[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 31 (Thursday, February 14, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8699-8700]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-2796]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Advisory Council for the Elimination of Tuberculosis (ACET)

    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: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., March 26, 2008; 8:30 a.m.-2 
p.m., March 27, 2008.
    Place: Corporate Square, Building 8, 1st Floor Conference Room, 
Atlanta, Georgia 30333, Telephone: (404) 639-8317.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 100 people.
    Purpose: This council advises and makes recommendations to the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Assistant Secretary for 
Health, and the Director, CDC, regarding the elimination of 
tuberculosis. Specifically, the Council makes recommendations 
regarding policies, strategies, objectives, and priorities; 
addresses the development and application of new technologies; and 
reviews the extent to which progress has been made toward 
eliminating tuberculosis.
    Matters To Be Discussed: Agenda items include issues pertaining 
to Lessons Learned: Potential for Transmission of Tuberculosis 
during Air Travel; Tuberculosis as a Cause of Death; and Update on 
Nucleic Acid Amplification Testing and Second Line Drug 
Susceptibility Guidelines and other related tuberculosis issues. 
Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Contact Person for More Information: Margie Scott-Cseh, 
Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases, Strategic Business 
Unit, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., M/S E-07, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, 
Telephone: (404) 639-8317.
    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.


[[Page 8700]]


    Dated: February 6, 2008.
Elaine L. Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
 [FR Doc. E8-2796 Filed 2-13-08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4163-18-P