[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 193 (Wednesday, October 4, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59257-59258]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-25489]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Research and Development Cooperative Studies Evaluation 
Committee; Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs gives notice under Public Law 
92-463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) as amended, by section 5(C) of 
Public Law 94-409, that a meeting of the Research and Development 
Cooperative Studies Evaluation Committee will be held at The Madison 
Hotel, 15th & M Street NW, Washington, DC 20005, October 11-12, 2000. 
This session is scheduled to begin at 7:30 a.m. and end at 5 p.m. The 
meeting will be for the purpose of reviewing the following three new 
proposals: A Randomized Clinical Trial of Cognitive-Behavioral 
Treatment for PTSD in Women Veterans, Heart Failure in Patients with 
Preserved Systolic Function, and Tri-National Study--Optimal Management 
of Patients with HIV Infection of Whom 1st and 2nd Line Highly Active 
Anti-Retroviral Therapy Has Failed (OPTIMA).
    The Committee advises the Chief Research and Development Officer

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through the Director of the Cooperative Studies Program on the 
relevance and feasibility of the studies, the adequacy of the 
protocols, and the scientific validity and propriety of technical 
details, including protection of human subjects.
    The meeting will be open to the public from 7:30 a.m. to 8 a.m. to 
discuss the general status of the program. Those who plan to attend 
should contact Ms. Carla DeSpain, Coordinator, Department of Veterans 
Affairs, Washington, DC, at (202) 273-8274.
    The meeting will be closed from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. This portion of 
the meeting involves consideration of specific proposals in accordance 
with provisions set forth in 10(d) of Public Law 92.463, as amended by 
sections 5(C) of Public Law 94-409, and 5 U.S.C. 552b(C)(6). During the 
closed session of the meeting, discussions and recommendations will 
deal with qualifications of personnel conducting the studies, staff and 
consultant critiques of research proposals, and similar documents, and 
the medical records of patients who are study subjects, the disclosures 
of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal 
privacy.

    Dated: September 28, 2000.

    By Direction of the Acting Secretary.
Marvin R. Eason,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-25489 Filed 10-3-00; 8:45 am]
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