[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 14 (Friday, January 23, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 4316]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-1373]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Advisory Committee on Homeless Veterans; 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 Homeless Veterans will be held on February 19-20, 
2009, in room 730, Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue 
NW., Washington, DC, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. The meeting is 
open to the public.
    The purpose of the Committee is to provide the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs with an ongoing assessment of the effectiveness of the 
policies, organizational structures, and services of the Department in 
assisting homeless veterans. The Committee shall assemble and review 
information relating to the needs of homeless veterans and provide 
advice on the most appropriate means of offering assistance to homeless 
veterans. The Committee will make recommendations to the Secretary 
regarding such activities.
    The agenda will include briefings from VA and other officials 
regarding services for homeless veterans. The Committee will also begin 
final preparation of its upcoming annual report and recommendations to 
the Secretary.
    Those wishing to attend the meeting should contact Mr. Pete 
Dougherty, Department of Veterans Affairs, at (202) 461-7401. No time 
will be allocated for receiving oral presentations from the public. 
However, the Committee will accept written comments from interested 
parties on issues affecting homeless veterans. Such comments should be 
referred to the Committee at the following address: Advisory Committee 
on Homeless Veterans, Homeless Veterans Programs Office (075D), U.S. 
Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 
20420.

    Dated: January 8, 2009.

    By direction of the Secretary:
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-1373 Filed 1-22-09; 8:45 am]
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