[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 78 (Thursday, April 22, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 21902]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-9164]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans, Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under the 
Public Law 92-463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) that a meeting of 
the Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans will be held from May 4-6, 
2004, in New Orleans, Louisiana, at various sties within the VA Medical 
Center (VAMC), 1601 Perdido Street. The meeting is open to the public.
    The purpose of the Committee is to advise the Secretary on the 
administration of VA benefits and services to minority veterans, to 
asses the needs of minority veterans and to evaluate whether VA 
compensation, medical and rehabilitation services, outreach, and other 
programs are meeting those needs. The Committee will make 
recommendations to the Secretary regarding such activities.
    On May 4, the Committee will meet from 8:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in 
Chapel Room 2B110 of the VAMC. The Committee will hold panel 
discussions with key staff members from VA South Central Veterans 
Integrated Services Network (16), VAMC New Orleans Health Care System, 
VA Regional Office and Biloxi National Cemetery on services and benefit 
delivery challenges, successes and concerns for the New Orleans area 
veterans. Additionally, the Committee will be briefed by the Minority 
Veterans Program Committee members on outreach initiatives within the 
minority communities. The Committee will conduct a town hall meeting at 
the VAMC beginning at 5 p.m.
    On May 5, the Committee will meet from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in 
Chapel Room 2B110 and will hold a panel discussion with congressional 
staff members ion their concerns, assessments and observations of New 
Orleans veterans' needs. Following this discussion the Committee will 
receive a briefing by video teleconference on ``Health Disparities'' 
from Dr. Donna Washington of the Greater Los Angeles VA Health Care 
System. The Committee will hold a town hall meeting in Houma, 
Louisiana, beginning at 5 p.m.
    On May 6, the Committee's morning session will be held from 9:30 
a.m. to 11 a.m. in Room 2C131 of the VAMC. The Committee will be 
briefed by Dr. Adam Gordon, Assistant Professor of Medicine, University 
of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, on 
``Minority Homeless Access to Healthcare Research'', via video 
teleconference. The afternoon's session (from 12 noon to 4 p.m.) will 
be held in Chapel Room 2B110 and, during that session, the Committee 
will hold panel discussions with various local veteran service 
organizations as to the issues and concerns facing veterans within the 
community. The Jackson Heart Research Group will brief the Committee on 
their study of the environmental and genetic factors influencing the 
development of cardiovascular disease in African American men and 
women. The meeting will adjourn at 4 p.m.
    The Committee will accept written comments from interested parties 
on issues outlined in the meeting agenda, as well as other issues 
affecting minority veterans. Such comments should be referred to the 
Committee at the following address: Advisory Committee on Minority 
Veterans, Center for Minority Veterans (00M), U.S. Department of 
Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420.
    For additional information about the meeting, please contact Ms. 
Elizabeth Olmo at (202) 273-6708.

    Dated: April 15, 2004.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-9164 Filed 4-21-04; 8:45 am]
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