[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 11 (Wednesday, January 18, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 3698]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-1094]



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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Persian Gulf Expert Scientific Committee, Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), in accordance with Public 
Law 92-463, gives notice that meetings of the VA Persian Gulf Expert 
Scientific Committee will be held on:

    Monday, February 27, 1995, at 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
    Tuesday, February 28, 1995, at 8:30 a.m.-12:01 p.m.
    The location of the meeting will be 801 I Street, NW.; 
Washington, DC; room 1105.
    The Committee's objectives are to advise the Under Secretary for 
Health, about medical findings affecting Persian Gulf era veterans.
    At this meeting the Committee will review all aspects of patient 
care and medical diagnoses and will provide professional 
consultation as needed. The Committee may advise on other areas 
involving research and development, veterans benefits and/or 
training aspects for patients and staff.
    All portions of the meeting will be open to the public except 
from 4 p.m. until 5 p.m. on February 27, 1995, and 11 a.m. until 
12:01 p.m. on February 28, 1995. During these executive sessions 
discussions and recommendations will deal with medical records of 
specific patients and individually identifiable patient medical 
histories. The disclosure of this information would constitute a 
clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. Closure of these 
portions of the meetings is in accordance with subsection 10(d) of 
Public Law 92-463, as amended by Public Law 94-409, and as cited in 
5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6).

    Additional information concerning these meetings may be obtained 
from the Chairperson, Office of Public Health & Environmental Hazards, 
810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420.

    Dated: December 22, 1994.

    By Direction of the Secretary:
Heyward Bannister,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 95-1094 Filed 1-17-95; 8:45 am]
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