[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 159 (Friday, August 15, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48022-48023]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-18977]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Veterans' Rural Health Advisory Committee; 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 
Veterans' Rural Health Advisory Committee will hold its first meeting 
on September 16, 2008, in Ballroom C at the L'Enfant Plaza Hotel, 480 
L'Enfant Plaza, SW., Washington, DC. The session will begin at 8 a.m. 
and end at 5 p.m. This meeting is open to the public.
    The purpose of the Committee is to advise the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs on health care issues affecting enrolled veterans residing in 
rural areas. The Committee will examine programs and policies that 
impact the provision of VA health care to enrolled veterans residing in 
rural areas, and discuss ways to improve and enhance VA services for 
these veterans.
    The meeting will feature remarks and presentations by the Secretary 
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Veterans Affairs, the Under Secretary for Health, the Assistant Deputy 
Under Secretary for Health for Policy and Planning, VA Office of Rural 
Health managers and staff, and select Veterans Health Administration 
program offices.
    No time will be allocated at this meeting for receiving oral 
presentations from the public. Interested parties should provide 
written comments for review by the Committee not less than 10 days in 
advance of the meeting to Ms. Alicia Henning, Office of Rural Health 
(10A5), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20420. Individuals who wish to attend the meeting should 
contact Ms. Henning at (202) 461-7092.

    Dated: August 12, 2008.

    By Direction of the Secretary:
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. E8-18977 Filed 8-14-08; 8:45 am]
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