[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 170 (Friday, September 1, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52076-52077]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-14556]


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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), National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental 
Disabilities (NCBDDD) announces the following meeting.
    Name: National Task Force on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal 
Alcohol Effect (NTFFASFAE).
    Times and Dates: September 26, 2006, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; September 
27, 2006, 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
    Place: Doubletree Atlanta Buckhead, 3342 Peachtree Road, NE., 
Atlanta, Georgia 30326, telephone 404 231-1234, fax 404 231-3112.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 80 people.
    Purpose: The Secretary is authorized by the Public Health Service 
Act, Section 399G, (42 U.S.C. Section 280f, as added by Public Law 105-
392) to establish a National Task Force on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) 
and Fetal Alcohol Effect (FAE) to: (1) Foster coordination among all 
governmental agencies, academic bodies and community groups that 
conduct or support FAS and FAE research, programs and surveillance; and 
(2) to otherwise meet the general needs of

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populations actually or potentially impacted by FAS and FAE.
    Matters to be Discussed: Agenda items include: Overview of recent 
research on innovative approaches to help in identification and 
diagnosis of FAS and other alcohol-related neurodevelopmental 
disorders, update on Task Force report of evidence-based review of 
fetal alcohol spectrum disorders prevention strategies; updates from 
the Interagency Coordinating Committee on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, the 
CDC and other Federal agencies, and liaison representatives; 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., 
Designated Federal Official, 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 CDC and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

    Dated: August 28, 2006.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
 [FR Doc. E6-14556 Filed 8-31-06; 8:45 am]
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