[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 63 (Friday, April 1, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18946-18947]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-07325]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Advisory Committee on Minority 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 a meeting of the 
Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans will be held in Jacksonville, 
Florida from April

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12-14, 2016, at the below times and locations:
    On April 12, from 8:45 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., at the Lake City VA 
Medical Center, Building 100, Room A123 (Director's Conference Room) 
619 S. Marion Avenue, Lake City, Florida;
    On April 13, from 9:15 a.m. to 11:15 a.m., at the Jacksonville 
National Cemetery, 4083 Lannie Road, Jacksonville, FL; from 1:45 p.m. 
to 3:30 p.m., at the Jacksonville Outpatient Clinic, Room 2L 103-106, 
1536 N. Jefferson St., Jacksonville, FL; 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., 
conducting a Town Hall Meeting at the University of Florida, LRC 
Auditorium, Learning Resource Center-1st Floor, 653-1 West 8t Street, 
Jacksonville, FL .
    On April 14, from 8:45 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., at the Jacksonville 
Outpatient Clinic, Room 2L 103-106, 1536 N. Jefferson St., 
Jacksonville, FL.
    The purpose of the Committee is to advise the Secretary on the 
administration of VA benefits and services to minority Veterans, to 
assess the needs of minority Veterans and to evaluate whether VA 
compensation and pension, medical and rehabilitation services, memorial 
services outreach, and other programs are meeting those needs. The 
Committee will make recommendations to the Secretary regarding such 
activities subsequent to the meeting.
    On the morning of April 12 from 8:45 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., the 
Committee will meet in open session with key staff at the Lake City VA 
Medical Center to discuss services, benefits, delivery challenges, and 
successes. From 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., the Committee will convene a 
closed session in order to protect patient privacy as the Committee 
tours the VA Medical Center. In the afternoon from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 
p.m., the Committee will reconvene as the Committee is briefed by 
senior Veterans Benefits Administration staff from the St. Petersburg 
Regional Benefit Office.
    On the morning of April 13 from 9:15 a.m. to 11:15 a.m., the 
Committee will convene in open session at the Jacksonville National 
Cemetery followed by a tour of the cemetery. The Committee will meet 
with key staff to discuss services, benefits, delivery challenges and 
successes. In the afternoon from 1:45 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., the Committee 
will reconvene in open session to be briefed and tour the VA 
Jacksonville Outpatient Clinic. In the evening, the Committee will hold 
a Veterans Town Hall meeting beginning at 4:30 p.m., at the University 
of Florida LRC Auditorium.
    On the morning of April 14 from 8:45 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., the 
Committee will convene in open session at the VA Jacksonville 
Outpatient Clinic to conduct an exit briefing with leadership from the 
Lake City VA Medical Center, St. Petersburg Regional Benefit Office, 
and Jacksonville National Cemetery. In the afternoon from 1:30 p.m. to 
4:00 p.m., the Committee will work on drafting recommendations for the 
annual report to the Secretary.
    Portions of these visits are closed to the public in accordance 
with 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6). Exemption 6 permits to Committee to close 
those portions of a meeting that is likely to disclose information of a 
personal nature where disclosure would constitute a clearly unwarranted 
invasion of personal privacy. During the closed sessions the Committee 
will discuss VA beneficiary and patient information in which there is a 
clear unwarranted invasion of the Veteran or beneficiary privacy.
    Time will be allocated for receiving public comments on April 14, 
at 10 a.m. Public comments will be limited to three minutes each. 
Individuals wishing to make oral statements before the Committee will 
be accommodated on a first-come first serve basis. Individuals who 
speak are invited to submit a 1-2 page summaries of their comments at 
the time of the meeting for inclusion in the official record. The 
Committee will accept written comments from interested parties on 
issues outlined in the meeting agenda, as well as other issues 
affecting minority Veterans. Such comments should be sent to Ms. 
Juanita Mullen, Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans, Center for 
Minority Veterans (00M), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont 
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20420, or email at [email protected]. 
For additional information about the meeting, please contact Ms. 
Juanita Mullen at (202) 461-6199.

    Dated: March 28, 2016.
Jelessa Burney,
Federal Advisory Committee Management Office.
[FR Doc. 2016-07325 Filed 3-31-16; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 8320-01-P