[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 77 (Friday, April 20, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 23810]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-9498]


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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) that a meeting of the 
Federal Advisory Committee on Prosthetics and Special-Disabilities 
Programs will be held on May 8-9, 2012, in room 230 at the Department 
of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC. The 
meeting will convene at 8:30 a.m. on both days, and will adjourn at 
4:30 p.m. on May 8 and at 12 noon on May 9. 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 May 8, the Committee will be briefed by the Chief Research and 
Development Officer; Director of Audiology and Speech Pathology; 
Director of National Veterans Sports Programs and Special Events; Chief 
Procurement and Logistics Officer; and Director of Blind Rehabilitation 
Services. On May 9, the Committee will be briefed by the Chief 
Consultant for Telehealth Services.
    No time will be allocated for receiving oral presentations from the 
public. However, members of the public may direct questions or submit 
written statements for review by the Committee in advance of the 
meeting to Mr. Larry N. Long, Designated Federal Officer, Veterans 
Health Administration, Patient Care Services, Rehabilitation Services 
(10P4RD), VA, 810 Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC, 20420, or by 
email at [email protected]. Any member of the public wishing to attend the 
meeting should contact Mr. Long at (202) 461-7354.

    By Direction of the Secretary.

    Dated: April 16, 2012.
Vivian Drake,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-9498 Filed 4-19-12; 8:45 am]
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