[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 24 (Wednesday, February 5, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5979-5980]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-2665]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services (CARES) 
Commission Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under Public 
Law 92-463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) that the Capital Asset 
Realignment for Enhanced Services (CARES) Commission will meet on 
Wednesday, February 19, 2003, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Thursday, 
February 20, 2003, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The meeting will be held at 
the Jefferson Hotel in the Monticello Room, 1200 16th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC. The meeting is open to the public.
    The purpose of the Commission is to conduct an external assessment 
of VA's capital asset needs and to assure that stakeholder and 
beneficiary concerns are fully addressed. The Commission will consider 
recommendations prepared by VA's Under Secretary for Health, veterans 
service organizations, individual veterans, Congress, medical school 
affiliates, VA employees, local government entities, community groups 
and others. Following its assessment, the Commission will make specific 
recommendations to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs regarding the 
realignment and allocation of capital assets necessary to meet the 
demands

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for veterans health care services over the next 20 years.
    This is the initial meeting of the Commission. On February 19, the 
agenda topics for this meeting will include background briefings on the 
CARES and an overview of the nine-step CARES process. On February 20, 
the Commission will discuss operating rules, future meeting topics and 
schedules, subcommittee assignments, and hearings. Also, the Commission 
members will receive an ethics briefing.
    Interested persons may either attend or file statements with the 
Commission. Written statements may be filed either before the meeting 
or within 10 days after the meeting and addressed to: Department of 
Veterans Affairs, CARES Commission, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20420. Any member of the public wishing additional 
information should contact Mr. Richard E. Larson at (202) 273-4800.

    Dated: January 30, 2003.
    By Direction of the Secretary.
Nora E. Egan,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-2665 Filed 2-4-03; 8:45 am]
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