[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 240 (Friday, December 13, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75923-75924]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-29746]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)


Office for State, Tribal, Local and Territorial Support (OSTLTS)

    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/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry 
(ATSDR), announces the following meeting and Tribal Consultation 
Session:


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    Name: Tribal Advisory Committee (TAC) Meeting and 10th Biannual 
Tribal Consultation Session
    Times and Dates: 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., February 18, 2014 (TAC 
Meeting); 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., February 19, 2014 (10th Biannual 
Tribal Consultation Session).
    Place: The TAC Meeting and Tribal Consultation Session will be 
held at CDC Headquarters, 1600 Clifton Road NE., Global 
Communications Center, Auditorium B3, Atlanta, Georgia 30333.
    Status: The meetings are being hosted by CDC/ATSDR and are open 
to the public.
    Purpose: In 2011-2012, CDC began revising its existing Tribal 
Consultation Policy (issued in 2005) with the primary purpose of 
providing guidance across the agency to work effectively with 
American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) tribes, communities, and 
organizations to enhance AI/AN access to CDC resources and programs. 
Within the CDC Consultation Policy, it is stated that CDC will 
conduct government-to-government consultation with elected tribal 
officials or their authorized representatives 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 Center, 
Institute, and Office (CIO) 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 and CDC leaders will discuss 
the following public health issue topics identified by tribal 
leaders: Native specimens, behavioral risk factors, and disease-
specific topics; however, discussion is not limited to these topics.
    During the 10th Biannual Tribal Consultation Session, tribes and 
CDC leaders will engage in a listening session with CDC's director 
and roundtable discussions with CDC senior leadership, and tribes 
will have an opportunity to present testimony on tribal health 
issues.
    Tribal Leaders are encouraged to submit written testimony by 
12:00 a.m., EST on January 24, 2014, to April R. Taylor, Public 
Health Analyst for the Tribal Support Unit, or CAPT Craig Wilkins, 
Acting Director for the Tribal Support Unit, CDC/OSTLTS, via mail to 
4770 Buford Highway NE., MS E-70, Atlanta, Georgia 30341 or email to 
[email protected]. Depending on the time available, it may be 
necessary to limit the time of each presenter.
    The agenda is subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Information about the TAC, CDC's Tribal Consultation Policy, and 
previous meetings may be referenced on the following web link: 
http://www.cdc.gov/tribal.
    Contact Person For More Information: April R. Taylor, Public 
Health Analyst, CDC/OSTLTS, via mail to 4770 Buford Highway NE., MS 
E-70, Atlanta, Georgia 30341 or email to [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.

Elaine L. Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2013-29746 Filed 12-12-13; 8:45 am]
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