Board of Scientific Counselors, Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response, (BSC, OPHPR), 2158-2159 [2018-00540]

Download as PDF 2158 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 10 / Tuesday, January 16, 2018 / Notices daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES manufacturers have in place the capital equipment necessary to comply with the Rule’s labeling requirements. Based on knowledge of the industry, staff believes that much of the information required by the Rule would be included on the product label even absent those requirements. Request for Comments You can file a comment online or on paper. March 19, 2018. Write ‘‘Care Labeling Rule: FTC File No. P072108’’ on your comment. Your comment— including your name and your state— will be placed on the public record of this proceeding, including, to the extent practicable, on the public Commission website, at https://www.ftc.gov/policy/ public-comments. Postal mail addressed to the Commission is subject to delay due to heightened security screening. As a result, we encourage you to submit your comments online. 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You can find more information, including routine uses permitted by the Privacy Act, in the Commission’s privacy policy, at https://www.ftc.gov/site-information/ privacy-policy. of 2009 (CHIPRA) established the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) to review Medicaid and CHIP access and payment policies and to advise Congress on issues affecting Medicaid and CHIP. CHIPRA gave the Comptroller General of the United States responsibility for appointing MACPAC’s members. GAO is now accepting nominations for MACPAC appointments that will be effective May 1, 2018. Letters of nomination and resumes should be submitted no later than February 5, 2018 to ensure adequate opportunity for review and consideration of nominees prior to the appointment of new members. Nominations should be sent to the email or mailing address listed below. Acknowledgement of submissions will be provided within a week of submission. 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AGENCY: The Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act SUMMARY: Frm 00028 Fmt 4703 [FR Doc. 2018–00117 Filed 1–12–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 1610–02–M DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). ACTION: Notice of meeting. AGENCY: BILLING CODE 6750–01–P PO 00000 Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller General of the United States. Sfmt 4703 In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the CDC announces the following meeting for the Board of Scientific Counselors, Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response, (BSC, OPHPR). This meeting is open to the public. The public is welcome to listen to the meeting via Adobe Connect. Preregistration is required by clicking the links below. WEB ID: (100 seats) https:// SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\16JAN1.SGM 16JAN1 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 10 / Tuesday, January 16, 2018 / Notices adobeconnect.cdc.gov/e9qxcduyr42/ event/registration.html; Dial in number: 866–817–6648; Participant code: 48225449 (100 seats). The meeting will be held on February 13, 2018, 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., EST. DATES: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Global Communications Center, Building 21, Room 6116, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30329. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dometa Ouisley, Office of Science and Public Health Practice, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Mailstop D–44, Atlanta, Georgia 30329, Telephone: (404) 639–7450; Facsimile: (404) 471– 8772; Email: OPHPR.BSC.Questions@ cdc.gov. daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Purpose: This Board is charged with providing advice and guidance to the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Assistant Secretary for Health (ASH), the Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Director, Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response (OPHPR), concerning strategies and goals for the programs and research within OPHPR, monitoring the overall strategic direction and focus of the OPHPR Divisions and Offices, and administration and oversight of peer review for OPHPR scientific programs. For additional information about the Board, please visit: https:// www.cdc.gov/phpr/science/ counselors.htm. Matters to be Considered: The agenda will include briefings and BSC deliberation on the following topics: interval updates from OPHPR Divisions and Offices, including responses to issues raised by the Board during the October 2017 in-person BSC, OPHPR meeting; updates from the Biological Agent Containment working group; and proposed agenda items for the May 9–10, 2018, in-person BSC meeting. Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate. 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 22:48 Jan 12, 2018 Jkt 244001 Elaine L. Baker, Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [FR Doc. 2018–00540 Filed 1–12–18; 8:45 am] ADDRESSES: VerDate Sep<11>2014 Prevention and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. BILLING CODE 4163–19–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (ABRWH or the Advisory Board), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). ACTION: Notice of meeting. AGENCY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act), the CDC, announces the following meeting of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (ABRWH). This meeting is open to the public, but without a public comment period. The public is welcome to submit written comments in advance of the meeting to the contact person below. Written comments received in advance of the meeting will be included in the official record of the meeting. The public is also welcome to listen to the meeting by joining the teleconference at the USA toll-free, dialin number at 1–866–659–0537; the pass code is 9933701. The conference line has 150 ports for callers. DATES: The meeting will be held on February 21, 2018, 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. EST. ADDRESSES: Audio Conference Call via FTS Conferencing. The USA toll-free dial-in number is 1–866–659–0537; the pass code is 9933701. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Theodore Katz, MPA, Designated Federal Officer, NIOSH, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, Mailstop E–20, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, Telephone (513)533– 6800, Toll Free 1(800)CDC–INFO, Email ocas@cdc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background: The Advisory Board was established under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to advise the President on a variety of policy and technical functions required to implement and effectively manage the new compensation program. Key SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 9990 2159 functions of the Advisory Board include providing advice on the development of probability of causation guidelines which have been promulgated by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as a final rule, advice on methods of dose reconstruction which have also been promulgated by HHS as a final rule, advice on the scientific validity and quality of dose estimation and reconstruction efforts being performed for purposes of the compensation program, and advice on petitions to add classes of workers to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC). In December 2000, the President delegated responsibility for funding, staffing, and operating the Advisory Board to HHS, which subsequently delegated this authority to the CDC. NIOSH implements this responsibility for CDC. The charter was issued on August 3, 2001, renewed at appropriate intervals, rechartered on March 22, 2016, pursuant to Executive Order 13708, and will expire on March 22, 2018. Purpose: This Advisory Board is charged with (a) providing advice to the Secretary, HHS, on the development of guidelines under Executive Order 13179; (b) providing advice to the Secretary, HHS, on the scientific validity and quality of dose reconstruction efforts performed for this program; and (c) upon request by the Secretary, HHS, advising the Secretary on whether there is a class of employees at any Department of Energy facility who were exposed to radiation but for whom it is not feasible to estimate their radiation dose, and on whether there is reasonable likelihood that such radiation doses may have endangered the health of members of this class. Matters to be Considered: The agenda will include discussions on: Work Group and Subcommittee Reports; Update on the Status of SEC Petitions; Plans for the April 2018 Advisory Board Meeting; and Advisory Board Correspondence. Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate. 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. 2018–00541 Filed 1–12–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4163–19–P E:\FR\FM\16JAN1.SGM 16JAN1

