Board of Scientific Counselors, Office of Infectious Diseases (BSC, OID)

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Federal RegisterDec 20, 2016
81 Fed. Reg. 92820 (Dec. 20, 2016)

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 meeting of the aforementioned committee:

Time and Date: 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m., EST, January 23, 2017.

Place: Teleconference.

Status: The meeting is open to the public; the toll free dial in number is 1-877-951-7311 with a pass code of 4530516.

Purpose: The BSC, OID, provides advice and guidance to the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services; the Director, CDC; the Director, OID; and the Directors of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, and the National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, CDC, in the following areas: Strategies, goals, and priorities for programs; research within the national centers; and overall strategic direction and focus of OID and the national centers.

Matters for Discussion: Topics to be discussed during the teleconference include (1) discussion and vote on the Food Safety Modernization Act Surveillance Working Group Annual Report to the Secretary of Health and Human Services and (2) a report back from a recent external review of CDC's advanced molecular detection activities.

The agenda and any supplemental material will be available at www.cdc.gov/oid/BSC/meetingschedule.html after January 16.

Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.

Contact Person for More Information: Robin Moseley, M.A.T., Designated Federal Officer, OID, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road NE., Mailstop D10, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, Telephone: (404) 639-4461.

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.

Catherine Ramadei,

Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

[FR Doc. 2016-30523 Filed 12-19-16; 8:45 am]

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