[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 180 (Thursday, September 17, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49729-49730]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-24896]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Advisory Committee on Women Veterans, Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs gives notice under Public Law 
92-463 that a meeting of the Advisory Committee on Women Veterans will 
be held on September 21-26, 1998, at the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 12, Building 18, 
5th Avenue and Roosevelt Road, Hines, IL 60104. The agenda will include 
tours of VA facilities throughout the Chicago metropolitan area. The 
purpose of the Committee is to advise the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
regarding the needs of women veterans with respect to health care, 
rehabilitation, compensation, outreach and other programs, and 
activities administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs designed 
to meet such needs. The Committee will make recommendations to the 
Secretary regarding such activities.
    All sessions will be open to the public. The sessions are 
coordinated by the VA Chicago Health Care System, West Side Division, 
820 S. Damen Avenue, Chicago, IL 60612. For additional information 
regarding the

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sessions, contact Ms. Melanie Harris, MSW, Coordinator, Women's Health 
Program, Room G-C111, at (312) 633-2168. Those who plan to attend 
should contact Ms. Maryanne Carson, Department of Veterans Affairs, 
Center for Women Veterans, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 
20420, at (202) 273-6193. A tentative agenda follows.

Monday, September 21, 1998

9:00 a.m.--Overview of VISN 12 Women's Health Initiative, Overview of 
Women's Programs, Tour Women's Healthcare Clinic
10:00 a.m.--Welcome to Hines VA Hospital
10:30 a.m.--Hines Women Veterans Program and Services
    11:45 a.m.--Lunch
12:45 p.m.--Tour Women's Health Clinic, Mammography Suite and Patient 
Education Resource Center. Address: VISN 12, Building 18, 5th Avenue & 
Roosevelt Road, Hines, IL
2:00 p.m.--Depart from Hines VA Medical Center (VAMC)
2:30 p.m.--Tour Hines VAMC Satellite Clinic--Oak Park. Address: 149 S. 
Oak Park Ave, Oak Park, IL
3:00 p.m.--Tour Oak Park Vet Center. Address: 155 S. Oak Park Avenue, 
Oak Park, IL
4:00 p.m.--Return to Hotel

Tuesday, September 22, 1998

8:45 a.m.--Arrive West Side VAMC
9:00 a.m.--Welcome and Introductions; Overview of Program
9:30 a.m.--Women's health Director
10:00 a.m.--Tour Women's Health Clinic, Residential Programs and 
Homeless Services. Address: 820 S. Damen Ave, Chicago, IL
10:45 a.m.--Depart West Side VAMC
11:00 a.m.--Arrive Lakeside VAMC Wommen Veterans Advisory Committee 
Meeting Women's Health Clinical Briefing/Tour. Address: 333 E. Huron, 
Chicago, IL
12 noon--Lunch at Signature Restaurant, John Hancock Bldg., 92nd floor, 
Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL
2:00 p.m.--Depart downtown Chicago, IL
2:30 p.m.--Arrive 63rd Street Satellite Clinic/Vet Center Clinical 
Briefing/Tour
3:00 p.m.--Veterans Resource Center Clinical Briefing/Tour Discussion 
on community resources for women veterans and homeless shelters. 
Address: 1502 E. 63rd Street, Chicago, IL
4:30 p.m.--Return to hotel

Wednesday, September 23, 1998

9:00 a.m.--West Side VAMC Director's Conference Room Overview VISN 12: 
Women's Health Services by Women Veterans Coordinators, Address: 820 S. 
Damen Ave. Chicago, IL
12 noon--Lunch
1:00 p.m.--Depart West Side VAMC
1:30 p.m.--Arrive Veterans Benefits Administration Regional Office 
Overview Women Veterans Programs
2:30 p.m.--Cemetery Systems Overview
3:30 p.m.--Chicago Veterans Advisory Council Address: 536 S. Clark 
Street, Chicago, IL
4:30 p.m.--Return to hotel

Thursday, September 24, 1998

9:30 a.m.--Arrive at North Chicago VAMC Tour Compensation and Pension 
Program, Bldg. 135, Rm. 138
10:30 a.m.--Women Veterans Open Forum, Bourke Hall, Bldg. 4, Rm. 101
11:30 a.m.--Dedication of Women Veterans Monument, front of Bldg. 133, 
Joan Furey, Director, Center for Women Veterans
12 noon--Lunch: Nursing Conf. Rm., Bldg. 133, Clinical Addition, Rm. 
3D-105h Address: 3001 Green Bay Road, North Chicago, IL
1:00 p.m.--Depart for Evanston Vet Center
2:00 p.m.--Arrive Evanston Vet Center
2:30 p.m.--Tour Evanston Outpatient Program Address: 565 W. Howard St., 
Evanston, IL
3:30 p.m.--Return to hotel

Friday, September 25, 1998

8:30 a.m.--Executive Session of Secretary's Advisory Committee on Women 
Veterans, Executive Plaza Hotel, 71 East Wacker Dr., Chicago, IL, 
Wacker A Conference Room.

Saturday, September 26, 1998

10:00 a.m.--Women Veterans Open Forum Address: West Side VAMC Atrium, 
820 S. Damen Ave., Chicago, IL
12 noon--Site visits concludes

    Dated: September 10, 1998.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
Heyward Bannister,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-24896 Filed 9-16-98; 8:45 am]
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