[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 208 (Monday, October 27, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 63766]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-25556]


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DEPARMENT 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 November 19-20, 2008. On 
November 19, the meeting will be in Room 2A104 at the VA Medical 
Center, 10 North Greene Street, Baltimore, MD, from 10 a.m. until 4:30 
p.m. On November 20, the meeting will be at the St. Regis Hotel, 16th 
and K Streets, NW., Washington, DC, from 9 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. The 
meeting is open to the public.
    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 November 19, the Committee will meet with the officials from the 
State of Maryland Office of Veterans Affairs to discuss veteran 
outreach. The Director of the Depleted Uranium Program at the Baltimore 
VA Medical Center will discuss VA's research in depleted uranium and 
how it relates to the health effects in Gulf War veterans. 
Additionally, the Committee will meet with a panel of Gulf War veterans 
who reside in the Baltimore area. Gulf War veterans living in the 
Baltimore area who served in the Southwest Asia theater of operations 
during 1990-1991 wishing to participate in the panel should contact 
Lelia Jackson at (202) 461-5758 or via e-mail at [email protected].
    On November 20, a representative from the Research Advisory 
Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses will discuss its recently 
released report. Subject matter experts from the Veterans Health 
Administration will discuss Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Military 
Sexual Trauma in women veterans, and research specifically related to 
veterans and family members of veterans who served in the Southwest 
Asia theater of operations of the Gulf War from 1990-1991.
    Public comments will be received on November 19, from 1 p.m. until 
1:30 p.m. and on November 20, from 11:15 a.m. until 11:45 a.m. 
Individuals wishing to speak must register not later than November 14 
by contacting Ms. Jackson and by submitting 1-2 page summary 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 Ave., NW., Washington, DC 
20420.
    Interested parties may also listen in by teleconferencing into the 
meeting. The toll-free teleconference line will be open from 10 a.m. 
until 4:30 p.m. on November 19 and from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. on November 
20. To register for the teleconference, contact Ms. Jackson.
    Any member of the public seeking additional information should 
contact Laura O'Shea, Designated Federal Officer, at (202) 461-5765.

    Dated: October 21, 2008.
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
 [FR Doc. E8-25556 Filed 10-24-08; 8:45 am]
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