[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 61 (Friday, March 29, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 11978]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-06086]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Board of Scientific Counselors, Office of Infectious Diseases
(BSC, OID)
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the CDC
announces the following meeting for the Board of Scientific Counselors,
Office of Infectious Diseases (BSC, OID). This meeting is open to the
public, limited only by the space available; the meeting room will
accommodate up to 100 people. The public is also welcome to listen to
the meeting by telephone, limited only by the number of ports available
(100); the toll-free dial-in number is 1-877-951-7311, with a passcode
of 2286986.
DATES: The meeting will be held on May 7, 2019, 12:30 p.m. to 5:30
p.m., EDT, and May 8, 2019, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., EDT.
ADDRESSES: CDC, Global Communications Center, 1600 Clifton Road NE,
Building 19, Auditorium B3, Atlanta, Georgia 30329-4027; also 1-877-
951-7311, with a passcode of 2286986.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sarah Wiley, MPH, Designated Federal
Officer, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Mailstop H24-12, Atlanta, Georgia
30329-4027, Telephone (404) 639-4840; [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Purpose: The BSC, OID, provides advice and guidance to the
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services; the Director and
the Deputy Director for Infectious Diseases (DDID), CDC; and the
Directors of the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious
Diseases, the National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and
TB Prevention, and the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory
Diseases, CDC, in the following areas: Strategies, goals, and
priorities for programs; research within the national centers; and
overall strategic direction and focus of DDID and the national centers.
Matters To Be Considered: The agenda will include updates from the
infectious disease national centers and the Center for Global Health
along with focused discussions on recent outbreaks and affected
populations and the CDC Surveillance Strategy and Public Health Data
Strategy. Reports back from three workgroups will also be given: (1)
The Board's Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM) Task Force; (2) the Board's
Food Safety Modernization Act Surveillance Working Group; and (3) the
Vector-borne Diseases Workgroup of the BSC, OID, and the Board of
Scientific Counselors, National Center for Environmental Health/Agency
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Agenda items are subject to
change as priorities dictate.
The Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, 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.
Sherri Berger,
Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2019-06086 Filed 3-28-19; 8:45 am]
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