[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 191 (Thursday, October 2, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 56873]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Executive Committee to the Voluntary Service National Advisory 
Committee, Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs gives notice under Public Law 
92-463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) that the Executive Committee to 
the Department of Veterans Affairs Voluntary Service (VAVS) National 
Advisory Committee (NAC) will meet October 20-21, 2003, at the Rosen 
Plaza Hotel, Orlando, Florida. The meetings are scheduled from 8:30 
a.m. until 4:30 p.m. on October 20, 2003, and from 8:30 a.m. until 12 
noon on October 21, 2003. The meeting is open to the public.
    The NAC consists of sixty-two national organizations and advises 
the Secretary, through the Under Secretary for Health, on the 
coordination and promotion of volunteer activities within VA health 
care facilities. The Executive Committee consists of nineteen 
representatives from the NAC member organizations and acts as the NAC 
governing body in the interim period between NAC Annual Meetings.
    Business topics for the October 20 morning session include: review 
goals and objectives, VHA update and a VAVS update of the Voluntary 
Service program's progress since the 2003 NAC Annual Meeting, Parke 
Board update, review of the 2003 annual meeting evaluations and the 
VAVS Partner's Treasurer report. The October 20 afternoon business 
session topics include: the 58th annual meeting plans, workshop and 
plenary sessions/suggestions. The October 21 morning business session 
topics include: 2006 NAC annual meeting planning, membership report 
review, recommendations, subcommittee reports, standard operating 
procedure revisions, new business and Executive Committee appointments.
    No time will be allocated at this meeting for receiving oral 
presentations from the public. However, interested persons may either 
attend or file statements with the Committee. Written statements may be 
filed either before the meeting or within 10 days after the meeting and 
addressed to: Ms. Laura Balun, Administrative Officer, Voluntary 
Service Office (10C2), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420. Individuals interested in attending 
are encouraged to contact Ms. Balun at (202) 273-8952.

    Dated: September 25, 2003.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-24924 Filed 10-1-03; 8:45 am]
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