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.
Name: Advisory Council for the Elimination of Tuberculosis (ACET).
Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., February 4, 2004, 8:30 a.m.-12 p.m., February 5, 2004.
Place: Corporate Square, Corporate Square Boulevard, Building 8, 1st Floor Conference Room, Atlanta, Georgia 30333. Telephone (404) 639-8008.
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 the Federal TB Task Force Plan; laboratory capacity to support TB elimination; Strategic Plan for TB Training and other TB related topics.
Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Paulette Ford-Knights, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, M/S E-07, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone 404/639-8008.
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.
Dated: January 12, 2004.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 04-961 Filed 1-15-04; 8:45 am]
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