[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 22 (Wednesday, February 2, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 5023]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-2206]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Nursing Research Subcommittee of the 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 Nursing 
Research Subcommittee of the Scientific Review and Evaluation Board for 
Health Services Research and Development Service will be held at the 
Crowne Plaza Hotel, 14th and K Streets, NW, Washington, DC, April 11 
through 12, 2000. On April 11, the meeting will convene from 8:00 a.m. 
until 5:00 p.m. and on April 12, from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. The 
purpose of the meeting is to review nursing research applications that 
identify effective methods for improving, maintaining, and/or 
preventing decline in the functional status of patients; develop and 
test models that integrate patient care delivery and enhance health 
outcomes; and improve patient care. 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 April 
11 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 consult 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 
Assistant Director of Scientific Review, (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: January 20, 2000.
    By Direction of the Secretary.

Marvin R. Eason,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-2206 Filed 2-1-00; 8:45 am]
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