[Federal Register: February 14, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 31)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Office of the Director, Office of Strategy and Innovation, Office
of Minority Health and Health Disparities
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 CDC
announces the following meeting:
Name: Tribal Consultation Advisory Committee (TCAC) Meeting, An
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Overview and Orientation to CDC, and the Biannual Tribal Consultation
Session.
Times and Dates:
8 a.m.-5:30 p.m., February 26, 2008; TCAC Meeting.
8 a.m.-5:30 p.m., February 27, 2008; An Overview and Orientation to
CDC.
8 a.m.-5:30 p.m., February 28, 2008; Biannual Tribal Consultation
Session.
Place: Centers for Disease Control (CDC), 1600 Clifton Road NE,
Atlanta, GA 30333, Telephone: 404-498-2343. Roybal Campus--Building 19,
Room 206 Auditorium A.
Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available.
The meeting room accommodates approximately 75 people.
Purpose: CDC established the 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)
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 and 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 Tribal Leaders Orientation Agenda
has been established in response to tribal leaders' request to learn
more about the CDC and its potential resources available. 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, National Center for
Environmental Health and the Agency for Toxic Substances, Coordinating
Office for Terrorism and Preparedness and Emergency Response, National
Center for Health Marketing, the Office of Chief of Public Health
Practice, and the Office of Enterprise Communications. Opportunities
will be provided during the Consultation Session for tribal testimony.
Tribal Leaders are encouraged to submit written testimony by COB on
February 8, 2008 to the contact person below. Depending on the time
available it may be necessary to limit the time of each presenter.
Please reference this web link 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., MS E-67, Atlanta,
Georgia 30333, telephone (404) 498-2343, fax (404) 498-2355, e-mail:
pws8@cdc.gov.
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 Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
Dated: February 6, 2008.
Elaine L. Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. E8-2789 Filed 2-13-08; 8:45 am]
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