Advocacy Alert: 08/17/2005 

The Department of Health and Human Services Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Advisory Committee will meet in Washington, DC on September 12, 2005. The Federal Register notice announcing the meeting is copied below. Those who wish to provide testimony at the meeting should contact the Executive Secretary, Howard Zucker, at (202) 690-7694.

More information about the CFS Advisory Committee is available on the CFIDS
Association’s website at http://www.cfids.org/advocacy/CFSCC.asp. The Association will take part in the September 12, 2005 meeting and will report on the meeting through its electronic newsletter, CFIDSLink, and its quarterly magazine, the CFIDS Chronicle. You can learn more about these publications and search their archives at http://www.cfids.org/archives/default.asp.

Thanks for your continued interest in CFIDS advocacy.

Warm regards,

Kim McCleary
President & CEO
The CFIDS Association of America

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[Federal Register: August 12, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 155)]
[Notices][Page 47207-47208]

From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr12au05-80]                   

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Meeting of the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Secretary, Office of Public Health and Science.

ACTION:  Notice.

SUMMARY: As stipulated by the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is hereby giving notice that the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Advisory Committee (CFSAC) will hold a meeting. The meeting will be open to the public.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Monday, September 12, 2005 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Department of Health and Human Services; Room 705A Hubert A. Humphrey Building; 200 Independence Avenue, SW.; Washington, DC 20201 [[Page 47208]]

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Howard Zucker, Executive Secretary, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Advisory Committee; Department of Health and Human Services; 200 Independence Avenue , SW., Room 716G; Washington, DC 20201 ; (202) 690-7694.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CFSAC was established on September 5, 2002.The Committee was established to advise, consult with, and make recommendations to the Secretary, through the Assistant Secretary for Health, on a broad range of topics including (1) The current state of knowledge and research about the epidemiology and risk factors relating to chronic fatigue syndrome, and identifying potential opportunities in these areas; (2) current and proposed diagnosis and treatment methods for chronic fatigue syndrome; and (3) development and implementation of programs to inform the public, health care professionals, and the biomedical, academic, and research communities about chronic fatigue syndrome advances.

The agenda for this meeting is being developed. The agenda will be posted on CFSAC Web site, http://www.hhs.gov/advcomcfs, when it is finalized.

Public attendance at the meeting is limited to space available. Individuals must provide a photo ID for entry into the meeting. Individuals who plan to attend and need special assistance, such as sign language interpretation or other reasonable accommodations, should notify the designated contact person. Members of the public will have the opportunity to provide comments at the meeting. Pre-registration is required for public comment by September 6, 2005. Any individual who wishes to participate in the public comment session should call the telephone number listed in the contact information to register. Public comment will be limited to five minutes per speaker. Any members of the public who wish to have printed material distributed to CFSAC members should submit materials to the Executive Secretary, CFSAC, whose contact information is listed above prior to close of business September 7, 2005.

Dated: August 8, 2005.
Howard A. Zucker,
Executive Secretary,
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Advisory Committee.

[FR Doc. 05-16049 Filed 8-11-05; 8:45 am]
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