[Federal Register: December 5, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 232)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

 
Board of Scientific Counselors, National Center for Infectious 
Diseases: 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 committee meeting.

    Name: Board of Scientific Counselors, National Center for 
Infectious Diseases (NCID).
    Times and Dates: 1 p.m.-5:30 p.m., November 29, 2005. 8:30 a.m.-
5 p.m., November 30, 2005.
    Place: CDC, Building 19, 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, Georgia 
30333.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available.
    Purpose: The Board of Scientific Counselors, NCID, provides 
advice and guidance to the Director, CDC, and Director, NCID, in the 
following areas: Program goals and objectives; strategies; program 
organization and resources for infectious disease prevention and 
control; and program priorities.
    Matters to Be Discussed: Agenda items will include:

1. Opening Session: NCID Update.
2. CCID Update.
3. Environmental Microbiology.
4. Development of CDC Research Agenda.
5. Veterinary-Human Public Health Interface.
6. Global Disease Detection Initiative.
7. Topic Updates.
    a. Chronic Wasting Disease.
    b. Quarantine Update.

    Other agenda items include announcements/introductions; follow-
up on actions recommended by the Board May 2005; consideration of 
future directions, goals, and recommendations.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Written comments are welcome and should be received by the 
contact person listed below prior to the opening of the meeting.
    The Federal Register notice is being published less than fifteen 
days before the date of the meeting.
    Contact Person for More Information: Tony Johnson, Office of the 
Director, NCID, CDC, Mailstop E-51, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., Atlanta, 
Georgia 30333, e-mail tjohnson3@cdc.gov; telephone 404/498-3249.
    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: November 29, 2005.
Diane Allen,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 05-23599 Filed 11-30-05; 9:56 am]

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