2013-25428. Advisory Committee to the Director (ACD), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-Health Disparities Subcommittee (HDS)

Notice of Cancellatiion: This notice was published in the Federal Register on October 22, 2013, Volume 78, Number 204, page 62635. The meeting previously scheduled to convene on October 28, 2013 has been cancelled.

Contact Person for More Information: Leandris Liburd, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.A., Designated Federal Officer, Health Disparities Subcommittee, Advisory Committee to the Director, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., M/S K-77, Atlanta, GA 30333; Telephone [phone], Email: [e-mail].

This notice is published less than the required 15 days prior to the start of the announced meeting, in accordance with Section 102-3.150(b) of the GSA Final Rule (2001) that allows for exceptions to the meeting notification time requirement. Section 102-3.150(b) states the following: “In exceptional circumstances, the agency or an independent Presidential advisory committee may give less than 15 calendar days' notice, provided that the reasons for doing so are included in the advisory committee meeting notice published in the Federal Register.”

In this case, the agency is giving less than 15 days' notice due to the recent furlough status of United States Federal Government, including the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, from October 1-16, 2013.

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.