[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 160 (Friday, August 18, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 47868]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-6994]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Advisory Committee on the Readjustment of Veterans; 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 
Advisory Committee on the Readjustment of Veterans will be held on 
September 7-8, 2006, at The American Legion, Washington Office, at 1608 
K Street, NW., Washington, DC from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. each day. The 
meeting will be open to the public.
    The purpose of the Committee is to review the post-war readjustment 
needs of veterans and to evaluate the availability and effectiveness of 
VA programs to meet these needs.
    The agenda for September 7 will review the coordination of services 
between VA and the Department of Defense as this relates to ensuring a 
seamless transition for returning war veterans. The topics covered will 
include deployment-related problems faced by service members and their 
families, and Battlemind Training as developed by the Walter Reed Army 
Institute for Research.
    On September 8 the Committee will be provided with an update on the 
current activities of the Readjustment Counseling Service Vet Center 
program to serve the veterans from Operation Enduring Freedom and 
Operation Iraqi Freedom. The agenda will also include a review of the 
partnership between VA and DOD in implementing the Post-Deployment 
Health Reassessment Program; strategic planning activities, and 
drafting recommendations for the Committee's next report to Congress.
    No time will be allocated at this meeting for receiving oral 
presentations from the public. However, members of the public may 
direct written questions or submit prepared statements for review by 
the Committee in advance to Mr. Charles M. Flora, M.S.W., Designated 
Federal Officer, Readjustment Counseling Service, Department of 
Veterans Affairs (15), 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420. 
Those who plan to attend or have questions concerning the meeting may 
contact Mr. Flora at (202) 273-8969 or [email protected].

    Dated: August 9, 2006.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 06-6994 Filed 8-17-06; 8:45 am]
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