80 FR 51655 - Advisory Committee on Women Veterans, Notice of Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 164 (August 25, 2015)

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 164 (Tuesday, August 25, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 51655]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-20952]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Advisory Committee on Women Veterans, Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2, that the Advisory 
Committee on Women Veterans will conduct a site visit on September 21-
24, 2015, in Washington, DC. Meetings are open to the public, except 
when the Committee is off site for facility tours. Sessions at the 
Washington DC VA Medical Center and Walter Reed National Military 
Medical Center will be closed, to protect patient privacy during tours 
of medical facilities. Closing portions of the sessions are in 
accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6). Briefings at VA Central Office 
will be open to the public. The site visit will also include a town 
hall meeting.
    The purpose of the Committee is to advise the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs regarding the needs of women Veterans with respect to health 
care, rehabilitation, compensation, outreach, and other programs and 
activities administered by VA designed to meet such needs. The 
Committee makes recommendations to the Secretary regarding such 
programs and activities.
    On September 21, the Committee will convene an open session at VA 
Central Office, room 930, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The agenda will 
include a status review of recommendations from the Committee's 2010, 
2012, 2014 reports; an overview of VA initiatives, and a working 
session for the Committee to develop its response to a Congressionally-
mandated study.
    On the morning of September 22, the Committee will convene a closed 
session from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., as it visits the Washington DC VA 
Medical Center, 50 Irving Street NW., Washington, DC 20422. The 
Committee will reconvene an open session in the afternoon, as it 
conducts a town hall meeting with the women Veterans community and 
other stakeholders at the Women's Memorial, located at the ceremonial 
entrance to Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, VA. The town 
hall meeting will take place from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
    On September 23, the Committee will convene an open session at VA 
Central Office, in the G.V. Sonny Montgomery Conference Center, room 
230, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Briefings will include an update on 
VA's National Women Veterans Campaign, various women health issues, 
education and employment initiatives; an update briefing on the 2014 
Report of the Advisory Committee on Women Veterans; and continuation of 
the Committee's working session.
    On the morning of September 24, the Committee will convene a closed 
session, 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. as it visits Walter Reed National 
Military Medical Center, 8901 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20889. In 
the afternoon, the Committee will reconvene an open session at VA 
Central Office, in the G.V. Sonny Montgomery Conference Center, room 
230 from 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., to conduct a brief after action 
discussion.
    Members of the public may submit a written statement for the 
Committee's review to [email protected], or by fax at (202) 273-7092. Any 
member of the public wishing to attend, appear before, or seeking 
additional information should contact Shannon L. Middleton at (202) 
461-6193.

    Dated: August 20, 2015.
Jelessa M. Burney,
Federal Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-20952 Filed 8-24-15; 8:45 am]
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