[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 60 (Thursday, March 29, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14779-14780]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-1559]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Department of Defense Task Force on the Future of the Military 
Health Care; Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs); 
DoD.

ACTION: Amendment to notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (5 
U.S.C., Appendix, as amended) and the Sunshine in the Government Act of 
1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended), the Department of Defense announces 
an amendment to the March 9, 2007 meeting notice for the Department of 
Defense Task Force on the Future of the Military Health Care.
    On Friday, March 9, 2007 (72 FR 10717), the Department of Defense 
Task Force on the Future of the Military Health Care announced that its 
March 28, 2007 meeting would conduct an open meeting from 8:30 a.m. to 
4 p.m. The March 9th Federal Register notice also indicated that the 
Task Force would hold an administrative work meeting from 8:30 a.m. to 
9:15, and a preparatory work meeting from 3:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.

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    Due to changing requirements, the Task Force has cancelled its 
previously scheduled administrative work meeting and will delay the 
start of its open meeting. Instead the Task Force will conduct a 
preparatory work meeting from 8:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. to gather 
information, conduct research and analyze relevant issues and facts to 
draft position papers for deliberation by the Task Force Members. 
Following the preparatory work meeting, the Task Force will conduct an 
open meeting. The open meeting will be from 12 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., and 
the public or interested parties are invited to attend the meeting. 
Immediately following the public meeting, the Task Force will hold its 
previously announced preparatory work meeting from 3:40 p.m. to 4 p.m.
    In addition to changing the March 28, 2007 meeting schedule, the 
Task Force is changing the topics to be discussed at the open meeting. 
The Task Force will discuss managed care issues.
    All March 28, 2007 meetings of the Department of Defense Task Force 
on the Future of the Military Health Care will be held at the National 
Transportation.
    In view of the Task Force's decision to cancel its administrative 
work meeting to analyze relevant issues and facts to draft position 
papers for deliberation, the Committee Management Officer for the 
Department, pursuant to his authority under 41 CFR 102-3.150(b), has 
authorized a waiver to the 15-calendar day rule (41 CFR 102-3.150(a)).
    Additional information and meeting registration is available online 
at the Defense Health Board Web site, http://www.ha.osd.mil/dhb.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colonel Christine Bader, Executive 
Secretary, Department of Defense Task Force on the Future of Military 
Health Care, Skyline One, 5205 Leesburg Pike, Suite 810, Falls Church, 
VA 22041, (703) 681-3279, ext. 109 ([email protected]).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Open sessions of the meeting will be limited 
by space accommodations. Any interested person may attend; however, 
seating is limited to the space available at the National 
Transportation Safety Board Conference Center. Individuals or 
organizations wishing to submit written comments for consideration by 
the Task Force should provide their comments in an electronic (PDF 
Format) document to the Executive Secretary of the Department of 
Defense Task Force on the Future of Military Health Care, 
[email protected], no later than five (10) business days prior 
to the scheduled meeting.

    Dated: March 23, 2007.
L.M. Bynum,
Alternate OSD Federal Register, Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 07-1559 Filed 3-27-07; 10:37 am]
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