[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 95 (Friday, May 16, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 28521]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-11355]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Advisory Council for the Elimination of Tuberculosis Meeting
(ACET)
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 council meeting.
Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m., June 9, 2014; 8:30 a.m.-
2:30 p.m., June 10, 2014.
Place: CDC, Corporate Square, Building 8, 1st Floor Conference
Room, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone (404) 639-8317. This meeting
is also accessible by teleconference. Toll-free +1 (877) 927-1433,
Participant code: 12016435.
Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available.
The meeting room accommodates approximately 100 people.
Purpose: This council advises and makes recommendations to the
Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Assistant Secretary for
Health, and the Director, CDC, regarding the elimination of
tuberculosis. Specifically, the Council makes recommendations
regarding policies, strategies, objectives, and priorities;
addresses the development and application of new technologies; and
reviews the extent to which progress has been made toward
eliminating tuberculosis.
Matters for Discussion: Agenda items include the following
topics: (1) U.S. Preventive Services Task Force/Assessing Evidence
for treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection (LTBI) as prevention;
(2) TB screening activities in Federally Qualified Health Centers
(FQHCs); (3) Advanced Molecular Detection (AMD); (4) Updates from
Workgroups; and (5) other tuberculosis-related issues. Agenda items
are subject to change as priorities dictate.
Contact Person for More Information: Margie Scott-Cseh, Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE., M/S E-07,
Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone (404) 639-8317; 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 the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
Gary J. Johnson,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2014-11355 Filed 5-15-14; 8:45 am]
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