[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 169 (Friday, August 31, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 50466]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-4279]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Advisory Committee on CARES Business Plan Studies; Notice of 
Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under the 
Public Law 92-463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) that the Advisory 
Committee on CARES Business Plan Studies will hold a meeting on 
September 17, 2007, at the University of Massachusetts/Boston, Columbia 
Point, Campus Center Ballroom in Boston, Massachusetts. The meeting 
will convene at 1 p.m. and conclude at 6:30 p.m. The meeting is open to 
the public.
    The purpose of the Committee is to provide advice to the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs on proposed business plans at those VA facility 
sites identified in May 2004 as requiring further study by the Capital 
Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services (CARES) Decision document.
    The objective of this meeting is to provide the Secretary with 
advice regarding the final selection of a healthcare, capital planning 
and reuse option for the Greater Boston area campuses of the VA New 
England Healthcare System. An analysis of the business planning options 
completed by the VA contractor is to be presented at the meeting prior 
to their final submission to the VA. The agenda will also accommodate 
public commentary on the options.
    Interested persons may attend and present oral or written 
statements to the Committee. For additional information regarding the 
meeting, please contact Mr. Jay Halpern, Designated Federal Officer, 
(00 CARES), at 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420, by phone 
at (202) 273-5994, or by e-mail at [email protected].

    Dated: August 27, 2007.
    By direction of the Secretary.
E. Phillip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 07-4279 Filed 8-30-07; 8:45 am]
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