[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 226 (Friday, November 23, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 59449]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-25507]


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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 the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act that the Advisory Committee on the 
Readjustment of Veterans will have a closed meeting at the Department 
of Veterans Affairs Vet Center 721 at 9504 IH 35, North, San Antonio, 
Texas 78233. The meetings will be held on December 5 and 6, 2018. 
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 Department of 
Veterans Affairs (VA) regarding the provision by VA of benefits and 
services to assist Veterans in the readjustment to civilian life. In 
carrying out this duty, the Committee shall take into account the needs 
of Veterans who served in combat theaters of operation. The Committee 
assembles, reviews, and assesses information relating to the needs of 
Veterans readjusting to civilian life and the effectiveness of VA 
services in assisting Veterans in that readjustment.
    On Wednesday, December 5, 2018, the Committee will hold a closed 
session at the San Antonio, TX Vet Center from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 
while members tour the facility, and meet with key Vet Center staff as 
well as a panel of individuals who use Vet Center services. The meeting 
will focus on Veteran experience, and members will solicit information 
from key staff from various VA entities across San Antonio, and have 
strategic discussion about what they learned from the interactions. 
Because the issues discussed will most likely include information 
learned during the tour and in conversation with service users, to 
protect their privacy the session will be closed.
    On December 6, the Committee will convene an open session from 8:00 
a.m. to 10:00 a.m., when they will receive an update from VA 
Readjustment Counseling Service and Mental Health leadership regarding 
collective efforts in suicide prevention, and then will engage in 
strategic discussions formulating conclusions and recommendations for 
the 20th annual report to Congress. The meeting will adjourn at 10:00 
a.m.
    This field visit is closed to the public in accordance with 5 
U.S.C. 552b (c) (6). Exemption 6 permits the Committee to close a 
meeting that is likely to disclose information of a personal nature 
where disclosure would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of 
personal privacy, which will most likely be the case throughout this 
field visit.
    The agenda will include time for Executive Sessions, where the 
committee will focus on the annual operations plan for 2019/2020, and 
no time will be allotted for receiving oral comments from the public; 
however, the committee will accept written comments from interested 
parties on issues outlined in the meeting agenda or other issues 
regarding the readjustment of Veterans. Parties should contact Ms. 
Sherry Moravy, via email at 10RC[email protected], or by mail at 
Department of Veterans Affairs, Readjustment Counseling Service 
(10RCS), 810 Vermont Avenue, Washington, DC 20420. Any member of the 
public seeking additional information should contact Ms. Moravy to the 
email address noted above.

    Dated: November 19, 2018.
Jelessa M. Burney,
Federal Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-25507 Filed 11-21-18; 8:45 am]
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