The Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee will be meeting tomorrow (November 10th) “to discuss recommendations for the annual update of the IACC Strategic Plan for Autism Spectrum Disorder Research.”
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Here’s the agenda:
Time Event
8:30 Registration
9:00 Call to Order and Opening Remarks
Thomas Insel, M.D.
Director, National Institute of Mental Health and Chair, IACC
9:10 Public Comments
9:30 Approval of October 23, 2009 IACC Full Committee Minutes
9:40 Consideration of Strategies for Updating the Strategic Plan
Thomas Insel, M.D.
Director, National Institute of Mental Health and Chair, IACC
How much change to make to the current Strategic Plan?
Examples of Questions for Discussion:
* Will adding or significantly re-writing chapters be helpful or confusing to the research community? Does this vary by chapter?
* Will adding/deleting objectives each year be helpful or confusing to the research community? Does this vary by chapter?
* Should the update include progress from the portfolio analysis for each objective as an indicator of accountability? What will this mean if objectives are re-written or deleted?
9:50 IACC Discussion of Strategies for Updating the Strategic Plan
10:30 Break
10:45 Recommendations for Updating the Strategic Plan: Discussion and Votes
* Questions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and Infrastructure Items
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Recommendations for Updating the Strategic Plan: Discussion and Votes – Continued
3:00 Break
3:15 Recommendations for Updating the Strategic Plan: Discussion and Votes – Continued
5:00 Closing Comments and Adjournment
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I can’t believe that this topic is under discussion:
“Will adding or significantly re-writing chapters be helpful or confusing to the research community? Does this vary by chapter”?
“Will adding/deleting objectives each year be helpful or confusing to the research community? Does this vary by chapter”?
Let us not confuse the research community any more than they are already confused. Lets ignore new relevant studies that would re-prioritize the next strategic plan.
Only in a government bureacracy would this even come under discussion.