[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 250 (Wednesday, December 31, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68361-68362]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-34123]


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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, authorized by 38 
U.S.C., section 3121, will be held on January 13, 14 and 15, 1998, in 
Washington, DC. The committee will meet from 9 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. on 
January 13 and 14, in the First Floor Meeting Room of the Disabled 
American Veterans Washington Headquarters, 807 Maine Avenue, SW, 
Washington, DC 20024, and from 9 a.m. until 12 noon on January 15, 
1998, in room 530 of the Department of Veterans Affairs Central Office, 
810 Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20420. The purpose of the 
meeting will be to review the administration of veterans' 
rehabilitation programs and to provide recommendations to the 
Secretary.
    On January 13, the meeting will include discussions about the 
Vocational Rehabilitation Design Team Report, the Transmission 
Commission's activities as they relate to vocational rehabilitation. 
They will also receive updates from the Veterans Health Administration 
and Vocational Rehabilitation and Counseling Service. They will also 
discuss the memorandum of understanding between the Department of Labor 
and VA's Vocational Rehabilitation. On January 14, discussions will 
include REVERSE data base of vocational rehabilitation job ready 
candidates, beneficiary travel for

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prosthetics service, priority for Chapter 31 clients to receive medical 
care, and the pilot program of rehabilitation outcome measurements. On 
January 15, the Committee will discuss recreation therapy, the new 
Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor position, and future meetings and 
agenda items.
    The meeting will be open to the public. For those wishing to 
attend, please contact Dianna Murphy at (202) 273-7419. Interested 
persons may attend, appear before, or file statements with the 
Committee. Statements, if in written form, may be filed before the 
meeting. Oral statements will be heard at 9 a.m. on January 15, 1998.

    Dated: December 19, 1997.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
Heyward Bannister,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 97-34123 Filed 12-30-97; 8:45 am]
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