[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 39 (Tuesday, February 28, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10095-10096]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-1868]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Advisory Committee on Homeless Veterans; 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 Homeless Veterans will be held March 30-31, 2006. 
The Committee will meet from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on March 30, 2006, and 
from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. on March 31, 2006, in the Learning Skill Center 
at the Maryland Center for Veterans Education and Training, 301 North 
High Street, Baltimore, MD. The meeting is open to the public.
    The purpose of the Committee is to advise the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs with an ongoing assessment of the effectiveness of the 
policies, organizational structures, and services of the Department in 
assisting homeless veterans. The Committee shall assemble and review 
information relating to the needs of homeless veterans and provide 
ongoing advice on the most appropriate means of providing assistance to 
homeless veterans. The Committee will make recommendations to the 
Secretary regarding such activities.
    On March 30 and 31, the Committee will receive reports from program 
experts, assess the availability of health care and benefit services, 
receive reports from other federal departments and advocacy groups and 
review other initiatives designed to assist veterans who are homeless. 
The Committee will review the 2005 annual report responses, and draft 
the 2006 annual report.
    Those wishing to attend the meeting should contact Mr. Pete 
Dougherty, Designated Federal Officer, at (202) 273-5764. No time will 
be allocated for receiving oral presentations during the public 
meeting. However, the Committee will accept written comments from 
interested parties on

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issues affecting homeless veterans. Such comments should be referred to 
the Committee at the following address: Advisory Committee on Homeless 
Veterans, Homeless Veterans Programs Office (075D), U.S. Department of 
Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420.

    Dated: February 22, 2006.
    By direction of the Secretary.

E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 06-1868 Filed 2-27-06; 8:45 am]
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