[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 131 (Friday, July 10, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 33317]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-16342]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Joint Biomedical Laboratory Research and Development and Clinical 
Science Research and Development Services Scientific Merit Review Board 
[Request for Applications: Clinical Science Research and Development 
(RFA: ``CSR&D) Award for Investigators Associated with the National 
Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)'']; Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs gives notice under Public Law 
92-463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) that a special emphasis review 
panel of the Joint Biomedical Laboratory Research and Development and 
Clinical Science Research and Development Services Scientific Merit 
Review Board [RFA: ``CSR&D Award for Investigators Associated with the 
National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)''] will 
conduct a telephone conference call on Monday, July 27, 2009, from 11 
a.m. to 3 p.m. through the Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of 
Research and Development, Washington, DC.
    The purpose of this special emphasis review panel of the Merit 
Review Board is to provide advice on the scientific quality, budget, 
safety and mission relevance of research proposals submitted for VA 
merit review consideration. Proposals submitted for review by the Board 
involve a range of specialties and subspecialties related to PTSD, 
substance use and abuse.
    This conference call will be open to the public for approximately 
one-half hour at the start of the session to discuss the general status 
of the program. The remaining portion of the conference call will be 
closed to the public for the review, discussion, and evaluation of non-
clinician credentials and research proposals to be performed for the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, discussion and recommendations will 
deal with qualifications of personnel conducting the studies, the 
disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of 
personal privacy, as well as research information, the premature 
disclosure of which could significantly frustrate implementation of 
proposed agency action regarding such research proposals.
    As provided by subsection 10(d) of Public Law 92-463, as amended, 
closing portions of a meeting is in accordance with 5 U.S.C., 
552b(c)(6) and (c)(9)(B). Individuals wishing to participate in the 
call or who would like to obtain a copy of the conference call minutes 
and roster of the members of the review panel should contact LeRoy G. 
Frey, PhD, Chief, Program Review (121F), Department of Veterans 
Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420 at (202) 461-
1664.

    Dated: July 6, 2009.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-16342 Filed 7-9-09; 8:45 am]
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