[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 108 (Friday, June 4, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31614-31615]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-12675]


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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 committee meeting.

    Name: National Task Force on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal 
Alcohol Effect (NTFFASFAE).
    Times and Dates: 9 a.m.--4:30 p.m., June 16, 2004. 9 a.m.--12 
noon, June 17, 2004.
    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 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:

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    (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: a review of the 
September 2002 Task Force Recommendations and the activities 
undertaken by Federal and non-governmental agencies and 
organizations in response to the recommendations; the identification 
of priority areas for the current Task Force; and the reconvening of 
the Research working group and the Services and Public Awareness 
working group. Additional agenda items include: updates from Task 
Force members on current initiatives; an update on activities from 
the Interagency Coordinating Committee on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, 
the CDC and other Federal agencies; reports from Task Force liaison 
organizations; future topics, and scheduling the next meeting.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    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.
    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 404/498-3550.
    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: May 28, 2004.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 04-12675 Filed 6-3-04; 8:45 am]
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