[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 69 (Tuesday, April 10, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 21622]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-8519]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Rehabilitation Research and Development Service Scientific Merit 
Review Board; Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under Public 
Law 92-463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) that a meeting of the 
Rehabilitation Research and Development Service Scientific Merit Review 
Board will be held on April 20, 2012, 131 M Street NE., Washington, DC, 
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. to evaluate Rehabilitation Research and 
Development Center of Excellence applications.
    The purpose of the Board is to review rehabilitation research and 
development applications and advise the Director, Rehabilitation 
Research and Development Service, and the Chief Research and 
Development Officer on the scientific and technical merit, the mission 
relevance, and the protection of human and animal subjects.
    A general session will be open to the public for approximately one 
hour at the start of the meeting to cover administrative matters and to 
discuss the general status of the program. The remaining portion of the 
meeting will be closed to the public for the discussion, examination, 
reference to, and oral review of the research applications and 
critiques. During the closed potion of the meeting, discussion and 
recommendations will include qualifications of the 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 would likely compromise 
significantly the implementation of proposed agency action regarding 
such research projects). As provided by subsection 10(d) of Public Law 
92-463, as amended by Public Law 94-409, closing the meeting is in 
accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6) and (9)(B).
    No oral or written comments will be accepted from the public for 
either portion of the meeting. Those who plan to attend the general 
session should contact Tiffany Asqueri, Designated Federal Officer, 
Rehabilitation Research and Development Service, Department of Veterans 
Affairs (10P9R), 810 Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20420, or email 
at [email protected]. For further information, please call Mrs. 
Asqueri at (202) 443-5757.

    By Direction of the Secretary.

    Dated: April 4, 2012.
Vivian Drake,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-8519 Filed 4-9-12; 8:45 am]
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