[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 77 (Tuesday, April 22, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19883-19884]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-9823]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Advisory Committee on Homeless 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 
Advisory Committee on Homeless Veterans will be held from Wednesday, 
May 7, 2003, through Thursday, May 8, 2003, at the Wyndham City Center 
Hotel, 1143 New Hampshire Avenue, NW., Dupont Room, Washington, DC 
20037. The meeting sessions are scheduled from 2 p.m. until 4:30 p.m. 
on May 7 and from 8:30 until 4 p.m. on May 8. The meeting is open to 
the public.
    The purpose of the Committee is to advise the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs with an on-going assessment of the effectiveness of the 
policies, organizational structures, and services of the Department in 
assisting homeless veterans. The Committee shall assemble and review 
information relating to the needs of homeless veterans and provide on-
going advice on the most appropriate

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means of providing assistance to homeless veterans. The Committee will 
make recommendations to the Secretary regarding such activities.
    On May 7, the Committee will visit the Access Housing--Southeast 
Veterans Service Center, 820 Chesapeake Street, SE., Washington, DC. On 
May 8, the Committee will review information about efforts to 
coordinate services and increase veterans access to homeless services 
from VA and other health and benefits programs and review new draft 
recommendations to assist veterans.
    Those wishing to attend the meeting should contact Mr. Peter 
Dougherty, Department of Veterans Affairs, at (202) 273-5764. No time 
will be allocated for receiving oral presentations from the public. 
However, the Committee will accept written comments from interested 
parties on issues affecting homeless veterans. Such comments should be 
referred to the Committee at the following address: Advisory Committee 
on Homeless Veterans, Homeless Veterans Programs Office (075D), U.S. 
Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 
20420.

    Dated: April 14, 2003.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
E. Phillip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-9823 Filed 4-21-03; 8:45 am]
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