[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 215 (Wednesday, November 5, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 65861]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-26292]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Office of the Director (OD)/Office of the Chief of Public Health
Practice (OCPHP)/Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities
(OMHD)
In accordance with Presidential Executive Order No. 13175, November
6, 2000, and the Presidential Memorandum of September 23, 2004,
Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribal Governments, the
Centers for Disease Control (CDC) OD/OSI/OMHD announces the following
meeting and Tribal Consultation Session:
Name: Tribal Consultation Advisory Committee (TCAC) Meeting and
the Biannual Tribal Consultation Session.
Times and Dates: TCAC Meeting on November 18-19, 2008 from 8
a.m.-5:30 p.m. and the Biannual Tribal Consultation Session on
February 28, 2009 from 8-6 p.m.
Place: Hosted by Tohono O'odham Nation at the Desert Diamond
Casino & Hotel, 7350 S. Nogales Highway, Tucson, Arizona 85706,
Telephone: 1-877-777-4212.
Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available.
The meeting room accommodates approximately 80 people.
Purpose: CDC established their Tribal Consultation Policy in
October of 2005 with the primary purpose of providing guidance
across the agency to work effectively with American Indian/Alaska
Native (AI/AN) tribes, communities, and organizations to enhance AI/
AN access to CDC programs. In October of 2005, an Agency Advisory
Committee (CDC/ATSDR Tribal Consultation Advisory Committee--TCAC)
was established to provide a complementary venue wherein tribal
representatives and CDC staff will exchange information about public
health issues in Indian Country, identifying urgent public health
issues in Indian Country, and discuss collaborative approaches to
these issues. Within the CDC Consultation Policy, it is stated that
CDC will conduct government-to-government consultation with elected
tribal officials or their designated representatives and also confer
with tribal and Alaska Native organizations and AI/AN urban and
rural communities before taking actions and/or making decisions that
affect them. Consultation is an enhanced form of communication that
emphasizes trust, respect, and shared responsibility. It is an open
and free exchange of information and opinion among parties that
leads to mutual understanding and comprehension. CDC believes that
consultation is integral to a deliberative process that results in
effective collaboration and informed decision making with the
ultimate goal of reaching consensus on issues. Although formal
responsibility for the agency's overall government-to-government
consultation activities rests within the Office of the Director,
Coordinating Centers, Coordinating Offices, and center leadership
shall actively participate in TCAC meetings, and HHS-sponsored
regional, and national tribal consultation sessions as frequently as
possible.
Matters To Be Discussed: The TCAC will convene their quarterly
committee meeting with discussions and presentations from various
CDC senior leadership on activities and areas identified by tribal
leaders as priority public health issues. The Biannual Tribal
Consultation Session will engage CDC Senior leadership from the
Office of the Director and various CDC Offices and National Centers
including the Financial Management Office (FMO), National Center for
Environmental Health and the Agency for Toxic Substances (NCEH/
ATSDR), Coordinating Office for Terrorism and Preparedness and
Emergency Response (COTPER), National Center for Health Marketing
(NCHM), the Office of Chief of Public Health Practice, and the
Office of Enterprise Communications (OEC). Opportunities will be
provided during the Consultation Session for tribal testimony.
Tribal Leaders are encouraged to submit written testimony by close
of business on November 7, 2008 to Capt. Pelagie (Mike) Snesrud,
Senior Tribal Liaison for Policy and Evaluation, Office of Minority
Health and Health Disparities, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., Mailstop E-
67, Atlanta, GA 30333, telephone (404)498-2343, fax (404)498-2355,
e-mail: [email protected]. Depending on the time available it may be
necessary to limit the time of each presenter.
Please reference the Web link of http://www.cdc.gov/omhd/TCAC/AAC.html to review information about the TCAC and CDC's Tribal
Consultation Policy.
For Further Information Contact: Capt. Pelagie (Mike) Snesrud,
Senior Tribal Liaison for Policy and Evaluation, Office of Minority
Health and Health Disparities, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., Mailstop E-
67, Atlanta, GA 30333, telephone (404)498-2343, fax (404)498-2355,
e-mail: [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 CDC and the Agency for Toxic Substances and
Disease Registry.
Dated: October 27, 2008.
Elaine L. Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. E8-26292 Filed 11-4-08; 8:45 am]
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