[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 17, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7547-7548]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-3257]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Veterans' Rural Health Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under Public 
Law 92-463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) that the Veterans' Rural 
Health Advisory Committee will hold a meeting on March 3-4, 2009, at 
the Point Hilton Squaw Peak Hotel, 7677 North 16th Street, Phoenix, 
Arizona.
    The purpose of the Committee is to advise the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs on health care issues affecting enrolled Veterans residing in 
rural areas. The Committee will examine programs and policies that 
impact the provision of VA health care to enrolled Veterans residing in 
rural areas, and discuss ways to improve and enhance VA services for 
these Veterans.
    On March 3, the Committee will meet in open session from 8 a.m. to 
5:30 p.m.

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and will receive presentations from the Director of the VA Office of 
Rural Health (ORH) the Directors of the three (3) ORH Veterans' Rural 
Health Resource Centers, and community partner representatives.
    On March 4, the Committee will convene in a closed session from 8 
a.m. to 10 a.m. in order to protect patient privacy as the Committee 
tours patient treatment areas in the Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center 
and receives a demonstration of the VA computerized patient record 
system. Thus, the closing is in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6). 
The Committee will reconvene in open session from 10:30 a.m. to noon at 
the Point Hilton Squaw Peak Hotel, 7677 North 16th Street, Phoenix, 
Arizona, for a discussion and wrap-up.
    No time will be allocated for receiving oral presentations from the 
public. However, members of the public may direct questions or submit 
written statements for review by the Committee not less than 10 days in 
advance of the meeting to Ms. Kara Hawthorne, Designated Federal 
Officer, Department of Veterans Affairs (10A5), 810 Vermont Avenue, 
NW., Washington, DC 20420. Individuals who wish to attend the meeting 
or require additional information about the meeting should e-mail Ms. 
Hawthorne at [email protected].

    Dated: February 10, 2009.
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-3257 Filed 2-13-09; 8:45 am]
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