[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 155 (Tuesday, August 12, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 47919]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-20482]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Advisory Committee for Injury Prevention and Control

    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 subcommittee and committee 
meetings.
    The Science and Program Review Subcommittee (SPRS) and the Advisory 
Committee for Injury Prevention and Control (ACIPC) will meet to 
evaluate and discuss applications for Program Announcement Numbers 
03077, Community-Based Interventions to Reduce Motor Vehicle-Related 
Injuries; 03100, Research to Improve Smoke Alarm Maintenance and 
Function; 03106, Development and Validation of Measures to Assess 
Outcomes of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury; and Small Business Innovation 
Research applications reviewed by the National Institutes of Health.

    Name: Science and Program Review Subcommittee to ACIPC.
    Time and Dates: 2 p.m.-3:10 p.m., August 18, 2003.
    Place: Koger, Yale Building, Room 2054, 2495 Flowers Road, 
Atlanta, Georgia 30341.
    Status: Open: 2 p.m.-2:10 p.m., August 18, 2003. Closed: 2:20 
p.m.-3:10 p.m., August 18, 2003.
    Purpose: The Subcommittee provides advice on the needs, 
structure, progress, and performance of the National Center for 
Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) programs. The Subcommittee 
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 Subcommittee also advises on priorities for 
research to be supported by contracts, grants, and cooperative 
agreements and provides concept review of program proposals and 
announcements.
    Matters To Be Discussed: Agenda items for the open portion of 
the oversight include information about upcoming meetings. Beginning 
at 2:20 p.m., August 18, 2003, through 3:10 p.m., the Subcommittee 
will conduct the secondary review in closed session. The secondary 
review will include discussion and evaluation of results of the 
Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special 
Emphasis Panel's deliberations of applications in response to 
Program Announcements 03077, Community-Based Interventions 
to Reduce Motor Vehicle-Related Injuries; 03100, Research 
to Improve Smoke Alarm Maintenance and Function; and 03106, 
Development and Validation of Measures to Assess Outcomes of Mild 
Traumatic Brain Injury. The secondary review will also include 
discussion and evaluation of Small Business Innovation Research 
applications reviewed by the National Institutes of Health. This 
portion of the meeting will be closed to the public in accordance 
with provisions set forth in section 552b(c)(4) and (6), title 5 
U.S.C., and the Determination of the Director, Management Analysis 
and Services Office, CDC, pursuant to Public Law 92-463.

    Name: Advisory Committee for Injury Prevention and Control.
    Time and Dates: 3:15 p.m.-4 p.m., August 18, 2003.
    Place: Koger/Yale Building, Room 2054, 2495 Flowers Road, 
Atlanta, Georgia 30341.
    Status: Open: 3:15 p.m.-3:35 p.m., August 18, 2003. Closed: 3:35 
p.m.-4:00 p.m., August 18, 2003.
    Purpose: The committee advises and makes recommendations to the 
Secretary, Health and Human Services, the Director, CDC, and the 
Director, NCIPC, 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: Agenda items for the open portion 
includes an update on Center activities. Beginning at 3:35 p.m., 
August 18, 2003, through 4 p.m., during the closed portion, the 
committee will vote on results of the secondary review. This portion 
of the meeting will be closed to the public in accordance with 
provisions set forth in section 552b(c)(4) and (6), title 5 U.S.C., 
and the Determination of the Director, Management Analysis and 
Services Office, CDC, pursuant to Public Law 92-463. Agenda items 
are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Contact Person for More Information: Ms. Louise Galaska, 
Executive Secretary, ACIPC, NCIPC, CDC, 4770 Buford Highway, NE., M/
S K02, Atlanta, Georgia 30341-3724, telephone 770/488-4694.
    Due to programmatic issues that had to be resolved, the Federal 
Register notice is being published less than fifteen days before the 
date of the meeting.
    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 CDC and the Agency for Toxic Substances and 
Disease Registry.


    Dated: August 5, 2003.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 03-20482 Filed 8-11-03; 8:45 am]
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