[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 50 (Thursday, March 13, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13617-13618]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-4764]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Advisory Committee on Cemeteries and Memorials; Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) 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 April 29-
30, 2008, at the Hilton Palm Beach Airport, 150 Australian Avenue, West 
Palm Beach, Florida. The meeting is open to the public.
    The purpose of the Committee is to advise the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs

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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 April 29, the meeting will begin at 8 a.m. and conclude at 4 
p.m. The Committee will receive briefings and updates on National 
Cemetery Administration issues. On April 30, the Committee will tour 
the South Florida VA National Cemetery and then reconvene at the hotel 
for a business session (beginning at 1 p.m.) which will include 
discussions of Committee recommendations, future meeting sites, and 
potential agenda topics at future meetings. That session will be 
adjourned at 4 p.m.
    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) 461-6240. 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: March 5, 2008.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. E8-4764 Filed 3-12-08; 8:45 am]
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