[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 248 (Monday, December 29, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 74963]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-31841]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Board of Scientific Counselors, National Center for Health 
Statistics (BSC, NCHS)

    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), National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) 
announces the following committee meeting.
    Name: Board of Scientific Counselors, NCHS.
    Times and Dates: 2 p.m.-5:40 p.m., January 22, 2004.
    8:30 a.m.-3:15 p.m., January 23, 2004.
    Place: National Center for Health Statistics, Conference Rooms 
1430A and 1405B, 3311 Toledo Road, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 100 people.
    Purpose: This committee is charged with providing advice and making 
recommendations to the Secretary; the Director, CDC; and the Director, 
NCHS, regarding the scientific and technical program goals and 
objectives, strategies, and priorities of NCHS.
    Matters to be Discussed: The agenda will include welcome remarks by 
the Director, NCHS; introductions of members and key NCHS staff; 
scientific presentations and discussions; and an open session for 
comments from the public.
    Requests to make an oral presentation should be submitted in 
writing to the contact person listed below by close of business January 
12, 2004. All requests to make oral comments should contain the name, 
address, telephone number, and organizational affiliation of the 
presenter.
    Written comments should not exceed five single-spaced typed pages 
in length and should be received by the contact person listed below by 
close of business, January 12, 2004.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Linda Blankenbaker, Executive 
Secretary, National Center for Health Statistics, Office of the 
Director, 3311 Toledo Road, Room 7204, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, 
telephone (301) 458-4500, fax (301) 458-4020.
    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: December 18, 2003.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 03-31841 Filed 12-24-03; 8:45 am]
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