[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 169 (Wednesday, September 2, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 45523]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-21150]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Voluntary Service National Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under Public 
Law 92-463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) that the Executive 
Committee to the Department of Veterans Affairs Voluntary Service 
(VAVS) National Advisory Committee (NAC) will meet October 16-17, 2009. 
On October 16, the session will be in Room 630, at the Department of 
Veterans Affairs Central Office, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, 
DC, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. On October 17, the session will be at the 
Hilton Crystal City, 2399 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA, from 
8 a.m. to Noon. The meeting is open to the public.
    The Committee, comprised of sixty-four national voluntary 
organizations, advises the Secretary, through the Under Secretary for 
Health, on the coordination and promotion of volunteer activities 
within VA health care facilities. The Executive Committee consists of 
twenty representatives from the NAC member organizations.
    On October 16, agenda topics will include: NAC goals and 
objectives, review of minutes from May 2009 NAC annual meeting, VAVS 
update on the Voluntary Service program's activities, Parke Board 
update, evaluations of the 2009 NAC annual meeting, and plans for 2010 
NAC annual meeting.
    On October 17, agenda topics will include: Recommendations from the 
2009 NAC annual meeting, subcommittee reports, review of standard 
operating procedure revisions, 2010 NAC annual meeting plans, VA 
Volunteer Orientation presentation, and new business.
    No time will be allocated at this meeting for receiving oral 
presentations from the public. However, interested persons may either 
attend or file statements with the Committee. Written statements may be 
filed either before the meeting or within 10 days after the meeting and 
addressed to: Ms. Laura Balun, Designated Federal Officer, Voluntary 
Service Office (10C2), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420. Ms. Balun can be contacted by phone 
at (202) 461-7300.

    Dated: August 27, 2009.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-21150 Filed 9-1-09; 8:45 am]
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