[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 207 (Wednesday, October 27, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 62707]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-24024]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Board of Scientific Counselors, National Center for Infectious 
Disease

    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: Board of Scientific Counselors, National Center for 
Infectious Diseases (NCID).
    Times and Dates: 9 a.m.--5:30 p.m., December 9, 2004. 8:30 a.m.-
2 p.m., December 10, 2004.
    Place: CDC, Auditorium B, Building 1, 1600 Clifton Road, 
Atlanta, Georgia 30333.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available.
    Purpose: The Board of Scientific Counselors, NCID, provides 
advice and guidance to the Director, CDC, and Director, NCID, in the 
following areas: program goals and objectives; strategies; program 
organization and resources for infectious disease prevention and 
control; and program priorities.
    Matters To Be Discussed: Agenda items will include:
1. Opening Session: NCID Update
2. Futures Initiative Update
3. Environmental Microbiology
4. IT Consolidations/Bioinformatics Center
5. Veterinary-Human Public Health Interface
6. Global Disease Detection Initiative
7. Topic Updates
    a. Influenza
    b. Pneumococcal Disease
    c. Genetics Initiatives
8. Board meets with Director, CDC
    Other agenda items include announcements/introductions; follow-up 
on actions recommended by the Board May 2004; consideration of future 
directions, goals, and recommendations.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Written comments are welcome and should be received by the contact 
person listed below prior to the opening of the meeting.
    For Further Information Contact: Tony Johnson, Office of the 
Director, NCID, CDC, Mailstop E-51, 1600 Clifton Road, NEO, Atlanta, 
Georgia 30333, e-mail [email protected]; telephone 404/498-3249.
    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: October 20, 2004.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 04-24024 Filed 10-26-04; 8:45 am]
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