[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 195 (Tuesday, October 8, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62852-62853]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-25495]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


President 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, October 9, 2002, beginning at 9 a.m. and adjourning at 5 
p.m. The meeting will be held in the Jefferson Ballroom of the Radisson 
Hotel Old Town, 901 North Fairfax Street, Alexandria, VA and is open to 
the general public.
    The purpose of the President's Task Force to Improve Health Care 
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 morning and afternoon sessions will be a discussion of format 
and issues for the Final Report to the President.
    Interested persons can provide written comments to Mr. Dan Amon, 
Communications Director, President's

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Task Force to Improve Health Care Delivery for Our Nation's Veterans, 
1401 Wilson Boulevard, 4th Floor, Arlington, Virginia 22209.

    Dated: October 1, 2002.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
Nora E. Egan,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-25495 Filed 10-7-02; 8:45 am]
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