[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 250 (Wednesday, December 31, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 68362]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-34122]


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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 Clarion Hotel, Bay View, 660 K 
Street, San Diego, CA, January 11, 7 p.m. until 9 p.m., and January 12 
through January 13, 1998, from 7:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. 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 January 
11 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 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, NW., 
Washington, DC, at least five days before the meeting. For further 
information, he can be reached at (202) 273-8254.

    Dated: December 19, 1997.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
Heyward Bannister,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 97-34122 Filed 12-30-97; 8:45 am]
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