[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 182 (Thursday, September 18, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54205-54206]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-21805]


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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 November 
18-19, 2008, at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, 
National Harbor, Maryland. On November 18, the meeting will begin at 8 
a.m. and end at 3:45 p.m. On November 19, the meeting will begin at 
8:30 a.m. and end at 4 p.m. The meeting is open to the public.
    The purpose of the Committee is to advise the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs 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 November 18, the Committee will receive updates on National 
Cemetery Administration issues. On November 19, the Committee will tour 
the historic Congressional Cemetery, located at 1801 E. Street in 
Southeast, Washington, DC, and 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 for future meetings.
    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 
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Committee, the writers must identify themselves and state the 
organizations, associations, or persons they represent.

    Dated: September 12, 2008.
    By Direction of the Secretary.
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. E8-21805 Filed 9-17-08; 8:45 am]
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