Advisory Committee for Injury Prevention and Control Meeting

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 51 (Wednesday, March 17, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 13224]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-6309]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Advisory Committee for Injury Prevention and Control Meeting

    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 committee meeting.

    Name: Advisory Committee for Injury Prevention and Control 
(ACIPC).
    Times and Dates: 1:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m., March 30, 1999. 8:30 a.m.-
3:30 p.m., March 31, 1999.
    Place: Embassy Suites Atlanta Airport, 4700 Southport Rd, 
College Park, GA 30337-5613.
    Status: Closed: 1:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m., March 30, 1999, and 8:30 
a.m.-9 a.m., March 31, 1999; Open: 2:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m., March 30, 
1999, and 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m., March 31, 1999.
    Purpose: The Committee advises and makes recommendations to the 
Secretary, the Assistant Secretary for Health, and the Director, 
CDC, regarding feasible goals for the prevention and control of 
injury. The Committee makes recommendations regarding policies, 
strategies, objectives, and priorities, and reviews progress toward 
injury prevention and control. The Committee provides advice on the 
appropriate balance and mix of intramural and extramural research, 
including laboratory research, and provides guidance on intramural 
and extramural scientific program matters, both present and future, 
particularly from a long-range viewpoint. The Committee provides 
second-level scientific and programmatic review for applications for 
research grants, cooperative agreements, and training grants related 
to injury control and violence prevention, and recommends approval 
of projects that merit further consideration for funding support. 
The Committee recommends areas of research to be supported by 
contracts and provides concept review of program proposals and 
announcements.
    Matters To Be Discussed: The meeting will convene in closed 
session from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. on March 30, 1999. The purpose 
of this closed session is for the Science and Program Review Work 
Group (SPRWG) to consider Injury Control Research Center grant 
applications recommended for further consideration by the CDC Injury 
Research Grant Review Committee. On March 31, 1999, from 8:30 a.m. 
to 9 a.m., the ACIPC voting members will convene in closed session 
to vote on a funding recommendation. These portions of the meeting 
will be closed to the public in accordance with provisions set forth 
in section 552b(c)(4) and (6) title 5 U.S.C., and the Determination 
of the Associate Director for Management and Operations, CDC, 
pursuant to Pub. L. 92-463.
    Following the SPRWG closed session, there will be a program 
oversight session which will include discussion of upcoming program 
announcements, upcoming requests for proposals, the grant review 
process, and progress on standing Work Group issues. The Committee 
will discuss (1) an update from the Director, National Center for 
Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC); (2) a presentation on 
unintentional injury prevention; and reports from (3) SPRWG and (4) 
ACIPC's Subcommittee on Family and Intimate Violence Prevention.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    For Further Information Contact: Mr. Thomas E. Blakeney, 
Executive Secretary, ACIPC, NCIPC, CDC, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, M/S 
K61, Atlanta, GA 30341-3724. Telephone 770/488-1481.
    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.
John Burckhardt,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 99-6309 Filed 3-16-99; 8:45 am]
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