Veterans' Disability Benefits Commission; Notice of Meeting, 53715 [05-17847]
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
Mary Peterson O’Brien at 1–888–912–
1227, or 206–220–6096.
Notice is
hereby given pursuant to Section
10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. (1988)
that an open meeting of the Area 7
Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be held
Wednesday, September 28, 2005 from
10 a.m. Pacific Time to 11:30 a.m.
Pacific Time via a telephone conference
call. The public is invited to make oral
comments. Individual comments will be
limited to 5 minutes. If you would like
to have the TAP consider a written
statement, please call 1–888–912–1227
or 206–220–6096, or write to Mary
Peterson O’Brien, TAP Office, 915 2nd
Avenue, MS W–406, Seattle, WA 98174
or you can contact us at https://
www.improveirs.org. Due to limited
conference lines, notification of intent
to participate in the telephone
conference call meeting must be made
with Mary Peterson O’Brien. Ms.
O’Brien can be reached at 1–888–912–
1227 or 206–220–6096.
The agenda will include the
following: Various IRS issues.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated: September 2, 2005.
Martha Curry,
Acting Director, Taxpayer Advocacy Panel.
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Veterans’ Disability Benefits
Commission; Notice of Meeting
The Department of Veterans Affairs
(VA) gives notice under Public Law 92–
463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act)
that the Veterans’ Disability Benefits
Commission has scheduled a meeting
on September 15–16, 2005, in the
Lincoln Ballroom, Fourth Floor, Holiday
Inn, 8777 Georgia Avenue, Silver
Spring, Maryland 20910. The meeting is
open to the public and will begin at 8:30
a.m. and end at 4:30 p.m. each day. The
public is encouraged to visit the
Commission’s Web site at https://
www.va.gov/vetscommission for
transportation options to the Holiday
Inn from the Silver Spring metro stop.
The purpose of the Commission is to
carry out a study of the benefits under
the laws of the United States that are
provided to compensate and assist
veterans and their survivors for
disabilities and deaths attributable to
military service.
The agenda for the meeting will
include briefings by each of the
Veterans’ Disability Benefits
Commission Subcommittees, one or
more Federally Funded Research and
Development Center(s) [FFRDC(s)], and
the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the
National Academy of Sciences. The
purpose of these briefings will be to
provide the Commission with
recommendations on key issues and
research questions for further study and
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analysis, followed by an overview of
potential research projects and
methodologies to assist the Commission
with its charter and fulfill the
requirements outlined in Public Law
108–136, the National Defense
Authorization Act of 2004. (The
Commission is required by this law to
consult with the IOM concerning the
medical aspects of contemporary
disability compensation policies.) One
or more FFRDC(s) will supplement the
Commission’s work with additional
resources, surveying capabilities,
research, study and analysis of the key
issues and questions that the
Commission will identify during this
two-day event.
Interested persons may attend and
present oral statements to the
Commission. Time for oral
presentations will be limited to five
minutes or less, depending on the
number of participants. Interested
parties may provide written comments
for review by the Commission prior the
meeting, by e-mail to:
veterans@vetscommission.intranets.com
or by mail to: Mr. Ray Wilburn,
Executive Director, Veterans’ Disability
Benefits Commission, 1101
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 5th Floor,
Washington, DC 20004.
Dated: September 1, 2005.
By direction of the Secretary.
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Veterans' Disability Benefits Commission; Notice of Meeting
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under Public
Law 92-463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) that the Veterans'
Disability Benefits Commission has scheduled a meeting on September 15-
16, 2005, in the Lincoln Ballroom, Fourth Floor, Holiday Inn, 8777
Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910. The meeting is open to
the public and will begin at 8:30 a.m. and end at 4:30 p.m. each day.
The public is encouraged to visit the Commission's Web site at https://
www.va.gov/vetscommission for transportation options to the Holiday Inn
from the Silver Spring metro stop.
The purpose of the Commission is to carry out a study of the
benefits under the laws of the United States that are provided to
compensate and assist veterans and their survivors for disabilities and
deaths attributable to military service.
The agenda for the meeting will include briefings by each of the
Veterans' Disability Benefits Commission Subcommittees, one or more
Federally Funded Research and Development Center(s) [FFRDC(s)], and the
Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academy of Sciences. The
purpose of these briefings will be to provide the Commission with
recommendations on key issues and research questions for further study
and analysis, followed by an overview of potential research projects
and methodologies to assist the Commission with its charter and fulfill
the requirements outlined in Public Law 108-136, the National Defense
Authorization Act of 2004. (The Commission is required by this law to
consult with the IOM concerning the medical aspects of contemporary
disability compensation policies.) One or more FFRDC(s) will supplement
the Commission's work with additional resources, surveying
capabilities, research, study and analysis of the key issues and
questions that the Commission will identify during this two-day event.
Interested persons may attend and present oral statements to the
Commission. Time for oral presentations will be limited to five minutes
or less, depending on the number of participants. Interested parties
may provide written comments for review by the Commission prior the
meeting, by e-mail to: veterans@vetscommission.intranets.com or by mail
to: Mr. Ray Wilburn, Executive Director, Veterans' Disability Benefits
Commission, 1101 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 5th Floor, Washington, DC
20004.
Dated: September 1, 2005.
By direction of the Secretary.
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
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