[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 198 (Wednesday, October 14, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 55174]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-27465]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Voluntary Service National Advisory Committee Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs gives notice under Public Law 
92-463 that the Executive Committee, Department of Veterans Affairs 
Voluntary Service (VAVS) National Advisory Committee (NAC) will meet 
October 22-23, 1998, at the Richmond Marriott, 500 East Broad Street, 
Richmond, Virginia. The meeting is scheduled from 8:00 a.m. until 4:30 
p.m. on October 22, 1998, and from 8:00 a.m. until 12 noon on October 
23, 1998.
    The NAC consists of sixty-two national organizations and advises 
the Under Secretary for Health and other members of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs Central Office staff on how to coordinate and promote 
volunteer activities within VA facilities. The Executive Committee 
consists of nineteen representatives from the NAC member organizations 
and acts as the NAC governing body in the interim period between NAC 
Annual Meetings. Business topics for the October 22, 1998, morning 
session include: VAVS program progress since the 1998 NAC Annual 
Meeting, subcommittee appointments, financial report, and review of the 
1998 Annual Meeting Evaluations. The October 22, 1998, afternoon 
business session topics include: 53rd Annual Meeting plans, 2000 NAC 
Annual Meeting planning, process recommendations pending NAC approval 
at the 2001 Annual Meeting. The October 23, 1998, morning business 
session topics include: subcommittee reports, Standard Operating 
Procedure Revisions, New Business, and VHA Update by Dr. Thomas 
Garthwaite, Acting Under Secretary for Health.
    The meeting is open to the public. Individuals interested in 
attending are encouraged to contact: Ms. Laura Balum, Administrative 
Officer, Voluntary Service Office (10C2), Department of Veterans 
Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20420, (202) 273-8392.

    Dated: October 1, 1998.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
Heyward Bannister,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-27465 Filed 10-13-98; 8:45 am]
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