[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 170 (Friday, September 1, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52077-52078]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-14629]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Board of Scientific Counselors, National Center for Health 
Statistics

    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 for Health Statistics (NCHS) 
announces the following committee meeting.
    Name: Board of Scientific Counselors (BSC), NCHS.

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    Times and Dates: 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m., September 14, 2006.
    Place: Hubert H. Humphrey Building, Room 705A, 200 Independence 
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20201.

8:30 a.m.-2 p.m., September 15, 2006.
    Place: NCHS Headquarters, 3311 Toledo Road, Hyattsville, Maryland 
20782.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 100 people.
    Purpose: This committee is charged with providing advice and making 
recommendations to the Secretary, Department of Health and Human 
Services; the Director, CDC; and the Director, NCHS, regarding the 
scientific and technical program goals and objectives, strategies, and 
priorities of NCHS.
    Matters To Be Discussed: The agenda will include welcome remarks by 
the Director, NCHS; introductions of members and key NCHS staff; 
scientific presentations and discussions on the National Survey of 
Family Growth, implications of confidentiality requirements in natality 
and mortality vital statistics, and re-engineering the vital statistics 
system and role of health information technology; and an open session 
for comments from the public.
    Requests to make oral presentations should be submitted in writing 
to the contact person listed below by September 8, 2006. All requests 
must contain the name, address, telephone number, and organizational 
affiliation of the presenter.
    Written comments should not exceed five single-spaced typed pages 
in length and must be received by September 8, 2006.
    The agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Due to programmatic matters, this Federal Register notice is being 
published on less than 15 calendar days notice to the public (41 CFR 
102-3.150(b)).
    Contact Person for More Information: Virginia S. Cain, Ph.D., 
Director of Extramural Research, NCHS/CDC, 3311 Toledo Road, Room 7211, 
Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, telephone (301) 458-4500, fax (301) 458-
4020.
    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. E6-14629 Filed 8-31-06; 8:45 am]
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