[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 42 (Thursday, March 4, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10527-10528]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-5324]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Medical Research Service Merit Review Committee; Notice of 
Meetings

    The Department of Veterans Affairs gives notice under the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App., of the following meetings to be 
held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. as indicated below:

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         Subcommittee for                 Date              Location
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Immunology.......................  March 15-16, 1999.  Holiday Inn
                                                        Central.
Gastroenterology.................  March 18-19, 1999.  Holiday Inn
                                                        Central.
Alcoholism & Drug Dependence.....  March 19, 1999....  Holiday Inn
                                                        Central.
Oncology.........................  March 22-23, 1999.  Holiday Inn
                                                        Central.
Nephrology.......................  March 24, 1999....  Holiday Inn
                                                        Central.
Epidemiology.....................  March 26, 1999....  Holiday Inn
                                                        Central.
Aging & Clinical Geriatrics......  March 29, 1999....  Holiday Inn
                                                        Central.
Neurobiology-D...................  March 29-30, 1999.  Holiday Inn
                                                        Central.
Cardiovascular Studies...........  April 5, 1999.....  The River Inn.
Hematology.......................  April 8, 1999.....  Omni Shoreham.
Mental Hlth & Behavioral Sciences  April 8-9, 1999...  Omni Shoreham.
Infectious Diseases..............  April 8-9, 1999...  The River Inn.
Endocrinology....................  April 12-13, 1999.  The River Inn.
Neurobiology-C...................  April 16, 1999....  The River Inn.
Respiration......................  April 16, 1999....  The River Inn.
Surgery..........................  April 17, 1999....  The River Inn.
General Medical Science..........  April 22-23, 1999.  The River Inn.
Medical Research Service Merit     June 3, 1999......  Holiday Inn
 Review Committee.                                      Central.
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    The addresses of the hotels are:

Holiday Inn Central, 1501 Rhode Island Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 
20005
Omni Shoreham, 2500 Calvert Street, NW., Washington, DC 20008
The River Inn, 924-25th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20037

    These subcommittee meetings will be for the purpose of evaluating 
the scientific merit of research conducted in each specialty by 
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) investigators working in VA Medical 
Centers and Clinics.
    The subcommittee meetings will be open to the public for 
approximately one hour at the start of each meeting to discuss the 
general status of the program. The remaining portion of each 
subcommittee meeting will be closed to the public for the review, 
discussion, and evaluation of initial and renewal projects.
    The closed portion of the meetings involves discussion, 
examination, reference to, and oral review of site visits, staff and 
consultant critiques of research protocols and similar documents. 
During this portion of the subcommittee meetings, discussion and 
recommendations will deal with qualifications of personnel conducting 
the studies (the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly 
unwarranted invasion of personal privacy), as well as research 
information (the premature disclosure of which could significantly 
frustrate implementation of proposed

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agency action regarding such research projects.) As provided by 
subsection 10(d) of Pub. L. 92-463, as amended by Pub. L. 94-409, 
closing portions of these subcommittee meetings is in accordance with 5 
U.S.C., 552b(c)(6) and (9)(B). Those who plan to attend or would like 
to obtain a copy of minutes of the subcommittee meetings and rosters of 
the members of the subcommittees should contact Dr. LeRoy Frey, Chief, 
Program Review Division, Medical Research Service, Department of 
Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC, (202) 275-6634.

    Dated: February 24, 1999.

    By direction of the Secretary.
Heyward Bannister,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-5324 Filed 3-3-99; 8:45 am]
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