[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 160 (Monday, August 19, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42993-42994]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-17698]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Advisory Committee: National Academic Affiliations Council, 
Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act that a meeting of VA's National Academic 
Affiliations Council (NAAC) will be held September 4, 2019-September 5, 
2019 at the Phoenix VA Health Care System (PVAHCS), 650 E Indian School 
Road, Phoenix, AZ 85012. The meetings are open to the public, except 
when the NAAC is conducting tours of VA facilities, and participating 
in off-site events. Tours of VA facilities are closed to protect 
Veterans' privacy and personal information, in accordance with 5 U.S.C 
Sec. 552b(c)(6).
    The purpose of the NAAC or ``Council'' is to advise the Secretary 
on matters affecting partnerships between VA and its academic 
affiliates.
    On September 4, 2019, the Council will convene an open session from 
9:00 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. The agenda will include a presentation on 
Innovative Academic Relationships: A National Perspective. The Council 
will have a panel discussion on PVAHCS's educational innovations and 
academic affiliates; and receive updates from the Diversity and 
Inclusion Subcommittee, the Strategic Academic Advisory

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Council (SAAC), and VA's Electronic Health Record Modernization Work 
Group as related to education and research. In the afternoon, the 
Council will begin the closed portion of the meeting from 12:45 p.m. to 
4:00 p.m., as it tours the Phoenix VA Health Care System. Tours of VA 
facilities are closed to protect Veterans' privacy and personal 
information, in accordance with 5 U.S.C Sec. 552b(c)(6). The tour will 
end the first day.
    On September 5, 2019, the Council will convene an open session and 
receive a presentation on VA Medical and Dental Education, and updates 
on the MISSION Act (Pub. L. 115-182) provisions related to health 
professions education. The Council will receive public comments from 
11:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. and will adjourn the meeting at 12:00 p.m.
    Interested persons may attend and present oral statements to the 
Council. A sign-in sheet for those who want to give comments will be 
available at the meeting. Individuals who speak are invited to submit a 
1-2-page summary of their comments at the time of the meeting for 
inclusion in the official meeting record. Oral presentations will be 
limited to five minutes or less, depending on the number of 
participants. Interested parties may also provide written comments for 
review by the Council prior to the meeting, or at any time via email to 
[email protected], or by mail to Larissa Emory PMP, CBP, MS, 
Designated Federal Officer, Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans 
Health Administration, Office of Academic Affiliations (10X1), 810 
Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20420. Any member of the public 
wishing to attend or seeking additional information should contact Ms. 
Emory via email or by phone at (915) 269-0465. Because the meeting will 
be held in a Government building, anyone attending must be prepared to 
submit to security screening and present a valid photo I.D. Please 
allow at least 30 minutes prior to the meeting for this process.

    Dated: August 14, 2019.
Jelessa M. Burney,
Federal Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019-17698 Filed 8-16-19; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 8320-01-P