[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 224 (Monday, November 22, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 63846]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-30324]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Scientific Review and Evaluation Board for Health Services 
Research and Development Service, Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, 
gives notice under Pub. L. 92-463, that a meeting of the Scientific 
Review and Evaluation Board for Health Services Research and 
Development Service will be held at the Mayflower Park Hotel, 405 Olive 
Way, Seattle, WA, January 25, through 28, 2000. On January 25, the 
meeting will begin at 7:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. and on January 26 
through 28, from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. each day. The purpose of the 
meeting is to review research and development applications concerned 
with the measurement and evaluation of health care services and with 
testing new methods of health care delivery and management. 
Applications are reviewed for scientific and technical merit. 
Recommendations regarding funding are prepared for the Chief Research 
and Development Officer.
    This meeting will be open to the public at the start of the January 
25 session for approximately one half-hour to cover administrative 
matters and to discuss the general status of the program. The closed 
portion of the meeting involves discussion, examination, reference to, 
and oral review of staff and consultant critiques of research protocols 
and similar documents. During this portion of the meeting, discussion 
and recommendations will include qualifications of the 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 would be likely to 
frustrate significantly implementation of proposed agency action 
regarding such research projects). As provided by the subsection 10(d) 
of Pub. L. 92-463, as amended by Pub. L. 94-409, closing portions of 
these meetings is in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6) and (9)(B).
    Those who plan to attend the open session should contact the 
Scientific Review Program Manager (124F), Health Research Services and 
Development Service, Department of Veterans Affairs, 1400 I Street, 
N.W., Suite 780, Washington, D.C., at least five days before the 
meeting. For further information, call (202) 408-3665.

    Dated: November 4, 1999.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
Marvin R. Eason,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-30324 Filed 11-19-99; 8:45 am]
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