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📅Cancellation of APOE Virtual Meeting Announced by CMS

This notice announces the cancellation of the February 6, 2025, virtual public meeting of the Advisory Panel on Outreach and Education (APOE) (the Panel) that was announced in the January 10, 2025, Federal Register (90 FR 2003 through 2005). CMS will publish a notice in the Federal Register announcing the date on which the next meeting of the APOE will take place no less than 15 calendar days before the meeting date. The meeting will be open to the public in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) (Pub. L. 92- 463), as amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2).

🏥Privacy Act Update

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS or Department) published a direct final rule in the Federal Register on December 23, 2024, which was to become effective February 6, 2025. As a result of administrative technical issues, including an incorrect email address, HHS is reopening the public comment period with a new email address for the public to submit comments and delaying the effective date to March 21, 2025. The purpose of the direct final rule was to exempt a new Privacy Act system of records maintained by the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), Unaccompanied Children Bureau (UCB), System No. 09- 80-0323, "ORR Unaccompanied Children Bureau (UCB) Child Abuse or Neglect Investigation Records and Central Registry," from certain requirements of the Privacy Act, in accordance with subsection (k)(2) of the Privacy Act.

🏥Proposed Guidance for Tribal Maternal Health Home Visiting Program

The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Early Childhood Development (ECD) is requesting revisions to the Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program Community Needs and Readiness Assessment Guidance and Implementation Plan Guidance (Office of Management and Budget (OMB) #: 0970-0611; expiration June 30, 2026) and a 3-year extension of approval.

💼NIH Closed Meeting on Drug Research Contract Proposals Notification

💰NIH Meeting Notice

⚖️HHS Compliance Standards for Certified Drug Testing Facilities

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) notifies Federal agencies of the laboratories and Instrumented Initial Testing Facilities (IITFs) currently certified to meet the standards of the Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testing Programs (Mandatory Guidelines) using Urine and the laboratories currently certified to meet the standards of the Mandatory Guidelines using Oral Fluid.