals and representatives of organizations must submit a written/electronic copy of the oral presentation/statement including a brief description of the organization represented by 5 p.m. ET on
Wednesday, January 13, 2010. Statements submitted will become a part of the public record. Only one representative of an organization will be allowed to present oral comments and presentations will be limited to three to five minutes per speaker, depending on number of speakers to be accommodated within the allotted time. Speakers will be assigned a time to speak in the order of the date and time when their request to speak is received, along with the required submission of the written/electronic statement by the specified deadline.
In addition, any interested person may submit written comments to the IACC prior to the meeting by sending the comments to the
Contact Person listed on this notice by 5 p.m. ET Thursday, January 14, 2010. The comments should include the name, address, telephone number and when applicable, the business or professional affiliation of the interested person. All written statements received by the deadlines for both oral and written public comments will be provided to the IACC for their consideration and will become part of the public record.
The meeting will be open to the public through a conference call phone number and webcast live on the Internet. Members of the public who participate using the conference call phone number will be able to listen to the meeting but will not be heard. If you experience any technical problems with the webcast live or conference call, please-mail IACCTechSupport@acclaroresearch.com.
Individuals who participate in person or by using these electronic services and who need special assistance, such as captioning of the conference call or other reasonable accommodations, should submit a request to the Contact Person listed on this notice at least 7 days prior to the meeting.
To access the Webcast live on the Internet the following computer capabilities are required: (A) Internet Explorer 5.0 or later, Netscape Navigator 6.0 or later or Mozilla Firefox 1.0 or later; (B) Windows[reg] 2000, XP Home, XP Pro, 2003 Server or Vista;
(C) Stable 56k, cable modem, ISDN, DSL or better Internet connection; (D) Minimum of Pentium 400 with 256 MB of RAM
(Recommended); (E) Java Virtual Machine enabled (Recommended).
NIH has instituted stringent security procedures for entrance onto the NIH campus. All visitors must enter through the NIH Gateway
Center. This center combines visitor parking, non-commercial vehicle inspection and visitor ID processing, all in one location. The NIH will process all
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visitors in vehicles or as pedestrians. You will be asked to submit to a vehicle or personal inspection and will be asked to state the purpose of your visit. Visitors over 15 years of age must provide a form of government-issued ID such as a driver's license or passport.
All visitors should be prepared to have their personal belongings inspected and to go through metal detection inspection.
When driving to NIH, plan some extra time to get through the security checkpoints. Be aware that visitor parking lots on the NIH campus can fill up quickly. The NIH campus is also accessible via the metro Red Line, Medical Center Station. The Natcher Conference
Center is a 5-minute walk from the Medical Center Metro Station.
Additional NIH campus visitor information is available at: http://www.nih.gov/about/visitor/index.htm
As a part of security procedures, attendees should be prepared to present a photo ID at the meeting registration desk during the check-in process. Pre-registration is recommended. Seating will be limited to the room capacity and seats will be on a first come, first served basis, with expedited check-in for those who are pre- registered.
Meeting schedule subject to change.
Information about the IACC is available on the Web site: http:// www.iacc.hhs.gov.
Dated: December 7, 2009.
Jennifer Spaeth,
Director, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy.
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