[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 119 (Thursday, June 20, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42104-42105]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-15583]


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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)

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that a meeting of the President's Task Force to Improve Health Care 
Delivery for Our Nation's Veterans is scheduled for Monday, July 1, 
2002, beginning at 9:30 a.m. and adjourning at 1:30 p.m. The meeting 
will be held in the Horizon Ballroom of the Ronald Reagan Building, 
International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, 
D.C. and is 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.
    The Task Force will hold an open discussion on the Draft Interim 
Report as discussed during the June 2002 meeting.
    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: June 10, 2002.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
Nora E. Egan,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-15583 Filed 6-19-02; 8:45 am]
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