[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 165 (Thursday, August 25, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 53137]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-21742]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Board of Scientific Counselors, National Center for Health 
Statistics, (BSC, NCHS)

    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:
11 a.m.-5:30 p.m., September 22, 2011.
8:30 a.m.-2 p.m., September 23, 2011.
    Place: NCHS Headquarters, 3311 Toledo Road, Hyattsville, 
Maryland 20782.
    Status: This meeting is open to the public; however, visitors 
must be processed in accordance with established federal policies 
and procedures. For foreign nationals or non-US citizens, pre-
approval is required (please contact Althelia Harris, (301)458-4261, 
[email protected] or Virginia Cain, [email protected] at least 10 days in 
advance for requirements). All visitors are required to present a 
valid form of picture identification issued by a state, federal or 
international government. As required by the Federal Property 
Management Regulations, Title 41, Code of Federal Regulation, 
Subpart 101-20.301, all persons entering in or on Federal controlled 
property and their packages, briefcases, and other containers in 
their immediate possession are subject to being x-rayed and 
inspected. Federal law prohibits the knowing possession or the 
causing to be present of firearms, explosives and other dangerous 
weapons and illegal substances. The meeting room accommodates 
approximately 100 people.
    Purpose: This committee is charged with providing advice and 
making recommendations to the Secretary, Department of Health and 
Human Services; the Director, CDC; and the Director, NCHS, regarding 
the scientific and technical program goals and objectives, 
strategies, and priorities of NCHS.
    Matters To Be Discussed: The agenda will include welcome remarks 
by the Director, NCHS; update on the Health Indicators Warehouse; 
update on program reviews; discussion of the NHANES program, plans 
for the NHIS for 2012 and beyond and an open session for comments 
from the public.
    Requests to make oral presentations should be submitted in 
writing to the contact person listed below. All requests must 
contain the name, address, telephone number, and organizational 
affiliation of the presenter.
    Written comments should not exceed five single-spaced typed 
pages in length and must be received by September 12, 2011.
    The agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Contact Person for More Information: Virginia S. Cain, PhD, 
Director of Extramural Research, NCHS/CDC, 3311 Toledo Road, Room 
7208, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, Telephone (301) 458-4500, Fax 
(301) 458-4020.
    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.

    Date: August 17, 2011.
Elizabeth Millington,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2011-21742 Filed 8-24-11; 8:45 am]
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