[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 177 (Thursday, September 12, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 56235]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-22177]


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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:

    Dates and Times: October 16, 2013 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., October 
17, 2013 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
    Place: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Global 
Communications Center, Building 19, Room 247/248, 1600 Clifton Road 
NE., Atlanta, Georgia 303333.
    Status: Open to the public limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room will accommodate up to 30 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: Agenda items for this 2-day meeting 
include: (1) Briefings and BSC deliberation on the following topics: 
Program response to recommendations made in the Joint Report from 
the National Biodefense Science Board and the OPHPR BSC; program 
response to recommendations made in the peer review of the Career 
Epidemiology Field Officer Program; Hurricane Sandy Research; 
emergency preparedness and response communication challenges; 
development of an emergency risk communication research framework; 
community approaches to healthcare preparedness; National Health 
Security Preparedness Index Update; systems thinking in disaster 
management; assessing CDC's Emergency Management Program through 
accreditation; (2) BSC liaison representative updates to the Board 
highlighting organizational activities 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 email, facsimile, or phone 
(see Contact Person for More Information) no later than 12:00 noon 
(EDT) on Tuesday, October 8, 2013:
     Full Name,
     Organizational Affiliation,
     Complete Mailing Address,
     Citizenship, and
     Phone Number or Email Address
    Contact Person for More Information: Marquita Black, Office of 
Science and Public Health Practice, Executive Assistant, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., Mailstop D-
44, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, Telephone: (404) 639-7325; Facsimile: 
(404)639-7977; Email: [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.

Elaine L. Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2013-22177 Filed 9-11-13; 8:45 am]
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