83_FR_9407 83 FR 9364 - Advisory Committee on Homeless Veterans, Notice of Meeting

83 FR 9364 - Advisory Committee on Homeless Veterans, Notice of Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 43 (March 5, 2018)

Page Range9364-9364
FR Document2018-04399

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 43 (Monday, March 5, 2018)
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 43 (Monday, March 5, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 9364]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-04399]


=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Advisory Committee on Homeless Veterans, Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act that a meeting of the Advisory Committee 
on Homeless Veterans will be held April 11-12, 2018. The meeting 
sessions will take place at the Department of Veterans Affairs Central 
Office at 810 Vermont Avenue NW, Sonny Montgomery Conference Room 230, 
Washington, DC 20420. The meeting sessions are open to the public.
    The purpose of the Committee is to provide the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs with an on-going assessment of the effectiveness of 
the policies, organizational structures, and services of VA in 
assisting Veterans at-risk and experiencing homelessness. The Committee 
shall assemble and review information related to the needs of homeless 
Veterans and provide advice on the most appropriate means of providing 
assistance to that subset of the Veteran population. The Committee will 
make recommendations to the Secretary regarding such activities.
    On Wednesday, April 11 and Thursday, April 12, the Committee will 
convene an open session at the Department of Veterans Affairs Central 
Office at 810 Vermont Avenue NW, Sonny Montgomery Conference Room 230, 
Washington, DC 20420 from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The agenda will 
include briefings from officials at VA and other agencies regarding 
services for homeless Veterans. The Committee will also receive a 
briefing on the annual report that was developed after the last meeting 
of the Advisory Committee on Homeless Veterans and will then discuss 
topics for its upcoming annual report and recommendations to the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
    No time will be allocated at this meeting for receiving oral 
presentations from the public. Interested parties should provide 
written comments on issues affecting homeless Veterans for review by 
the Committee to Mr. Anthony Love, Designated Federal Officer, VHA 
Homeless Programs Office (10NC1), Department of Veterans Affairs, 811 
Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, DC, or via email at Anthony.Love@va.gov.
    Members of the public who wish to attend should contact Alexandra 
Logsdon and/or Anthony Love of the Veterans Health Administration, 
Homeless Programs Office no later than March 30, 2018, at 
Alexandra.Logsdon@va.gov (202)-632-7146 or Anthony.Love@va.gov (202) 
461-1902 to provide their name, professional affiliation, address, and 
phone number. There will also be a call-in number at 1-800-767-1750; 
Access Code: 53308#. Attendees who require reasonable accommodation 
should state so in their requests. Please arrive to VA Central Office 
at least 20 minutes before the meeting start time to clear the building 
security checkpoint.

    Dated: February 28, 2018.
Jelessa M. Burney,
Federal Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-04399 Filed 3-2-18; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 8320-01-P



                                                9364                           Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 43 / Monday, March 5, 2018 / Notices

