[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 95 (Friday, May 16, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26684-26685]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-12249]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


VA Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Task Force; 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 VA 
Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (VR&E) Task Force will be held 
on Thursday, May 29, 2003, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and on Friday, May 
30, 2003, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., in Room 230, Department to Veterans 
Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. The meeting is open 
to the public.
    The purpose of the Task Force is to conduct an independent review 
of the VR&E Program within the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA). 
The Task Force will provide recommendations to the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs on improving the Department's ability to provide 
comprehensive services and assistance to veterans with service-
connected disabilities and employment handicaps in becoming employable, 
and obtaining and maintaining suitable employment. The Task Force will 
also assess independent living services provided by VBA.
    Both sessions of the May 29-30 meeting will focus on briefings for 
Task Force members by providers of vocational rehabilitation services 
and those who oversee VA's delivery of

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vocational rehabilitation and employment services. On May 29, 
presentations will be made by the General Accounting Office, VA's 
Office of Inspector General, congressional committee staff and the 
State Directors of Veterans Affairs. On May 30, the Task Force will be 
briefed by the Department of Labor, Department of Education and VA's 
Veterans Health Administration and Veterans Benefits Administration.
    No time will be allocated for receiving oral presentations from the 
public. Interested parties who wish to attend the meeting should have 
adequate identification for entry into the building and will be subject 
to a security screening process. Members of the public may submit 
written comments for review by the Committee to: Mr. John O'Hara, 
Executive Director, VA Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Task 
Force, VA Office of Policy, Planning, and Preparedness (008B), 810 
Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420. Mr. O'Hara can be reached at 
(202) 273-5130; fax number (202) 273-5991 and e-mail address 
john.o'[email protected].

    Dated: May 9, 2003.

    By Direction of the Secretary:
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-12249 Filed 5-15-03; 8:45 am]
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