[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 27 (Tuesday, February 10, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 6377]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-2686]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


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, February 18, 2004, at the Paralyzed Veterans of America 
(PVA) National Headquarters, 801 18th Street, NW., Main Conference 
Room, Washington, DC 20006. The meeting will be 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. The 
Task Force will provide recommendations to the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs on improving the Department's ability to deliver employment and 
vocational rehabilitation services to veterans with service-connected 
disabilities and employment handicaps.
    The principal purpose of the meeting is to conduct final 
deliberations on those recommendations contained in the Task Force 
report which will be formally presented to the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs in the near future. The meeting will convene at 10 a.m. and 
conclude after the Task has completed discussions on the report.
    No time will be allocated for receiving oral presentations from the 
public. Members of the public may submit written comments for review by 
the Task Force to Mr. John O'Hara, Designated Federal Officer, 
Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Task Force, c/o Office of 
Policy, Planning, and Preparedness (008B), Department of Veterans 
Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420. Mr. O'Hara's e-
mail is john.o'[email protected] and his fax number is (202) 273-5991.

    Dated: February 2, 2004.
    By Direction of the Secretary.
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-2686 Filed 2-9-04; 8:45 am]
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