[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 101 (Tuesday, May 27, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28758-28759]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-13705]


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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 Public Law 92-463, that a meeting of the Scientific 
Review and Evaluation Board for Health Services Research and 
Development Service will be held at the Westin, 1400 M Street, N.W., 
Washington, D.C., June 23 through June 25, 1997, from 8:00 a.m. until 
5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) each day. 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 at the start of the June 23 
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 Public Law 92-463, as amended by Public Law 94-409, closing portions 
of these meetings is 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 Judy, MSHA, 
Review Program Manager (124F), Health Services Research and Development 
Service, Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, N.W., 
Washington,

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D.C., at least five days before the meeting. For further information, 
he can be reached at (202) 273-8254.

    Dated: May 19, 1997.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
Heyward Bannister,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 97-13705 Filed 5-23-97; 8:45 am]
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