[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 169 (Thursday, August 31, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51891-51892]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-7356]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Clinical Science Research and Development Service Cooperative 
Studies Scientific Merit Review Board; 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 
Clinical Science Research and Development Service Cooperative Studies 
Scientific Merit Review Board will be held on September 19-20, 2006, at 
the Crystal City Marriott, 1999 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, 
Virginia. The session is scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. and end at 3 p.m. 
on both days.
    The Board advises the Chief Research and Development Officer 
through the Director of the Clinical Science Research and Development 
Service on the relevance and feasibility of proposed

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projects and the scientific validity and propriety of technical 
details, including protection of human subjects.
    The session will be open to the public from 8 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. on 
September 19 for the discussion of administrative matters and the 
general status of the program. The sessions will be closed from 8:30 
a.m. to 3 p.m. on September 19 and for the entire day on September 20 
for the Board's review of research and development applications.
    During the closed portions of the meeting, discussion and 
recommendations will include qualifications of the personnel conducting 
the studies (the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly 
unwarranted invasion of personal privacy), as well as research 
information (the premature disclosure of which would be likely to 
compromise significantly the implementation of proposed agency action 
regarding such research projects). As provided by subsection 10(d) of 
Public Law 92-463, as amended by Public Law 94-409, closing portions of 
these meetings is in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6) and (c)(9)(B).
    Those who plan to attend should contact Dr. Grant Huang, Deputy 
Director, Cooperative Studies Program (125), Department of Veterans 
Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420, a5 (202) 254-
0183.

    Dated: August 23, 2006.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 06-7356 Filed 8-30-06; 8:45 am]
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