[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 155 (Monday, August 12, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48941-48942]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-19467]


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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 the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2, that a meeting of the 
Federal Advisory Committee on Prosthetics and Special-Disabilities 
Programs will be

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held on August 13-14, 2013, in room 230 at 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 August 13 and at 12 noon on August 14. 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 August 13, the Committee will receive briefings on the Blind 
Rehabilitation Program, Chiropractic Care, Audiology and Speech 
Pathology, Veterans Benefits, and Prosthetic and Sensory Aids Service. 
On August 14, the Committee will receive a briefing on Telemedicine.
    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 and 
Prosthetic Services (10P4RD), VA, 810 Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, 
DC, 20420, or by email at [email protected]. Because the meeting is being 
held in a government building, a photo I.D. must be presented at the 
Guard's Desk as a part of the clearance process. Therefore, you should 
allow an additional 15 minutes before the meeting begins. Any member of 
the public wishing to attend the meeting should contact Mr. Long at 
(202) 461-7354.

    By Direction of the Secretary.

    Dated: August 7, 2013.
Vivian Drake,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-19467 Filed 8-9-13; 8:45 am]
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