[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 101 (Friday, May 24, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36674-36675]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-13096]


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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 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) that a meeting of the 
President's Task Force to Improve Health Care Delivery for Our Nation's 
Veterans is scheduled for Wednesday, June 5, 2002, beginning at 9 a.m. 
and adjourning at 4 p.m. and Thursday, June 6, 2002, beginning at 8:30 
a.m. and adjourning at 11:30 a.m. The June 5 session will be held in 
the Horizon Ballroom of the Ronald Reagan Building International Trade 
Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. The June 6 
session will be held in the First Floor Conference Room of the VFW 
Memorial Building, 200 Maryland Avenue, NE., 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 infrastructure, including 
buildings, information technology and data sharing systems, procurement 
of supplies, equipment and services.
    On the morning of June 5, the Vision Work Group and the Leadership 
Work Group will brief the Committee. During the afternoon session, the 
Benefits and Services Work Group, Resources and Budgeting Work Group, 
and Pharmaceuticals Work Group will brief the Committee. On the morning 
of June 6, the Acquisition and Procurement

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Work Group, Facilities Work Group, and Information Management/
Information Technology 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 for Our Nation's Veterans, 1401 Wilson Boulevard, 4th Floor, 
Arlington, Virginia 22209.

    Dated: May 20, 2002.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
Nora E. Egan,
Committee Management Office.
[FR Doc. 02-13096 Filed 5-23-02; 8:45 am]
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