80_FR_22343 80 FR 22267 - Advisory Committee on the Readjustment of Veterans; Notice of Meeting

80 FR 22267 - Advisory Committee on the Readjustment of Veterans; Notice of Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 76 (April 21, 2015)

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FR Document2015-09183

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 76 (Tuesday, April 21, 2015)
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 76 (Tuesday, April 21, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22267-22268]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-09183]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Advisory Committee on the Readjustment of Veterans; Notice of 
Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under Public 
Law 92-463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) that a meeting of the 
Advisory Committee on the Readjustment of Veterans will be held 
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, May 6-8, 2015. The meeting on Wednesday 
and Friday will be conducted at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) 
Central Office, 810 Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20420, in Room 
630. The agenda for these two days will begin at 8 a.m. and end at 4:30 
p.m. The meeting on both days is open to the public.
    The meeting on Thursday will be conducted at two VA Vet Centers 
located in Silver Spring and Baltimore, MD. The latter meetings will 
include interviews with Veteran consumers and will be closed to the 
public.
    The purpose of the Committee is to review the post-war readjustment 
needs of combat Veterans and to evaluate the availability and 
effectiveness of VA programs to meet Veterans' needs.
    On May 6, the Committee will be briefed on current directions and 
priorities for serving the Nation's war Veterans. The Committee will 
also be briefed by the Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Health on 
new directions of care in Veterans Health Administration (VHA) and the 
coordination of VA healthcare with readjustment counseling.
    The May 6 agenda will also include briefings on the current 
activities of the Readjustment Counseling Service (RCS) Vet Center 
program to include the full scope of outreach and readjustment 
counseling services provided to combat Veterans and families. The 
briefing will focus on the coordination of Vet Center services with VHA 
health care, mental health, and social work services. The Committee 
will also receive briefings from VHA mental health program officials 
focusing on the key role of mental health services for the 
psychological, social, and economic readjustment of combat Veterans.
    On May 7, Committee members will conduct onsite visits at two Vet 
Centers to meet with groups of Veteran consumers and with VHA service 
providers from the Vet Centers and the support VA medical facilities.
    On May 8 the Committee will receive briefings from additional VHA 
program officials representing key programs of specific value for the 
post-war readjustment of Veterans and family

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members. The agenda for May 8 will conclude with a Committee strategic 
planning session for developing the observations and conclusions for 
the annual Committee Report.
    No time will be allocated at this meeting for receiving oral 
presentations from the public. However, members of the public may 
direct written questions or submit prepared statements for review by 
the Committee before the meeting to Mr. Charles M. Flora, M.S.W., 
Designated Federal Officer, Readjustment Counseling Service, Department 
of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20420. 
Because the meeting will be in a Government building, please provide 
valid photo identification for check-in. Please allow 15 minutes before 
the meeting for the check-in process. If you plan to attend or have 
questions concerning the meeting, please contact Mr. Flora at (202) 
461-6525 or by email at charles.flora@va.gov.

     Dated: April 16, 2015.
Rebecca Schiller,
Advisory Committee Management Office.
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                                                                                                  Subcommittee                                                                           Date                             Location

                                              Special Emphasis on Genomics ..............................................................................                       June   4, 2015 ..........   Westin Crystal City.
                                              Gulf War Research ..................................................................................................              June   4, 2015 ..........   *VA Central Office.
                                              Clinical Trials-B ........................................................................................................        June   5, 2015 ..........   *VA Central Office.
                                              Neurobiology-E .........................................................................................................          June   5, 2015 ..........   Hampton Inn.
                                              Oncology-A ...............................................................................................................        June   5, 2015 ..........   *VA Central Office (10:00 a.m. ET).
                                              Clinical Trials-A ........................................................................................................        June   9, 2015 ..........   Hampton Inn.
                                              Gastroenterology ......................................................................................................           June   9, 2015 ..........   Westin Crystal City.
                                              Neurobiology-B .........................................................................................................          June   9, 2015 ..........   Westin Crystal City.
                                              Immunology-A ..........................................................................................................           June   10, 2015 ........    American Association of Airport Execu-
                                                                                                                                                                                                              tives.
                                              Special Emphasis on Million Veteran Program Projects .........................................                                    June 10, 2015 ........      Hampton Inn.
                                              Cardiovascular Studies-B .........................................................................................                June 11, 2015 ........      Crowne Plaza Old Town Alexandria.
                                              Hematology ..............................................................................................................         June 11, 2015 ........      *VA Central Office.
                                              JBL/CS SMRB ..........................................................................................................            June 16, 2015 ........      *VA Central Office (3:00 p.m. ET).
                                              Eligibility ...................................................................................................................   July 20, 2015 .........     Hampton Inn.
                                                 The addresses of the meeting sites are:
                                                 American Association of Airport Executives, 601 Madison Street, 3rd Floor, Alexandria, VA.
                                                 Crowne Plaza Old Town Alexandria, 901 N. Fairfax Street, Alexandria, VA.
                                                 Hampton Inn, 1729 H Street NW., Washington, DC.
                                                 US Access Board, 1331 F Street NW., Suite 800, Washington, DC.
                                                 Westin Crystal City, 1800 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA.
                                                 VA Central Office, 1100 First Street NE., 6th Floor, Washington, DC.
                                                 *Teleconference.


