[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 219 (Wednesday, November 12, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66900-66901]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-26803]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Board of Scientific Counselors, National Center for Health 
Marketing (BSC, NCHM)

    In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), CDC announces the following meeting of 
the aforementioned committee:

    Times and Dates: 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m., December 8, 2008. 9 a.m.-3 
p.m., December 9, 2008.
    Place: CDC, Tom Harkin Global Communications Center, 1600 
Clifton Road, NE., Building 21, Auditorium A (Room 1204A), Atlanta, 
Georgia 30333.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 60 people.
    Purpose: The Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services 
(HHS), and, by delegation, the Director, Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention (CDC), are authorized under Section 301 (42 U.S.C. 
241) and Section 311 (42 U.S.C. 243) of the Public Health Service 
Act (PHSA), as amended to: develop and implement disease prevention 
and control, environmental health, and health promotion and health 
education activities designed to improve the health of the people of 
the United States. Under these and additional PHSA and other 
authorities, CDC acts by identifying and defining preventable health 
problems; maintaining active surveillance of diseases through 
epidemiologic and laboratory investigations and data collection, 
analysis, and distribution; conducting operational research aimed at 
developing and testing effective disease prevention, control, and 
health

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promotion programs; administering a national occupational safety and 
health program; controlling the introduction and spread of 
infectious diseases; and providing consultation and assistance to 
other nations and international agencies to assist in improving 
their disease prevention and control, environmental health, and 
health promotion activities. CDC carries out these functions through 
a number of Coordinating Centers/Offices and National Centers and 
Institutes with expertise and responsibilities in specific areas.
    Matters to be Discussed: The agenda will include discussions on 
program activities, including scientific programs, that will assist 
in consolidating and refining NCHM vision, mission, goals, 
organizational structure and expanding and implementing its science 
for the National Center for Health Marketing; and discussions 
related to the National Center's role in preparedness, response and 
recovery with regards to an outbreak of pandemic influenza
    Agenda items are tentative and subject to change.
    Contact Person for More Information: Dionne R. Mason, Committee 
Management Specialist, NCHM, 1600 Clifton Road, Mail Stop E-21, 
Atlanta, Georgia 30333, Telephone: (404) 498-2314, Fax (404) 498-
2221. The deadline for notification of attendance is November 20, 
2008.
    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: November 4, 2008.
Elaine L. Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. E8-26803 Filed 11-10-08; 8:45 am]
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