                                                SUMMARY:   The Secretary of                             comments. Comments should also state                  Committee shall assemble and review
                                                Transportation, as represented by the                   the commenter’s interest in the waiver                information related to the needs of
                                                Maritime Administration (MARAD), is                     application, and address the waiver                   homeless Veterans and provide advice
                                                authorized to grant waivers of the U.S.-                criteria given in section 388.4 of                    on the most appropriate means of
                                                build requirement of the coastwise laws                 MARAD’s regulations at 46 CFR part                    providing assistance to that subset of the
                                                under certain circumstances. A request                  388.                                                  Veteran population. The Committee will
                                                for such a waiver has been received by                                                                        make recommendations to the Secretary
                                                MARAD. The vessel, and a brief                          Privacy Act
                                                                                                                                                              regarding such activities.
                                                description of the proposed service, is                    In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c),                   On Wednesday, April 11 and
                                                listed below.                                           DOT/MARAD solicits comments from                      Thursday, April 12, the Committee will
                                                DATES: Submit comments on or before                     the public to better inform its                       convene an open session at the
                                                April 4, 2018.                                          rulemaking process. DOT/MARAD posts                   Department of Veterans Affairs Central
                                                ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to                     these comments, without edit, to                      Office at 810 Vermont Avenue NW,
                                                docket number MARAD–2018–0028.                          www.regulations.gov, as described in                  Sonny Montgomery Conference Room
                                                Written comments may be submitted by                    the system of records notice, DOT/ALL–                230, Washington, DC 20420 from 8:00
                                                hand or by mail to the Docket Clerk,                    14 FDMS, accessible through                           a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The agenda will
                                                U.S. Department of Transportation,                      www.dot.gov/privacy. In order to                      include briefings from officials at VA
                                                Docket Operations, M–30, West                           facilitate comment tracking and                       and other agencies regarding services for
                                                Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140,                    response, we encourage commenters to                  homeless Veterans. The Committee will
                                                1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,                              provide their name, or the name of their              also receive a briefing on the annual
                                                Washington, DC 20590. You may also                      organization; however, submission of                  report that was developed after the last
                                                send comments electronically via the                    names is completely optional. Whether                 meeting of the Advisory Committee on
                                                internet at http://www.regulations.gov.                 or not commenters identify themselves,                Homeless Veterans and will then
                                                All comments will become part of this                   all timely comments will be fully                     discuss topics for its upcoming annual
                                                docket and will be available for                        considered. If you wish to provide                    report and recommendations to the
                                                inspection and copying at the above                     comments containing proprietary or                    Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
                                                address between 10:00 a.m. and 5:00                     confidential information, please contact
                                                                                                        the agency for alternate submission                      No time will be allocated at this
                                                p.m., Monday through Friday, except
                                                                                                        instructions.                                         meeting for receiving oral presentations
                                                federal holidays. An electronic version
                                                                                                                                                              from the public. Interested parties
                                                of this document and all documents                      (Authority: 49 CFR 1.93(a), 46 U.S.C. 55103,          should provide written comments on
                                                entered into this docket is available at                46 U.S.C. 12121) * * *
                                                                                                                                                              issues affecting homeless Veterans for
                                                http://www.regulations.gov.                               By Order of the Maritime Administrator.             review by the Committee to Mr.
                                                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                          Dated: February 27, 2018.                           Anthony Love, Designated Federal
                                                Bianca Carr, U.S. Department of                         T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,                              Officer, VHA Homeless Programs Office
                                                Transportation, Maritime                                                                                      (10NC1), Department of Veterans
                                                                                                        Secretary, Maritime Administration.
                                                Administration, 1200 New Jersey                                                                               Affairs, 811 Vermont Avenue NW,
                                                                                                        [FR Doc. 2018–04355 Filed 3–2–18; 8:45 am]
                                                Avenue SE, Room W23–453,                                                                                      Washington, DC, or via email at
                                                Washington, DC 20590. Telephone 202–                    BILLING CODE 4910–81–P
                                                                                                                                                              Anthony.Love@va.gov.
                                                366–9309, Email Bianca.carr@dot.gov.
                                                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As
                                                                                                                                                                 Members of the public who wish to
                                                described by the applicant the intended                 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS                                attend should contact Alexandra
                                                service of the vessel LOLAL OCEAN                       AFFAIRS                                               Logsdon and/or Anthony Love of the
                                                EXPLORER is:                                                                                                  Veterans Health Administration,
                                                                                                        Advisory Committee on Homeless                        Homeless Programs Office no later than
                                                — INTENDED COMMERCIAL USE OF                            Veterans, Notice of Meeting                           March 30, 2018, at Alexandra.Logsdon@
                                                   VESSEL: ‘‘Sightseeing cruises’’                                                                            va.gov (202)–632–7146 or
                                                — GEOGRAPHIC REGION: ‘‘Florida’’                           The Department of Veterans Affairs                 Anthony.Love@va.gov (202) 461–1902 to
                                                   The complete application is given in                 (VA) gives notice under the Federal                   provide their name, professional
                                                DOT docket MARAD–2018–0028 at                           Advisory Committee Act that a meeting                 affiliation, address, and phone number.
                                                http://www.regulations.gov. Interested                  of the Advisory Committee on Homeless                 There will also be a call-in number at 1–
                                                parties may comment on the effect this                  Veterans will be held April 11–12, 2018.              800–767–1750; Access Code: 53308#.
                                                action may have on U.S. vessel builders                 The meeting sessions will take place at               Attendees who require reasonable
                                                or businesses in the U.S. that use U.S.-                the Department of Veterans Affairs                    accommodation should state so in their
                                                flag vessels. If MARAD determines, in                   Central Office at 810 Vermont Avenue                  requests. Please arrive to VA Central
                                                accordance with 46 U.S.C. 12121 and                     NW, Sonny Montgomery Conference                       Office at least 20 minutes before the
                                                MARAD’s regulations at 46 CFR part                      Room 230, Washington, DC 20420. The                   meeting start time to clear the building
                                                388, that the issuance of the waiver will               meeting sessions are open to the public.              security checkpoint.
                                                have an unduly adverse effect on a U.S.-                   The purpose of the Committee is to
                                                vessel builder or a business that uses                  provide the Secretary of Veterans Affairs               Dated: February 28, 2018.
                                                U.S.-flag vessels in that business, a                   with an on-going assessment of the                    Jelessa M. Burney,
                                                waiver will not be granted. Comments                    effectiveness of the policies,                        Federal Advisory Committee Management
sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES




                                                should refer to the docket number of                    organizational structures, and services               Officer.
                                                this notice and the vessel name in order                of VA in assisting Veterans at-risk and               [FR Doc. 2018–04399 Filed 3–2–18; 8:45 am]
                                                for MARAD to properly consider the                      experiencing homelessness. The                        BILLING CODE 8320–01–P




                                           VerDate Sep<11>2014   19:25 Mar 02, 2018   Jkt 244001   PO 00000   Frm 00106   Fmt 4703   Sfmt 9990   E:\FR\FM\05MRN1.SGM   05MRN1



Document Created: 2018-03-03 02:45:50
Document Modified: 2018-03-03 02:45:50
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
FR Citation83 FR 9364 

2024 Federal Register | Disclaimer | Privacy Policy
USC | CFR | eCFR