[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]
 BILLING CODE 4163-19-P