[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 40 (Monday, March 2, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10232-10233]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-5387]
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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: 2 p.m.-4 p.m., March 17, 1998; 8:30 a.m.-3:30
p.m., March 18, 1998.
Place: Omni Hotel at CNN Center, 100 CNN Center, Atlanta,
Georgia 30335.
Status: Closed: 2 p.m.-3 p.m., March 17, 1998, and 8:30 a.m.-9
a.m., March 18, 1998; Open: 3 p.m.-4 p.m., March 17, 1998, and 9
a.m.-3:30 p.m., March 18, 1998.
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
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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 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. on March 17, 1998. 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 18, 1998, from 8:30 a.m.
to 9 a.m., the meeting will convene in closed session in order for
the full Committee 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 552(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 and progress on standing Work Group issues. The
Committee will also discuss (1) an update from the Director,
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC); (2)
prevention research; (3) an update on Safe America and Safe America
Handbook of Injury Control; and (4) a report from SPRWG.
Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
Contact Person for More Information: Thomas E. Blakeney,
Executive Secretary, ACIPC, NCIPC, CDC, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, M/S
K61, Atlanta, Georgia 30341-3724, telephone 770/488-1481.
Dated: February 25, 1998.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 98-5387 Filed 2-27-98; 8:45 am]
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