[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 122 (Tuesday, June 27, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 29179]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-13441]



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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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Research Career Scientists......  July 31, 2017.....  VA Central
                                                       Office.*
Regenerative Medicine...........  August 1, 2017....  VHA National
                                                       Conference
                                                       Center.
Sensory Systems/Communication     August 1, 2017....  VHA National
 Disorders.                                            Conference
                                                       Center.
Brain Injury: TBI & Stroke......  August 1-2, 2017..  VHA National
                                                       Conference
                                                       Center.
Psychological Health & Social     August 1-2, 2017..  VHA National
 Reintegration.                                        Conference
                                                       Center.
Rehabilitation Engineering &      August 2, 2017....  VHA National
 Prosthetics/Orthotics.                                Conference
                                                       Center.
Aging & Neurodegenerative         August 3, 2017....  VHA National
 Disease.                                              Conference
                                                       Center.
Spinal Cord Injury..............  August 3, 2017....  VHA National
                                                       Conference
                                                       Center.
Career Development Award Program  August 3-4, 2017..  VHA National
                                                       Conference
                                                       Center.
Musculoskeletal/Orthopedic......  August 3-4, 2017..  VHA National
                                                       Conference
                                                       Center.
Center and Research Enhancement   September 13, 2017  Courtyard
 Award Program.                                        Arlington Crystal
                                                       City/Regan
                                                       National Airport.
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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.
    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 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 (by phone or 
in person) the open portion of a subcommittee meeting must 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: June 22, 2017.
LaTonya L. Small,
Federal Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-13441 Filed 6-26-17; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 8320-01-P