[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 159 (Friday, August 16, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50145-50146]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-19911]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Advisory Committee on Women Veterans, Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2, that the Advisory 
Committee on Women Veterans will conduct a site visit on August 19-23, 
2013, at the Atlanta VA Medical Center (VAMC), 1670 Clairmont Road, 
Decatur, Georgia, from 8:30 a.m. each day and will adjourn at 4 p.m. on 
August 19-22 and at noon on August 23. Meetings are open to the public 
except when the Committee is off site for VA facility tours. Briefings 
will take place at the Atlanta VAMC and other local VA facilities. The 
site visit will include several closed sessions, to protect patient 
privacy during tours of medical facilities. Closing portions of the 
sessions are in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6).
    The purpose of the Committee is to advise the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs regarding the needs of women Veterans with respect to health 
care, rehabilitation, compensation, outreach, and other programs and 
activities administered by VA designed to meet such needs. The 
Committee makes recommendations to the Secretary regarding such 
programs and activities.
    On August 19, the Committee will convene an open session at the in 
the Pete Wheeler Auditorium, Room GA104 at the Atlanta VAMC. The agenda 
will include overview briefings from the Atlanta VA Medical Center 
leadership and the VA Southeast Network (Veterans Integrated Service 
Network 7) facilities, programs, demographics and women Veterans 
programs.
    On August 20, the Committee will convene an open session at the in 
the Bobbie Vance Classroom, Room 3A-197 at the Atlanta VAMC. The 
Committee will receive briefings from Atlanta VAMC program offices on 
the Million Veteran Program, the Women Veterans Health Committee, the 
Women's Health Collaborative Workgroup, trauma recovery, domiciliary 
care, mental health, and military sexual trauma treatment. The 
Committee will also visit the Center of Excellence at the East Point 
Community Based Outpatient Clinic at 1513 Cleveland Avenue, East Point, 
Georgia, and receive briefings on the residential women Veterans 
program at Mary Hall Freedom House, patient aligned care teams, and the 
Women's Health Center of Excellence.
    On August 21, the Committee will convene an open session at the in 
the Pete Wheeler Auditorium, Room GA104 at the Atlanta VAMC. Briefings 
will cover the Atlanta VAMC's homeless Veterans program, post-
deployment health reintegration, caregivers support, and tele-health. 
In the afternoon, the Committee will convene a closed session as the 
Committee tours the Atlanta VAMC.
    In the morning of August 22, the Committee will convene a closed 
session as they tour the Trinka Davis Veterans Village, in Carrollton, 
Georgia and the Marietta Vet Center in Marietta, Georgia. In the 
afternoon, the Committee will reconvene an open session in the 
Director's Conference Room at the Atlanta Regional Office (RO), at 1700 
Clairmont Road, Decatur, Georgia, to receive briefings on RO business 
lines and services for women Veterans. A briefing from local Memorial 
Affairs leadership will also be presented.
    On August 23, the Committee will convene an open session at the 
Courtyard by Marriott Atlanta Decatur Downtown/Emory, 130 Clairemont 
Avenue, Decatur, Georgia, with Atlanta VAMC leadership, and conduct a 
town hall meeting with the women Veterans community and other 
stakeholders. The town hall meeting will begin at 10 a.m.

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    With the exception of the town hall meeting, there will be no time 
for public comment during the meeting. Members of the public may submit 
written statements for the Committee's review to [email protected], or by 
fax at (202) 273-7092. Any member of the public wishing to attend or 
seeking additional information should contact Shannon L. Middleton at 
(202) 461-6193.

    Dated: August 12, 2013.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
Vivian Drake,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-19911 Filed 8-15-13; 8:45 am]
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