[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 30 (Wednesday, February 15, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 10854]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-02982]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Advisory Committee on the Readjustment of Veterans; Notice of 
Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under Public 
Law 92-463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) that a meeting of the 
Advisory Committee on the Readjustment of Veterans will be held 
Wednesday and Thursday, March 29 and 30, 2017. The meeting on both days 
will be conducted at the Readjustment Counseling Service (RCS) 
Headquarters Offices, located at 1717 H Street NW., Washington, DC 
20006, in Conference Room 430C. The agenda for these two days will 
begin at 8:00 a.m. and end at 4:30 p.m. The meeting on both days is 
open to the public.
    The purpose of the Committee is to review the post-war readjustment 
needs of combat-theater Veterans and to evaluate the availability, 
effectiveness and coordination of VA programs required to meet 
Veterans' readjustment service needs.
    The agenda for March 29 will include briefings from the Chief 
Readjustment Counseling Officer on the current activities of the 
Readjustment Counseling Service (RCS) Vet Centers to include the full 
scope of outreach and readjustment counseling services provided to 
combat-theater Veterans, Service members and their families. The 
briefing will also focus on the status of the reorganization of RCS and 
its Vet Centers system-wide in conjunction with the parallel 
transformation of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Veterans 
Integrated Service Network (VISN) transformation.
    On March 30, the Committee members will receive briefings from 
VHA's mental health leadership on the mental health service needs of 
combat-theater Veterans and on the coordination of Vet Center services 
with VHA mental health services to better service the combat-theater 
Veteran population.
    The agenda for both days will also include time for Committee 
strategic planning primarily focused on its annual operations plans for 
2017/18, its 2017 field meeting agenda, and the target perspectives for 
its 19th annual report.
    No time will be allocated at this meeting for receiving oral 
presentations from the public. However, members of the public may 
direct written questions or submit prepared statements for review by 
the Committee before the meeting to Mr. Charles M. Flora, M.S.W., 
Designated Federal Officer, Readjustment Counseling Service, Department 
of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20420. 
Because the meeting will be in a Government building, please provide 
valid photo identification for check-in. Please allow 15 minutes before 
the meeting for the check-in process. If you plan to attend or have 
questions concerning the meeting, please contact Mr. Flora at (202) 
461-6525 or by email at [email protected].

    Dated: February 9, 2017.
LaTonya L. Small,
Advisory Committee Management Office.
[FR Doc. 2017-02982 Filed 2-14-17; 8:45 am]
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