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[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 99 (Tuesday, May 24, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29827-29828]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-10287]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


National Research Advisory Council; Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under Public 
Law 92-463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) that the National Research 
Advisory Council will hold a meeting on Monday and Tuesday, June 13-14, 
2005, at the Hamilton Crowne Plaza Hotel, 14th & K Streets, NW., 
Washington, DC. On June 13, the meeting will convene at 1 p.m. and 
recess at 4:30 p.m. The June 14 session will convene at 8:30 a.m. and 
conclude by 3 p.m. the meeting is open to the public.
    The purpose of the Council is to provide advice to the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs on research and development sponsored and/or conducted 
by the Department of Veterans Affairs to include policies and programs 
of the Research and Development Office.
    The meeting will feature a review of the VA research portfolio and 
a summary of current budget allocations. The Council will also discuss 
performance measures designed to perform program evaluations and 
provide feedback on the direction/focus of VA's research initiatives.
    Any member of the public wishing to attend the meeting or wishing 
further information should contact Ms. Karen Scott, Designated Federal 
Office, at (202) 254-0200. Oral comments from the public will not be 
accepted at the meeting. Written statements or comments should be 
transmitted electronically to karen.scott@hq.med.va.gov or mailed to 
Ms. Scott at Department of Veterans

[[Page 29828]]

Affairs, Office of Research and Development (12C), 810 Vermont Avenue, 
NW., Washington, DC 20420.

    Dated: May 17, 2005.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-10287 Filed 5-23-05; 8:45 am]
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