81 FR 80665 - Advisory Council for the Elimination of Tuberculosis Meeting (ACET)

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 221 (November 16, 2016)

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 221 (Wednesday, November 16, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 80665]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-27492]


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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.-5:00 p.m., EST, December 12, 2016; 8:30 
a.m.-12:00 p.m., EST, December 13, 2016.
    Place: Corporate Square, Building 8, 1st Floor Conference Room, 
Atlanta, Georgia 30329, telephone (404) 639-8317.
    This meeting is also accessible by Webinar:
December 12, 2016
    For Participants:
URL: https://www.mymeetings.com/nc/join/
Conference number: PW1642870
Audience passcode: 4727233
Participants can join the event directly at: https://www.mymeetings.com/nc/join.php?i=PW1642870&p=4727233&t=c
USA Toll-free +1 (877) 951-7311, Participant code: 4727233
December 13, 2016
    For Participants:

URL: https://www.mymeetings.com/nc/join/
Conference number: PW1642897
Audience passcode: 4727233
Participants can join the event directly at: https://www.mymeetings.com/nc/join.php?i=PW1642897&p=4727233&t=c
USA Toll-free +1 (877) 951-7311, Participant code: 4727233

    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 100 people. Persons who 
desire to make an oral statement, may request it at the time of the 
public comment period on December 13, 2016 at 11:40 a.m., (EDT). Public 
participation and ability to comment will be limited to space and time 
as it permits.
    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 for Discussion: Agenda items include the following topics: 
(1) Recently Published Data on TB in Jails and Prisons in the United 
States; (2) Expanded Latent TB Infection (LTBI) Testing and Treatment 
Plans (Massachusetts Demonstration Project); (3) Update on the National 
Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention Economic 
Modeling Agreement (NEEMA) TB Projects; (4) Updates from Workgroups; 
and (5) other tuberculosis-related issues. Agenda items are subject to 
change as priorities dictate.
    Contact Person for More Information: Margie Scott-Cseh, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention, 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 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Agency 
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

Elaine L. Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office,Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2016-27492 Filed 11-15-16; 8:45 am]
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