[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 161 (Tuesday, August 21, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 46633]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-16292]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Task Force on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol
Effect, (NTFFASFAE)
In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) announce the following meeting for the aforementioned
committee:
Times and Dates: 9 a.m.-5 p.m., September 12, 2007. 9 a.m.-12:30
p.m., September 13, 2007.
Place: CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., Global Communications
Center, Building 19, Room 232, Auditorium B, Atlanta, Georgia 30333.
Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available.
The meeting room accommodates approximately 80 people.
Purpose: The Secretary is authorized by the Public Health
Service Act, section 399G, (42 U.S.C. 280f, as added by Pub. L. 105-
392) to establish a National Task Force on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
and Fetal Alcohol Effect to: (1) Foster coordination among all
governmental agencies, academic bodies and community groups that
conduct or support Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) and Fetal Alcohol
Effect (FAE) research, programs and surveillance; and (2) to
otherwise meet the general needs of populations actually or
potentially impacted by FAS and FAE.
Matters To Be Discussed: Agenda items include: Deliberations on
two Task Force products: (1) Report on effective strategies to
prevent alcohol-exposed pregnancies and (2) Research and Policy
report on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders; discussions regarding
the dissemination of Task Force products; updates from the
Interagency Coordinating Committee on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, the
CDC and other Federal agencies, and liaison representatives; and
discussion of possible collaborative activities after the Task Force
sunsets in October 2007.
Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
Additional Information: In order to expedite the security
clearance process at the CDC Roybal Campus located on Clifton Road,
attendees are required to register online at http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/fas/taskforce.htm. Please complete all required fields before
submitting your registration and submit no later than September 3,
2007.
Please Note: Non-U.S. citizens are required to complete the
registration form online, as described above, and also to complete
the ``Access Request Form'' no later than August 29, 2007. To
receive an access request form, send an e-mail to Ms. Vowell at
[email protected].
For Further Information Contact: Mary Kate Weber, M.P.H.,
Designated Federal Official, National Center on Birth Defects and
Developmental Disabilities, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., M/S E86,
Atlanta, Georgia 30333, Telephone 404/498-3926, Fax 404/498-3550.
The Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, has been
delegated the authority to sign Federal Register notices pertaining
to announcements of meetings and other committee management
activities for both the CDC and the Agency for Toxic Substance and
Disease Registry.
Dated: August 14, 2007.
Elaine L. Baker,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. E7-16292 Filed 8-20-07; 8:45 am]
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