[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 45 (Friday, March 7, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 10571]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-5818]


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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 24, 1997. 8:30 a.m.-3:30 
p.m., March 25, 1997.
    Place: The Ritz-Carlton, Atlanta (Downtown), 181 Peachtree 
Street, NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30303.
    Status: Closed: 2 p.m.-3 p.m., March 24, 1997, and 8:30-9 a.m., 
March 25, 1997; Open: 3 p.m.-4 p.m., March 24, 1997, and 9 a.m.-3:30 
p.m., March 25, 1997.
    Purpose: This 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 
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 24, 1997. The purpose of this 
closed session is for the Science and Program Review Work Group to 
consider Injury Control Research Center grant applications 
recommended for further consideration by the CDC Injury Research 
Grant Review Committee. On March 25, 1997, 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 Public Law 92-463. Following the closed 
session there will be discussions on future grant program 
announcements, ad hoc committee reports, and updates on further 
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) Safe America: Advancing the 
Initiative; and (3) a report from the Science and Program Review 
Work Group which will include reports on the motor vehicle 
programmatic review and poison control centers.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Contace Person for More Information: Mr. Thomas A. Blakeney, 
Acting Executive Secretary, ACIPC, NCIPC, CDC, 4770 Buford Highway, 
NE, M/S K61, Atlanta, Georgia 30341-3724, telephone 770/488-1481.

    Dated: March 4, 1997.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 97-5818 Filed 3-6-97; 8:45 am]
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