[Federal Register: January 8, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 5)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

 
Advisory Council for the Elimination of Tuberculosis Meeting 
(ACET)

    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:

    Times and Dates:
    8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., March 3, 2009.
    8:30 a.m.-2 p.m., March 4, 2009.
    Place: Corporate Square, Building 8, 1st Floor Conference Room, 
Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone (404) 639-8317.

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    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 comprehensive assessment of available TB laboratory services; 
National Institutes of Health and Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention integrated TB research; aberration detection response 
using genotyping database for outbreaks and other related 
tuberculosis issues. Agenda items are subject to change as 
priorities dictate.
    Contact Person for More Information: Margie Scott-Cseh, 
Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases, Strategic Business 
Unit, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., M/S E-07, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, 
telephone (404) 639-8317. 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 CDC and the Agency for 
Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

    Dated: December 31, 2008.
Elaine L. Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. E9-88 Filed 1-7-09; 8:45 am]

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