Notices. Notice of Meeting

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BILLING CODE 5001-06-M DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Office of the Secretary Meeting of the Uniform Formulary Beneficiary Advisory Panel AGENCY: Department of Defense, Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs). ACTION: Notice of Meeting. SUMMARY: This notice announces a meeting of the Uniform Formulary Beneficiary Advisory Panel. The panel will review and comment on recommendations made to the Director, TRICARE Management Activity, by the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee regarding the Uniform Formulary.

The meeting will be open to the public. Seating is limited and will be provided only to the first 220 people signing in. All persons must sign in legibly. Notice of this meeting is required under the Federal Advisory Committee Act. DATES: Wednesday, December 20, 2006, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. ADDRESSES: Naval Heritage Center Theater, 701 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20004. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Major Travis Watson, TRICARE Management Activity, Pharmaceutical Operations Directorate, Beneficiary Advisory Panel, Suite 810, 5111 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041, telephone 703-681-2890, fax 703-681-1940 or e-mail at *baprequests@tma.osd.mil* .

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Uniform Formulary Beneficiary Advisory Panel will only review and comment on the development of the Uniform Formulary as reflected in the recommendations of the DOD Pharmacy and Therapeutics (P&T) Committee coming out of that body's meeting in November 2006. The P&T Committee information and subject matter concerning drug classes reviewed for that meeting are available at *http://pec.ha.osd.mil* . Any private citizen is permitted to file a written statement with the advisory panel.

Statements must be submitted electronically to *baprequests@tma.osd.mil* no later than December 13, 2006. Any private citizen is permitted to speak at the Beneficiary Advisory Panel meeting, time permitting. One hour will be reserved for public comments, and speaking times will be assigned only to the first twelve citizens to sign up at the meeting, on a first-come, first-served basis. The amount of time allocated to a speaker will not exceed five minutes. Dated: November 20, 2006.

L.M. Bynum, Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, DoD. [FR Doc. 06-9391 Filed 11-24-06; 8:45 am]