[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 51 (Thursday, March 16, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 13681]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-2529]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Advisory Committee on Prosthetics and Special Disabilities 
Programs; 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 Prosthetics and Special Disabilities Programs 
will be held April 11-12, 2006, Room 230, VA Central Office, 810 
Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. The meeting will convene at 8:30 
a.m. on both days. On April 11 it will adjourn at 4:30 p.m. and on 
April 12 at noon. The meeting is open to the public.
    The purpose of the Committee is to advise the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs on VA's prosthetic programs designed to provide state-of-the-
art prosthetics and the associated rehabilitation research, 
development, and evaluation of such technology. The Committee also 
provides advice to the Secretary on special disability programs which 
are defined as any program administered by the Secretary to serve 
veterans with spinal cord injury, blindness or vision impairment, loss 
or loss of the use of extremities, deafness or hearing impairment, or 
other serious incapacities in terms of daily life functions.
    On the morning of April 11, the Committee will receive briefings by 
the Chief Consultant, Rehabilitation Strategic Healthcare Group, and 
Director, Rehabilitation Research and Development. In the afternoon, 
briefings from the Directors of Seamless Transition Office, Vocational 
Rehabilitation and Employment Service, and Chief Prosthetics and 
Clinical Logistics Officer will be presented. On the morning of April 
12, the Committee will be briefed by the Chief Consultant, Spinal Cord 
Injury and Disorders Service.
    No time will be allocated for receiving oral presentations from the 
public. However, members of the public may direct questions or submit 
written statements for review by the Committee in advance of the 
meeting to Ms. Cynthia Wade, Designated Federal Officer, Veterans 
Health Administration, Patient Care Services, Rehabilitation Strategic 
Healthcare Group (117), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420. Any member of the public wishing to 
attend the meeting should contact Ms. Wade at (202) 273-8485.

    Dated: March 10, 2006.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 06-2529 Filed 3-15-06; 8:45 am]
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