[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 12 (Thursday, January 19, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 3096]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-543]


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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 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., February 16, 2006. 8:30 
a.m.-1 p.m., February 17, 2006.
    Place: Embassy Suites Hotel Buckhead, 3285 Peachtree Road, NE., 
Atlanta, Georgia 30305, telephone 404/261-7733, fax 404/262-0522.
    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 Pub. 
L. 105-392), to establish a NTFFASFAE 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: (1) Discussion of 
the Task Force's Post-Exposure working group activities; (2) 
presentations regarding prevention initiatives from other relevant 
health topics such as tobacco use and HIV; (3) presentation and 
discussion regarding evidence-based review of FAS prevention 
strategies; (4) Task Force next steps; (5) updates from the 
Interagency Coordinating Committee on FAS, CDC, and other federal 
agencies, and liaison members; (6) and scheduling of the next 
meeting.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    For Further Information Contact: Mary Kate Weber, M.P.H., 
Executive Secretary, National Center on Birth Defects and 
Developmental Disabilities, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., (E-86), 
Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone 404/498-3926, 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 Agency for Toxic Substances and 
Disease Registry.

    Dated: January 10, 2006.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. E6-543 Filed 1-18-06; 8:45 am]
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