2011-26589. Board of Scientific Counselors, Office of Infectious Diseases (BSC, OID)

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: 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., November 9, 2011.

Place: CDC, Global Communications Center, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., Building 19, Auditorium B3, Atlanta, Georgia 30333.

Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available.

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 To Be Discussed: The meeting will include brief updates from OID and the three infectious disease national centers, a report from the OID/BSC Food Safety Modernization Act working group, and presentation of the recently released strategic framework for CDC's infectious disease programs. The main topic of the meeting will include a focused discussion, with breakout groups, on the changing roles and responsibilities for public health infectious disease laboratories and the challenges and opportunities related to new diagnostics, other technologic advances, and a changing economic environment.

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: [phone].

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.

Dated: October 6, 2011.

Catherine Ramadei,

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