[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 126 (Friday, June 30, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 37583]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-5876]


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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., July 26, 2006. 8:30 a.m.-12 
p.m., July 27, 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 of Health and Human Services, the Assistant Secretary for 
Health, and the Director, 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 minority health & health disparities among African Americans; 
Federal TB Task Force update; an update on technical guidance on 
controlling TB among the foreign-born guidelines; 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 CDC and the Agency for Toxic Substances and 
Disease Registry.

    Dated: June 22, 2006.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 06-5876 Filed 6-29-06; 8:45 am]
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