[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 46 (Wednesday, March 11, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 10653]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-5281]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Advisory Committee on the Readjustment of 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 the Readjustment of Veterans will be held on 
March 26-27, 2009, at the American Legion, Washington Office, 1608 K 
Street, NW., Washington, DC.
    The purpose of the Committee is to review the post-war readjustment 
needs of Veterans and to evaluate the availability and effectiveness of 
VA programs to meet these needs.
    On March 26, the Committee will meet in an open session from 8 a.m. 
until noon. The agenda will feature a review of the service needs of 
combat Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury and VA's rehabilitation 
programs established to meet the needs of severely wounded Veterans and 
family members. The Committee will also receive a briefing on the 
current initiatives of the Readjustment Counseling Service Vet Center 
program to ensure timely access and the availability of quality 
readjustment services to assist the Veterans returning from Operation 
Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). The Committee 
will discuss deployment-related problems faced by service members and 
their families following redeployment of the service member. In the 
afternoon, the Committee will reconvene from 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. in a 
closed session in order to protect patient privacy as the Committee 
tours patient treatment areas at the Alexandria, Virginia Vet Center 
and discusses service needs with Veterans and family members. Closing 
this portion of the meeting is in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6).
    On March 27, the Committee will meet in open session from 8 a.m. 
until 4:30 p.m. and will receive a briefing on the research findings 
reported by the Walter Reed Army Institute for Research on the social 
and psychological problems of combat Veterans returning from OEF and 
OIF. The Committee will also finalize drafting recommendations for the 
Committee's next annual report.
    Time will not be allocated at this meeting for receiving oral 
presentations from the public. However, members of the public may 
direct written questions or submit prepared statements for review by 
the Committee in advance to Mr. Charles M. Flora, M.S.W., Designated 
Federal Officer, Readjustment Counseling Service, Department of 
Veterans Affairs (15), 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420. 
Those who plan to attend or have questions concerning the meeting may 
contact Mr. Flora at (202) 461-6525 or [email protected].

    Dated: March 6, 2009.

    By Direction of the Secretary:
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
 [FR Doc. E9-5281 Filed 3-10-09; 8:45 am]
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