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HHS - 10712 - Board of Scientific Counselors National Center for Health Statistics - Authorized by Law

GENERAL INFORMATION

Committee Name	Board of Scientific Counselors National Center for Health Statistics	Agency Name	Department of Health and Human Services
Fiscal Year	2025	Committee Number	10712
Original Establishment Date	1/19/2001	Committee Status	Terminated
Actual Termination Date	4/1/2025	Committee URL	http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/bsc.htm
Actual Merged Date		Presidential Appointments*	No
New Committee This FY	No	Max Number of Members*	15
Terminated This FY	Yes	Designated Fed Officer Position Title*	Senior Health Policy Analyst
Merged This FY		Designated Federal Officer Prefix
Current Charter Date	1/19/2023	Designated Federal Officer First Name*	Naomi
Date Of Renewal Charter	1/19/2025	Designated Federal Officer Middle Name
Projected Termination Date		Designated Federal Officer Last Name*	Michaelis
Exempt From Renewal*	No	Designated Federal Officer Suffix	MPA
Specific Termination Authority		Designated Federal Officer Phone*	301-332-3467
Establishment Authority*	Authorized by Law	Designated Federal Officer Fax*
Specific Establishment Authority*	42 U.S.C. section 217a	Designated Federal Officer Email*	kan0@cdc.gov
Effective Date Of Authority*	11/17/1962
Exempt From EO 13875 Discretionary Cmte	Not Applicable
Committee Type*	Continuing
Presidential*	No
Committee Function*	Scientific Technical Program Advisory Board

RECOMMENDATION/JUSTIFICATIONS

Agency Recommendation*	Continue
Legislation to Terminate Required	Not Applicable
Legislation Status	Not Applicable
How does cmte accomplish its purpose?*	The Board accomplishes its purpose through three meetings per calendar year with NCHS leadership. The full Board meetings include updates on progress with NCHS data activities where Board member feedback would be useful. Additionally, the Board provides guidance to NCHS leadership on current and potential future issues that NCHS programs are facing such as changes to the Center’s major surveys, managing declining response rates for the Center’s surveys and securing data within the Research Data Center while making it appropriately accessible. On occasion, the Center Director will request that the Board take up a specific question or topic to research and report back to the full Board membership through the Workgroup process.
How is membership balanced?*	The membership (fifteen persons) for the Board is balanced in several ways through diversity of expertise, disciplines, geography, age, gender, and racial/ethnic background.
How frequent & relevant are cmte mtgs?*	The Board typically meets two to three times within a calendar year. In FY24, the BSC held a virtual meeting in March 2024. The meetings addressed current issues facing NCHS and the Board raised questions and offered guidance and recommendations on how to address these issues. In this fiscal year, the board approved establishing the BSC Workgroup on the Future of NHANES. In addition, members received briefings from the NCHS leadership about the current programs, data releases, and initiatives of NCHS to inform their advice and recommendations.
Why advice can't be obtained elsewhere?*	Scientific advice from this Board contributes significantly to program planning and conduct of NCHS research programs and activities; further, the Board's advice will assure that NCHS responds to legislative mandates and meets the needs of the Department, the Center’s numerous constituents, and other Federal collaborators. Continuing external advice on the overall direction of NCHS and on the scope and content of its data gathering and dissemination activities will assist in implementing a more integrated and effective approach to health data reporting. Acquiring this advice on a case-by-case basis is time-consuming and arduous and limits opportunities for advisors to comment systematically on the full array of NCHS activities and means to create or maintain linkages when necessary. NCHS staff, because they are so intimately involved in the day-to-day activities associated with survey methodology, data gathering and dissemination cannot routinely provide unbiased advice, nor can they fairly represent the needs of stakeholders and collaborators.
Why close or partially close meetings?	All BSC NCHS meetings are open to the public.
Recommendation Remarks	The primary charge to the Committee is to advise and make recommendations to the National Center for Health Statistics regarding the scientific and technical program goals and objectives, strategies, and priorities of the Center. No formal reports are required in the charter. Instead the Board provides advice and recommendations directly to NCHS leadership by voting on specific recommendations discussed during public meetings and providing feedback on current issues based on briefings during public meetings. Additionally, the Board makes recommendations regarding opportunities for NCHS programs to examine and employ new approaches to monitoring and evaluating public health, health policy, and public policy changes, as well as improved methods for obtaining data and conducting research as part of ongoing data modernization.

