[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 21 (Friday, January 31, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5415-5416]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-01905]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Meeting of the Community Preventive Services Task Force (Task
Force)
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces
the next meeting of the Community Preventive Services Task Force (Task
Force). The Task Force is an independent, nonfederal, and uncompensated
panel. Its members represent a broad range of research, practice, and
policy expertise in prevention, wellness, health promotion, and public
health, and are appointed by the CDC Director. The Task Force was
convened in 1996 by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
to identify community preventive programs, services, and policies that
increase healthy longevity, save lives and dollars and improve
Americans' quality of life. CDC is mandated to provide ongoing
administrative, research, and technical support for the
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operations of the Task Force. During its meetings, the Task Force
considers the findings of systematic reviews on existing research, and
issues recommendations. These recommendations provide evidence-based
options from which decision makers in communities, companies, health
departments, health plans and healthcare systems, non-governmental
organizations, and at all levels of government can choose what best
meets the needs, preferences, available resources, and constraints of
their constituents. The Task Force's recommendations, along with the
systematic reviews of the scientific evidence on which they are based,
are compiled in the Guide to Community Preventive Services (Community
Guide).
DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, February 26, 2014 from
8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST and Thursday, February 27, 2014 from 8:30
a.m. to 2:00 p.m. EST.
ADDRESSES: The Task Force Meeting will be held at CDC Edward R. Roybal
Campus, Tom Harkin Global Communications Center (Building 19), 1600
Clifton Road NE., Atlanta, GA 30333. You should be aware that the
meeting location is in a Federal government building; therefore,
Federal security measures are applicable. For additional information,
please see Roybal Campus Security Guidelines under SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION. Information regarding meeting logistics will be available
on the Community Guide Web site (www.thecommunityguide.org), Wednesday,
January 29, 2014.
Meeting Accessability: This meeting is open to the public, limited
only by space availability. All meeting attendees must RSVP to ensure
the required security procedures are completed to gain access to the
CDC's Global Communications Center.
U.S. citizens must RSVP by 2/12/2014.
Non U.S. citizens must RSVP by 2/5/2014 due to additional security
steps that must be completed.
Failure to RSVP by the dates identified could result in an
inability to attend the Task Force meeting due to the strict security
regulations on federal facilities.
For Further Information and To RSVP Contact: Andrea Baeder, The
Community Guide Branch; Division of Epidemiology, Analysis, and Library
Services; Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology and Laboratory
Services; Office of Public Health Scientific Services; Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-E-69, Atlanta, GA
30333, phone: (404)498-498-6876, email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Purpose: The purpose of the meeting is for the Task Force to
consider the findings of systematic reviews and issue findings and
recommendations to help inform decision making about policy, practice,
and research in a wide range of U.S. settings.
Matters to be discussed: cancer prevention and control, diabetes
prevention and control, obesity prevention and control, and promoting
physical activity.
Roybal Campus Security Guidelines: The Edward R. Roybal Campus is
the headquarters of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
and is located at 1600 Clifton Road, NE., Atlanta, Georgia. The meeting
is being held in a Federal government building; therefore, Federal
security measures are applicable.
All meeting attendees must RSVP by the dates outlined under Meeting
Accessability. In planning your arrival time, please take into account
the need to park and clear security. All visitors must enter the Roybal
Campus through the entrance on Clifton Road; the guard force will
direct visitors to the designated parking area. Upon arrival at the
facility, visitors must present government issued photo identification
(e.g., a valid federal identification badge, state driver's license,
state non-driver's identification card, or passport). Non-United States
citizens must complete the required security paperwork prior to the
meeting date and must present a valid passport, visa, Permanent
Resident Card, or other type of work authorization document upon
arrival at the facility. All persons entering the building must pass
through a metal detector. Visitors will be issued a visitor's ID badge
at the entrance to Building 19 and will be escorted in groups of 5-10
persons to the meeting room. All items brought to HHS/CDC are subject
to inspection.
Dated: January 27, 2014.
Ron A. Otten,
Acting Deputy Associate Director for Science, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2014-01905 Filed 1-30-14; 8:45 am]
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