[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 202 (Friday, October 19, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 59335]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-5161]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Advisory Committee on OIF/OEF Veterans and Families; Notice of 
Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under Public 
Law 92-463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) that the Advisory Committee 
on OIF/OEF Veterans and Families will meet on November 6-8, 2007, at 
the Capitol Hilton Hotel, 1001 16th Street, NW., Washington. On 
November 6, the session will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. On November 7, 
the session will be from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. On November 8, the session 
will be from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. The meeting is open to the public.
    The purpose of the Committee is to advise the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs on the full spectrum of health care, benefits delivery and 
related family support issues that confront servicemembers during their 
transition from active duty to veteran status and during their post-
service years. The Committee will focus on the concerns of all men and 
women with active military service in Operation Iraqi Freedom and/or 
Operation Enduring Freedom, but will pay particular attention to 
severely disabled veterans and their families.
    The agenda for the November 6-8 meeting will consist primarily of 
Committee deliberations as it begins to draft an interim report to the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs and consider its work and strategic plans 
for the future. The Committee will discuss its findings and 
observations based on previous Committee meetings, site visits, written 
reports and personal experiences.
    The meeting will include time reserved for public comments. 
Individuals wishing to make oral statements must pre-register not later 
than November 2, 2007 by contacting Tiffany Glover by e-mail at 
[email protected] and by submitting a 1-2 page summary of their 
statements for inclusion in the official record of the meeting. Oral 
statements by the public will be limited to five minutes each and will 
be received at 4 p.m.-4:30 p.m. on November 7 and 8. The public may 
also submit written statements for the Committee's review to the 
Advisory Committee on OIF/OEF Veterans and Families (008), Department 
of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420.
    Anyone seeking additional information should contact Ronald Thomas, 
Esq., Designated Federal Officer, at (202) 273-5182.

    Dated: October 12, 2007.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 07-5161 Filed 10-18-07; 8:45 am]
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