[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 52 (Monday, March 18, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 12088]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-6325]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans, Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, that a meeting of 
the Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans will be held from Monday, 
March 25, 2002, through Wednesday, March 27, 2002, from 8:30 a.m. until 
5 p.m. each day, at the VA Regional Office, 1120 Vermont Avenue, NW., 
Room 1001A, Washington, DC.
    The purpose of the Committee is to advise the Secretary 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.
    On March 25, the Committee will meet with the Secretary to receive 
his charge, and will receive an ethics briefing from the Office of 
General Counsel. The Committee will examine the results of the 
Secretary's VA Claims Processing Task Force, and will be briefed by the 
Task Force's Executive Secretary. They will also be briefed by the 
Acting Under Secretary for Benefits on adjudication reform and plans to 
implement Task Force's recommendations. The Committee will conduct 
subcommittee-working sessions in the afternoon.
    On Tuesday, March 26, the Committee will focus on minority business 
access to government contracting and problems experienced by minority 
veteran-owned businesses. The President and Chief Executive Officer of 
the Veterans Entrepreneurial Corporation will address the Committee 
about the Corporation's progress and its impact on minority businesses. 
The Committee will meet with the Deputy Secretary in the afternoon.
    On Wednesday, March 27, the Committee will be briefed about VA 
Readjustment Counseling services located on Indian Reservations. The 
topic of dust induced lung disease associated with Navy deck grinding 
will be discussed, and the Committee will begin drafting its annual 
report for fiscal year 2002.
    These sessions will be open to the public. No time will be 
allocated for receiving oral presentations from the public. However, 
the Committee will accept written comments from interested parties on 
issues on the meeting agenda and other 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 11, 2002.

    By Direction of the Secretary:
Nora E. Egan,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-6325 Filed 3-15-02; 8:45 am]
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