[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 61 (Thursday, March 28, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21661-21662]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-06646]


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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, 5 U.S.C. ch. 10, that the annual 
meeting of the Advisory Committee on Cemeteries and Memorials will be 
held May 8-9, 2024. The meeting sessions will begin and end as follows:

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             Date(s):                        Time(s):                   Location(s)          Open to the public
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May 8, 2024.......................  9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.     Andersonville National      Yes.
                                     Eastern Standard Time       Cemetery, 496 Cemetery
                                     (EST).                      Road, Andersonville, GA
                                                                 31711.
May 8, 2024.......................  2:00 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. EST  Fort Moore Post Cemetery,   No.
                                                                 64-66 Custer Road,
                                                                 Columbus, GA 31905.
May 8, 2024.......................  3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. EST  Fort Mitchell National      Yes.
                                                                 Cemetery, 553 Highway
                                                                 165, Fort Mitchell, AL
                                                                 36856.
May 9, 2024.......................  9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. EST  Marriott Columbus, 800      Yes.
                                                                 Front Avenue, Columbus,
                                                                 GA 31901.
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    Sessions are open to the public, except when the Committee is 
conducting a tour of the Fort Moore Post Cemetery. The Fort Moore Post 
Cemetery tour has enhanced opportunities for interactions that would 
implicate privacy and personal information disclosure concerns. Tours 
of VA facilities are generally closed when it is necessary to protect 
privacy and personal information. 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6). Accordingly this 
tour is a closed session of the Committee.
    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 makes recommendations to the Secretary regarding such 
activities.
    On Wednesday, May 8, 2024, the Committee will convene an open 
session from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. EST with tours to Andersonville 
National Cemetery and Fort Mitchell National Cemetery. The Committee 
will convene a closed session from 2:00 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. EST. The 
Committee will reconvene in an open session from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. 
EST at the Fort Mitchell National Cemetery. Transportation will not be 
provided for the public.
    On Thursday, May 9, 2024, the Committee will convene an open 
session from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. EST. The agenda will include 
remarks by National Cemetery Administration leadership, and briefings 
from the Office of Cemetery Operations and Field Programs, Office of 
Engagement and Memorial Innovation, as well as the status of committee 
recommendations, public comments, and open discussion.
    Any member of the public seeking additional information should 
contact Ms. Faith Hopkins, Designated Federal Officer, at 202-603-4499. 
Please leave a voice mail message. The Committee will also accept 
written comments. Comments may be transmitted electronically to the 
Committee at [email protected]. In the public's communications with 
the Committee, the writers must identify themselves and state the 
organizations, associations, or persons they represent.
    Any member of the public who wishes to attend the meeting virtually 
on May 9, 2024, may use the following Cisco Webex Meeting Link:
    Join On Your Computer Or Mobile App: https://veteransaffairs.webex.com/veteransaffairs/j.php?MTID=mfa919558f3ede94e324627e9f21022ec.

Meeting number: 2824 163 0470
Password: GYpUMKK$648
Join by phone: 404-397-1596
Access code: 2824 163 0470

    Dated: March 25, 2024.
Jelessa M. Burney,
Federal Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-06646 Filed 3-27-24; 8:45 am]
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