[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 66 (Thursday, April 6, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 17564]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-3279]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Clinical Science Research and Development Service Cooperative 
Studies Scientific Merit Review Board; 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 
Clinical Science Research and Development Service Cooperative Studies 
Scientific Merit Review Board will be held on May 2, 2006, at the 
Doubletree Rockville Hotel, 1750 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. 
The meeting is scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m. and end at 3 p.m.
    The Board advises the Chief Research and Development Officer 
through the Director of the Clinical Science Research and Development 
Service on the relevance and feasibility of proposed studies, the 
adequacy of the protocols, and the scientific validity and propriety of 
technical details, including protection of human subjects.
    The session will be open to the public from 8:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. for 
the discussion of administrative matters and the general status of the 
program. The sessions will be closed from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. for the 
Board's review of research and development applications.
    During the closed sessions of the meeting, discussions and 
recommendations will deal with qualifications of personnel conducting 
the studies, staff and consultant critiques of research proposals and 
similar documents, and the medical records of patients who are study 
subjects, the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly 
unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. As provided by section 10(d) 
of Public Law 92-463, as amended, closing portions of this meeting is 
in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6) and (c)(9)(B).
    Those who plan to attend should contact Dr. Grant Huang, Deputy 
Director, Cooperative Studies Program (125), Department of Veterans 
Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420, at (202) 254-
0183.

    Dated: March 30, 2006.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 06-3279 Filed 4-5-06; 8:45 am]
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