[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 46 (Tuesday, March 10, 1998)] [Notices] [Pages 11708-11709] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 98-6073] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Wage Committee; Meetings The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), in accordance with Pub. L. 92-463, gives notice that meetings of the VA Wage Committee will be held on: Wednesday, April 8, 1998, at 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 22, 1998, at 2 p.m. Wednesday, May 6, 1998, at 2 p.m. Wednesday, May 20, 1998, at 2 p.m. [[Page 11709]] Wednesday, June 3, 1998, at 2 p.m. Wednesday, June 17, 1998, at 2 p.m. The meetings will be held in Room 246, Department of Veterans Affairs Central Office, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20420. The Committee's purpose is to advise the Under Secretary for Health on the development and authorization of wage schedules for Federal Wage System (blue-collar) employees. At these meetings the Committee will consider wage survey specifications, wage survey data, local committee reports and recommendations, statistical analyses, and proposed wage schedules. All portions of the meetings will be closed to the public because the matters considered are related solely to the internal personnel rules and practices of the Department of Veterans Affairs and because the wage survey data considered by the Committee have been obtained from officials of private business establishments with a guarantee that the data will be held in confidence. Closure of the meetings is in accordance with subsection 10(d) of Pub. L. 92-463, as amended by Pub. L. 94-409, and 5 U.S.C. 552b(c) (2) and (4). However, members of the public are invited to submit material in writing to the Chairperson for the Committee's attention. Additional information concerning these meetings may be obtained from the Chairperson, VA Wage Committee (05), 810 Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20420. Dated: March 3, 1998. By Direction of the Secretary. Heyward Bannister, Committee Management Officer. [FR Doc. 98-6073 Filed 3-9-98; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 8320-01-M