[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 59 (Friday, March 26, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 15929]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-6737]


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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 April 20-22, 2004, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 
p.m., in Room 560, Lafayette Building, 811 Vermont Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20420. 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 April 20, the agenda will include briefings and updates on 
issues related to women veterans' issues in VA's Veterans Health 
Administration, data on recent combat veterans from the Department of 
Defense Manpower Data Center Database, the release of the Capital Asset 
Realignment for Enhanced Services (CARES) Report, focus group site 
visits, compensation and pension benefits, plans for incorporating and 
providing service to women veterans into VA's Vet Centers, and 
presentation of a Certificate of Appointment to one new Committee 
member. On April 21, the Committee will be briefed on legislative 
issues affecting women veterans, upcoming initiatives of the Center for 
Women Veterans, and will begin preparation of the 2004 report. On April 
22, the Committee will discuss any new issues that the Committee 
members may introduce, as well as continue preparation of the 2004 
report.
    Any member of the public wishing to attend should contact Ms. 
Rebecca Schiller, at the Department of Veterans Affairs, Center for 
Women Veterans (OOW), 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420. 
Ms. Schiller may be contacted wither 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.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
    Dated: March 19, 2004.

E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-6737 Filed 3-25-04; 8:45 am]
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