[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 85 (Tuesday, May 3, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 24974]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-10680]


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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; Notice of Meeting Amendment

    The Department of Veterans Affairs gives notice under the Public 
Law 92-463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) that the meetings for the 
following four panels of the Joint Biomedical Laboratory Research and 
Development and Clinical Science Research and Development Services 
Scientific Merit Review Board have been rescheduled and not as 
originally announced in the Federal Register on April 6, 2011.

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             Panel                   Date(s)              Time                         Location
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Cellular and Molecular          June 5, 2011.....  6 p.m.-10 p.m....  Crowne Plaza DC/Silver Spring.
 Medicine.
                                June 6, 2011.....  8 a.m.-5 p.m.....  Crowne Plaza DC/Silver Spring.
Mental Health and Behav Sci-B.  June 7, 2011.....  8 a.m.-5 p.m.....  L'Enfant Plaza Hotel.
Neurobiology-C................  June 8, 2011.....  6 p.m.-10 p.m....  Crowne Plaza DC/Silver Spring.
                                June 9-10, 2011..  8 a.m.-5 p.m.....  Crowne Plaza Hotel Silver Spring.
Mental Health and Behav Sci-A.  June 9, 2011.....  8 a.m.-5 p.m.....  L'Enfant Plaza Hotel.
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    The addresses of the hotels and VA Central Office are:

Crowne Plaza Washington DC/Silver Spring, 8777 Georgia Avenue, Silver 
Spring, MD
L'Enfant Plaza Hotel, 480 L'Enfant Plaza, SW., Washington, DC

    The purpose of the Merit Review Board is to provide advice on the 
scientific quality, budget, safety and mission relevance of 
investigator-initiated research proposals submitted for VA merit review 
consideration. Proposals submitted for review by the Board involve a 
wide range of medical specialties within the general areas of 
biomedical, behavioral and clinical science research.
    The panel meetings will be open to the public for approximately one 
hour at the start of each meeting to discuss the general status of the 
program. The remaining portion of each panel meeting will be closed to 
the public for the review, discussion, and evaluation of initial and 
renewal research proposals.
    The closed portion of each meeting involves discussion, 
examination, reference to staff and consultant critiques of research 
proposals. During this portion of each meeting, 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 these panel meetings is in accordance with 5 
U.S.C., 552b(c)(6) and (9)(B). Those who plan to attend or would like 
to obtain a copy of minutes of the panel meetings and rosters of the 
members of the panels should contact LeRoy G. Frey, Ph.D., Chief, 
Program Review (121F), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420 at (202) 443-5674.


    Dated: April 27, 2011.
    By Direction of the Secretary.
William F. Russo,
Director of Regulations Management, Office of General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2011-10680 Filed 5-2-11; 8:45 am]
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