[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 82 (Monday, April 29, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21017-21018]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-10421]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


President's Task Force To Improve Health Care Delivery for Our 
Nation's Veterans, Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under Public 
Law 92-463 that a meeting of the President's Task Force to Improve 
Health Care Delivery for Our Nation's Veterans is scheduled for 
Wednesday, May 8, 2002, beginning at 9:00 a.m. and adjourning at 4 p.m. 
and Thursday, May 9, 2002, beginning at 8:30 a.m. and adjourning at 
11:30 a.m. The May 8 session will be held in the Horizon Ballroom of 
the Ronald Reagan Building International

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Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC. The May 9 
session will be held in Room 230, Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 
Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, DC. Both sessions are open to the 
general public.
    The purpose of the President's Task Force to Improve Health Care 
Delivery for Our Nation's Veterans is to:
    (a) Identify ways to improve benefits and services for Department 
of Veterans Affairs (VA) beneficiaries and Department of Defense (DoD) 
military retirees who are also eligible for benefits from VA, through 
better coordination of the activities of the two departments;
    (b) Identify opportunities to remove barriers that impede VA and 
DoD coordination, including budgeting processes, timely billing, cost 
accounting, information technology, and reimbursement; and
    (c) Identify opportunities through partnership between VA and DoD, 
to maximize the use of resources and infrastructures, including 
buildings, information technology and data sharing systems, procurement 
of supplies, equipment and services.
    On the morning of May 8, the Vision Work Group and the Information 
Management/Information Technology Work Group will brief the Committee. 
During the afternoon session, the Leadership Work Group, Benefits Work 
Group and Acquisition and Procurement Work Group will brief the 
Committee. On the morning of May 9, the Pharmaceuticals Work Group, 
Facilities Work Group, and Resources and Budgeting Work Group will 
brief the Committee.
    Interested parties can provide written comments to Mr. Dan Amon, 
Communications Director, President's Task Force to Improve Health Care 
Delivery to Our Nation's Veterans, 1401 Wilson Boulevard, 4th Floor, 
Arlington, Virginia 22209.

    Dated: April 22, 2002.

    By Direction of the Secretary:
Nora E. Egan,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-10421 Filed 4-26-02; 8:45 am]
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