[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 64 (Monday, April 3, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 17551]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-8071]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans, Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), in accordance with Public 
Law 103-446, gives notice that a meeting of the Advisory Committee on 
Minority Veterans will be held from Monday, April 17, 2000 to 
Wednesday, April 19, 2000, in Washington, DC. The purpose of the 
Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans is to advise the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs on the administration of VA benefits and services to 
minority veterans; to assess the needs of minority veterans and to 
evaluate whether VA compensation, medical and rehabilitation services, 
outreach, and other programs are meeting those needs. The Committee 
will make recommendations to the Secretary regarding such activities.
    The meeting will convene in room 230, VA Central Office (VACO) 
Building, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, from 8:30 A.M. to 
5:00 P.M. On April 17, the Committee will focus on such health care 
issues as HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis C, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and 
medical research. On Tuesday, April 18, the Committee will concentrate 
its efforts on veterans' employment and training issues, the cardiac 
care program evaluation, and the Veterans' Benefits Administration's 
Road Map to Excellence. The Committee will work in Subcommittees in the 
afternoon session. On Wednesday, April 19, the Committee will examine 
several diversity training programs and will begin drafting its annual 
report for Fiscal Year 2000. These sessions will be open to the public. 
It will be necessary for those wishing to attend the meeting to contact 
Mr. Anthony T. Hawkins, Department of Veterans Affairs, at (202) 273-
6708, before April 16, 2000. No time will be allocated for receiving 
oral presentations from the public. However, the Committee will accept 
written comments from interested parties on issues affecting minority 
veterans. Such comments should be referred to the Committee at the 
following address: Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans, Center for 
Minority Veterans (00M), U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 
Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20420.

    Dated: March 24, 2000.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
Marvin R. Eason,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-8071 Filed 3-31-00; 8:45 am]
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