[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 209 (Friday, October 27, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64477-64478]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-27627]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Veterans Advisory Committee on Rehabilitation (VACOR); Notice of 
Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under Public 
Law 92-463 that a meeting of the Veterans' Advisory Committee on 
Rehabilitation (VACOR), authorized by Public Law 96-466, Subsection 
1521, will be held on November 13 through 16, 2000. The meeting will be 
held at VA Central Office, 810 Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC 
20006.
    The meeting schedule is as follows:

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      Date                    Room #               Time
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November 13th...  1010.........................    9 a.m.
                                                     to 4
                                                     p.m.
November 14th     732..........................    9 a.m.
 and 15th.                                           to 4
                                                     p.m.
November 16th...  1046.........................    9 a.m.
                                                    to 12
                                                     p.m.
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    The purpose of the meeting is to review the quality of the services 
which the Department of Veterans Affairs provides to disabled veterans 
who participate in VA sponsored programs of rehabilitation. In 
addition, VACOR will conduct an internal business meeting focusing on a 
review of past activities and the development of future initiatives.
    On November 13th, the meeting will begin with opening remarks and 
an overview by Mr. Richard K. Pimentel, Committee Chairman. The 
Committee will receive a briefing on President Clinton's executive 
order call on agencies to hire 100,000 people with disabilities over 
the next five years. The afternoon session will be devoted to 
discussing recruitment initiatives needed to assist veterans with 
disabilities obtain employment with regard to the executive order.
    On November 14, the Committee will receive a presentation on 
employment barriers encountered by veterans with disabilities when 
seeking employment. The afternoon session will be devoted to 
identifying methods and tools needed to remove the barriers, giving 
specific attention to assisting the most seriously disabled veterans.
    The November 15th meeting will encompass a discussion of medical 
and rehabilitation integration within the Department of Veterans 
Affairs in

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comparison to the private sector. The afternoon session will consist of 
a continuation of the morning's discussion, specifically vocational 
rehabilitation's early intervention with the medical centers in the 
early stages of a veteran's injury or trauma.
    On November 16th, the meeting will include a review of past 
unfinished business, recommendations for program changes, and a 
discussion of future meeting sites and future agenda topics.
    Members of the general public may attend these meetings and join in 
the discussion, subject to the instructions of the Chair. If additional 
information is needed, please contact Jada G. Jones, Employment 
Specialist, Department of Veterans Affairs, at (202) 273-7425.

    Dated: October 16, 2000.

Marvin R. Eason,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-27627 Filed 10-27-00; 8:45 am]
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