[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 92 (Friday, May 12, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 27793]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-4421]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Veterans' Disability Benefits Commission; Amended--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 amended the location, schedule and 
agenda for its meeting on May 18-19, 2006. The sessions will take place 
at the FDIC/Seidman Training Center, 3501 Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA. 
On May 18, the meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. and end at 4 p.m. On May 
19, the meeting will begin at 8 a.m. and end at 3 p.m. The meeting is 
open to the public.
    The agenda on May 18 will feature an overview of the Department of 
Defense program for assessing and filling the adaptive equipment needs 
of injured or disabled service members retooling for employment. The 
agenda will also feature updates on the progress of the studies being 
conducted by the Institute of Medicine (IOM), a report of the 
Commission's site visits to Illinois and Missouri, and a briefing on 
Quality of Life. The Government Accountability Office will present its 
findings on the disability benefits available to Federal, state and 
local employees who serve the public in high-risk occupations and are 
injured in the line of duty. The agenda for the meeting on May 19 will 
feature updates on the progress of the studies being conducted by the 
Center for Naval Analyses (CNA), with the results of CNA's literature 
review; and a continuing discussion of Social Security Disability 
Insurance (SSDI), to include a panel of veterans service organizations 
presenting views on SSDI.
    Interested persons may attend and present oral statements to the 
Commission on May 19. 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: May 3, 2006.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 06-4421 Filed 5-11-06; 8:45am]
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