[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 125 (Friday, June 28, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 43706]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-16403]


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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, July 10, 2002, beginning at 9 a.m. and adjourning at 5 p.m. 
The meeting will be held in the Horizon Ballroom of the Ronald Reagan 
Building International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 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.
    On the morning of July 10, the President's Task Force will receive 
presentations by Dr. Robert Roswell, Under Secretary for Health (VA), 
and Dr. William Winkenwerder, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health 
Affairs, from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. The morning session will conclude 
with a discussion of the next steps and issues leading to the Final 
Report. During the afternoon session, the seven Work Groups will brief 
the Committee in this order: Leadership Chapter, Benefits Chapter, 
Resources Chapter, Pharmaceuticals Chapter, Acquisition and Procurement 
Chapter, Facilities Chapter, and Information Management/Information 
Technology Chapter.
    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 21, 2002.

    By direction of the Secretary.
Nora E. Egan,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-16403 Filed 6-27-02; 8:45 am]
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