[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 193 (Thursday, October 5, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 58912]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-8487]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Advisory Committee on Cemeteries and Memorials; Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs gives notice under Public Law 
92-463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) that a meeting of the Advisory 
Committee on Cemeteries and Memorials will be held on November 8-9, 
2006. On November 8 the session will be at 811 Vermont Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC Room 442 from 8 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. and on November 9, 
the session will be at 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Room 430 from 2:30 p.m. 
until 4 p.m. The meeting is open to the public.
    The purpose of the Committee is to advise the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs on the administration of national cemeteries, soldiers' lots 
and plots, the selection of new national cemetery sites, the erection 
of appropriate memorials, and the adequacy of Federal burial benefits.
    On November 8 the Committee will receive updates on National 
Cemetery Administration issues. On November 9 the Committee will tour 
the Crownsville (MD) Veterans Cemetery, the Annapolis National Cemetery 
and the United States Naval Academy Cemetery in the morning, returning 
to VA central offices for a business session in the afternoon, which 
will include discussions of Committee recommendations, future meeting 
sites, and potential agenda topics.
    Time will not be allocated for receiving oral presentations from 
the public. Any member of the public wishing to attend the meeting 
should contact Mr. Michael Nacincik, Designated Federal Officer, at 
(202) 273-5221. The Committee will accept written comments. Comments 
may be transmitted electronically to the Committee at 
[email protected] or mailed to the National Cemetery 
Administration, (41C2), 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420. 
In the public's communications with the Committee, the writers must 
identify themselves and state the organizations, associations, or 
persons they represent.

    Dated: September 28, 2006.

    By direction of the Secretary
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 06-8487 Filed 10-4-06; 8:45 am]
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