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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.-5:30 p.m., October 7, 2008.
    8:30 a.m.-2 p.m., October 8, 2008.
    Place: Corporate Square, Building 8, 1st Floor Conference Room, 
Atlanta, Georgia 30333, Telephone (404) 639-8317.
    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 to be Discussed: Agenda items include issues pertaining to 
update on nucleic acid amplification guidelines; update on interferon 
gamma release assays guidelines; update on the isolation guidelines; 
update on travel restrictions guidelines and other related tuberculosis 
issues.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Contact Person for More Information: Margie Scott-Cseh, 
Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases, Strategic Business Unit, 
1600 Clifton Road, NE., M/S E-07, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, Telephone 
(404) 639-8317.
    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: September 15, 2008.
Elaine L. Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. E8-22040 Filed 9-19-08; 8:45 am]

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