[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 40 (Monday, March 2, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10232-10233]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-5387]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Advisory Committee for Injury Prevention and Control: Meeting

    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) announces the following committee meeting.

    Name: Advisory Committee for Injury Prevention and Control 
(ACIPC).
    Times and Dates: 2 p.m.-4 p.m., March 17, 1998; 8:30 a.m.-3:30 
p.m., March 18, 1998.
    Place: Omni Hotel at CNN Center, 100 CNN Center, Atlanta, 
Georgia 30335.
    Status: Closed: 2 p.m.-3 p.m., March 17, 1998, and 8:30 a.m.-9 
a.m., March 18, 1998; Open: 3 p.m.-4 p.m., March 17, 1998, and 9 
a.m.-3:30 p.m., March 18, 1998.
    Purpose: The Committee advises and makes recommendations to the 
Secretary, the Assistant Secretary for Health, and the Director, 
CDC, regarding feasible goals for the prevention and control of 
injury. The Committee makes recommendations regarding policies, 
strategies, objectives, and priorities, and reviews progress toward 
injury prevention and control. The Committee provides advice on the 
appropriate balance and mix of intramural and extramural research, 
including laboratory research, and provides guidance on intramural 
and extramural scientific program matters, both present and future, 
particularly from a long-range viewpoint. The Committee provides 
second-level scientific and programmatic review for applications for 
research grants, cooperative agreements, and training grants related 
to injury control and violence

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prevention, and recommends approval of projects that merit further 
consideration for funding support. The Committee recommends areas of 
research to be supported by contracts and provides concept review of 
program proposals and announcements.
    Matters to be Discussed: The meeting will convene in closed 
session from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. on March 17, 1998. The purpose of this 
closed session is for the Science and Program Review Work Group 
(SPRWG) to consider Injury Control Research Center grant 
applications recommended for further consideration by the CDC Injury 
Research Grant Review Committee. On March 18, 1998, from 8:30 a.m. 
to 9 a.m., the meeting will convene in closed session in order for 
the full Committee to vote on a funding recommendation. These 
portions of the meeting will be closed to the public in accordance 
with provisions set forth in section 552(c)(4) and (6) title 5 
U.S.C., and the Determination of the Associate Director for 
Management and Operations, CDC, pursuant to Pub. L. 92-463. 
Following the SPRWG closed session, there will be a program 
oversight session which will include discussion of upcoming program 
announcements and progress on standing Work Group issues. The 
Committee will also discuss (1) an update from the Director, 
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC); (2) 
prevention research; (3) an update on Safe America and Safe America 
Handbook of Injury Control; and (4) a report from SPRWG.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Contact Person for More Information: Thomas E. Blakeney, 
Executive Secretary, ACIPC, NCIPC, CDC, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, M/S 
K61, Atlanta, Georgia 30341-3724, telephone 770/488-1481.

    Dated: February 25, 1998.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 98-5387 Filed 2-27-98; 8:45 am]
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