[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 137 (Thursday, July 17, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 42472]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-18116]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Advisory Committee on the Readjustment of Veterans, Notice of 
Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs gives notice under Public Law 
92-463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) that a meeting of the Advisory 
Committee on the Readjustment of Veterans will be held Wednesday, July 
23, through Friday, July 25, 2003, in Anchorage, Alaska. The meeting 
sessions will begin at 8 a.m. and adjourn by 5 p.m. on all three days.
    The Committee's mandate is to review the post-military readjustment 
needs of veterans and to assess the availability and quality of VA's 
programs for meeting these needs.The purpose of the meeting is to 
provide the Committee with an opportunity to tour local VA facilities 
and to engage in fact finding discussions with local VA service 
providers and veterans.
    The meeting on July 23 will be conducted in two locations, 
Fairbanks and Kenai. The Committee will be divided into two subgroups 
for this purpose. One group will travel to Fairbanks to review the 
community-based operations of the local Vet Center and to meet with 
local veterans. A second group will travel to Kenai to review Vet 
Center operations at that location and meet with local veterans.
    The meeting on July 24 will be conducted at the Anchorage Vet 
Center. The day's agenda will include a tour of the facilities, program 
briefings provided by VA staff from the Vet Center and the Outpatient 
Clinic, and meetings with local veterans and veterans service 
organization representatives.
    The July 25 session will be conducted primarily at the VA 
Outpatient Clinic featuring presentations by VA service providers and 
military staff from the Family Support Services Center at Elmendorf Air 
Force Base. The day's agenda will also include an open forum community 
meeting at the VA Outpatient Clinic from 10 to 11:30 a.m. This meeting 
will provide the Committee members an opportunity to meet with local 
veteran stakeholders, veteran service representatives and other local 
community leaders.
    The sessions on Wednesday, Thursday and most of Friday will be 
closed to the public in accordance with the provisions of 5 U.S.C., 
552b(c)(6) pursuant to subsection 10(d) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act. During those sessions, the Committee will be engaging in 
discussions with clinical service providers and veterans. The 
discussions will disclose information of a personal nature to veteran 
patients, which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of 
personal privacy. The open forum community meeting on Friday from 10 to 
11:30 a.m. at the VA Outpatient Clinic will be open to the public. The 
VA Outpatient Clinic is located at 2925 DeBarr Road, Anchorage, Alaska 
99508.
    Those who plan to attend or have questions concerning the meeting 
may contact Mr. Charles M. Flora, M.S.W., Readjustment Counseling 
Service, Department of Veterans Affairs Central Office, at (202) 273-
8969. Written statements for the Committee meeting record may be 
forwarded to Mr. Flora up to 10 days following the meeting.

    Dated: July 2, 2003.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Office.
[FR Doc. 03-18116 Filed 7-16-03; 8:45 am]
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