[Federal Register: August 29, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 167)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

 
Board of Scientific Counselors, National Center for Health 
Statistics

    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), National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) 
announces the following meeting of the aforementioned committee.

    Times and Dates: 2 p.m.-5:30 p.m., September 17, 2007. 8:30 
a.m.-2 p.m., September 18, 2007.
    Place: NCHS Headquarters, 3311 Toledo Road, Hyattsville, 
Maryland 20782.
    Status: Open to the public, and limited only to the space 
available. The meeting room accommodates approximately 100 people.
    Purpose: This committee is charged with providing advice and 
making recommendations to the Secretary, Department of Health and 
Human Services; the Director, CDC; and the Director, NCHS, regarding 
the scientific and technical program goals and objectives, 
strategies, and priorities of NCHS.
    Matters To Be Discussed: The agenda will include welcome remarks 
by the Director, NCHS; introduction of new chair and new members and 
key NCHS staff; data access discussions; discussion of the upcoming 
review of the SLAITS program; discussion of upcoming program reviews 
and an open session for comments from the public.
    Requests to make oral presentations should be submitted in 
writing to the contact person listed below. All requests must 
contain the name, address, telephone number, and organizational 
affiliation of the presenter.
    Written comments should not exceed five single-spaced typed 
pages in length and must be received by September 10, 2007.
    The agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    For Further Information Contact: Virginia S. Cain, Ph.D., 
Director of Extramural Research, NCHS/CDC, 3311 Toledo Road, Room 
7211, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, telephone (301) 458-4500, fax 
(301) 458-4020.
    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 CDC and the Agency for Toxic Substances and 
Disease Registry.

    Dated: August 22, 2007.
Elaine L. Baker,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
 [FR Doc. E7-17137 Filed 8-28-07; 8:45 am]

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