[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 157 (Tuesday, August 14, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 48524]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-19886]


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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; Meeting

    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), National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) 
announces the following meeting of the aforementioned committee:

    Times and Dates:
    11:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m., September 13, 2012.
    8:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m., September 14, 2012.
    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 National survey of Family 
Growth; the initiation of the review of the Office of Research and 
Methodology; a discussion of the NHANES genetics program 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 August 31, 2012.
    The agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: Virginia S. Cain, Ph.D., 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 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Agency for 
Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

    Dated: August 6, 2012.
Elaine L. Baker,
Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2012-19886 Filed 8-13-12; 8:45 am]
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