[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 166 (Friday, August 26, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 53474]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-21887]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Board of Scientific Counselors, Office of Public Health 
Preparedness and Response (BSC, OPHPR)

    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: 9 a.m.-5 p.m., September 14, 2011; 8 a.m.-3:15 
p.m., September 15, 2011.
    Place: Emory Conference Center Hotel, Salon 1-3, 1615 Clifton 
Road, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
    Status: Open to the public limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room will accommodate up to 75 people. Public 
participants should pre-register for the meeting as described in 
Additional Information for Public Participants.
    Purpose: This Board is charged with providing advice and 
guidance to the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services 
(HHS), the Assistant Secretary for Health (ASH), the Director, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Director, 
Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response (OPHPR), 
concerning strategies and goals for the programs and research within 
OPHPR, monitoring the overall strategic direction and focus of the 
OPHPR Divisions and Offices, and administration and oversight of 
peer review of OPHPR scientific programs. For additional information 
about the Board, please visit: http://www.cdc.gov/phpr/science/counselors.htm.
    Matters To Be Discussed: The agenda items for this meeting 
include: An update to the Board on OPHPR's strategic planning 
activities; an annual update on the implementation of 
recommendations from the external review of OPHPR's fiscal 
allocation process; program responses to the Board's recommendations 
for the external peer reviews of the Division of Select Agents and 
Toxins, the Division of State and Local Readiness, and the Division 
of Emergency Operations; reports to the Board on the external peer 
reviews of the Division of Strategic National Stockpile and the 
Career Epidemiology Field Officer Program; and updates from liaison 
representatives to the Board to share any key highlights of their 
organization's activities that are relevant to the OPHPR mission. 
Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Additional Information for Public Participants: Members of the 
public that wish to attend this meeting should pre-register by 
submitting the following information by e-mail, facsimile, or phone 
(see Contact Person for More Information) no later than 12 noon 
(EDT) on Friday, September 2, 2011:
     Full Name,
     Organizational Affiliation,
     Complete Mailing Address,
     Citizenship, and
     Phone Number or E-mail Address.
    Contact Person for More Information: Matthew Jennings, OPHPR BSC 
Coordinator, CDC, 1600 Clifton Rd NE., Mailstop D-44, Atlanta, 
Georgia 30333, Telephone: (404) 639-7357; Facsimile: (404) 639-7977; 
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 Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

    Dated: August 19, 2011.
Elaine L. Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2011-21887 Filed 8-25-11; 8:45 am]
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