[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 211 (Tuesday, November 2, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63546-63547]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-24391]


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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)

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announces the following Federal advisory 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., December 6, 2004; 9 a.m.-12 noon, 
December 7, 2004.

PLACE: Westin Buckhead Atlanta Hotel, 3391 Peachtree Road, NE., 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. S 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: An overview of effective 
strategies to reduce the risk of problem drinking and alcohol-exposed 
pregnancies; what is needed to implement effective programs in the 
service delivery system; alcohol advertising and adolescent girls; and 
a discussion of issues presented. Additional agenda items include: 
Prevention and Post-Exposure working group sessions; 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; 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, 1600Clifton 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: October 27, 2004.
B. Kathy Skipper,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
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