[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 33 (Friday, February 17, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 8660]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-1514]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

Veterans' Disability Benefits Commission


Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under Public 
Law 92-463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) that the Veterans' 
Disability Benefits Commission has scheduled a meeting for March 16-17, 
2006, at the Holiday Inn National Airport, 2650 Jefferson Davis 
Highway, Arlington, VA. The meeting will begin each day 8:30 a.m. On 
March 16, the meeting will end at 4 p.m., and on March 17 the meeting 
will end at 3 p.m. The meeting is open to the public.
    The purpose of the Commission is to carry out a study of the 
benefits under the laws of the United States that are provided to 
compensate and assist veterans and their survivors for disabilities and 
deaths attributable to military service.
    The agenda for the meeting will include updates on the progress of 
the studies being conducted by the Center for Naval Analyses and the 
Institute of Medicine, a report of the Commission's first site visit to 
Florida, an overview of the Department of Labor's Veterans Employment 
and Training program, VA's Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment 
program, the Veterans Health Administration's Polytrauma Rehabilitation 
Centers, and the Military Seriously Injured Center as well as the 
Serious Injured Programs of the service branches.
    Interested programs may attend and present oral statements to the 
Commission. Oral presentations will be limited to five minutes or less, 
depending on the number of participants. Interested parties may provide 
written comments for review by the Commission prior to the meeting, by 
e-mail to [email protected] or by mail to Mr. Ray 
Wilburn, Executive Director, Veterans' Disability Benefits Commission, 
1101 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 5th Floor, Washington, DC 20004.

    Dated: February 13, 2006.
    By Direction of the Secretary.
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 06-1514 Filed 2-16-06; 8:45 am]
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