[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 55 (Thursday, March 22, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13556-13557]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-1392]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Veterans' Disability Benefits Commission, Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under Public 
Law 92-463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) that the Veterans' 
Disability Benefits Commission has scheduled a meeting for April 19-20, 
2007 in the Almas Temple, adjacent to the Hamilton Crowne Plaza Hotel, 
at 1315 K Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005. The meeting will begin at 
8:30 a.m. and end at 5 p.m. each day. The meeting is open to the 
public.
    The purpose of the Commission is to carry out a study of the 
benefits under the laws of the United States that are provided to 
compensate and assist veterans and their survivors for disabilities and 
deaths attributable to military service.
    The agenda for the meeting will feature updates on the progress of 
the studies being conducted by the Center for Naval Analyses (CNA) and 
the Institute of Medicine (IOM). The Commission will receive 
presentations on CNA's preliminary survey results and several draft 
Issue Papers in various stages of development. There will be additional 
discussions with CNA on the topic of earned income, employment and 
compensation. The Commission will also receive comments from interested 
parties on the research topics approved for study and analysis by the 
Commission on October 14, 2005, and posted on the Commission's Web site 
during March 2007 for public comment.
    Interested persons may attend and present oral statements to the 
Commission on April 19. Oral presentations will be limited to five

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minutes or less, depending on the number of participants. Interested 
parties may also provide written comments for review by the Commission 
prior to the meeting or at any time by e-mail to 
[email protected] or by mail to Mr. Ray Wilburn, Executive 
Director, Veterans' Disability Benefits Commission, 1101 Pennsylvania 
Avenue, NW., 5th Floor, Washington, DC 20004.

    Dated: March 14, 2007.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 07-1392 Filed 3-21-07; 8:45 am]
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