PERFORMANCE MEASURES

Outcome Improvement To Health Or Safety*	Yes	Action Reorganize Priorities*	Yes
Outcome Trust In Government	Yes	Action Reallocate Resources	Yes
Outcome Major Policy Changes	No	Action Issued New Regulations	No
Outcome Advance In Scientific Research	Yes	Action Proposed Legislation	No
Outcome Effective Grant Making	No	Action Approved Grants Or Other Payments	No
Outcome Improved Service Delivery	No	Action Other	No
Outcome Increased Customer Satisfaction	Yes	Action Comment	NA
Outcome Implement Laws/Reg Requirements	No	Grants Review*	No
Outcome Other	No	Number Of Grants Reviewed	0
Outcome Comment	NA	Number Of Grants Recommended	0
Cost Savings*	Unable to Determine	Dollar Value Of Grants Recommended	$0.00
Cost Savings Comment	NA	Grants Review Comment	BSC, NCHS currently is not a grant review committee
Number Of Recommendations*	109	Access Contact Designated Fed. Officer*	Yes
Number Of Recommendations Comment	In FY 24, the Board did not issue recommendations. In FY23, the Board made 4 new recommendations for NCHS’s consideration. The Board had previously made 105 recommendations, thus 105+4=109 over the lifespan of the Board. Of the 4 recommendations, 1 was fully implemented while 2 were partially implemented. 1 recommendation is currently under review. We anticipate implementation will occur upon formal receipt. Of the 4 recommendations, 3 were related to using NCHS surveys to measure respondents’ perceptions of discrimination and 1 recommended that CDC share information learned and gathered about generative AI more broadly with public health partners. In addition, 2 partially implemented recommendations from FY21 specific to the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey were fully recommended this fiscal year. It is anticipated that prior recommendations partially implemented through FY23 will be fully or mostly implemented in FY25.	Access Agency Website	Yes
% of Recs Fully Implemented*	75.00%	Access Committee Website	Yes
% of Recs Fully Implemented Comment	Over the lifespan of the Board, a majority of recommendations have been implemented by NCHS. Because the Center’s activities are long-term, some recommendations are incrementally implemented over the span of several years. Of this year’s recommendations, one was fully implemented, two recommendations were partially implemented, and one has not begun implementation. Fuller implementation is anticipated next year.	Access GSA FACA Website	Yes
% of Recs Partially Implemented*	25.00%	Access Publications	No
% of Recs Partially Implemented Comment	Of the recommendations partially implemented this year, the Center anticipates eventual full implementation in the coming years. A majority of recommendations are specific to the Center’s survey systems. Changes to these systems involves a few years to implement.	Access Other	No
Agency Feedback*	Yes	Access Comment	N/A
Agency Feedback Comment*	NCHS leadership provides verbal feedback at BSC, NCHS public meetings through formal presentations. NCHS and CDC leadership also provides updates verbal and written on the progress and developments regarding the Board's recommendations. Additional information including meeting minutes can be located at the NCHS website at https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/bsc/?CDC_AAref_Val=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/bsc.htm.	Narrative Description*	The BSC provides advice and recommendations regarding scientific and technical program goals, objectives, strategies, and priorities. It advises and provides guidance on statistical and epidemiological research and activities on a full range of issues such as determinants of health, mortality and natality and health status. The BSC keeps abreast of emerging approaches to monitoring key public health, health policy, and other policy changes and encourages NCHS to take advantage of opportunities to improve or augment its practices and procedures. During public meetings, NCHS leadership briefs the Board on progress and developments specific to the Board’s advice and recommendations.

COSTS

1. Payments to Non-Federal Members*	$0.00	1. Est Paymnts to Non-Fed Membrs Nxt FY*	$0.00
2. Payments to Federal Members*	$0.00	2. Est. Payments to Fed Members Next FY*	$0.00
3. Payments to Federal Staff*		3. Estimated Payments to Federal Staff*	$0.00
4. Payments to Consultants*	$0.00	4. Est. Payments to Consultants Next FY*	$0.00
5. Travel Reimb. For Non-Federal Membrs*	$0.00	5. Est Travel Reimb Non-Fed Membr nxtFY*	$0.00
6. Travel Reimb. For Federal Members*	$0.00	6. Est Travel Reimb For Fed Members*	$0.00
7. Travel Reimb. For Federal Staff*	$0.00	7. Est. Travel Reimb to Fed Staf Nxt FY*	$0.00
8. Travel Reimb. For Consultants*	$0.00	8. Est Travel Reimb to Consltnts Nxt FY*	$0.00
10. Other Costs		10. Est. Other Costs Next FY*	$0.00
11. Total Costs	$0.00	11. Est. Total Next FY*	$0.00
Date Cost Last Modified	4/7/2025 8:04 AM	Est. Fed Staff Support Next FY*	0.00
Federal Staff Support (FTE)*		Est Cost Remarks	The Board was terminated effective March 31, 2025, under E.O. 14217, Commencing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy.
Cost Remarks

Interest Areas

Category Area Applied Science Statistics Computer Technology Artificial Intelligence Data Data Integrity Data Quality Privacy Health Health Care Hospitals Nutrition Physical Fitness Public Health Treatment Justice Research and Statistics Research and Statistics Medicine Health and Health Research Research Research and Statistics Research and Statistics

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