[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 13 (Thursday, January 21, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3559-3560]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-01036]


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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 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on the dates 
indicated below:

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          Subcommittee                  Date(s)            Location
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Aging & Neurodegenerative         February 23, 2016.  VHA National
 Disease.                                              Conference
                                                       Center.
Brain Injury: TBI & Stroke......  February 23, 2016.  VHA National
                                                       Conference
                                                       Center.
Spinal Cord Injury..............  February 23, 2016.  VHA National
                                                       Conference
                                                       Center.
Career Development Award Program  February 23-24,     VHA National
                                   2016.               Conference
                                                       Center.
Regenerative Medicine...........  February 24, 2016.  VHA National
                                                       Conference
                                                       Center.
Sensory Systems/Communication     February 24, 2016.  VHA National
 Disorders.                                            Conference
                                                       Center.
Psychological Health & Social     February 25, 2016.  VHA National
 Reintegration.                                        Conference
                                                       Center.
Rehabilitation Engineering &      February 25, 2016.  VHA National
 Prosthetics/Orthotics.                                Conference
                                                       Center.
Musculoskeletal/Orthopedic......  February 25-26,     AECOM.
                                   2016.
VA-ORD Historically Black         February 26, 2016.  *VA Central
 College and University Research                       Office.
 Scientist Training Program.
Center and Research Enhancement   April 9, 2016.....  VHA National
 Award Program.                                        Conference
                                                       Center.
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The addresses of the meeting sites are:
(*Teleconference). VA Central Office, 1100 First Street NE., Washington,
  DC 20002.
VHA National Conference Center, 2011 Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA 22202.
AECOM, 2450 Crystal Drive, Suite 500, 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 
35847. The

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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 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 
five days before the meeting. For further information, please call Mrs. 
Asqueri at (202) 443-5757.

Rebecca Schiller,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-01036 Filed 1-20-16; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 8320-01-P