[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 2 (Tuesday, January 4, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 367]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-33126]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (HHS)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)


Office of State, Tribal, Local and Territorial Support (OSTLTS)

    In accordance with Presidential Executive Order No. 13175, November 
6, 2000, and the Presidential Memorandum of November 5, 2009 and 
September 23, 2004, Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribal 
Governments, CDC, OSTLTS announces the following meeting and Tribal 
Consultation Session:

    Name: Tribal Consultation Advisory Committee (TCAC) Meeting and 
6th Biannual Tribal Consultation Session
    Times and Dates:

8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., February 1-2, 2011 (TCAC Meeting)
8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., February 3, 2011 (6th Biannual Tribal Consultation 
Session)

    Place: CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., Building 21, Atlanta, 
Georgia 30333.
    Status: The TCAC meeting is open to the public. Attendance at 
the Tribal Consultation meeting is by special invitation to the 
American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) Tribal Leaders from across the 
nation. Visitors must be processed in accordance with established 
federal policies and procedures. All visitors are required to 
present a valid form of picture identification issued by a state or 
federal government. The meeting room accommodates approximately 100 
people.
    Purpose: CDC released their Tribal Consultation Policy in 
October of 2005 with the primary purpose of providing guidance 
across the agency to work effectively with AI/AN tribes, 
communities, and organizations to enhance AI/AN access to CDC 
resources and programs. In November of 2006, an Agency Advisory 
Committee (CDC/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry 
Tribal Consultation Advisory Committee--TCAC) was established to 
provide a complementary venue wherein tribal representatives and CDC 
staff have the opportunity to exchange information about public 
health issues in Indian Country, identifying urgent public health 
needs in AI/AN communities, and discuss collaborative approaches to 
these issues and needs. Within the CDC Consultation Policy, it is 
stated that CDC will conduct government-to-government consultation 
with elected tribal officials or their designated representatives 
and also confer with AI/AN organizations and AI/AN urban and rural 
communities before taking actions and or making decisions that 
affect them. Consultation is designed to be an enhanced form of 
communication that emphasizes trust, respect, and shared 
responsibility. It is an open and free exchange of information and 
opinion among parties that leads to mutual understanding and 
comprehension. CDC believes that consultation is integral to a 
deliberative process that results in effective collaboration and 
informed decision making with the ultimate goal of reaching 
consensus on issues. Although formal responsibility for the agency's 
overall government-to-government consultation activities rests 
within the OSTLTS, leadership of other CDC Centers, Institutes and 
Offices shall actively participate in TCAC meetings and HHS-
sponsored regional and national tribal consultation sessions as 
frequently as possible.
    Matters to be Discussed: The TCAC will convene their advisory 
committee meeting with discussions and presentations by various CDC 
senior leaders on activities and areas identified by TCAC members 
and other tribal leaders as priority public health issues. The 
Biannual Tribal Consultation Session will engage CDC Senior 
leadership from the Office of the Director and various CDC Centers, 
Institutes and Offices. Opportunities will be provided during the 
consultation session for tribal testimony. Tribal Leaders are 
encouraged to submit written testimony by close of business on 
January 15, 2011, to the contact person listed below.
    It may be necessary to limit the time of each presenter due to 
the availability of time.
    The agenda is subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Information on previous TCAC and Tribal Consultation meetings is 
available at web link http://www.cdc.gov/ostlts/tribal_public_health/index.html.
    Contact Person for More Information: Kimberly Cantrell, Senior 
Tribal Liaison for Policy and Evaluation, OSTLTS, CDC, 4770 Buford 
Highway, MS E-19, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, telephone (404) 498-0411, 
e-mail: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#216a6d7617614245420f464e57"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="93d8dfc4a5d3f0f7f0bdf4fce5">[email protected]</span></a>.
    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: December 27, 2010.
Andre Tyler,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2010-33126 Filed 1-3-11; 8:45 am]
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