[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 190 (Tuesday, September 30, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56918-56919]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-22910]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Advisory Committee on Women 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 Women Veterans will meet October 28-30, 2008 at the Capital Hilton, 
16th and K Street, NW., Washington, DC, from 8:30-4:30 p.m., each day. 
The meeting is open to the public.
    The purpose of the Committee is to advise the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs regarding the needs of women veterans with respect to health 
care, rehabilitation, compensation, outreach, and other programs and 
activities administered by the VA designed to meet such needs. The 
Committee will make recommendations to the Secretary regarding such 
programs and activities.
    On October 28, the agenda will include overviews of the Veterans 
Health Administration, the Veterans Benefits Administration, the 
National Cemetery Administration, an update on the 2008 Advisory 
Committee on Women Veterans Report, and an update on the activities 
conducted by the

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Center for Women Veterans. On October 29, the agenda will include 
discussion on legislation related to women veterans, women veterans' 
health, updates to recommendations made in the 2008 Advisory Committee 
on Women Veterans Report, updates from the Department of Labor, and 
VA's suicide prevention initiatives. On October 30, the agenda will 
include updates on rural health, military sexual assault prevention and 
response programs, and VA's homeless programs. The agenda is tentative 
and is subject to change.
    Any member of the public wishing to attend should contact Ms. 
Shannon L. Middleton, at the Department of Veterans Affairs, Center for 
Women Veterans (00W), 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420. 
Ms. Middleton may be contacted either by phone at (202) 461-6193, fax 
at (202) 273-7092, or e-mail at [email protected]. Interested persons may 
attend, appear before, or file statements with the Committee. Written 
statements must be filed before the meeting, or within 10 days after 
the meeting.

    Dated: September 24, 2008.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
E. Phillip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. E8-22910 Filed 9-29-08; 8:45 am]
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