[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 245 (Friday, December 22, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60796-60797]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-27577]


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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 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...........  February 26, 2018.........................  *VA Central Office.

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Regenerative Medicine................  February 27, 2018.........................  Crowne Plaza, Washington
                                                                                    National Airport Hotel.
Rehabilitation Engineering &           February 27, 2018.........................  Crowne Plaza, Washington
 Prosthetics/Orthotics.                                                             National Airport Hotel.
Psychological Health & Social          February 27, 2018.........................  Crowne Plaza, Washington
 Reintegration.                                                                     National Airport Hotel.
Brain Injury: TBI & Stroke...........  February 27-28, 2018......................  Crowne Plaza, Washington
                                                                                    National Airport Hotel.
Sensory Systems/Communication          February 28, 2018.........................  Crowne Plaza, Washington
 Disorders.                                                                         National Airport Hotel.
Musculoskeletal/Orthopedic             February 28-March 01, 2018................  Crowne Plaza, Washington
 Rehabilitation.                                                                    National Airport Hotel.
Career Development Award Program.....  February 28-March 01, 2018................  Crowne Plaza, Washington
                                                                                    National Airport Hotel.
Aging & Neurodegenerative Disease....  March 01, 2018............................  Crowne Plaza, Washington
                                                                                    National Airport Hotel.
Spinal Cord Injury...................  March 01, 2018............................  Crowne Plaza, Washington
                                                                                    National Airport Hotel.
Center and Research Enhancement Award  March 15, 2018............................  Crystal Gateway Marriott.
 Program.
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    The addresses of the meeting sites are:
    * Teleconference--VA Central Office, 1100 First Street NE, 
Washington, DC 20002. Crowne Plaza Washington National Airport Hotel, 
1480 Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA 22202. Crystal Gateway Marriott, 1700 
Jefferson Davis Highway, 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: December 19, 2017.
LaTonya L. Small,
Federal Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-27577 Filed 12-21-17; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 8320-01-P