Veterans' Advisory Committee on Rehabilitation, Notice of Meeting

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 76 (Tuesday, April 21, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 19787]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-10545]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Veterans' Advisory Committee on Rehabilitation, Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs gives notice that a meeting of 
the Veterans' Advisory Committee on Rehabilitation (Committee), 
authorized by 38 U.S.C., Section 3121, will be held on May 12th, 13th, 
14th, 1998. The Committee will meet from 9:00 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. on 
May 12th and 13th and from 9:00 a.m. until 12 noon on May 14th. The 
purpose of the meeting will be to visit Chicago area public and private 
rehabilitation facilities, review the administration of these programs 
as they relate to the veteran population and to provide recommendations 
to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. The Committee will convene at the 
Tremont Hotel, 100 East Chestnut, Chicago, Illinois. Because the 
Committee's agenda includes touring several facilities, they will be 
meeting at several locations as listed below.
    On the morning of May 12th, the Committee will tour the 
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, located at 345 East Superior 
Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611. In the afternoon, the Committee will 
meet at the Great Lakes Naval Center, Great Lakes, Illinois 60088-5252, 
where they will receive a presentation on the Transitional Assistance 
Program and Disabled Transitional Assistance Program. On May 13th, the 
Committee will tour the Hines VA Medical Center's Blind Unit, 
Rehabilitation Engineering Unit, Spinal Cord Injury Unit and 
Information Fair, located at Roosevelt Road and 5th Avenue, Hines, IL 
60141. On May 14th, the Committee will meet at the VA Regional Office, 
536 S. Clark Street, Director's Conference Room #508 Chicago, IL 60605. 
They will discuss the facilities toured and review the minutes from the 
January meeting. The Committee will also discuss any unfinished 
business and potential topics for their future meeting.
    The meeting will be open to the public. Interested persons may 
attend, appear before, or file statements with the Committee. 
Statements, if in written form, may be filed before the meeting. For 
those wishing to attend, please contact Frank Donlan at Department of 
Veterans Affairs, Vocational Rehabilitation and Counseling Service 
(28), 1800 G Street, NW, Washington, DC 20006, phone (202) 273-7436.

    Dated April 14, 1998.

    By Direction of the Acting Secretary.
Heyward Bannister,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-10545 Filed 4-20-98; 8:45 am]
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