# National Task Force on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effect: 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 meeting.
*Name:* National Task Force on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effect (NTFFASFAE).
*Times and Dates:* 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., December 10, 2001; 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m., December 11, 2001.
*Place:* Loews L'Enfant Plaza Hotel, 480 L'Enfant Plaza, SW., Washington, DC 20024-2197, telephone 202/484-1000, fax 202/646-4456.
*Status:* Open to the public, limited only by the space available. The meeting room accommodates approximately 65 people.
*Purpose:* The Secretary is authorized by the Public Health Service Act, section 399G, (42 U.S.C. section 280f, as added by Public Law 105-392) to establish a National Task Force on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effect to: (1) Foster coordination among all governmental agencies, academic bodies and community groups that conduct or support Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) and Fetal Alcohol Effect (FAE) research, programs and surveillance; and (2) to otherwise meet the general needs of populations actually or potentially impacted by FAS and FAE.
*Matters to be Discussed:* The Task Force will convene to discuss updates presented by CDC and other Federal agencies regarding new activities in FAS and FAE. Additional agenda items include: a joint session with the Interagency Coordinating Committee on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, HHS; working group updates; discussion of future topics, and scheduling the next meeting.
Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
Due to programmatic issues that had to be resolved, the *Federal Register* notice is being published less than fifteen days before the date of the meeting.
*Contact Person for More Information:* R. Louise Floyd, DSN, RN, Executive Secretary, NTFFASFAE, National Center for Environmental Health, CDC, 4700 Buford Highway, NE., (F-49), Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone 770/488-7372, fax: 770/488-7361.
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 CDC and ATSDR.
Dated: November 28, 2001.
John Burckhardt,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.