[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 188 (Monday, September 29, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58431-58432]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-23160]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Biomedical Laboratory Research and Development Service, Special 
Emphasis Panel--Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses Biorepository, Notice of 
Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App., that the Special 
Emphasis Panel--Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses Biorepository will meet on 
November 4, 2014, from 9:00 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. at the AAAE Conference 
Center, 601 Madison Street, Suite 400, Alexandria, VA. The panel 
meeting will be open to the public for approximately one-half hour at 
the start of the meeting to discuss the general status of the project. 
The remaining portion of the meeting will be closed to the public for 
the review, discussion, and evaluation of the research project to be 
performed for VA. The closed portion of the meeting involves 
discussion, examination, reference to staff and consultant critiques of 
the research proposal. As provided by subsection 10(d) of Public Law 
92-463, as amended, closing portions of a panel meeting is in 
accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6) and (9)(B).
    The purpose of this Special Emphasis Panel is to review the 
Veterans Affairs Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses Biorepository for its 
continued funding. The Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses Biorepository is a 
project of high programmatic importance to VA. The Special Emphasis 
Panel will review activities related to the Gulf War Veterans' 
Illnesses Biorepository including the significance of the 
biorepository, along with some other key areas such as innovation, 
environment, feasibility, and protection of human subjects.
    No time will be allocated at this meeting for receiving oral 
presentations from the public. Those who plan to attend or would like 
to obtain a copy of minutes of the panel meeting and roster of the 
participants of the panel should contact Dr. Victor Kalasinsky, 
Designated Federal Officer, Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont 
Avenue NW., Washington, DC, or by email at [email protected]. 
Any member of the public wishing to attend the meeting or seeking 
additional information should contact Dr. Kalasinsky at (202) 443-5682.


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    Dated: September 24, 2014.
Rebecca Schiller,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-23160 Filed 9-26-14; 8:45 am]
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