[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 245 (Thursday, December 19, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 67108]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-32179]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

Scientific Review and Evaluation Board for Health Services 
Research and Development Service, Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, 
gives notice under Pub. L. 92-463, that a meeting of the Scientific 
Review and Evaluation Board for Health Services Research and 
Development Service will be held at the Sheraton Gunter Hotel, 205 E. 
Houston Street, San Antonio, TX, January 7 through January 9, 1997. The 
session on January 7, 1997, is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. and end at 
5 p.m. (Central Time). The sessions scheduled for January 8 and 9 are 
scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. and end at 5 p.m. (Central Time). The 
purpose of the meeting is to review research and development 
applications concerned with the measurement and evaluation of health 
care systems and with testing new methods of health care delivery and 
management. Applications are reviewed for scientific and technical 
merit. Recommendations regarding their funding are prepared for the 
Chief Research and Development Officer (12).
    This meeting will be open to the public (to the seating capacity of 
the room) at the start of the January 7 session for approximately one 
half-hour to cover administrative matters and to discuss the general 
status of the program. The closed portion of the meeting involves 
discussion, examination, reference to, and oral review of staff and 
consultant critiques of research protocols and similar documents. 
During this portion of the meeting, discussion and recommendations will 
deal with the qualifications of the personnel conducting the studies 
(the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted 
invasion of personal privacy), as well as research information (the 
premature disclosure of which would be likely to frustrate 
significantly implementation of proposed agency action regarding such 
research projects). As provided by the subsection 10(d) of Pub. L. 92-
463, as amended by Pub. L. 94-409, closing portions of these meetings 
are in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552b(c) (6) and (9)(B).
    Due to the limited seating capacity of the room, those who plan to 
attend the open session should contact Mr. E. William, M.S.H.A., Review 
Program Manager (124F), Health Services Research and Development 
Service, Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, N.W., 
Washington, D.C., at least five days before the meeting. For further 
information, he can be reached at 202.273.8254.

    Dated: December 12, 1996.

    By Direction of the Secretary:
Heyward Bannister,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 96-32179 Filed 12-18-96; 8:45 am]
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