[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 197 (Tuesday, October 13, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 54752]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-27307]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Advisory Committee on Cemeteries and Memorials, Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice that a meeting 
of the Advisory Committee on Cemeteries and Memorials, authorized by 38 
U.S.C. 2401, will be held Wednesday, October 28, 1998, at Florida 
National Cemetery, 6502 SW 102nd Avenue, Bushnell, FL 33513, and 
Thursday, October 29, 1998, at the Hawthorne Suites Hotel, 6435 
Westwood Blvd., Orlando, FL 32821. On Wednesday, October 28, 1998, the 
meeting will convene at 9:00 a.m. (EST) and adjourn at 3;45 p.m. (EST). 
On Thursday, October 29, 1998, the meeting will convene at 8:00 a.m. 
(EST) and adjourn at 5:00 p.m. (EST).
    This will be the committee's first meeting of fiscal year 1999. The 
purpose of the committee is to review the administration of VA's 
cemeteries and burial benefits program.
    On Wednesday, October 28, there will be a business session at 
Florida National Cemetery. The committee will be updated on National 
Cemetery System (NCS) issues, briefed on operations at Florida National 
Cemetery and then given a tour of the cemetery.
    On Thursday, October 29, at the Hawthorne Suites Hotel, in the 
Magnolia-A conference room there will be updates and discussions on 
cremation scatter areas, military honors, construction of and 
dedications for new cemeteries, NCS 25th Anniversary and the One VA 
conference.
    The meeting will be open to the public. Those wishing to attend 
should contact Ms. Louise Ware, Special Assistant to the Acting 
Director, National Cemetery System, [phone (202) 273-7577] no later 
than 12 noon (EST), October 21, 1998.
    Any interested person may attend, appear before, or file a 
statement with the Committee. Individuals wishing to appear before the 
Committee or wishing to file written statements to be submitted to the 
Committee should indicate this in a letter to the Acting Director, 
National Cemetery System (40), at 810 Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington, 
DC 20420. In any such letters, the writers must fully identify 
themselves and state the organization, association or person(s) they 
represent. In addition, to the extent practicable, letters should 
indicate the subject matter they want to discuss. Letters and written 
statements must be received by 12 noon (EST), October 21, 1998.
    Oral presentations should be limited to 10 minutes in duration. 
Oral statements will be heard between 1:30 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. (EST), 
Thursday, October 29, 1998, at the Hawthorne Suites Hotel.

    Dated: September 30, 1998.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
Heyward Bannister,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-27307 Filed 10-9-98; 8:45 am]
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