Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 31 / Thursday, February 14, 2008 / Notices 8699 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, February 11, 2008. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. E8–2766 Filed 2–13–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S 

GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY 

OFFICE 

Advisory Council on Government 

Auditing Standards; Notice of Meeting 

The Advisory Council on Government 

Auditing Standards will meet Monday, 

February 25, 2008, from 8:30 a.m. to 

4:30 p.m., in room 7C13 of the 

Government Accountability Office 

building, 441 G Street, NW., 

Washington, DC. 

The Advisory Council on Government 

Auditing Standards will hold a meeting 

to discuss issues associated with the 

independence standard and other issues 

identified by the Council. The meeting 

is open to the public. Members of the 

public will be provided an opportunity 

to address the Council with a brief (five 

minute) presentation in the afternoon. 

Any interested person who plans to 

attend the meeting as an observer must 

contact Jennifer Allison, Council 

Administrator, 202–512–3423. A form of 

picture identification must be presented 

to the GAO Security Desk on the day of 

the meeting to obtain access to the GAO 

building. For further information, please 

contact Ms. Allison. Please check the 

Government Auditing Standards Web 

page (http://www.gao.gov/govaud/ 

ybk01.htm) one week prior to the 

meeting for a final agenda. 

[Pub. L. 67–13, 42 Stat. 20 (June 10, 1921)] 

Dated: February 6, 2008. 

Paula M. Rascona, 

Director, Financial Management and 

Assurance. 

[FR Doc. 08–641 Filed 2–13–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 1610–02–M 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Public Meeting of the President’s 

Council on Bioethics 

AGENCY: Department of Health and 

Human Services, Office of Public Health 

and Science, The President’s Council on 

Bioethics. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The President’s Council on 

Bioethics (Edmund D. Pellegrino, MD, 

Chairman) will hold its thirty-second 

meeting, at which it will discuss and 

hear presentations on (1) newborn 

screening and (2) the problems of cost, 

access, and quality in American health 

care. The Council will also unveil its 

most recent publication, Human Dignity 

and Bioethics: Essays Commissioned by 

the President’s Council on Bioethics. 

Subjects discussed at past Council 

meetings (although not on the agenda 

for the March 2008 meeting) include: 

therapeutic and reproductive cloning, 

assisted reproduction, reproductive 

genetics, neuroscience, aging 

retardation, organ transplantation, 

personalized medicine, and lifespanextension. Publications issued by the 

Council to date include: Human Cloning 

and Human Dignity: An Ethical Inquiry 

(July 2002); Beyond Therapy: 

Biotechnology and the Pursuit of 

Happiness (October 2003); Being 

Human: Readings from the President’s 

Council on Bioethics (December 2003); 

Monitoring Stem Cell Research (January 

2004), Reproduction and Responsibility: 

The Regulation of New Biotechnologies 

(March 2004), Alternative Sources of 

Human Pluripotent Stem Cells: A White 

Paper (May 2005), Taking Care: Ethical 

Caregiving in Our Aging Society 

(September 2005), and Human Dignity 

and Bioethics: Essays Commissioned by 

the President’s Council on Bioethics 

(March 2008). Reports on (a) 

controversies in the determination of 

death, and (b) organ procurement, 

transplantation, and allocation are 

forthcoming. 

DATES: The meeting will take place 

Thursday, March 6, 2008, from 9 a.m. to 

5 p.m., ET; and Friday, March 7, 2008, 

from 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon, ET. 

ADDRESSES: Hotel Palomar Arlington, 

1121 North 19th Street, Arlington, VA 

22209. Phone 703–351–9170. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Diane M. Gianelli, Director of 

Communications, The President’s 

Council on Bioethics, 1425 New York 

Avenue, NW., Suite C100, Washington, 

DC 20005. Telephone: 202/296–4669. Email: info@bioethics.gov. Web site: 

http://www.bioethics.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meeting agenda will be posted at 

http://www.bioethics.gov. The Council 

encourages public input, either in 

person or in writing. At this meeting, 

interested members of the public may 

address the Council, beginning at 11:45 

am, on Friday, March 7. Comments are 

limited to no more than five minutes per 

speaker or organization. As a courtesy, 

please inform Ms. Diane M. Gianelli, 

Director of Communications, in advance 

of your intention to make a public 

statement, and give your name and 

affiliation. To submit a written 

statement, mail or e-mail it to Ms. 

Gianelli at one of her contact addresses 

given above. 

Dated: February 1, 2008. 

F. Daniel Davis, 

Executive Director, The President’s Council 

on Bioethics. 

[FR Doc. E8–2779 Filed 2–13–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4154–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

Advisory Council for the Elimination of 

Tuberculosis (ACET) 

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: 

Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m., March 

26, 2008; 8:30 a.m.–2 p.m., March 27, 2008. 

Place: Corporate Square, Building 8, 1st 

Floor Conference Room, Atlanta, Georgia 

30333, Telephone: (404) 639–8317. 

Status: Open to the public, limited only by 

the space available. The meeting room 

accommodates approximately 100 people. 

Purpose: This council advises and makes 

recommendations to the Secretary of Health 

and Human Services, the Assistant Secretary 

for Health, and the Director, CDC, regarding 

the elimination of tuberculosis. Specifically, 

the Council makes recommendations 

regarding policies, strategies, objectives, and 

priorities; addresses the development and 

application of new technologies; and reviews 

the extent to which progress has been made 

toward eliminating tuberculosis. 

Matters To Be Discussed: Agenda items 

include issues pertaining to Lessons Learned: 

Potential for Transmission of Tuberculosis 

during Air Travel; Tuberculosis as a Cause of 

Death; and Update on Nucleic Acid 

Amplification Testing and Second Line Drug 

Susceptibility Guidelines and other related 

tuberculosis issues. Agenda items are subject 

to change as priorities dictate. 

Contact Person for More Information: 

Margie Scott-Cseh, Coordinating Center for 

Infectious Diseases, Strategic Business Unit, 

1600 Clifton Road, NE., M/S E–07, Atlanta, 

Georgia 30333, Telephone: (404) 639–8317. 

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. 


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