[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 163 (Thursday, August 21, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 49541]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-19300]


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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 conduct a meeting and a site 
visit in the Palo Alto, California area on September 16-18, 2008. 
Committee activities will include tours and briefings at various VA 
facilities.
    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 service members 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 September 16-18 meeting will include briefings 
on recent site visits, discussions on proposed recommendations to the 
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and tours of the VA Medical 
Center. The Committee will discuss its findings and observations based 
on previous Committee meetings, site visits, written reports, and 
personal experiences.
    On Tuesday, September 16, from 9 a.m. until 12 noon, the Committee 
will meet at The Cabana Hotel Palo Alto, 4290 El Camino Real, Palo 
Alto, CA. In the afternoon, the Committee will meet at the Palo Alto VA 
Medical Center, tour the facility and receive briefings from staff.
    On Wednesday, September 17, from 9 a.m. to 12 noon, the Committee 
will meet in closed session. The Committee will be meeting with 
clinicians and individual patients receiving services at VA's Menlo 
Park facility. The session will be closed to protect the privacy of the 
patients and to minimize possible interference with the delivery of 
medical services. Closing the meeting is in compliance with 5 U.S.C. 
Sec 552b(c)(6). In the afternoon, from 2 p.m.-5 p.m., the Committee 
will meet in open session at The Cabana Hotel Palo Alto, 4290 El Camino 
Real, Palo Alto, CA.
    On Thursday, September 18, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., the Committee 
will meet in open session at The Cabana Hotel Palo Alto, 4290 El Camino 
Real, Palo Alto, CA.
    The meeting will include time reserved for public comments. 
Individuals wishing to make oral statements must pre-register not later 
than September 10, 2008 by contacting Syreeta Cherry via e-mail at 
[email protected], and by submitting 1-2 page summaries 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 3 p.m.-3:30 p.m. on September 17, and 1 p.m.-1:30 p.m. 
on September 18. Interested individuals 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.
    Any member of the public seeking additional information should 
contact Laura O'Shea, Designated Federal Officer, at (202) 461-5765.

    Dated: August 15, 2008.

    By direction of the Secretary:
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. E8-19300 Filed 8-20-08; 8:45 am]
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