[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 216 (Friday, November 7, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 63104]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-28025]


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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

    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: 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., December 8, 2003. 8:30 a.m.-
12:30 p.m., December 9, 2003.
    Place: Swissotel, 3391 Peachtree Road, NE., Atlanta, Georgia 30326, 
telephone 404/365-0065, fax 404/365-8787.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 65 people.
    Purpose: The Secretary is authorized by the Public Health Service 
Act, Section 399G, (42 U.S.C. Section 280f, as added by Public Law 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: Agenda items include: Discussions will 
focus on defining essential services needed for children with FAS and 
other alcohol-related conditions, strategies for improving access to 
these services for affected children and families; presentations will 
include success stories of children with FAS that focus on their 
strengths. Additional agenda items include: An update on activities 
from the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental 
Disabilities; the Interagency Coordinating Committee on Fetal Alcohol 
Syndrome; new research and program updates from the CDC and other 
Federal agencies; working group updates; future topics, and scheduling 
the next meeting. Agenda items are subject to change as priorities 
dictate.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: R. Louise Floyd, DSN, RN, Designated 
Federal Official, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental 
Disabilities, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., (E-86), Atlanta, Georgia 
30333, telephone 404/498-3923, fax 404/498-3040.
    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.

    Dated: November 3, 2003.
Joseph E. Salter,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 03-28025 Filed 11-6-03; 8:45 am]
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