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 National Cancer Institute Board of Scientific Advisors.
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: National Cancer Institute Board of Scientific Advisors.
Date: March 15-16, 2004.
Time: March 15, 2004, 8:30 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.
Agenda: Joint meeting of the NCI Board of Scientific Advisors and NCI Board of Scientific Counselors; report of the Director, NCI; legislative update, and ethics overview.
Place: National Cancer Institute, Building 31, C Wing, 6 Floor, 9000 Rockville Pike, Conference Room 10, Bethesda, MD 20892.
Time: March 15, 2004, 10:15 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Agenda: Ongoing and new business; reports of Program Review Group(s); and budget presentation; reports of Special Initiatives; RFA and RFP concept reviews; and scientific presentations.
Place: National Cancer Institute, Building 31, C Wing, 6 Floor, 9000 Rockville Pike, Conference Room 10, Bethesda, MD 20892.
Time: March 16, 2004, 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Agenda: Report of Special Initiatives; RFA and RFP concept reviews; and scientific presentations.
Place: National Cancer Institute, Building 31, C Wing, 6 Floor, 9000 Rockville Pike, Conference Room 10, Bethesda, MD 20892.
Contact Person: Paulette S. Gray, PhD, Acting Director, Deputy Director, Division of Extramural Activities, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 6116 Executive Boulevard, 8th Floor, Rm. 8001, Bethesda, MD 20892, 301-496-5147.
This meeting is being published less than 15 days prior to the meeting due date 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.
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: deainfo.nci.nih.gov/advisory/bsa.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: February 18, 2004.
LaVerne Y. Stringfield,
Director, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy.
[FR Doc. 04-4080 Filed 2-24-04; 8:45 am]
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