[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 42 (Wednesday, March 4, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11675-11676]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-04466]


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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),

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announces the following meeting of the aforementioned committee:
    Times and Dates:
10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., EDT, March 25, 2015
8:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m., EDT, March 26, 2015
    Place: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Global 
Communications Center, Building 19, Auditorium B3, 1600 Clifton Road 
NE., Atlanta, Georgia 30333
    Status: Open to the public limited only by the space available. The 
meeting room will accommodate up to 90 people. Public participants 
should pre-register for the meeting as described in 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, March 17, 2015:
     Full Name
     Organizational Affiliation
     Complete Mailing Address
     Citizenship
     Phone Number or Email Address
    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 for Discussion: Day one of the meeting will cover briefings 
and BSC deliberation on the following topics: Interval updates from 
OPHPR Divisions and Offices; key issues associated with CDC's response 
to the Ebola outbreak; mental and behavioral health and emergency 
preparedness and response; and BSC liaison representative updates to 
the Board highlighting organizational activities relevant to the OPHPR 
mission.
    Day two of the meeting will cover briefings and BSC deliberation on 
the following topics: Hurricane Sandy Recovery Research Initiative 
overview; select agent regulations; National Health Security 
Preparedness Index Update; and OPHPR impact measurement.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Contact Person for More Information: Sparkle Buissereth, Executive 
Assistant, Office of Science and Public Health Practice, 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. 2015-04466 Filed 3-3-15; 8:45 am]
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