[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 37 (Thursday, February 25, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 8789]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-3874]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses; 
Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under Public 
Law 92-463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) that the Research Advisory 
Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses will meet on March 1-2, 2010, 
in room 230 at the Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, 
NW., Washington, DC. The meeting will be open to the public and it will 
start at 8 a.m. each day and will adjourn at 5 p.m. on March 1 and at 
1:15 p.m. on March 2.
    The purpose of the Committee is to provide advice and make 
recommendations to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on proposed 
research studies, research plans and research strategies relating to 
the health consequences of military service in the Southwest Asia 
theater of operations during the Gulf War.
    The Committee will review VA program activities related to Gulf War 
veterans' illnesses and updates on relevant scientific research 
published since the last Committee meeting. Additionally, there will be 
presentations and discussion of background information on the Gulf War 
and Gulf War Veterans' illnesses, chronic pain, potential health 
effects of exposure to sarin, chronic fatigue syndrome, a planned 
survey of the health status of Norwegian Gulf War Veterans, and updates 
on a number of ongoing research at the University of Texas Southwestern 
Medical Center and the VA War Related Illness and Injury Centers. There 
will also be discussion of Committee business and activities.
    The meeting will include time reserved for public comments. A sign-
up sheet for five-minute comments will be available at the meeting. 
Individuals who speak are invited to submit a 1-2 page summary of their 
comments at the time of the meeting for inclusion in the official 
meeting record. Members of the public may also submit written 
statements for the Committee's review to Dr. Roberta White, Chair, 
Department of Environmental Health, Boston University School of Public 
Health, 715 Albany St., T2E, Boston, MA 02118.
    Any member of the public seeking additional information should 
contact Dr. White, Scientific Director, at (617) 638-4620 or Dr. 
William Goldberg, Designated Federal Officer, at (202) 461-1667.

    Dated: February 22, 2010.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
Vivian Drake,
Acting Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-3874 Filed 2-22-10; 8:45 am]
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