[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 142 (Monday, July 24, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 45606]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-18599]


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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: 1:30 p.m.-5 p.m., August 15, 2000. 8:30 a.m.-
3:30 p.m., August 16, 2000.
    Place: The Westin Atlanta Airport, 4736 Best Road, College Park, 
Georgia 30337.
    Status: Closed: 2:45 p.m.-5 p.m., August 15, 2000, and 8:30 
a.m.-9 a.m., August 16, 2000; Open: 1:30 p.m.-2:45 p.m., August 15, 
2000, and 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m., August 16, 2000.
    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 of intramural and extramural research, and also 
provides guidance on the needs, structure, progress and performance 
of intramural programs, and on extramural scientific program 
matters. 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 prevention, and recommends approval of projects 
that merit further consideration for funding support. The Committee 
also recommends areas of research to be supported by contracts and 
cooperative agreements and provides concept review of program 
proposals and announcements.
    Matters To Be Discussed: The meeting will convene in closed 
session from 2:45 p.m. to 5 p.m. on August 15, 2000. The purpose of 
this closed session is for the Science and Program Review Work Group 
(SPRWG) to consider injury control research grant applications 
recommended for further consideration and the results of several 
site visit reports. On August 16, 2000, from 8:30 a.m. to 9 a.m., 
the ACIPC voting members will convene in closed session to vote on a 
funding recommendation and results of the site visit reports. 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. Prior to 
the SPRWG closed session, there will be a program oversight session 
which will include announcements, updates, and an overview of 
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) Division 
of Violence Prevention Activities and priorities for intimate 
partner violence and youth violence. The Committee will also discuss 
(1) an update from the Acting Director, NCIPC; (2) current and 
future child occupant protection activities; and (3) reports from 
the August 15 meetings of the Subcommittee on Family and Intimate 
Violence Prevention and SPRWG.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Contact Person for More Information: Mr. Thomas E. Blakeney, 
Acting Executive Secretary, ACIPC, NCIPC, CDC, 4770 Buford Highway, 
NE, M/S K61, Atlanta, Georgia 30341-3724, telephone 770/488-1481.
    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 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

    Dated: July 17, 2000.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 00-18599 Filed 7-21-00; 8:45 am]
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