[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 215 (Wednesday, November 5, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 65861]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-26292]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Office of the Director (OD)/Office of the Chief of Public Health 
Practice (OCPHP)/Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities 
(OMHD)

    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 
Centers for Disease Control (CDC) OD/OSI/OMHD announces the following 
meeting and Tribal Consultation Session:

    Name: Tribal Consultation Advisory Committee (TCAC) Meeting and 
the Biannual Tribal Consultation Session.
    Times and Dates: TCAC Meeting on November 18-19, 2008 from 8 
a.m.-5:30 p.m. and the Biannual Tribal Consultation Session on 
February 28, 2009 from 8-6 p.m.
    Place: Hosted by Tohono O'odham Nation at the Desert Diamond 
Casino & Hotel, 7350 S. Nogales Highway, Tucson, Arizona 85706, 
Telephone: 1-877-777-4212.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 80 people.
    Purpose: CDC established their 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) tribes, 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, 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 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 (FMO), National Center for 
Environmental Health and the Agency for Toxic Substances (NCEH/
ATSDR), Coordinating Office for Terrorism and Preparedness and 
Emergency Response (COTPER), National Center for Health Marketing 
(NCHM), the Office of Chief of Public Health Practice, and the 
Office of Enterprise Communications (OEC). Opportunities will be 
provided during the Consultation Session for tribal testimony. 
Tribal Leaders are encouraged to submit written testimony by close 
of business on November 7, 2008 to Capt. Pelagie (Mike) Snesrud, 
Senior Tribal Liaison for Policy and Evaluation, Office of Minority 
Health and Health Disparities, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., Mailstop E-
67, Atlanta, GA 30333, telephone (404)498-2343, fax (404)498-2355, 
e-mail: [email protected]. Depending on the time available it may be 
necessary to limit the time of each presenter.
    Please reference the Web link of 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., Mailstop E-
67, Atlanta, GA 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 CDC and the Agency for Toxic Substances and 
Disease Registry.

    Dated: October 27, 2008.
Elaine L. Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. E8-26292 Filed 11-4-08; 8:45 am]
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