[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 30 (Thursday, February 13, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8782-8783]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-03141]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Health Services Research and Development Service, Scientific 
Merit Review Board; 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 Health 
Services Research and Development Service Scientific Merit Review Board 
will conduct in-person and teleconference meetings of its seven Health 
Services Research (HSR) subcommittees from 8:00 a.m. to approximately 
5:00 p.m. (unless otherwise listed) on the dates indicated below, and 
at the VHA National Conference Center in Arlington, Virginia:
     HSR 1--Health Care and Clinical Management on March 4-5, 
2014;
     HSR 2--Behavioral, Social, and Cultural Determinants of 
Health and Care on March 4-5, 2014;
     HSR 4--Mental and Behavioral Health on March 4-5, 2014;
     HSR 5--Health Care System Organization and Delivery; 
Research Methods and Models on March 4-5, 2014;
     Nursing Research Initiative (NRI) from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 
p.m. on Thursday, March 6, 2014;
     HSR 6--Post-acute and Long-term Care on Thursday, March 6, 
2014;
     HSR 3--Healthcare Informatics on Friday, March 7, 2014; 
and
     HSR 7--Aging and Diminished Capacity in the Context of 
Aging on Friday, March 7, 2014.
    The purpose of the Board is to review health services research and 
development applications involving the measurement and evaluation of 
health care services, the testing of new methods of health care 
delivery and management, and nursing research. Applications are 
reviewed for scientific and technical merit, mission relevance, and the 
protection of human and animal subjects. Recommendations regarding 
funding are submitted to the Chief Research and Development Officer.
    Each subcommittee meeting of the Board will be open to the public 
the first day for approximately one-half hour at the start of the 
meeting on March 4 (HSRs 1, 2, 4, and 5), on March 6 (NRI and HSR 6), 
and on March 7 (HSRs 3 and 7), to cover administrative matters and to 
discuss the general status of the program. Because the meeting will be 
in a Government building, anyone attending must be prepared to show a 
valid photo ID for checking in. Please allow 15 minutes before the 
meeting begins for this process.
    The remaining portion of each subcommittee meeting will be closed 
for the discussion, examination, reference to, and oral review of the 
intramural research proposals and critiques. During the closed portion 
of each subcommittee 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 meetings. Those who plan to participate during 
the open portion of a subcommittee meeting should contact Faith Booker, 
Alternate Designated Federal Officer, Scientific Merit Review Board, 
Department of Veterans Affairs, Health Services Research and 
Development Service (10P9H), 810 Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC 
20420, or by email at [email protected]. For further information, 
please call Mrs. Booker at (202) 443-5714.


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    Dated: February 10, 2014.
Jeffrey M. Martin,
Office Manager, Regulation Policy and Management, Office of the General 
Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2014-03141 Filed 2-12-14; 8:45 am]
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