[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 14 (Monday, January 23, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 3519]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-695]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Advisory Council for the Elimination of Tuberculosis

    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 council meeting.

    Name: Advisory Council for the Elimination of Tuberculosis 
(ACET).
    Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., February 15, 2006. 8:30 a.m.-
12 p.m., February 16, 2006.
    Place: Corporate Square, Building 8, 1st Floor Conference Room, 
Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone (404) 639-8008.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 100 people.
    Purpose: This council advises and makes recommendations to the 
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services; the Assistant 
Secretary for Health; and the Director, Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention (CDC) regarding the elimination of tuberculosis (TB). 
Specifically, the council makes recommendations regarding policies, 
strategies, objectives, and priorities; addresses the development 
and application of new technologies; and reviews the extent to which 
progress has been made toward eliminating TB.
    Matters to be Discussed: Agenda items include issues pertaining 
to TB Health Disparities among African Americans, TB prevention in 
correctional facilities, and other related TB issues.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    For Further Information Contact: Paulette Ford-Knights, National 
Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., M/S 
E-07, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone (404)639-8008.
    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 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.


    Dated: January 13, 2006.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
 [FR Doc. E6-695 Filed 1-20-06; 8:45 am]
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