[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 248 (Monday, December 29, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75024-75025]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-31814]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Advisory Committee on Women Veterans; Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under Public 
Law 92-463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) that the Advisory Committee 
on Women Veterans will meet January 27-29, 2004, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 
p.m., in VA Central Office, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 
20420. On January 27 and 29, the meeting will be held in room C-7 and 
on January 28, the

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meeting will be held in room 630. The meeting is open to the public.
    The purpose of the Committee is to advise the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs regarding the needs of women veterans with respect to health 
care, rehabilitation, compensation, outreach, and other programs and 
activities administered by VA designed to meet such needs. The 
Committee will make recommendations to the Secretary regarding such 
programs and activities.
    On January 27, the agenda will include briefings and updates on 
issues related to women veterans' issues in VA Veterans Health 
Administration, research studies on women veterans' health, the Capital 
Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services (CARES) process, focus group 
site visits, the Stakeholder Engagement Survey administered by the 
General Services Administration, and presentations of Certificates of 
Appointment to two new Committee members. On January 28, the Committee 
will be briefed on legislative issues affecting women veterans, 
compensation and pension benefits, and the Veterans' Employment and 
Training Service administered by the Department of Labor. On January 
29, the Committee will receive updates on the VA Homeless Program, the 
required ethics briefing, and any new issues that the Committee members 
may introduce.
    Any member of the public wishing to attend should contact Ms. 
Rebecca Schiller, at the Department of Veterans Affairs, Center for 
Women Veterans (00W), 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420. 
Ms. Schiller may be contacted either by phone at (202) 273-6193, fax at 
(202) 273-7092, or e-mail at [email protected]. Interested persons may 
attend, appear before, or file statements with the Committee. Written 
statements must be filed before the meeting, or within 10 days after 
the meeting.

    Dated: December 18, 2003.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-31814 Filed 12-24-03; 8:45 am]
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