[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 127 (Monday, July 3, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 37979]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-5935]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Blue Ribbon Panel on VA-Medical School Affiliations; Notice of 
Establishment

    As required by Section 9(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs hereby gives notice of the 
establishment of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Blue Ribbon 
Panel On VA-Medical School Affiliations. The Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs has determined that establishing the Panel is both necessary 
and in the public interest.
    The Panel will advise the Secretary and the Under Secretary for 
Health on a comprehensive philosophical framework to enhance VA's 
partnerships with medical schools and affiliated institutions. The 
Panel will be guided by VA's strategic planning initiative to assure 
equitable, harmonious, and synergistic academic affiliations. During 
the Panel's deliberations, those affiliations will be broadly assessed 
in light of changes in medical education, research priorities, and the 
health care needs of veterans.
    Panel members will be appointed by the Secretary and will be 
individuals who can effectively express the views of both large and 
small medical schools which are actively involved in the principal 
affiliation components (research, patient care and education). The 
Panel is expected to complete its work within 18 months after its first 
meeting.

    Dated: June 23, 2006.
    By Direction of the Secretary.

E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 06-5935 Filed 6-30-06; 8:45 am]
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