[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 93 (Monday, May 15, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 28079]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-4528]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Advisory Committee on Women Veterans; Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under Public 
Law 92-463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) that the Advisory Committee 
on Women Veterans will conduct a site visit on June 12-16, 2006, at the 
North Chicago VA Medical Center (VAMC), 3001 Green Bay Road, North 
Chicago, IL. Site visit briefings, updates, and tours will be held from 
8:15 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. each day and will be open to the public.
    The purpose of the Committee is to advise the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs regarding the needs of women veterans with respect to health 
care, rehabilitation, compensation, outreach, and other programs and 
activities administered by VA designed to meet such needs. The 
Committee makes recommendations to the Secretary regarding such 
programs and activities.
    On June 12, the agenda topics for this meeting will include 
briefings and updates from key leadership of the VAMC and Veterans 
Integrated Services Network (VISN) 12, as well as a tour of the 
surgical and emergency departments, acute medicine, Women's Wellness 
Clinic, and the Skilled Geriatric Rehabilitation Center. On June 13, 
the Committee will receive briefings and updates from VISN 12's Women 
Veterans Program Managers, VISN Seamless Transition Coordinator, and a 
VISN 12 official on mammography services. On June 14, the Committee 
will receive briefings and updates on resident training at the VAMC and 
Rosalind Franklin University of Health Sciences, the Chicago Regional 
Office operations to include women veterans activities, the Illinois 
State Department of Veterans Affairs Office, and the National Cemetery 
Administration. The Committee will also tour the Naval Hospital Great 
Lakes in Great Lakes, Illinois. On June 15, the Committee will receive 
briefings and updates on polytrauma services at the Hines VAMC, 
inpatient/outpatient mental health services for women, the Evanston Vet 
Center, domiciliary and substance abuse programs, and the acute 
psychiatry unit. On June 16, there will be an open forum and town hall 
meeting with the women veterans' community.
    Any member of the public wishing to attend the meeting should 
contact Ms. Rebecca Schiller at the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
Center for Women Veteran (00W), 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 
20420. Ms. Schiller may be contacted either by phone at (202) 273-6193, 
fax at (202) 273-7092, or e-mail at [email protected]. Interested persons 
may attend, appear before, or file statements with the Committee. 
Written statements must be filed before the meeting or within 10 days 
after the meeting.

    Dated: May 9, 2006.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 06-4528 Filed 5-12-06; 8:45 am]
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