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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 10 (Tuesday, January 16, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2158-2159]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-00540]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Board of Scientific Counselors, Office of Public Health 
Preparedness and Response, (BSC, OPHPR)

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the CDC 
announces the following meeting for the Board of Scientific Counselors, 
Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response, (BSC, OPHPR). This 
meeting is open to the public. The public is welcome to listen to the 
meeting via Adobe Connect. Pre-registration is required by clicking the 
links below. WEB ID: (100 seats) https://

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adobeconnect.cdc.gov/e9qxcduyr42/event/registration.html; Dial in 
number: 866-817-6648; Participant code: 48225449 (100 seats).

DATES: The meeting will be held on February 13, 2018, 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 
p.m., EST.

ADDRESSES: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Global 
Communications Center, Building 21, Room 6116, 1600 Clifton Road NE, 
Atlanta, Georgia 30329.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dometa Ouisley, Office of Science and 
Public Health Practice, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 
1600 Clifton Road NE, Mailstop D-44, Atlanta, Georgia 30329, Telephone: 
(404) 639-7450; Facsimile: (404) 471-8772; Email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Purpose: This Board is charged with providing advice and guidance 
to the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the 
Assistant Secretary for Health (ASH), the Director, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Director, Office of Public Health 
Preparedness and Response (OPHPR), concerning strategies and goals for 
the programs and research within OPHPR, monitoring the overall 
strategic direction and focus of the OPHPR Divisions and Offices, and 
administration and oversight of peer review for OPHPR scientific 
programs. For additional information about the Board, please visit: 
https://www.cdc.gov/phpr/science/counselors.htm.
    Matters to be Considered: The agenda will include briefings and BSC 
deliberation on the following topics: interval updates from OPHPR 
Divisions and Offices, including responses to issues raised by the 
Board during the October 2017 in-person BSC, OPHPR meeting; updates 
from the Biological Agent Containment working group; and proposed 
agenda items for the May 9-10, 2018, in-person BSC meeting. Agenda 
items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    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. 2018-00540 Filed 1-12-18; 8:45 am]
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