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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

 
National Task Force on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol 
Effect: Meeting

    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 Federal advisory committee 
meeting.

    Name: National Task Force on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal 
Alcohol Effect (NTFFASFAE).
    Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., November 6, 2003.
    8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., November 7, 2003.
    Place: Doubletree Hotel Atlanta/Buckhead, 3342 Peachtree Road, 
NE., Atlanta, Georgia 30326, telephone 404/231-1234, fax 404/231-
3112.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 65 people.
    Purpose: The Secretary is authorized by the Public Health 
Service Act, section 399G, (42 U.S.C. 280f, as added by Pub. L. 105-
392) to establish a National Task Force on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome 
and Fetal Alcohol Effect to: (1) foster coordination among all 
governmental agencies, academic bodies and community groups that 
conduct or support Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) and Fetal Alcohol 
Effect (FAE) research, programs and surveillance; and (2) to 
otherwise meet the general needs of populations actually or 
potentially impacted by FAS and FAE.
    Matters to be Discussed: The agenda will include: discussions on 
defining essential services needed for children with FAS and other 
alcohol-related conditions; strategies for improving access to these 
services for affected children and families; presentations on 
success stories of children with FAS that focus on their strengths. 
Additional agenda items include an update on activities from the 
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities; an 
update on the Interagency Coordinating Committee on Fetal Alcohol 
Syndrome; new research and program updates from CDC and other 
Federal agencies; working group updates; future topics; and 
scheduling the next meeting.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    For Further Information Contact: R. Louise Floyd, DSN, RN, 
Designated Federal Official, National Center on Birth Defects and 
Developmental Disabilities, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, (E-86), 
Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone 404/498-3923, fax 404/498-3040.
    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 CDC and ATSDR.


    Dated: September 9, 2003.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 03-23534 Filed 9-15-03; 8:45 am]

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