82 FR 47079 - Veterans' Research and Health Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 194 (October 10, 2017)
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 194 (October 10, 2017)
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| FR Document | 2017-21770 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 194 (Tuesday, October 10, 2017)] [Notices] [Page 47079] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-21770] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Veterans' Research and Health Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under the Federal Advisory Committee Act that the Veterans' Rural Health Advisory Committee will meet on November 1-2, 2017. The meeting will be held at 333 John Carlyle St., 4th Floor Conference Room, in Alexandria, VA 22314 on November 1-2; both meeting sessions will begin at 8:30 a.m. (EST) each day and adjourn at 5:00 p.m. (EST). The meetings are open to the public. The purpose of the Committee is to advise the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on rural health care issues affecting Veterans. The Committee examines Programs and policies that impact the delivery of VA rural health care to Veterans and discusses ways to improve and enhance VA access to rural health care services for Veterans. The agenda will include updates from Department leadership, the Assistant Deputy Under Secretary for Health for Policy and Services, Director Office of Rural Health and Committee Chairman, as well as presentations on general health care access. Public comments will be received at 4:30 p.m. on November 1, 2017. Interested parties should contact Ms. Judy Bowie, via email at [email protected], via fax at (202) 632-8615, or by mail at 810 Vermont Avenue NW., (10P1R), Washington, DC 20420. Individuals wishing to speak are invited to submit a 1-2 page summary of their comment for inclusion in the official meeting record. Any member of the public seeking additional information should contact Ms. Bowie at the phone number or email address noted above. Dated: October 4, 2017. LaTonya L. Small, Federal Advisory Committee Management Officer. [FR Doc. 2017-21770 Filed 10-6-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE P
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from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. (EST). All November 1–2; both meeting sessions The purpose of the Committee is to
sessions will be open to the public. will begin at 8:30 a.m. (EST) each day advise the Secretary of Veterans Affairs
The purpose of the Committee is to and adjourn at 5:00 p.m. (EST). The on the administration of national
advise the Secretary, through the meetings are open to the public. cemeteries, soldiers’ lots and plots, the
Assistant Secretary for Management and The purpose of the Committee is to selection of new national cemetery sites,
Chief Financial Officers, on matters advise the Secretary of Veterans Affairs the erection of appropriate memorials,
relating to improving and enhancing on rural health care issues affecting and the adequacy of Federal burial
VA’s efforts to identify, prevent, and Veterans. The Committee examines benefits. The Committee will make
mitigate fraud, waste, and abuse across Programs and policies that impact the recommendations to the Secretary
VA in order to improve the integrity of delivery of VA rural health care to regarding such activities.
VA’s payments and the efficiency of its Veterans and discusses ways to improve
programs and activities. and enhance VA access to rural health On the morning of Tuesday, October
The agenda will include briefings care services for Veterans. 31st, the Committee will convene with
from the Deputy Secretary of VA, the an open session at the Jefferson Barracks
The agenda will include updates from
Advisory Committee Management Medical Center, 1 Jefferson Barracks
Department leadership, the Assistant
Office, the Office of General Counsel, Drive, Building 56, St. Louis, MO 63125,
Deputy Under Secretary for Health for
presentations on VA’s programs, and an from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The agenda
Policy and Services, Director Office of
overview of committee objectives, will include briefings on NCA
Rural Health and Committee Chairman,
committee business, and activities. Modernization efforts and Committee
as well as presentations on general
Time will be allocated for receiving recommendations. In the afternoon,
health care access.
comment from the public in the from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. the
afternoon. A sign-up sheet for 5-minute Public comments will be received at
4:30 p.m. on November 1, 2017. Committee will reconvene a closed
comments will be available at the
Interested parties should contact Ms. session, as it tours the NCA National
meeting. For interested parties who
Judy Bowie, via email at VRHAC@ Training Center co-located at the
cannot attend in person, the dial-in
number is (800) 767–1750, access code va.gov, via fax at (202) 632–8615, or by meeting site and Jefferson Barracks
030905#. Note: The telephone line will mail at 810 Vermont Avenue NW., National Cemetery at 2900 Sheridan
be muted until the Committee Chairman (10P1R), Washington, DC 20420. Road, St. Louis, MO 63125.
opens the floor for public comment. Individuals wishing to speak are invited On November 1st, the meeting will
Individuals who wish to address the to submit a 1–2 page summary of their convene an open session at the Jefferson
Committee may submit a 1–2 page comment for inclusion in the official Barracks Medical Center, 1 Jefferson
summary of their comments for meeting record. Any member of the
Barracks Drive, Building 56, St. Louis,
inclusion in the official meeting record. public seeking additional information
MO 63125, from 8:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Members of the public may also submit should contact Ms. Bowie at the phone
The agenda will include a continuation
written statements for the Committee’s number or email address noted above.
of briefings on Committee
review to Tamika Barrier via email at Dated: October 4, 2017. Recommendations and a briefing on the
tamika.barrier@va.gov. LaTonya L. Small, Veterans Legacy Program.
Because the meeting is being held in Federal Advisory Committee Management
a government building, a photo I.D. Officer.
Time will be allocated for receiving
must be presented as part of the oral presentations from the public each
[FR Doc. 2017–21770 Filed 10–6–17; 8:45 am]
clearance process. Therefore, any person day. Any member of the public wishing
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attending should allow an additional 30 to attend the meeting should contact
minutes before the meeting begins. Any Ms. Christine Hamilton, Designated
member of the public seeking additional DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS Federal Officer, at (202) 461–5680. The
information should contact Tamika AFFAIRS Committee will also accept written
Barrier, Designated Federal Officer, at comments. Comments may be
(757) 254–8630. Advisory Committee on Cemeteries transmitted electronically to the
Dated: October 3, 2017. and Memorials, Notice of Meeting Committee at Christine.hamilton1@
Jelessa M. Burney, va.gov or mailed to the National
The Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Advisory Committee Management Cemetery Administration (40A1), 810
(VA) gives notice under the Federal
Officer. Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC
Advisory Committee Act that a meeting
[FR Doc. 2017–21696 Filed 10–6–17; 8:45 am] of the Advisory Committee on 20420. In the public’s communications
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on October 31–November 1, 2017. The identify themselves and state the
meeting sessions will take place at the organizations, associations, or persons
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS Jefferson Barracks Medical Center, 1 they represent.
AFFAIRS Jefferson Barracks Drive, Building 56, Dated: October 3, 2017.
St. Louis, MO 63125. Sessions are open Jelessa M. Burney,
Veterans’ Research and Health
to the public, except when the
Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting Federal Advisory Committee Management
Committee is conducting tours of VA Officer.
The Department of Veterans Affairs facilities, participating in off-site events,
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Advisory Committee Act that the sessions. Tours of VA facilities are
Veterans’ Rural Health Advisory closed, to protect from disclosure
Committee will meet on November 1–2, Veterans’ information the disclosure of
2017. The meeting will be held at 333 which would constitute a clearly
John Carlyle St., 4th Floor Conference unwarranted invasion of personal
Room, in Alexandria, VA 22314 on privacy.
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