[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 161 (Tuesday, August 21, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 46633]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-16292]


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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)

    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) announce the following meeting for the aforementioned 
committee:

    Times and Dates: 9 a.m.-5 p.m., September 12, 2007. 9 a.m.-12:30 
p.m., September 13, 2007.
    Place: CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., Global Communications 
Center, Building 19, Room 232, Auditorium B, Atlanta, Georgia 30333.
    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: Deliberations on 
two Task Force products: (1) Report on effective strategies to 
prevent alcohol-exposed pregnancies and (2) Research and Policy 
report on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders; discussions regarding 
the dissemination of Task Force products; updates from the 
Interagency Coordinating Committee on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, the 
CDC and other Federal agencies, and liaison representatives; and 
discussion of possible collaborative activities after the Task Force 
sunsets in October 2007.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Additional Information: In order to expedite the security 
clearance process at the CDC Roybal Campus located on Clifton Road, 
attendees are required to register online at http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/fas/taskforce.htm. Please complete all required fields before 
submitting your registration and submit no later than September 3, 
2007.
    Please Note: Non-U.S. citizens are required to complete the 
registration form online, as described above, and also to complete 
the ``Access Request Form'' no later than August 29, 2007. To 
receive an access request form, send an e-mail to Ms. Vowell at 
[email protected].
    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., M/S E86, 
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 the CDC and the Agency for Toxic Substance and 
Disease Registry.

    Dated: August 14, 2007.
Elaine L. Baker,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
 [FR Doc. E7-16292 Filed 8-20-07; 8:45 am]
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