[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 74 (Friday, April 16, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20668-20669]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-8656]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Advisory Committee on Cemeteries and Memorials; 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 
Advisory Committee on Cemeteries and Memorials will be held on May 5-6, 
2004, at the Marines' Memorial Club and Hotel, 609 Sutter Street, San 
Francisco, CA. The meeting will be held in the Regimental Room, 
beginning at 8 a.m. and concluding at 5 p.m. on both days. The meeting 
is open to the public.
    The purpose of the Committee is to advise the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs on the administration of national cemeteries, soldiers' lots 
and plots, the selection of new national cemetery sites, the erection 
of appropriate memorials, and the adequacy of Federal burial benefits. 
The Committee will make recommendations to the Secretary regarding 
these activities.
    On May 5, the Committee will receive updates on the previous 
meeting's recommendations, field operations and current National 
Cemetery Administration issues and information relating to San 
Francisco and Golden Gate National Cemeteries. In the afternoon, the 
Committee will travel to the San Francisco and Golden Gate National 
Cemeteries. On the morning of May 6, the Committee will travel to 
Memorial Service Network (MSN) Region Five for briefs by MSN personnel. 
In the afternoon, the Committee will reconvene for the business session 
and conclude with discussions of any unfinished business and 
recommendations for future programs, meeting sites, and agenda topics.

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    Time will not be allocated for receiving oral presentations from 
the public. Any member of the public wishing to attend the meeting is 
requested to contact Mr. Timothy Boulay, Designated Federal Officer, at 
(202) 273-5204. The Committee will accept written comments. Comments 
can be transmitted electronically to the Committee at 
[email protected] or mailed to National Cemetery 
Administration (40), 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420. In 
the public's communications with the Committee, the writers must 
identify themselves and state the organizations, associations, or 
persons they represent.

    Dated: April 2, 2004.
    By Direction of the Secretary.
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Managaement Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-8656 Filed 4-15-04; 8:45 am]
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