[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 201 (Tuesday, October 18, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64429-64430]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-26849]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Advisory Committee on Prosthetics and Special-Disabilities 
Programs; Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under Public 
Law 92-463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act)

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that a meeting of the Advisory Committee on Prosthetics and Special-
Disabilities Programs will be held on November 1-2, 2011, in Room 230, 
at VA Central Office, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. The 
sessions will convene at 8:30 a.m. on both days, and will adjourn at 
4:30 p.m. on November 1 and at 12 noon on November 2. The meeting is 
open to the public.
    The purpose of the Committee is to advise the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs on VA's prosthetics programs designed to provide state-of-the 
art prosthetics and the associated rehabilitation research, 
development, and evaluation of such technology. The Committee also 
provides advice to the Secretary on special disabilities programs which 
are defined as any program administered by the Secretary to serve 
Veterans with spinal cord injuries, blindness or visual impairments, 
loss of extremities or loss of function, deafness or hearing 
impairment, and other serious incapacities in terms of daily life 
functions.
    On November 1, the Committee will be briefed by the Chief 
Disability and Medical Assessment Officer; Physical Therapy Program 
Specialist; Executive Director, Federal Recovery Coordination Program; 
Deputy Director, Recreation Therapy; Director, Amputation System of 
Care; and Deputy Chief Consultant, Prosthetics and Sensory Aids 
Service. On November 2, the Committee Chair will provide remarks and 
the Committee will hear from the VA Librarian on research services 
available to the Committee. Additionally, the Committee will discuss 
future agenda topics.
    No time will be allocated for receiving oral presentations from the 
public. However, members of the public may submit written statements 
for review by the Committee to Mr. Larry N. Long, Designated Federal 
Officer, Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health 
Administration, Patient Care Services, Rehabilitation Services 
(10P4RD), 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420, or by e-mail 
at [email protected]. Any member of the public wanting additional 
information or to attend the meeting should contact Mr. Long at (202) 
461-7354.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
Vivian Drake,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-26849 Filed 10-17-11; 8:45 am]
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