[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 41 (Wednesday, March 2, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10865-10866]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-04589]


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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: 10:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m., EDT, April 11, 2016, 8:30 
a.m.-3:30 p.m., EDT, April 12, 2016.
    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 below.
    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 29, 2016:
     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; updates on OPHPR'S policy agenda and 
Impact Measurement Initiative; medical countermeasures-related 
activities update; Zika 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: Global Health Security Agenda; risk 
communication; Laboratory Response Network--Biological and Chemical; 
and updates on the National Health Security Preparedness Index (NHSPI) 
and CoPE-Well, a community resilience index.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Contact Person for More Information: Dometa Ouisley, 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) 639-7450; 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

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Agency for Toxic 
Substances and Disease Registry.

Elaine L. Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Service Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2016-04589 Filed 3-1-16; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4163-18-P