[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 20 (Wednesday, January 31, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 4513]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-1493]


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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 (NTFFASFAE): 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 meeting of the aforementioned 
Federal advisory committee.

    Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., February 28, 2007. 8:30 
a.m.-1 p.m., March 1, 2007.
    Place: SpringHill Suites Atlanta Buckhead, 3459 Buckhead Loop, 
NE., Atlanta, Georgia 30326, telephone 404/844-4800, fax 404/844-
4801.
    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. 280f, as added by Pub. L. 105-
392) to establish a National Task Force on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome 
and Fetal Alcohol Effect 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: Presentation of 
draft report on evidence-based fetal alcohol spectrum disorders 
(FASD) community-based prevention strategies with deliberations by 
the Task Force; presentation on U.S. Preventive Services Task Force 
report on alcohol use screening and behavioral counseling 
interventions; report on work of Post-exposure working group 
regarding recommendations for future directions in FASD policy and 
research; updates from the Interagency Coordinating Committee on 
FAS, 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 Acting 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 ATSDR.

Elaine L. Baker,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. E7-1493 Filed 1-30-07; 8:45 am]
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