[Federal Register: March 9, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 44)]
[Notices]               
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

 
Advisory Committee to the Director, Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention, (ACD, CDC)

    In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), the CDC announces the following meeting 
of the aforementioned committee:

Time and Date: 6 p.m.-7 p.m., March 4, 2009.

Place: The teleconference call will originate at the CDC. Details on 
accessing the teleconference are located in the supplementary 
information.

Status: Open to the public, teleconference access limited only by 
availability of telephone ports.

Purpose: The committee will provide advice to the Director, CDC on 
strategic and other broad issues facing CDC.

Matters To Be Discussed: During this conference call, the National 
Biosurveillance Advisory Subcommittee (NBAS) will provide 
recommendations to the ACD, CDC for transmittal to the administration. 
Since the NBAS was created in May, 2008, the subcommittee has been on a 
very aggressive timeline in order to provide the administration with 
key recommendations for improving the nation's biosurveillance 
capability. In order for these recommendations to go through the proper 
clearance steps and still be timely and relevant for the 
administration, the ACD, CDC must review and approve these 
recommendations as soon as possible. The NBAS was originally scheduled 
to present these recommendations to the ACD, CDC at the meeting 
scheduled for February 24, 2009.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This conference call is scheduled to begin 
at 6 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. To participate in the teleconference, 
please dial 1-888-323-9787 and enter conference code 4735949.

Contact Person for More Information: Brad Perkins, M.D., M.B.A., 
Designated Federal Officer, ACD, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., M/S D-14, 
Atlanta, Georgia 30333. Telephone: 404-639-7000.
    The ACD, CDC was scheduled to meet by conference call on February 
24, 2009. The meeting was postponed on short notice because of quorum 
guidelines. The meeting is re-scheduled for March 4, 2009, at 6 p.m., 
as this is the only available time to gather a quorum of the ACD 
members.
    This notice is being published less than 15 days prior to the 
meeting due to the scheduling difficulties encountered when planning 
the meeting, and due to the urgent nature of transmitting the 
recommendations to the administration.
    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 the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

Andre Tyler,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. E9-4940 Filed 3-4-09; 4:15 pm]

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