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The National Cancer Institute has announced a change to the meeting dates and times for the Special Emphasis Panel on Informatics Technologies for Cancer Research. Originally scheduled for January 29, 2025, the meeting will now take place on February 6 and 7, 2025. The meeting will still be held at the National Cancer Institute in Rockville, Maryland, but it will be closed to the public. This update was officially recorded in the Federal Register on December 19, 2024.

The National Institute on Aging has announced a closed meeting scheduled for April 18, 2025. This meeting will take place virtually and is intended for reviewing and evaluating grant applications related to clinical trials for aging conditions. The meeting is closed to the public to protect confidential information and individual privacy. For more details, those interested can contact Dr. Maurizio Grimaldi via email.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that it received approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for a collection of information titled the "National Agriculture and Food Defense Strategy Survey". This approval was granted under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and is valid until November 30, 2027. The survey is designed to gather information and support strategic planning in agriculture and food defense. The approval is marked with the OMB control number 0910-0855.

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute announced a closed meeting scheduled for March 11-12, 2021, to review grant applications. The meeting will not be open to the public because it involves discussions of confidential material, like trade secrets and personal information, which are protected by law. It will take place virtually from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. The meeting is being organized by Giuseppe Pintucci, Ph.D., who can be contacted for more information.

The National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences Advisory Council is holding a meeting on April 17, 2025. The meeting, which is divided into a closed session from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for grant application reviews and an open session from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. for reports and concept clearances, will be conducted virtually. The public can access the open session via the NIH Videocast, and those needing assistance should notify the contact person beforehand. Additional details and agendas are available on the NCATS advisory council's website.

The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) is asking for public comments on changes to their process of collecting information about unaccompanied children. This includes moving some forms to a new collection for incident reporting and revising other forms to make them clearer and more efficient. They want feedback on whether these changes are useful, accurate, clear, and how they could be less burdensome for people to fill out. Comments are requested by February 18, 2025, and the public is encouraged to share their thoughts.

The National Institute on Aging has announced a closed meeting for the Career Development for Early Career Investigators Study Section, scheduled for February 12-13, 2025, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. This virtual meeting will involve reviewing and evaluating grant applications. The meeting is closed to the public because it might involve discussion of confidential trade secrets or personal information. Dario Dieguez, Ph.D., is the contact person for this meeting, and he can be reached at dario.dieguez@nih.gov.

The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is seeking public comments on proposed changes to its information collection process for the Unaccompanied Children Bureau. These changes include the reorganization and update of several reporting forms to enhance operational efficiency, clarify reporting requirements, and improve data collection related to incidents involving unaccompanied children. The deadline for submitting comments on these changes is February 25, 2025. ORR aims to gather feedback on whether the information collection is necessary, the accuracy of burden estimates, the clarity of the information, and potential ways to reduce the burden on respondents.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will hold several closed meetings from mid-April to early May 2025 to review and evaluate grant applications. These meetings are organized by various committees within the Center for Scientific Review. The discussions during the meetings may involve confidential information such as trade secrets or personal details, which is why the meetings are not open to the public. Each meeting will take place virtually, and a specific Scientific Review Officer is assigned to manage each committee.

The Department of Health and Human Services has issued a notice clarifying that businesses that started producing hand sanitizers during the COVID-19 pandemic are not required to pay certain facility fees under the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. These businesses, many of which normally produce alcoholic beverages, were allowed to make hand sanitizers due to a temporary policy by the FDA to address shortages. The Department emphasizes that imposing such fees would be inconsistent with the intent of the CARES Act and clarifies that these businesses are not considered drug manufacturing facilities under the law, unless they also engage in producing other over-the-counter drugs.