Advisory Committee on OIF/OEF Veterans and Families; Notice of Meeting, 46713 [07-4080]

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• DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 161 (Tuesday, August 21, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 46713]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-4080]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Advisory Committee on OIF/OEF Veterans and Families; Notice of 
Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under Public 
Law 92-463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) that the Advisory Committee 
on OIF/OEF Veterans and Families will meet on September 11-13, 2007, at 
the Department of Veterans Affairs' Medical Center in Minneapolis, 
Minnesota. The meeting will be held in the auditorium of that facility 
and will be open to the public.
    On September 11, the session will begin at 9:30 a.m. and end at 12 
noon. On September 12, the session will begin at 9 a.m. and end at 2 
p.m. On September 13, the session will begin at 9 a.m. and end at 3:30 
p.m.
    The purpose of the Committee is to advise the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs on the full spectrum of health care, benefits delivery and 
related family support issues that confront servicemembers during their 
transition from active duty to veteran status and during their post-
service years. The Committee will focus on the concerns of all men and 
women with active military service in Operation Iraqi Freedom and/or 
Operation Enduring Freedom, but will pay particular attention to 
severely disabled veterans and their families.
    The agenda for the September 11-13 meeting will include briefings 
by each of the two subcommittees on recent site visits, an update on 
recent legislation affecting veterans and veterans' benefits, and an 
update on recommendations from the President's Task Force on Returning 
Global War on Terror Heroes. The Committee will also discuss its 
findings and recommendations, its general workplan, next steps and 
future meeting dates.
    The meeting will include time reserved for public comments. 
Individuals wishing to make oral statements must pre-register not later 
than September 4, 2007 by contacting Tiffany Glover by e-mail at 
tiffany.glover@va.gov, and by submitting a 1-2 page summary of their 
statements for inclusion in the official record of the meeting. Oral 
statements by the public will be limited to five minutes each and will 
be received at 11:30 a.m.-12 p.m. on September 11, and at 3 p.m.-3:30 
p.m. on September 13. The public may also submit written statements for 
the Committee's review to the Advisory Committee on OIF/OEF Veterans 
and Families (008), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, 
NW., Washington, DC 20420.
    Anyone seeking additional information should contact Ronald Thomas, 
Esq., Designated Federal Officer, at (202) 273-5182.

    By Direction of the Secretary.

    Dated: August 14, 2007.
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 07-4080 Filed 8-20-07; 8:45 am]
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