[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 218 (Tuesday, November 14, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 52776]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-24569]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


VA New Hampshire Vision 2025 Task Force

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act that the VA New Hampshire Vision 2025 
Task Force, which is a subcommittee of the Special Medical Advisory 
Group (SMAG), will meet November 29, 2017 from 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. ET 
and November 30, 2017 from 8:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. ET at the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, Manchester VA Medical Center, 718 Smyth Road, 
Manchester, NH 03104, Building 1, 1st Floor, Training & Education Room. 
The meeting is open to the public.
    The purpose of the Subcommittee is to develop a comprehensive set 
of options and recommendations to develop a future vision of what VA 
must do to best meet the needs of New Hampshire Veterans. The 
recommendations will be reviewed by the SMAG and then those final 
recommendations will be forwarded to the Secretary and Under Secretary 
for Health for decision and action.
    The agenda will include review of the history of Manchester's use 
of Care in the Community (non-VA care and the CHOICE program); 
recommendations from seven clinical service lines; an update on 
facility master planning; an update on VA's market assessment work in 
New Hampshire; and an update on transforming the culture of Manchester 
VA. No time will be allocated at this meeting for receiving oral 
presentations from the public. However, the public may submit written 
statements for the Subcommittee's review to Brenda Faas, Designated 
Federal Officer, Department of Veterans Affairs at [email protected], 
or Thomas Pasakarnis, Alternate Designated Federal Officer, Department 
of Veterans Affairs at [email protected]. Any member of the 
public wishing to attend the meeting or seeking additional information 
should contact Mr. Pasakarnis.
    Because the meeting will be held in a federal government building, 
anyone attending must be prepared to show a valid photo government 
issued ID. Please allow 15 minutes before the meeting begins for this 
process.

    Dated: November 7, 2017.
LaTonya L. Small,
Federal Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-24569 Filed 11-13-17; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 8320-01-P