[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 16 (Thursday, January 24, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3535-3536]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-1740]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Advisory Committee on the Readjustment of Veterans, Notice of 
Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under Public 
Law 92-463 that a meeting of the Advisory Committee on the Readjustment 
of Veterans will be held February 7 and 8, 2002. This will be a 
regularly scheduled meeting for the purpose of reviewing the post-war 
readjustment needs of veterans and to evaluate the availability and 
effectiveness of VA programs to meet these needs. The meeting on both 
days will be held at The American Legion, Washington Office, 1608 K 
Street, NW, Washington, DC. The agenda on both days will commence at 
8:30 a.m., and adjourn at 4:30 p.m.
    The agenda for Thursday, February 7, will include a review of the 
activities and reported conclusions of the Under Secretary for Health 
(USH) Special Committee on PTSD. The Committee will also review areas 
of potential partnership with the USH's Committee regarding the 
effective treatment of traumatic stress disorders in veterans exposed 
to war-zone stressors while on active duty in the military.
    On Friday, February 8, the Committee will review VA's activities in 
response to the terrorist attack against the World Trade Center in New 
York City. The Committee's focus will be on veterans' mental health 
needs in the wake of such attacks, VA's timely response to the 
readjustment needs of new eras of veterans engaged in the war against 
terrorism, and VA's role in homeland security and local community-based 
disaster response.

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    The agenda for both days will also include strategic planning 
sessions to formulate goals and objectives for the Committee field 
visit to VA facilities planned for later in the year. In addition, the 
Committee will formulate recommendations for inclusion in its annual 
report to Congress.
    The meeting will be open to the public. Those who plan to attend or 
who have questions concerning the meeting may contact Alfonso R. 
Batres, Ph.D., M.S.S.W., Chief Readjustment Counseling Officer, 
Department of Veterans Affairs Headquarters Office at (202) 283-8967.

    Dated: January 14, 2002.

    By direction of the Secretary.
Nora E. Egan,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-1740 Filed 1-23-02; 8:45 am]
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