[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 127 (Friday, July 1, 2011)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-16558]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Office for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Support

    In accordance with Presidential Executive Order No. 13175, November 
6, 2000, and the Presidential Memorandum of November 5, 2009 and 
September 23, 2004, Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribal 
Governments, CDC, OSTLTS announces the following meeting and Tribal 
Consultation Session:

    Name: Tribal Advisory Committee (TAC) Meeting and 7th Biannual 
Tribal Consultation Session.
    Times and Dates:

8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., August 22-23, 2011 (TAC Meeting).
8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., August 24, 2011 (7th Biannual Tribal Consultation 
Session).

    Place: Suquamish Clearwater Casino Resort, 15347 Suquamish Way, 
NE., Suquamish, Washington 98392.
    Status: All meetings are being hosted by the Northwest Portland 
Area Indian Health Board and are open to the public. August 23, 
2011, has been reserved as a day to tour and interact with local 
Tribes. A special invitation has been extended to the Washington and 
Oregon American Indian Tribal Leaders, Washington and Oregon State 
Health Department Officials, and all American Indian/Alaska Native 
(AI/AN) Tribal leaders from across the nation.
    Purpose: CDC released its Tribal Consultation Policy in October 
of 2005 with the primary purpose of providing guidance across the 
agency to work effectively with AI/AN tribes, communities, and 
organizations to enhance AI/AN access to CDC resources and programs. 
In November of 2006, an Agency Advisory Committee (the CDC/Agency 
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Tribal Advisory 
Committee--TAC) was established to provide a complementary venue 
wherein tribal representatives and CDC staff could exchange 
information about public health issues in Indian Country, 
identifying urgent public health needs in AI/AN communities, and 
discuss collaborative approaches to these issues and needs. 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 confer with tribal and 
American 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 CDC Office of the Director 
(OD), other CDC Centers, Institutes, and Offices, leadership shall 
actively participate in TAC meetings and HHS-sponsored regional and 
national tribal consultation sessions as frequently as possible.
    Matters to be Discussed: The TAC will convene their advisory 
committee meeting with discussions and presentations from various 
CDC senior leaderships on activities and areas identified by TAC 
members and other tribal leaders as priority public health issues. 
The Biannual Tribal Consultation Session will engage CDC Senior 
leadership from the CDC OD and various CDC Centers, Institutes and 
Offices, including the Financial Management Office, the Office of 
the Associate Director of Communications, OSTLTS, the National 
Center for Environmental Health and the Agency for Toxic Substances 
and Disease Registry, the National Center for Chronic Disease 
Prevention and Health Promotion, as well as others. Opportunities 
will be provided during the consultation session for tribal 
testimony. Tribal Leaders are encouraged to submit written testimony 
by close of business on August 5, 2011, to the contact person listed 
below.
    It may be necessary to limit the time of each presenter due to 
the availability of time.
    The agenda is subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Information about TAC and CDC's Tribal Consultation Policy and 
previous meetings may be referenced on the following Web link: 
http://www.cdc.gov/ostlts/tribal_public_health/announcements.html.
    Contact Person for more Information: Kimberly Cantrell, Public 
Health Advisor, Tribal Support, OSTLTS, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., 
MS K-70, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone (404) 498-0411, 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 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 
and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

    Dated: June 24, 2011.
Elaine L. Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2011-16558 Filed 6-30-11; 8:45 am]
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