[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 203 (Friday, October 19, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53152-53153]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-22743]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Advisory Committee on Cemeteries and Memorials, Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act that a meeting of the Advisory Committee 
on Cemeteries and Memorials will be held on October 30-October 31, 
2018. The meeting sessions will take place at the Denver Regional 
Benefit Office, 155 Van Gordon Street, Lakewood, CO 80228. Sessions are 
open to the public, except when the Committee is conducting tours of VA 
facilities, participating in offsite events, participating in workgroup 
sessions, and conducting official Administrative business. Tours of the 
VA facilities are closed, to protect Veterans' privacy and personal 
information.
    The purpose of the Committee is to advise the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs on the administration of national cemeteries, soldiers' lots 
and plots, the selection of new national cemetery sites, the erection 
of appropriate memorials, and the adequacy of Federal burial benefits. 
The Committee will make recommendations to the Secretary regarding such 
activities.
    On the morning of Tuesday, October 30, 2018, the Committee will 
convene with an open session at the Denver Regional Benefit Office from 
8:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m., Mountain Time. The dial-in

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number is 1-800-767-1750, access code 02668#. The agenda will include 
introductions of new members, an overview of Committee activities, and 
status updates on the 2017 Recommendation for Digital Memorialization. 
During the afternoon session, from 11:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Mountain 
Time, the Committee will convene in a closed session to the Public, as 
it conducts a site visit at the Fort Logan National Cemetery and the 
student library exhibit at the University of Denver. The exhibit 
displays stories and artifacts of Veterans interred at Fort Logan 
National Cemetery.
    On the morning of Wednesday, October 31, 2018, the Committee will 
convene with an open session at the Denver Regional Benefit Office from 
8:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m., Mountain Time. The dial-in number is the same. 
The agenda will include status updates for the National Cemetery 
Scheduling Office and the Emblems of Belief Regulation; and discussions 
on any new charges or recommendations. In the afternoon session, 10:30 
a.m.-4 p.m., Mountain Time, the Committee convene in a closed session 
to the Public, as it visits the Pikes Peak National Cemetery to review 
operations at a new cemetery for the rural Veterans. Under 5 U.S.C. 
552b(c) under (9)(B), the meeting is closed because it would reveal 
information the disclosure of which would, ``in the case of an agency, 
be likely to significantly frustrate implementation of a proposed 
agency action.'' Any precipitous release of those discussions through 
an open session will frustrate implementation and potentially our 
Veterans who we consider our greatest customer/benefactor of the 
commission.
    Any member of the public wishing to attend the meeting should 
contact Ms. Christine Hamilton, Designated Federal Officer, at (202) 
461-5681. The Committee will also accept written comments. Comments may 
be transmitted electronically to the Committee at 
[email protected] or mailed to the National Cemetery 
Administration (40A1), 810 Vermont Avenue NW, Room 400, Washington, DC 
20420. In the public's communications with the Committee, the writers 
must identify themselves and state the organizations, associations, or 
persons they represent.

    Dated: October 15, 2018.
Jelessa M. Burney,
Federal Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-22743 Filed 10-18-18; 8:45 am]
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