[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 227 (Friday, November 24, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 70571]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-29959]


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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: 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 Federal advisory committee 
meeting.
    Name: National Task Force on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal 
Alcohol Effect (NTFFASFAE).
    Times and Dates: 9 a.m.-5 p.m., December 14, 2000; 9 a.m.-3 p.m., 
December 15, 2000.
    Place: Doubletree Hotel Atlanta-Buckhead, 3342 Peachtree Road, NE, 
Atlanta, Georgia 30326, telephone 404/231-1234; fax 404/231-3112.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 50 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: This is the initial meeting of the 
National Task Force on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) and Fetal Alcohol 
Effect (FAE). The Task Force will convene to discuss the development of 
defining a national research agenda on all aspects of public health 
research and program development regarding primary and secondary 
prevention activities in the area of FAS and FAE.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Contact Person for More Information: R. Louise Floyd, DSN, RN, 
Executive Secretary, NTFFASFAE, National Center for Environmental 
Health, CDC, 4700 Buford Highway, NE, (F-49), Atlanta, Georgia 30333, 
telephone 770/488-7372, fax 770/488-7361.
    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 ATSDR.

Julia M. Fuller,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 00-29959 Filed 11-22-00; 8:45 am]
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