[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 24 (Thursday, February 5, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6571-6572]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-02301]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Rehabilitation Research and Development Service Scientific Merit 
Review Board; Notice of Meetings

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2, that the subcommittees 
of the Rehabilitation Research and Development Service Scientific Merit 
Review Board will meet from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the dates indicated 
below:

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          Subcommittee                  Date(s)            Location
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Aging & Neurodegenerative         February 24, 2015.  VHA National
 Disease.                                              Conference
                                                       Center.
Musculoskeletal/Orthopedic        February 24, 2015.  VHA National
 Rehabilitation.                                       Conference
                                                       Center.
Regenerative Medicine...........  February 24, 2015.  VHA National
                                                       Conference
                                                       Center.
Career Development Award Program  February 24-25,     VHA National
                                   2015.               Conference
                                                       Center.
VA-ORD Historically Black         February 25, 2015.  * VA Central
 College and University Research                       Office.
 Scientist Training Program.
Spinal Cord Injury..............  February 25, 2015.  * VA Central
                                                       Office.
Brain Injury: TBI & Stroke......  February 26, 2015.  VHA National
                                                       Conference
                                                       Center.
Psychological Health & Social     February 26, 2015.  VHA National
 Reintegration.                                        Conference
                                                       Center.
Rehabilitation Engineering &      February 26, 2015.  VHA National
 Prosthetics/Orthotics.                                Conference
                                                       Center.
Sensory Systems/Communication     February 26, 2015.  VHA National
 Disorders.                                            Conference
                                                       Center.
Research Career Scientists......  February 27, 2015.  * VA Central
                                                       Office.
Center of Excellence and          April 9, 2015.....  VHA National
 Research Enhancement Award                            Conference
 Program.                                              Center.
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    The addresses of the meeting sites are: (* Teleconference). VA 
Central Office, 131 M Street NE., Washington, DC 20002. VHA National 
Conference Center, 2011 Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA 22202.
    The purpose of the Board is to review rehabilitation research and 
development applications and advise the Director, Rehabilitation 
Research and Development Service, and the Chief Research and 
Development Officer on the scientific and technical merit, the mission 
relevance, and the protection of human and animal subjects.
    The subcommittee meetings will be open to the public for 
approximately one-half hour at the start of each meeting to cover 
administrative matters and to discuss the general status of the 
program. Members of the public who wish to attend the open portion of 
the teleconference sessions may dial 1-800-767-1750, participant code 
10172. The remaining portion of each subcommittee meeting will be 
closed to the public for the discussion, examination, reference to, and 
oral review of the research applications and critiques. During the 
closed portion of each subcommittee meeting, discussion and 
recommendations will include qualifications of the personnel

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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 attend the open 
portion of a subcommittee meeting should contact Tiffany Asqueri, 
Designated Federal Officer, Rehabilitation Research and Development 
Service, at Department of Veterans Affairs (10P9R), 810 Vermont Avenue 
NW., Washington, DC 20420, or email [email protected] at least 5 
days before the meeting. For further information, please call Mrs. 
Asqueri at (202) 443-5757.

    Dated: February 2, 2015.
Rebecca Schiller,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-02301 Filed 2-4-15; 8:45 am]
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