[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 32 (Friday, February 16, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7659-7660]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-2753]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Board of Scientific Counselors, National Center for Infectious 
Diseases (NCID): 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 
committee.
    Times and Dates: 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m., March 15, 2007; 8:30 a.m.-2:30 
p.m., March 16, 2007.
    Place: CDC, Building 19, 1600 Clifton Road, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 
30333.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available.
    Purpose: The Board of Scientific Counselors, NCID, provides advice 
and guidance to the Director, CDC, and Director, NCID, in the following 
areas: program goals and objectives; strategies; program organization 
and resources for infectious disease prevention and control; and 
program priorities.
    Matters To Be Discussed: Agenda items will include:
    1. Breakout Group Discussions:
    Vaccine Preventable Disease Surveillance
    Respiratory Outbreaks
    Ecology of Emerging Zoonoses and Other Infectious Diseases
    Food-Borne Diseases: The New Way Forward
    Working with Academic Partners
    Chlamydia Screening Programs in the U.S.
    Antimicrobial Resistance
    Infectivity Component of Infection Control
    Exotic Animal Importation and Trade
    2. Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases Updates
    3. Strategies for Identifying New Pathogens
    Other agenda items include announcements/introductions; follow-up 
on actions recommended by the Board in May 2006; consideration of 
future directions, goals, and recommendations.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Written comments are welcome and should be received by the contact 
person listed below prior to the opening of the meeting.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tony Johnson, Office of the Director, 
NCID, CDC, Mailstop A-45, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, Atlanta, Georgia 
30333, e-mail [email protected]; telephone 404/639-3856.

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    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.

Elaine L. Baker,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
 [FR Doc. E7-2753 Filed 2-15-07; 8:45 am]
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