[Federal Register: June 5, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 108)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

 
National Advisory Committee on Children and Terrorism: Conference 
Call 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 Federal advisory committee 
conference call meeting.

    Name: National Advisory Committee on Children and Terrorism 
(NACCT).
    Time and Date: 10:30 a.m.--11:30 p.m., June 5, 2003.
    Place: The conference call will originate at the Office of 
Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response (OTPER), in Atlanta, 
Georgia. Please see ``Supplementary Information'' for details on 
accessing the conference call.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the availability of 
telephone ports.
    Purpose: The committee is charged with advising the Secretary, 
Health and Human Services, on (a) the preparedness of the health 
care system to respond to bioterrorism as it relates to children; 
(b) needed changes to the health care and emergency medical service 
systems and emergency medical services protocols to meet the special 
needs of children; and (c) changes, if necessary, to the National 
Strategic Stockpile under section 121 of the Public Health Security 
and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 to meet the 
emergency health security of children.
    Matters to be Discussed: The National Advisory Committee on 
Children and Terrorism will convene by conference call to discuss 
the draft report to the Secretary.
    Due to programmatic issues that had to be resolved, the Federal 
Register notice is being published less than fifteen days before the 
meeting.
    Supplementary Information: This conference call is scheduled to 
begin at 10:30 a.m., Eastern Standard Time. To participate in the 
conference call, please dial 1-888-455-9652 and enter conference 
code 25687. Leader name: Dr. Victor Balaban. You will then be 
automatically connected to the call.
    Contact Person for More Information: Victor Balaban, Office of 
Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response, CDC, 1600 Clifton 
Road, NE, (D-44), Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone 404/639-7428, 
fax 404/639-7977. 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 CDC and the Agency for Toxic 
Substances and Disease Registry.

    Dated: June 2, 2003.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 03-14260 Filed 6-3-03; 11:56 am]

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