[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 158 (Thursday, August 14, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47646-47647]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-18787]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans; 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 Gulf War Veterans will hold a meeting on September 24-25, 2008, at 
the Residence Inn by Marriott, 1199 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, 
DC.
    The purpose of the Committee is to provide advice and 
recommendations to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on issues that are 
unique to veterans who served in the Southwest Asia theater of 
operations during the 1990-1991 period of the Gulf War.
    On September 24, the Committee will meet in open session from 8:30 
a.m. to 12 noon. This session will focus on the Veterans Health 
Administration (VHA) with emphasis on the Gulf War Registry and 
outreach activities, a review of the priority groups for health care 
enrollment, and a panel discussion on clinical care research, 
guidelines and practices.
    In the afternoon of September 24, the Committee will meet in closed 
session at the Washington, DC VA Medical Center (VAMC). The Committee 
will be meeting with clinicians and individual patients receiving 
services at the VAMC. The session will be closed to protect the privacy 
of the patients and to minimize possible interference with the delivery 
of medical services at the VAMC. Closing the meeting is in compliance 
with 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6).
    On September 25, the Committee will meet in open session from 8:30 
a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and will focus on activities by the Veterans Benefits 
Administration (VBA), particularly those activities conducted by VBA's 
Compensation and Pension Service. This will include discussions 
concerning the disability compensation system, the chronology of VBA 
responses to Gulf War issues including its actions responding to 
statutory changes, and VBA's outreach to Gulf War veterans.
    Public comments will be received on September 24, from 11:15 a.m. 
until 11:45 a.m. and on September 25, from 1 p.m. until 1:30 p.m. 
Individuals wishing to speak must register not later than September 17, 
2008, by contacting Lelia Jackson at (202) 461-5758 or by e-mail at 
[email protected], and by submitting 1-2 page summaries of their 
comments for inclusion in the official record. Public comments will be 
limited to five minutes each. A sign-in sheet will be available each 
day. Members of the public may also submit written statements for the 
Committee's review to the Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans, 
Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 
20420.

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    Interested parties may also listen in by teleconferencing into the 
meeting. The toll-free teleconference line will be open from 8:30 a.m. 
until 12 noon on September 24 and from 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. on 
September 25. To register for the teleconference, contact Lelia Jackson 
at (202) 461-5758 or [email protected].
    Any member of the public seeking additional information should 
contact Laura O'Shea, Designated Federal Officer, at (202) 461-5765.

    Dated: August 6, 2008.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. E8-18787 Filed 8-13-08; 8:45 am]
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