                                                 The purpose of the subcommittees is                                        Those who would like to obtain a                                      interviews with Veteran consumers and
                                              to provide advice on the scientific                                         copy of the minutes from the closed                                     will be closed to the public.
                                              quality, budget, safety and mission                                         subcommittee meetings and rosters of                                       The purpose of the Committee is to
                                              relevance of investigator-initiated                                         the subcommittee members should                                         review the post-war readjustment needs
                                              research proposals submitted for VA                                         contact Alex Chiu, Ph.D., Manager,                                      of combat Veterans and to evaluate the
                                              merit review evaluation. Proposals                                          Merit Review Program (10P9B),                                           availability and effectiveness of VA
                                              submitted for review include numerous                                       Department of Veterans Affairs, 810                                     programs to meet Veterans’ needs.
                                              medical specialties within the general                                      Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC                                         On May 6, the Committee will be
                                              areas of biomedical, behavioral and                                         20420, at (202) 443–5672 or email at                                    briefed on current directions and
                                              clinical science research.                                                  alex.chiu@va.gov.                                                       priorities for serving the Nation’s war
                                                                                                                                                                                                  Veterans. The Committee will also be
                                                 The subcommittee meetings will be                                          Dated: April 16, 2015.
                                                                                                                                                                                                  briefed by the Principal Deputy Under
                                              closed to the public for the review,                                        Rebecca Schiller,
                                                                                                                                                                                                  Secretary for Health on new directions
                                              discussion, and evaluation of initial and                                   Advisory Committee Management Officer.                                  of care in Veterans Health
                                              renewal research proposals. However,                                        [FR Doc. 2015–09186 Filed 4–20–15; 8:45 am]                             Administration (VHA) and the
                                              the JBL/CS SMRB teleconference
                                                                                                                          BILLING CODE P                                                          coordination of VA healthcare with
                                              meeting will be open to the public.
                                                                                                                                                                                                  readjustment counseling.
                                              Members of the public who wish to                                                                                                                      The May 6 agenda will also include
                                              attend the open JBL/CS SMRB                                                 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS                                                  briefings on the current activities of the
                                              teleconference may dial 1–800–767–                                          AFFAIRS                                                                 Readjustment Counseling Service (RCS)
                                              1750, participant code 95562. Members                                                                                                               Vet Center program to include the full
                                              of the public who wish to make a                                            Advisory Committee on the                                               scope of outreach and readjustment
                                              statement at the JBL/CS SMRB meeting                                        Readjustment of Veterans; Notice of                                     counseling services provided to combat
                                              must notify Dr. Alex Chiu via email at                                      Meeting                                                                 Veterans and families. The briefing will
                                              alex.chiu@va.gov by June 9, 2015.                                                                                                                   focus on the coordination of Vet Center
                                                 The closed subcommittee meetings                                           The Department of Veterans Affairs                                    services with VHA health care, mental
                                              involve discussion, examination, and                                        (VA) gives notice under Public Law 92–                                  health, and social work services. The
                                              reference to staff and consultant                                           463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act)                                    Committee will also receive briefings
                                              critiques of research proposals.                                            that a meeting of the Advisory                                          from VHA mental health program
                                              Discussions will deal with scientific                                       Committee on the Readjustment of                                        officials focusing on the key role of
                                              merit of each proposal and                                                  Veterans will be held Wednesday,                                        mental health services for the
                                              qualifications of personnel conducting                                      Thursday and Friday, May 6–8, 2015.                                     psychological, social, and economic
                                              the studies, the disclosure of which                                        The meeting on Wednesday and Friday                                     readjustment of combat Veterans.
                                              would constitute a clearly unwarranted                                      will be conducted at the Department of                                     On May 7, Committee members will
                                              invasion of personal privacy.                                               Veterans Affairs (VA) Central Office,                                   conduct onsite visits at two Vet Centers
                                              Additionally, premature disclosure of                                       810 Vermont Avenue NW., Washington,                                     to meet with groups of Veteran
                                              research information could significantly                                    DC 20420, in Room 630. The agenda for                                   consumers and with VHA service
                                                                                                                          these two days will begin at 8 a.m. and
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                                              frustrate implementation of proposed                                                                                                                providers from the Vet Centers and the
                                              agency action regarding the research                                        end at 4:30 p.m. The meeting on both                                    support VA medical facilities.
                                              proposals. As provided by subsection                                        days is open to the public.                                                On May 8 the Committee will receive
                                              10(d) of Public Law 92–463, as amended                                        The meeting on Thursday will be                                       briefings from additional VHA program
                                              by Public Law 94–409, closing the                                           conducted at two VA Vet Centers                                         officials representing key programs of
                                              subcommittee meetings is in accordance                                      located in Silver Spring and Baltimore,                                 specific value for the post-war
                                              with Title 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6) and (9)(B).                                  MD. The latter meetings will include                                    readjustment of Veterans and family


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                                              members. The agenda for May 8 will                      review by the Committee before the                    meeting for the check-in process. If you
                                              conclude with a Committee strategic                     meeting to Mr. Charles M. Flora,                      plan to attend or have questions
                                              planning session for developing the                     M.S.W., Designated Federal Officer,                   concerning the meeting, please contact
                                              observations and conclusions for the                    Readjustment Counseling Service,                      Mr. Flora at (202) 461–6525 or by email
                                              annual Committee Report.                                Department of Veterans Affairs, 810                   at charles.flora@va.gov.
                                                 No time will be allocated at this                    Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC                      Dated: April 16, 2015.
                                              meeting for receiving oral presentations                20420. Because the meeting will be in                 Rebecca Schiller,
                                              from the public. However, members of                    a Government building, please provide                 Advisory Committee Management Office.
                                              the public may direct written questions                 valid photo identification for check-in.              [FR Doc. 2015–09183 Filed 4–20–15; 8:45 am]
                                              or submit prepared statements for                       Please allow 15 minutes before the                    BILLING CODE 8320–01–P
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FR Citation80 FR 22267 

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