[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 232 (Tuesday, December 3, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 71976]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-30551]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Advisory Committee on Interdisciplinary, Community-Based 
Linkages; Notice of Meeting

    In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act, Public Law 92-463), notice is hereby given of the 
following meeting. The meeting will be open to the public.
    Name: Advisory Committee on Interdisciplinary, Community-Based 
Linkages.
    Date and Time: December 8, 2002, 7 p.m.-9 p.m. December 9, 2002, 8 
a.m.-5:30 p.m. December 10, 2002, 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m.
    Place: Wyndham Washington Hotel, 1400 M Street, NW, Washington, DC 
20005.
    Agenda: Agenda items will include, but not be limited to: Welcome, 
plenary session on bioterrorism and public health preparedness with 
presentations by speakers representing the Department of Health and 
Human Services (DHHS), constituent groups, field experts and committee 
members. Meeting content will address the critical nature of 
bioterrorism, current activities related to public health preparedness 
by the DHHS, state responses to bioterrorism and public health 
preparedness, and how the constituency groups of the committee are 
incorporating and will further incorporate bioterrorism and public 
health preparedness into their workforce education and training 
efforts. Proposed agenda items are subject to change as priorities 
dictate.
    Public Comments: Public comment will be permitted before lunch and 
at the end of the Committee meeting on December 10, 2002. Oral 
presentations will be limited to 5 minutes per public speaker. Persons 
interested in providing an oral presentation should submit a written 
request, with a copy of their presentation to: Jennifer Donovan, Deputy 
Executive Secretary, Division of State, Community and Public Health, 
Bureau of Health Professions, Health Resources and Services 
Administration, Room 9-105, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 
20857, Telephone (301) 443-8044.
    Requests should contain the name, address, telephone number, and 
any business or professional affiliation of the person desiring to make 
an oral presentation. Groups having similar interests are requested to 
combine their comments and present them through a single 
representative. The Division of State, Community and Public Health will 
notify each presenter by mail or telephone of their assigned 
presentation time. Persons who do not file a request in advance for a 
presentation, but wish to make an oral statement may register to do so 
at the Wyndham Washington Hotel, Washington, D.C., on December 10, 
2002. These persons will be allocated time as the Committee meeting 
agenda permits.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anyone requiring information regarding 
the Committee should contact Jennifer Donovan, Division of State, 
Community and Public Health, Bureau of Health Professions, Health 
Resources and Services Administration, Room 9-105, 5600 Fishers Lane, 
Rockville, Maryland 20857, Telephone (301) 443-8044.

    Dated: November 26, 2002.
Jon L. Nelson,
Associate Administrator for Management and Program Support.
[FR Doc. 02-30551 Filed 12-2-02; 8:45 am]
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