[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 2 (Tuesday, January 4, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 367]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-33126]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (HHS)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Office of State, Tribal, Local and Territorial Support (OSTLTS)
In accordance with Presidential Executive Order No. 13175, November
6, 2000, and the Presidential Memorandum of November 5, 2009 and
September 23, 2004, Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribal
Governments, CDC, OSTLTS announces the following meeting and Tribal
Consultation Session:
Name: Tribal Consultation Advisory Committee (TCAC) Meeting and
6th Biannual Tribal Consultation Session
Times and Dates:
8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., February 1-2, 2011 (TCAC Meeting)
8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., February 3, 2011 (6th Biannual Tribal Consultation
Session)
Place: CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., Building 21, Atlanta,
Georgia 30333.
Status: The TCAC meeting is open to the public. Attendance at
the Tribal Consultation meeting is by special invitation to the
American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) Tribal Leaders from across the
nation. Visitors must be processed in accordance with established
federal policies and procedures. All visitors are required to
present a valid form of picture identification issued by a state or
federal government. The meeting room accommodates approximately 100
people.
Purpose: CDC released their Tribal Consultation Policy in
October of 2005 with the primary purpose of providing guidance
across the agency to work effectively with AI/AN tribes,
communities, and organizations to enhance AI/AN access to CDC
resources and programs. In November of 2006, an Agency Advisory
Committee (CDC/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Tribal Consultation Advisory Committee--TCAC) was established to
provide a complementary venue wherein tribal representatives and CDC
staff have the opportunity to exchange information about public
health issues in Indian Country, identifying urgent public health
needs in AI/AN communities, and discuss collaborative approaches to
these issues and needs. 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 AI/AN organizations and AI/AN urban and rural
communities before taking actions and or making decisions that
affect them. Consultation is designed to be 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 OSTLTS, leadership of other CDC Centers, Institutes and
Offices 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 advisory
committee meeting with discussions and presentations by various CDC
senior leaders on activities and areas identified by TCAC members
and other 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 Centers,
Institutes and Offices. Opportunities will be provided during the
consultation session for tribal testimony. Tribal Leaders are
encouraged to submit written testimony by close of business on
January 15, 2011, to the contact person listed below.
It may be necessary to limit the time of each presenter due to
the availability of time.
The agenda is subject to change as priorities dictate.
Information on previous TCAC and Tribal Consultation meetings is
available at web link http://www.cdc.gov/ostlts/tribal_public_health/index.html.
Contact Person for More Information: Kimberly Cantrell, Senior
Tribal Liaison for Policy and Evaluation, OSTLTS, CDC, 4770 Buford
Highway, MS E-19, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, telephone (404) 498-0411,
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 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
Dated: December 27, 2010.
Andre Tyler,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2010-33126 Filed 1-3-11; 8:45 am]
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