[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 243 (Wednesday, December 19, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 71915]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-24642]


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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 (NCHS)

    In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), the CDC announces the following meeting 
of the aforementioned committee:
    Times and Dates: 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m., January 23, 2008. 8:30 a.m.-2 
p.m., January 24, 2008.
    Place: NCHS Headquarters, 3311 Toledo Road, Hyattsville, Maryland 
20782.
    Status: This meeting is open to the public; however, visitors must 
be processed in accordance with established federal policies and 
procedures. For foreign nationals or non-US citizens, pre-approval is 
required (please contact Althelia Harris, 301-458-4261, [email protected] or 
Virginia Cain, [email protected] at least 10 days in advance for 
requirements). All visitors are required to present a valid form of 
picture identification issued by a state, federal or international 
government. As required by the Federal Property Management Regulations, 
Title 41, Code of Federal Regulations, subpart 101-20.301, all persons 
entering in or on Federal controlled property and their packages, 
briefcases, and other containers in their immediate possession are 
subject to being x-rayed and inspected. Federal law prohibits the 
knowing possession or the causing to be present of firearms, explosives 
and other dangerous weapons and illegal substances. 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; review of the State and Local Area Integrated 
Telephone Survey program; presentation of the National Health Interview 
Survey program; discussion of upcoming program reviews 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. 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 January 9, 2008.
    The agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    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: December 12, 2007.
Elaine L. Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. E7-24642 Filed 12-18-07; 8:45 am]
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