[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 147 (Tuesday, August 1, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43559-43560]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-6588]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Geriatrics and Gerontology Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs gives notice under Public Law 
92-463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) that a meeting of the 
Geriatrics and Gerontology Advisory committee will be held at VA Center 
Office, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC on September 19-20, 
2006. The session on September 19 will convene at 8:30 a.m. and 
conclude at 5 p.m. in Room 430 and on September 20, the session will 
convene at 8 a.m. and conclude at noon in Room 730. This meeting is 
open to the public.
    The purpose of the Committee is to provide advice to the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs and the Under Secretary of Health on all matters 
pertaining to geriatrics and gerontology

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by assessing the capability of VA health care facilities to meet the 
medical, psychological, and function needs of older veterans and by 
evaluating VA facilities designated as Geriatric Research Education, 
and Clinical Centers (GRECCs).
    The meeting will feature presentation topics that include VHA Poly 
Trauma Centers, the Office of Academic Affiliations, My Health-e-Vet, 
the 2005 White House Conference on Aging, the Employee Education 
System, and perfomranc oversight of the VA Geriatric Research, 
Education, and clinical Centers.
    No time will be allocated at this meeting for receiving oral 
presentation from the public. Interested parties can provide written 
comments for review by the Committee 10 days in advance of the meeting 
to Mrs. Marcia Holt-Delaney, Office of Geriatrics and Extended Care 
(114), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20420. Individuals who wish to attend the meeting should 
contact Mrs. Holt-Delaney, Program Analyst, at (202) 273-8540, at least 
seven days in advance of the meeting.

    Dated: July 20, 2006.

    By direction of the Secretary.
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 06-6588 Filed 7-31-06; 8:45 am]
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