[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 43 (Tuesday, March 5, 2002)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Advisory Committee on Women Veterans, Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs gives notice under Public Law 
92-463 that a meeting of the Advisory Committee on Women Veterans will 
be held on March 12-14, 2002, from 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m., at the 
Department of Veterans Affairs Central Office (VACO), 810 Vermont 
Avenue, NW., Conference room 230, Washington, DC.
    The purpose of the Committee is to advise the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs regarding the needs of women veterans with respect to 
healthcare, rehabilitation, compensation, outreach, and other programs 
and activities administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs 
designed to meet such needs. The Committee will make recommendations to 
the Secretary regarding such activities.
    All sessions will be open to the public. Those who plan to attend 
should contact Ms. Maryanne Carson, Department of Veterans Affairs, 
Center for Women Veterans (00W), 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, 
DC 20420, at (202) 273-6193. Tentative agenda follows:

Tuesday, March 12

8:30a  Full Advisory Committee--Conference Room 230, Welcome and 
Introduction of New Members, Dr. Irene Trowell-Harris, Director Center 
for Women Veterans
9:00a  Presentation of Appointment Certificates & Photo Op, The 
Honorable Anthony Principi, Secretary of Veterans Affairs
9:30a  Review Agenda, Review March and June 2001 Minutes, Colonel Karen 
Ray, Chair
9:45a  Welcome and Greet Committee, Dr. Leo Mackay, Deputy Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs (awaiting confirmation)
10:00a  Briefing: Assistant Secretary for Congressional & Legislative 
Affairs, The Honorable Gordon H. Mansfield
10:30a  BREAK
10:45a  Briefing: Acting, Under Secretary for Health, Frances M. 
Murphy; Update--Veterans Health Administration Issues (awaiting 
confirmation)
11:15a  Briefing: National Cemetery Administration
11:30a  LUNCH
1:15p  Veterans Benefits Administration, Lynda Petty, Women Veterans 
Coordinator
2:00p  Briefing: VA Pharmacy Service (awaiting confirmation)
2:30p  Briefings: National Strategic Work Group on Women Veterans 
Health Programs and Women Veterans Coordinator Study, Carole Turner, 
Director, Women Veterans Health Program
3:00p  BREAK
3:15p  Update on Center for Women Veterans, Dr. Irene Trowell-Harris
3:30p  Advisory Committee Follow-up: Chair, Discussions: Full Committee
     Summit 2000 Proceedings
     Advisory Committee 2000 Report
     Agenda for Visit to the Hill
5:00p  Adjourn

Wednesday, March 13

8:30a  Update: Survey of Veterans, Susan Krumhaus, Office of Policy and 
Planning (awaiting confirmation)
10:00a  Update: Center for Minority Veterans, Charles W. Nesby, 
Director
10:30a  BREAK
10:45a  Briefing: VA Funded Research on Women Veterans, John R. 
Feussner, MD, MPH, Chief, Research and Development Officer (awaiting 
confirmation)
11:30a  Briefing: Veterans Benefits Administration, Robert Epley, 
Director, Compensation and Pension Service (awaiting confirmation)
12n  LUNCH
1:15p  Meeting with Congressional Staffers, (Depart VACO 1:30p) 
(awaiting confirmation)
3:00p  Return to VACO
3:15p  BREAK
3:30p  Discussion: Full Committee, De-brief: Meeting on the Hill, 2001 
Boston Site Visit: Minutes and Follow-up
5:00p  Adjourn

Thursday, March 14

Executive Session

9:00a  Update: Facilities with Areas of Concern, Carole Turner
9:30a  Budget Update--Office of Finance, Kathleen Hamilton, Budget 
Analyst
10:00a  Discussion--Chair, Agenda Items, FY 2002 Objectives, Missed 
Meetings, National Agenda for Women, Vision Statement
10:30a  BREAK
10:45a  (Discussion Continued)
11:00a  2002 Site Visit Designation, Agenda for Site Visit Target: 
``Hot'' Areas
11:30a  2002 Advisory Committee Report, 2002 Timeline, Title of Report
12n  LUNCH
1:30p  (Discussion Continued)
2:00p  Discussion: Committee, Individual Updates
3:30p  Next Meeting
    Adjourn

    Dated: February 27, 2002.

    By Direction of the Secretary:
Nora E. Egan,
Committee Management Officer.
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