[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 33 (Friday, February 17, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8659-8660]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-1515]


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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 town hall meeting for 
March 6, 2006, at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, 200 E. 
Market St., San Antonio, Texas. The town hall meeting will begin at 7 
p.m. and end at 9 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 Commission is conducting the second of eight fact-finding, 
data-gathering site visits throughout the United States. The San 
Antonio area was selected based on criteria that included the 
concentration of veterans, active-duty service members and National 
Guard and Reserves, and the location of Veterans Benefits 
Administration, Veterans Health Administration, and Department of 
Defense (DoD) facilities, with particular interest in transition 
activities. The goal of this visit is to allow the commissioners the 
opportunity to tour local Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and DoD 
facilities; examine the processes in place which assist disabled 
veterans and service members, and survivors in their efforts to obtain

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benefits and to present these individuals and the general public with 
an opportunity to learn about the work of the Commission and to offer 
comments in face-to-face forums.
    Interested persons may attend the meeting 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 or at any time, 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 10, 2006.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 06-1515 Filed 2-16-06; 8:45 am]
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