[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 31 (Thursday, February 14, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8700-8701]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-2789]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Office of the Director, Office of Strategy and Innovation, Office 
of Minority Health and Health Disparities

    In accordance with Presidential Executive Order No. 13175, November 
6, 2000, and the Presidential Memorandum of September 23, 2004, 
Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribal Governments, the CDC 
announces the following meeting:
    Name: Tribal Consultation Advisory Committee (TCAC) Meeting, An

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 Overview and Orientation to CDC, and the Biannual Tribal Consultation 
Session.
    Times and Dates:
    8 a.m.-5:30 p.m., February 26, 2008; TCAC Meeting.
    8 a.m.-5:30 p.m., February 27, 2008; An Overview and Orientation to 
CDC.
    8 a.m.-5:30 p.m., February 28, 2008; Biannual Tribal Consultation 
Session.
    Place: Centers for Disease Control (CDC), 1600 Clifton Road NE, 
Atlanta, GA 30333, Telephone: 404-498-2343. Roybal Campus--Building 19, 
Room 206 Auditorium A.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 75 people.
    Purpose: CDC established the Tribal Consultation Policy in October 
of 2005 with the primary purpose of providing guidance across the 
agency to work effectively with American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) 
communities and organizations to enhance AI/AN access to CDC programs. 
In October of 2005, an Agency Advisory Committee (CDC/ATSDR Tribal 
Consultation Advisory Committee--TCAC) was established to provide a 
complementary venue wherein tribal representatives and CDC staff will 
exchange information about public health issues in Indian Country, 
identifying urgent public health issues in Indian country, and discuss 
collaborative approaches to these issues. Within the CDC Consultation 
Policy, it is stated that CDC will conduct Government-to-government 
consultation with elected tribal officials or their designated 
representatives and also confer with tribal and Alaska Native 
organizations and AI/AN urban and rural communities before taking 
actions and/or making decisions that affect them. Consultation is an 
enhanced form of communication that emphasizes trust, respect, and 
shared responsibility. It is an open and free exchange of information 
and opinion among parties that leads to mutual understanding and 
comprehension. CDC believes that consultation is integral to a 
deliberative process that results in effective collaboration and 
informed decision making with the ultimate goal of reaching consensus 
on issues. Although formal responsibility for the agency's overall 
Government-to-government consultation activities rests within the 
Office of the Director, Coordinating Centers and Coordinating Offices, 
and center leadership shall actively participate in TCAC meetings and 
HHS-sponsored regional and national tribal consultation sessions as 
frequently as possible.
    Matters To Be Discussed: The TCAC will convene their quarterly 
committee meeting with discussions and presentations from various CDC 
senior leadership on activities and areas identified by tribal leaders 
as priority public health issues. The Tribal Leaders Orientation Agenda 
has been established in response to tribal leaders' request to learn 
more about the CDC and its potential resources available. The Biannual 
Tribal Consultation Session will engage CDC Senior leadership from the 
Office of the Director and various CDC Offices and National Centers 
including the Financial Management Office, National Center for 
Environmental Health and the Agency for Toxic Substances, Coordinating 
Office for Terrorism and Preparedness and Emergency Response, National 
Center for Health Marketing, the Office of Chief of Public Health 
Practice, and the Office of Enterprise Communications. Opportunities 
will be provided during the Consultation Session for tribal testimony. 
Tribal Leaders are encouraged to submit written testimony by COB on 
February 8, 2008 to the contact person below. Depending on the time 
available it may be necessary to limit the time of each presenter.
    Please reference this web link http://www.cdc.gov/omhd/TCAC/AAC.html to review information about the TCAC and CDC's tribal 
Consultation Policy.
    For Further Information Contact: CAPT Pelagie (Mike) Snesrud, 
Senior Tribal Liaison for Policy and Evaluation, Office of Minority 
Health and Health Disparities, 1600 Clifton Road NE., MS E-67, Atlanta, 
Georgia 30333, telephone (404) 498-2343, fax (404) 498-2355, e-mail: 
[email protected].
    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 Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

    Dated: February 6, 2008.
Elaine L. Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
 [FR Doc. E8-2789 Filed 2-13-08; 8:45 am]
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