[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 69 (Wednesday, April 12, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 17666]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-07325]


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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.-5:00 p.m., EDT, May 10, 2017
8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., EDT, May 11, 2017
    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 75 people. Public participants 
should pre-register for the meeting as described below.
    Members of the public that wish to attend this meeting in person 
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, May 3, 2017:

 Full Name
 Organizational Affiliation
 Complete Mailing Address
 Citizenship
 Phone Number or Email Address

    Web conferencing information:
    Web ID: https://adobeconnect.cdc.gov/r7mcyvjvzdh/.
    Dial in number: 800-369-1179 Participant passcode: 6329989.
    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 for 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; establishing a BSC working group to 
address biological agent containment; federal and state perspectives on 
the opioid overdose epidemic as a public health emergency; 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: OPHPR policy agenda update; natural disaster 
preparedness and response; global health security; and perspectives on 
CDC as a response organization.
    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)471-8772; 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.

Claudette Grant,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Service Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2017-07325 Filed 4-11-17; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4163-18-P