[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 111 (Friday, June 8, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 34046]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-13922]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Advisory Committee to the Director (ACD), Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC)--Ethics Subcommittee (ES)

    In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), the CDC announces the following meeting 
of the aforementioned subcommittee:

    Time and Date: 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. EDT, Friday, June 29, 2012.
    Place: Teleconference.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the availability of 
telephone ports. The public is welcome to participate during the 
public comment period. A public comment period is tentatively 
scheduled for 12 p.m.-12:15 p.m. To participate in the 
teleconference, please dial (877) 928-1204 and enter code 4305992.
    Purpose: The ES will provide counsel to the ACD, CDC, regarding 
a broad range of public health ethics questions and issues arising 
from programs, scientists and practitioners.
    Matters To Be Discussed: Agenda items will include the 
following: Addition of ethics standards to the accreditation process 
for public health departments; ethical considerations relating to 
use of travel restrictions for the control of communicable diseases 
and possible revisions to CDC's standard operating procedures; 
progress on developing practical tools to assist state, tribal, 
local, and territorial health departments in their efforts to 
address public health ethics challenges; approaches for evaluating 
the impact of public health ethics; and strategies for increasing 
collaboration between public health ethics and public health law.
    The agenda is subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Contact Person for More Information: Drue Barrett, Ph.D., 
Designated Federal Officer, ACD, CDC-ES, 1600 Clifton Road NE., M/S 
D-50, Atlanta, Georgia 30333. Telephone: (404) 639-4690. Email: 
dbarrett@cdc.gov.
    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 the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

    Dated: June 4, 2012.
Elaine L. Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2012-13922 Filed 6-7-12; 8:45 am]
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